#aeryssickfics

This is tough!!!!!!!! But a good little exercise I think!! Thank you for sending <333 In no particular order, for this blog:

Sharing a Receptacle (Genshin // Sick Cyno/Tighnari) - Something about writing my first fic for a new fandom made this one just so stress-free and fun to write!!

Weathering the Storm (Genshin // Sick Tighnari) - It was somehow very cathartic and comforting to write and solve conflict in this fic. An alternate title for this fic was Rupture and Repair, which is a psychological concept that I find fascinating, and writing this felt a bit like roleplaying that process in a safe, removed sort of way.

Keeping Up with the Passage of Time (Genshin // Sick Kaveh) - I didn't like this one much at first, but, especially paired with the sick Alhaitham fic I wrote a while back, it really does have a similar rupture/repair vibe to it as Weathering the Storm - and I guess I'm finding a lot of comfort in those kinds of fics recently.

From my old blog:

Wouldn't You Like to Know (YOI // Sick Yuuri) - I'm so terribly fond of this fic. it's the way I remember not wanting to write this, but then entering some kind of daze and coming out the other side with one of the most colorful and full-of-character fics i've ever written 😂 Also, I know I submitted this at some awful morning hour because there is a random keysmash right in the middle of the fic and it tickles me every time I stumble across it

My One Single TAZ Fic (TAZ Balance // Sick Taako) - The dialogue in this fic feels almost jarringly in character, it truly speaks to the depths of my love for TAZ at that time

+1 Bonus, because I don't think the writing in this is particularly good but I still love it??

You reblogging that art reminded me how absolutely feral I am for the concept and I felt the need to drop in with that information because!!!! like!!!

vulnerable cyno, irritated tighnari- and like it's so in character for nari to React that way (and they both know it. this is the guy that lectures random strangers about preparedness and stupid mistakes and where Exactly do you think you're going does that Look like the road to Sumeru-) but Cyno being in Just the right spot to take it Very Badly is just perfect???

bc like. ofc he knows, he's heard it all before (from Nari no less) but it hits Different sometimes.

im probably screaming in circles at this point but I just- really love the concept so much.

(I'm bad at remembering to send asks but please understand many of your works & concepts live rent free in my brain.)

Aghhhh RIGHT!!! Tighnari is officially The Lecture Guy lmao. Cyno is more than aware of this and honestly I imagine that sometimes Nari's consistency in that way can be comforting, but every once in while, when his head isn't in the right place, he starts to worry that he's actually crossed a line, that he's really messed up. It's times when he's worn down and unable to pick up on the nuances of Tighnari's communication. If he was actually mad, Tighnari wouldn't bother lecturing; he'd go completely silent. If he was actually mad, his ears would be pinned back on his head, not twitching, which could indicate anything from irritation to amusement. If he wasn't happy to see Cyno, he wouldn't invite him into his home at all. But sometimes Cyno just doesn't pick up on any of that.

I've also been playing with the idea of Cyno experiencing trauma-induced/dissociative age-regression which would work really well with this concept but. That's a whole other thing...

Agh yes!!! The Bimarstan HC is one of my faves.

and the realization was basically that cyno is the sort to just kinda. keep going? Like he knows its a bug and that he needs to rest, but he's got a job to do, to finish, and he can rest after. AND LIKE if he's already. In Sumeru and not actively in the middle of something Important yes he settles immediately, depending on the situation may go to Nari or send for him, etc.

But like. If he's. Busy? If he's amid tracking someone down? Cyno has that single minded focus on 'must get the task done' and puts himself. Behind it in order of importance.

Like I just kind of... imagine? that to his credit he usually DOES finish whatever it is but likely at the cost of making himself worse whether it's a minor cold/fever or something else.

YES this is so real!! 100% agree. I feel like Cyno's brain goes "I could rest and Tighnari would say that I should, but I don't need to. I know I'll be fine. I'll just finish this up first."

I've been thinking a lot about Cyno coping with a sick Tighnari (totally not for fic purposes nope [/joking]) especially centered on Tighnari trying really hard not to let him be told? Because like! The distance means Nari can get away with A Lot. So Cyno finds out Nari's been ill, but like because a third party sent him a message.

I can't get out of my head the slight "I always call for you why wouldn't you tell me you needed me here" that has tucked into my brain and I don't know if it fits Cynos personality??? I don't think he'd say it but I've been chewing on it a lot idk. All that to say - I'm Extremely curious for your take on such a thing if you feel up to giving it! Cyno finding out, second hand at best that Nari's been sick for days. (also aha I figured out how to trick it into letting me send long anons x.x maybe???)

Aery!! Thank you!! Things are still chaotic but we're getting there haha, I appreciate you and your patience <333

Hiii Aery!! <333 Thank you for this!

24. A formal sickie throws up during work, they suddenly fall apart for the first time in their lives and need care or keep it together?