#chilucfic

author: d_fenestrate

rating: mature

warnings: no archive warnings apply

pairings: diluc/childe

character(s): diluc, childe, elzer (mentioned), the night (heavily personified)

tags:  pov tartaglia | childe (genshin impact), tartaglia | childe-centric (genshin impact), introspective tartaglia | childe (genshin impact), character study, introspection, trauma, making out, pretty diluc (genshin impact), angst with a happy ending, fluff and angst, alternate universe - canon divergence

op’s ramble tags:  masquerade ball that is not historically accurate as op took many creative liberties, childe tries to deal with his abyss trauma while also trying to figure out diluc, both op and childe love calling diluc pretty and it happens a lot in this fic

word count: 15.7k

status: long form fic, completed

summary:

The Abyss responds immediately. Childe inhales sharply as he watches the crowd around him close in on the distance separating the guests of the ball from the supposed, celebrated host. The red dims. And then, it begins to retract. Childe cannot recall arriving at the Dawn Winery. In fact, even before that, he cannot recall what behooved him to leave his post in Liyue and travel to Mondstadt. And, archons, he cannot, for the life of him, remember how he ended up kneeling on a single knee with an arm outstretched to an unamused Diluc Ragnvindr. All he remembers is the fact that he moved.

alt; the dawn winery hosts a masquerade ball to celebrate diluc's return. a certain 11th harbinger of the fatui sneaks into said ball, for reasons supposedly unknown to him. he spends the night chasing the truth, and somehow the truth keeps leading him to diluc ;)

author: d_fenestrate

rating: teen & up

warnings: no archive warnings apply

pairings: diluc/childe

character(s): diluc, childe, adelinde

tags: pre-relationship, pining, fluff, romantic fluff, letters, introspection, caring childe, character study, dawn winery, non-graphic violence, happy birthday diluc, tooth-rotting fluff

op's ramble tags: kinda a character study, it wasn't meant to be, yes i wrote this fic for diluc bday let's just pretend it got posted on april 30 2024, i need to emphasize that this fic contains an insufferable amount of yearning lol, love to see it

word count: 3249

status: one-shot, completed

summary:

Childe lets out a low whistle, visibly relaxing as he stands up, rolling back his shoulders and cracking his neck. “Your staff is impressively on alert,” he starts immediately with a lighthearted joke, eyes darting directly for the desk in the middle of the study, fully expecting to fall upon a fiery glare that glimmers beautifully in the moonlight. “But even after all this time, they’re still not good enough to stop m—” Diluc is hunched over his desk, cheek pressed up against his arm as his mangled flaming mane splays across the papers that are messily strewn across the large wooden desk. It does not take much for Childe to surmise that the winery owner is asleep.  “My, my Master Diluc,” he says, voice soft and playful. “You invite me to your home and yet aren’t awake to welcome me. Tsk, is this the hospitality of Mondstadt’s most noble?” 

alt; a fic with a lot of childe yearning as he looks after a sleeping diluc.

*title inspired by “shakes” by luke hemmings