#too many notes

Too Many Notes - Zandik x Gender Neutral Reader, 6k

Rating: Mature (kissing)

Pantalone sends his favourite subordinate to Zandik for treatment. Noticing the tension that develops between the two of you during your convalescence, he suggests a physical rehabilitation as part of your treatment – a piano lesson.

Gender neutral reader. No use of pronouns or Y/N or significant physical descriptors to preserve immersion.

Zandik is not wearing eyewear (mask, monocle, etc.), so as to allow flexibility for Reader to age him however they prefer.

TW: description of using needles to take blood tests

- @roseforeverinbloom

tagged by dear companion on the road @kookyburrowing to share 5 songs i've been into lately, so have this utterly non-cohesive mini playlist :-) rolling this scarab-style towards brilliant spirits @ulmondil, @outofangband, @seaemberthesecond, @tobermoriansass, @julijbee, @starshadeemilyart, @holy-marmalade, @antlered-vixen, and @balrogballs if you fancy!

the lord god bird by coach kit

the jew's garden sung by sam lee

bonne journée by stromae

pierre from natasha, pierre, & the great comet of 1812

i have a lot of notes on it as a result, but most of the fic is actually set outside of the academy, so i likely won’t mention or use even a quarter of what i developed. i figured i would share a few of my notes here, in case anyone wanted to take a peek.