Fics like pendulum of patience

“You told me once that you didn’t like seeing me in pain. Or was that a lie too?” Zhongli is silent. Then, softer than the man has ever spoken, he allows his voice to reach past his façade: "You may go." Childe doesn’t miss the crack in his voice, the way his vocal cords cannot handle that he’s well and truly lost. And Childe knows he’s done it, he’s finally broken the man, and believes with his whole heart that it’s what he deserves after making him believe for a second he was worth anything at all. Feelings like those were dangerous, and sometimes Signora’s words had some merit to them. “Goodbye.” He manages. And when his eyes flutter open, and the cold bristles his skin as he’s reminded he’s back in Snezhnaya, he can’t help the tears that soak his face. He can’t control the wails he lets out, and he most of all can’t control his darkest temptations that wish, with all his might, that Zhongli truly loved him. — in which childe can't quite grasp the concept of zhongli's betrayal, his permanent headache comes back to pinch him in his side, and zhongli realises he's fucked up. well and truly, this time.

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