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1. what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, right? by leaderofthedolphins

   Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   29 Feb 2024

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Tartaglia | Childe/Zhongli (Genshin Impact)
   • Zhongli (Genshin Impact)
   • Tartaglia | Childe (Genshin Impact)
   • Sickfic
   • Mithridatism
   • Poison
   • Getting Together
   • Tartaglia | Childe Has Trauma from the Abyss (Genshin Impact)
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Domestic Fluff
   • Cuddling & Snuggling
   • zhongli initiates cuddling for its medicinal effects
   • Withdrawal
   • Childe has unhealthy coping mechanisms
   • as in he thinks that all his trauma makes him stronger
   • Tartaglia | Childe and Zhongli in Love (Genshin Impact)
   • Smitten Tartaglia | Childe (Genshin Impact)
   • Soft Zhongli (Genshin Impact)
   • Tartaglia | Childe Has a Crush on Zhongli (Genshin Impact)
   • Heavy Angst
   • Self-Esteem Issues
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • Tartaglia | Childe Has Trust Issues (Genshin Impact)
   • Tartaglia | Childe Whump (Genshin Impact)
   • Holding Hands
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Footnotes
   • Mutual Pining
   • Slow Burn
   • Kind Of
   • foul legacy related body horror
   • but only a little bit in one chapter
   • Mentioned Child Neglect
   • the romance of learning to love and be loved and live beside another and all that sappy stuff

   Summary

   His hand slips a little as he pours the toxins into a cup. He’s taking more than he should, but who can blame him for wanting to get ahead a little? The more poison he consumes, the more he’ll be able to tolerate.

   It would only make him stronger once he pulled through anyway, he thinks as he downs the poison. It fights through his throat as if it knows it doesn’t belong in his body.

   His head starts to spin. Ah, it seems the numerous toxins he’s consumed have started to kick in. Sure, he had to take a day off, but he hardly minded. More time to spend with Zhongli. Of course, he’d have to wait till the man got off from work and whatnot, but he’d have plenty of time to spend with him now that he didn’t have any obligations for the next day.

   Mithridatism, or the act of poisoning oneself in gradually increasing increments to gain immunity, is all in a day's work for a Fatui Harbinger.

   When Childe takes just a little more than he's supposed to, however, things don't go so well. But when he gets out of this, his immunity to the poisons will be stronger than ever, so it can't be that bad. And at least Zhongli's here to take care of him through it all.

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