alhaitham/kaveh (genshin impact)

Sprout (verb): to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout. Kaveh gets knocked up by a rare form of the Withering.

Alhaitham's heart galloped in his chest, the only sound in the silent hallway. A moment later, a thunk echoed from the other side of the door, like something heavy had slid down the wall and fallen in a heap, followed by a high-pitched whine. What, Alhaitham thought, was that all about? And how could he make Kaveh do it again? ********Kaveh misinterprets Alhaitham-being-Alhaitham as a full-blown love confession and throws himself at his crush, quite literally.Alhaitham has no idea what he said to cause such an interesting reaction in his prickly roommate, but he's willing to do just about anything to make it happen a second time.Chaos ensues.Chapter 1: Alhaitham's Pet gets a Pet; Chapter 2: If There's a Braincell in this Chapter it is Not With Kaveh; Chapter 3: The Obligatory Earrings Chapter; Chapter 4: Baby's First Date; Chapter 5: We're Gonna Need a Sickfic; Chapter 6: Touch Him, You Die; Chapter 7: Love like a Forest; Chapter 8: "The First Time--" (smuuuuut); Chapter 9: Kaveh's Love Language

“I’m dating Al-Haitham,” Kaveh says out loud, to test the words on his tongue, or something. Then again, “I’m dating Al-Haitham.” All right. Great. So he’s dating Al-Haitham. Al-Haitham and Kaveh get together. Nothing changes, except, no—that's not right.

Alhaitham first noticed the changes in Kaveh’s scent in the midst of their slumber. Something definitely wasn’t right. It couldn’t be just him imagining things…right?

“You don’t have to be nervous.” “I’m not!” He says as he rights himself, flopping down onto the couch with a petulant huff and turns his attention back to the silver haired man – tracking his movements as he comes to stand in front of Kaveh. His presence is looming and overwhelming, the scent of aged leather and decaying paper hitting him in the face as if he had just thrown open the doors to an ancient library. Intoxicating would be a good word for it, his body instinctively shifting forwards to draw himself closer into this man’s gravitational pull. A hand tucks under Kaveh’s chin, nudging it upwards as a thumb soothes along his jaw. “Could have fooled me, Kaveh.” His lips curl up slightly as he holds him there, his grip tightening ever so slightly. “It’s alright, it’s natural to be a bit nervous. Especially if this is your first time doing something like this. Are you familiar with the color system?”