☆ screaming into the void ☆

☆ ao3 is HoneyChamomileTea ☆ ☆ writing sideblog ☆

[honeyteawrites]

hello I’m honeytea or Leone! (they/them, 20+) ✨

cytham brainrot!! I am pretty much incapable of talking about anything else but them lmao. they’ve been living in my head rent free and I need to charge Haitham an exorbitant price. I use all three tags and idk which ones are on which posts lol (cyhaino/cytham/haino)

☆ masterlist 

tags: 

-honeyteawrites: my writing

-wips: work in progress. I procrastinate a lot

-teatime: responding to asks/talking

-sorry I got lazy with tagging lol. just know that this is pretty much a cyhaino blog

DNI:

basic dni criteria (pedos, lgbtphobic), proship, blank blogs (please put a little something in your blog before interacting with me)

[electric-plants]

alhaitham already asleep when cyno gets back from a mission in the middle of the night and cyno crawling into bed to cuddle with him god tier trope for real i want 100 million fics of it thanks

[juwian]

my love and deepspace headcanons

look i have quite a few headcanons now ok like i have Feelings and ideas especially my own mc

MC: name pending but love her. she's trans. what direction? yes. whatever direction is funniest. she loves silly jokes and stupid pranks. freckles!!!! loves her freckles. hisses like a cat when frustrated. communicates exclusively in stickers when she's tired. she loves bullying zayne btw <3 she's very >:3c around him. (he gets her back all the time)

Zayne: i hit him with my autism beam. look at him. autism. i love my autistic bestie. has issues with temperature regulation so he has practice with his Evol. does not like it when his routines are messed with. his favorite texture is a nice laundered dress shirt. stims via making small ice sculptures with his Evol. as a kid he tried eating the snow he made. this was an extremely bad idea he regretted immediately.

Xavier: he's quite small actually!!! look at him he has short king energy. eepy prince. looooooooves plushies. he can sleep anywhere anytime and has been found napping in closets or on top of otherwise uncomfortable furniture. there is one (1) picture of him napping while cuddling his sword.

Rafayel: Obnoxious Eccentric. He's sooooooo dramatic. swoons onto chaise lounges, is picky about his snacks, etc etc etc. would've gone into acting if he hadn't gotten into art. he's had a few cases of drinking his paint water instead of his actual drink. his fingernails are actually a bit of a mess because of paint getting stuck under them. he is clothes are perpetually a little messy no matter how much he tries to straighten them.

Sylus: he's actually got some facial hair and a tan imho. wears fingerless gloves to show off his hands. loves tinkering with small mechanical things like Mephisto (he has several side projects actually). his favorite animal has always been crows and ravens. there is a version of Mephisto that is actually raven-sized but it's an unwieldy form given how bit it is so it mostly hangs out in his home.

[honeyteawrites]

from my current favorite wip 🫶

[electric-plants]

tbh i do think sometimes that cyno would view him and alhaitham as like equal partners who motivate each other etc etc meanwhile alhaitham is constantly like two seconds away from fulfilling his dream of quitting his job to be a house spouse

[bwootster]

Head canon that post-abyss war, Kinich will just travel around Teyvat going to random competitions that have big cash prizes attached lmaooo

- Cooking competition in Liyue

- Beetle battle in Inazuma with some mora Kuki scrounged up from couch cushions

- Mushroom Pokémon competition in Sumeru or wherever it pops up next

- Music festival with his random keyboard???

- Kite flying competition where he ties Ajaw to a string and just throws him as far as he can (lowkey knows he won’t win this one but just wants to have an excuse to chuck Ajaw off of Liyue harbor while he’s visiting)

[ubebebun]

✧*̥˚ Leone | they/them | 20+ *̥˚✧ ੈ✩‧₊˚ I finally made a carrd ✨

ੈ✩‧₊˚ link: https://ubebebun.carrd.co/

[electric-plants]

listen sometimes i just think that when cyno heard alhaitham was going to be acting grand sage he immediately started begging and pleading to be able to go and personally rub it in azar’s face

[wordfather]

me sitting down with my tea and playlist, just to write 3 words on a blank document and calling it a day

[honeyteawrites]

The Warmth of Dawn

Dimitri gender euphoria ficlet I wrote for fetransweek 2022 on twitter! happy birthday Mitya!! ｡ﾟ( ﾟ^∀^ﾟ)ﾟ｡

click here for the ao3 link! (whole ficlet posted below)

Dimitri always rises early. 

Even when he’s tormented at night by his own swirling psyche, Dimitri routinely wakes up to dawn spreading across the land. To him, it’s comforting to watch the sun burn away the remnants of last night’s moon. 

He wishes that the sun could scorch away his own anguish, but Faerghus mornings are always chilly. He would simply long for warmth to arrive. 

This morning, Dimitri avoids his own reflection. He’d come to detest how terribly long his hair was. Family and friends alike had always commented on how beautiful it was, but he dreamed of chopping it short. 

He quickly splashes his face with water to wake himself up. Dimitri shivers, even if the cold is almost welcoming. His untied hair falls into the sink and he pushes it back, accidentally catching a glimpse of himself in the mirror. Perhaps he shouldn’t have looked. 

His formerly bright gray-blue eyes were foggy, like a storm ready to erupt. Strands of long blond hair cling to his face as frigid water drips from his jaw. His lips curl into a snarl at the sight. 

The urge to cut his hair rises within him. This time, he was set on truly doing it. Dimitri rummages through a drawer and grabs a pair of scissors, nearly snapping the handles with his grip. His hands tremble as he messily snips away at his hair. His locks fall into the sink, golden as the light fills the room. 

Dimitri slams the now-dented scissors onto the sink when he’s done. He leans into the mirror and slowly looks himself over. Despite the look of his sharply uneven bangs, a wide smile spreads across his face. His laughter rings throughout the bathroom like birdsong. 

Dimitri feels like himself. 

This freedom alights him like nothing before. He rushes to go for a horseback ride. When he’s ready, he urges the horse to run so fast that he’s practically flying across Faerghus. The wind bites and his hair pricks his eyes, but he doesn’t care. The rush of joy coursing through him is enough. 

Sunlight peaks through the trees in a forest that he crosses, scattering across his face. He bursts into a clearing and sunlight bathes him in all its glory. Even if it’s just for a moment, Dimitri feels warmth in his heart once again.

[valtsv]

more stories where falling in love is a horrifying fate worse than death rather than a source of comfort and hope. more stories where love is understood as a terminal affliction.

[valtsv]

more stories where someone falls in love and understands that this means they will be changed and made more vulnerable by it, compelled to do irrational things in the name of it, and be willing to die for it, and starts lashing out and stress vomiting about it

[catscatscatscatscatscatserybody]

@bitchfitch

[ivy-the-kraken]

The Importance of "He lives rent free in each of our hearts"

No, I am not exaggerating when I am saying this joke has layers of subtext. What Cyno says in the Parade of Providence is not only a joke about the nature of Alhaitham in their friend group, but also a hint towards the evolution of Cyno and Alhaitham’s relationship. 

1- The Context

The first thing to note is the conversation that surrounds this joke. Previously, the conversation was:

Collei: That’s a good thing… It means you have integrity.

Kaveh: Thank you, oh my god, thank you… See, you get me Collei!

Kaveh: It’s a good thing Alhaitham isn’t here right now… He’d be quick to explain why you’re wrong.

Collei: Seems you always include him in the conversation, even when he isn’t here…

Tighnari: Yep. No dinner with Kaveh is complete without a few words about Alhaitham.

Now, the easy thing to latch onto is the fact that Kaveh apparently talks extensively about Alhaitham. However, let’s consider what else is said. Kaveh’s statement is certainly an insight into the nature of his and Alhaitham’s relationship- that being one of opposing forces, people who fundamentally do not mesh due to differences in experiences and worldview. 

Tighnari’s following statement is sarcastic, and is an obvious indication of the familiarity of this. Because of Kaveh and Alhaitham’s opposing natures, it is only natural that they clash. 

But how does this tie into what Cyno says? Well, Kaveh’s statement is antagonistic, meant to express his negative feelings towards Alhaitham by assuming that he’d say the worst about him. Tighnari’s is not positive either, but not exactly negative- simply, it’s exasperation towards the entire situation. However, what Cyno has to say is more positive, both that it’s a lighthearted joke, and that offers a glimpse at the much more friendly feelings that Cyno holds towards Alhaitham.

2- The Joke

Cyno: I sense that Alhaitham has in fact been here with us all along…

Kaveh: He’s here? Where!? Why didn’t you tell me?

Cyno: …He lives rent free in each of our hearts.

There’s a lot to unpack here. First to note, is that this is all too easy to brush off as a friendly joke. And on some level it is, which is in of itself, really telling. When Cyno and Alhaitham first fought in Aaru Village, neither… liked each other, let’s put it that way. But throughout the Sumeru Archon Quest, they clearly grew to respect one another’s characters and grew to form a partnership. The fact that Cyno can joke so easily about Alhaitham speaks to a major change in dynamic.

Now, the punchline. This is by far the most fascinating part to me. Saying someone or something “lives rent free in [your] head” is a common term on the internet now, and put in simplest terms, means you think about it a lot. But then, why heart? 

Well, the brain tends to symbolize rationality, thinking, and planning. If something lives rent free in your head, you think about it a lot. While the term is usually connected to a positive connotation, that what you are thinking of is something that makes you happy, it can easily dip into negativity. However, the heart is different. It tends to symbolize emotionality, love, and sometimes life. Cyno saying Alhaitham lives rent free in their hearts and not their heads creates deeper intimacy, making the statement very clearly personal. And tying back into the previous section, neither Kaveh nor Tighnari were expressing positive emotions about Alhaitham, making the statement seem out of place. But it makes much more sense when it is not taken as a mere joke; rather, it is an expression Cyno’s connection to Alhaitham. 

3- Conclusion

One final thing to note is that Alhaitham is not present when Cyno makes this joke. So, one, this could mean that this is an expression of emotionality that Cyno is comfortable making about Alhaitham, just not towards him, implying that he has come to terms with his feelings about Alhaitham but has not deciphered what Alhaitham feels about him. Two, the Traveler is unaware of their relationship, hence why the player doesn't pick up on anything, but everyone else is, and Cyno just wants to express that he loves his boyfriend very much.

In short, Cyno loves Alhaitham, even if no one else has anything good to say about him. 

[faeriekit]

I ship this ship because:

I have eyes

I can see

I am the smartest person in the room

I receive divine revelations about them in the dead of night, alone in my chambers

[electric-plants]

i like haino who are heart achingly in love soulmates who cannot live without one another but respond to questions about what the other person is like with a thumbs up and no elaboration

[falling-star-cygnus]

i don’t see enough people making this cytham hc into fics and i absolutely adore it so-

be the fanfic you wish to see in the world {can be seen as 4ggravate, i seem to wheedle it into all my alhaitham thoughts}

“Tighnari.”

A pair of ebony ears flick, a wary pause follows.

“Cyno.” He knew that tone.

“Did you hear-”

“Cyno-”

“Did you hear about-”

“Cyno, please-”

“Did you hear about the elemental orb that asked a question?”

Their begging did nothing. Pained silence was all that answered the Mahamatra. Neither Kaveh or Tighnari were willing to appease him.

Alhaitham only raised a single eyebrow. Which was a feat in itself, really; getting him to look away from his novel.

Clearly, Cyno took that as a sign to continue.

“It was innocculous.”

Tighnari tugged his ears down with a drawn out groan. Kaveh thunked his head down on the table. Or finally passed out from alcohol consumption. Only Buer knew, honestly.

“See the joke is-”

Cyno trailed off, eyes catching on something. Someone.

…Someone was laughing. Muffled and breathy as it was, someone was actually laughing at Cyno’s joke. And it wasn’t a drunk Kaveh.

No, it was Alhaitham.

Tighnari slowly let go of his ears to face the Acting Grand Sage. Cyno was shocked {archons, now he’s affected} into a blissful silence, red in the face with his jaw on the floor.

“We’re all seeing the same thing, right?” Kaveh whispers, as if afraid to be too loud and ruin the moment. His head was still against the table, but turned towards the scribe in disbelief.

Alhaitham was laughing into his hand, snickers turning into chuckles which turned into a quiet wheezes against his knuckles.

“Uh huh…” Tighnari finally whispers back. He turns just in time to see Cyno giving himself a harsh pinch on the arm.

After a stifled wince, and a bit more staticky hair, Cyno opens his mouth again.

Alhaitham beats him to punch.

“Was it asking a Lesser Lord statue?” he asks, almost as if he didn’t want anyone to actually hear him. Cyno stands up, face set in what would be a scary look for anyone outside of the four.

“I’m gonna kiss him-”

He then proceeded to jump the table.

[feketeribizli]

i miss them so much no one gets it

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