Looking for depressing Childe angst that'll make you cry at 3am? Look no further :D (Yes I am proud of ts)
Chapters: 13/13 Fandom: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Tartaglia | Childe/Zhongli (Genshin Impact), Scaramouche/Tartaglia | Childe (Genshin Impact), Skirk & Tartaglia | Childe (Genshin Impact), Fatui Harbinger Members & Tartaglia | Childe (Genshin Impact), Tartaglia | Childe & Tartaglia | Childe's Family (Genshin Impact) Characters: Tartaglia | Childe (Genshin Impact), Skirk (Genshin Impact), Zhongli (Genshin Impact), Fatui Harbinger Members (Genshin Impact), Tartaglia | Childe's Family (Genshin Impact) Additional Tags: Written Before Snezhnaya Release (Genshin Impact), Mental Health Issues, Tartaglia | Childe is a Mess (Genshin Impact), Suffering Tartaglia | Childe (Genshin Impact), Character Study, Psychological Trauma, Beta Read, But she can't spell the word carrot, Skirk is Bad at Feelings (Genshin Impact), Unreliable Narrator, Loneliness, Hate Sex, Childe abuse, Drinking to Cope, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Religious Imagery & Symbolism, Sexual Assault, Tartaglia | Childe Has PTSD (Genshin Impact), Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con Summary:
The Abyss does not give.
It takes, and takes, and takes, strips you down, leaves you bare and exposed, stabs at you, drawing out fragility, a constant battle that either ends with a victor, now purged of his weakness, or a corpse.
In that sense, Tartaglia was a victor.
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Childe, in the eyes of those around him, and himself.






