I have came here to ask for a a similar yet different request, hear me out again please, past lovers- zhongli x dragon!mc. Tbh i kinda wanna write this myself but i am someone that gets writers block easily so uhm...
Dragon!mc used to be sparing/patrol partners with zhongli during the dragon rule era and they had something going on- not quite the love everyone else has no, deeper, more meaningfull with no reason to acknowladge that it is there because both of the parites already know that.(yes, basicaly a situationship)
They're star-crossed soulmates, meant to be yet never truly.
Dragon!mc is a witness on zhonglis 'betrayal' (him swtiching to celestias side and taking a major part in the archon war) and they blamed theirself, for falling for him and how much it actually hurts knowing what they had will never happen ever again as- dragon!mc dies in his arms, and never steps a foot back in liyue untill unconsciousky begain pulled to the very same nation after hundred of years later of her death.
Dragon!mc still has that smile, the warmth, shine, laugh and unexplainable elegancy on her face. The one zhongli would have done everything to get back in that moment.
But he is still bound to celestia- to his duties as the archon-untill who knows when.
And untill than, he watches over her, every life she lives, the very same ones that was taken from her so unjustly- in every single one.
But he can't do anything about it, he made a contract with celestia after his possible betrayal to them in the moment mc was dying in his arms once again. He is forbidden to ever be a part of her life.
Until he is no longer the geo archon.
But only when he was about to give up the very same title that he fought nail and tooth for, including the very big sacrifaces, does he notice mc is no longer in liyue, hasn't been for a few of her lives actually.
Dottore happened. In her last reincarnations- she reincarnated as her first self.
The dragon!mc was back multiple times but at what cost? Is she still truly a dragon if her wings were taken from them to never soar troughout the skies ever again? Is she still a dragon if all she has that proves she is one is her blood and remaining few scales and claws? (She managed to hid her horns and tail but the wings are just un-hide-able you know...)
But than she manages to escape the ever lasting cold winter with what little flame she has left in her soul, getting on a ship-and even begain protected by the crew members untill they near the harbor.
The first face, Eyes she sees are his.
So familiar yet so distant- so regretfull yet they still hold an ounce of happiness in them.
Zhongli the ever big gentleman he is- runs.
Runs as far away from them because the contract is still on, will be for a few more days in fact.
Untill than, he will watch from the side lines, making out what happened to her silently with observing eyes- who did this to her- and finally FINALLY getting the chance to talk with her once again once he lets go of his title.
Oh but celestia might hate him as a particular ginger is on his way to report that the missing experiment is on the loose in liyue.
With the former geo archon.
I geniuenky wanna contune this but i'm sleepy and all i can think about is that canon dottore only went over the moon once he gets his hands on this poor dragoness because i remember him trying to get a hold of an aranara multiple times because of his curiosity so...it would only be worse with and 'extinct' fairytale material dragoness, right?
My TruE question to you is that what do you think the rest would go like? Because i personally am stuck but i also wanna read this like a fanfic/hc thingy idk what its truky called💔 and would love to see your point of wiev because idk where to stop with the angst-no comfort...
I feel like if I add anything else to it, it might ruin your vision of this idea. It's just so good. @ladyintheday you send me the best stuff, I swear-
But... I guess it would be a slow process of healing? Of trust building between the two once again? And Zhongli being a protective dragon against the Fatui-
...Also want him to rip off Dottore's head-
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