Kai/Ramad fic ideas free to a good home:
5 times Ramad showed up and got in Kai's way and 1 time Kai had to go find him.
5 times Kai and Ramad are about to have a moment of relationship-changing intimacy but Ramad makes them stop because Kai's said something that has sheds light on a historical mystery and he REALLY has to write it down…
Ramad visits the well (?????) Kai lives in.
Ramad loses a battle of wits with Sanja.
Ramad needs Kai's help for a research project about like. Saredi culture or history or linguistics. Kai has to process a lot of big difficult feelings about genocide, but he's also touched that people want to record this stuff. Ramad starts out just thinking it's a cool project and becomes more sensitive and thoughtful about it as the project continues.
Possibly same as the above, they grow closer to each other over a Collaborative Research Project while Kai angsts "oh he only likes me for my first person accounts. I have to perpetuate this research project forever." and Ramad angsts like "oh he only tolerates me because of the Sanctity of the Work. I have to perpetuate this research project forever." And so they yearn across the table at one another! Way too long! While producing Excellent Work.
as above but the situation is engineered by Dahin who also keeps sowing seeds of miscommunication so they keep working on the History instead of hooking up in a dark corner.
Kai calls Ramad Bashasa again and has a big crisis about it. Eventually he apologises to Ramad who's like "yeah dw I realised you didn't mean anything by it the last time". Kai's like. WAIT. THERES BEEN MORE THAN ONE TIME?
Kai calls Ramad Bashasa ….. During sex.
Ramad calls Kai Bashasa during sex??
Kai's grandmother astral projects into the situation just to make it clear how little she approves of Kai dating someone who has plotted against him. Ramad tries desperately to talk to her about the ancient past and she's like "I'm wise to you, imperialist historian".
Ramad gets bitten by a horse.
Ramad gets bitten by a horse because Kai spooked it for demon reasons, and Kai feels the need to apologise and patch him up.
Ohhh Ramad finds out something about how demons work and he finds it really really really really really really hot. But he tries desperately not to show it because it would be like othering and disrespectful. Kai's like "oh no :(, I've horrified him".
temporary posession? They are both awake in there and have to navigate sharing a body
temporary posession, Ramad is NOT awake in there and Kai has to Dwell Respecfully (while getting them out of mortal peril probably).
Ramad wants to brag and preen about how cool it is that he has a relationship with THE Kaiisteron, (Prince of the Fourth House of the Underearth, called the Witch King) but his family are like "is this more of your nerd stuff? Why don't you do something practical. Like mural painting. Or basket weaving. Is this new man of yours any good at harvesting water reeds?"
some enemy of Kai's kidnaps Ramad and Kai is like "this is so embarrassing. They just kind of do this i'm sorry." Ramad is like. Does this mean he likes me? Kai is like. Does this mean he knows I like him?
back ally blowjobs you know.
Sanja is really really really mean to Ramad because she's jealous that Kai likes him. Ramad assumes she hates him because Kai hates him. Tries to be nicer to Kai. Sanja gets even meaner.
Ramad is put in a situation where he feels the need to use his budding relationship with Kai for political ends. Kai feels manipulated and betrayed. ANGST AND SORROW FOREVER.
^ this one and he genuinely does it 3 times. And every time Kai eventually comes around to almost trusting him again before he his betrayed once more and it just continues to be painf forever.
Ramad tries to bribe Sanja to tell him things about Kai and it backfires spectacularly.
Sanja, as a feral child, has a natural aptitude for spy work. Ramad starts to take her under his wing and Kai is like. MY DAUGHTER. WILL NOT. BE A DIPLOMAT.
someone else uses Kai's budding relationship with Ramad to manipulate him and Kai thinks Ramad is in on it and is really hurt. But actually he wasn't in on it at all!
Kai is in denial about growing to like Ramad. Ziede's like [live heart pearl reaction]. Suuuuuurrreeee.
Kai is suspicious that Ramad is Evil Scheming again and keeps stalking him about it but it turns out instead Ramad is trying to plan an Incredibly Thoughtful gesture. (5 times Ramad betrayed Kai and 1 time he was buying cream cakes?)
