Somehow only just saw the wip ask game. Artist!Kaeya x Zhongluc?
hello dear !!! alksdfklsdfj VALID and an excellent choice!! for context (x)
artist!kaeya x zhongluc was inspired when i saw a piece by this artist on twt (x - alas, it appears they took the specific art down 😔) and my first and only thought was 'rich married zhongluc seduce artist!kaeya and get him to come live with them' and it spiraled a bit from there lmao
skilled but struggling artist!kaeya weasels his way into an upscale art gallery where well-known art connoisseurs zhongli and diluc find his art (and him) very appealing. they each independently commission pieces for each other respectively, though kaeya gets a bit of a weird 'these guys are flirting with me' vibe and suggests that the next time they meet, it be with both zhongli and diluc present. lo and behold, though, they are ofc still flirting with him lmao
ANYWAY this leads to them basically giving him a room at their veritable mansion and any and all art supplies he could desire as well as a steady salary and fully use of all the mansion's amenities. and, ofc, oh my god they were roommates lmao
a snippet, one of the pieces that keeps me intrigued by this au cause i really wanna deal with kaeya feeling like he can't be too personal with his art cause if it reflects him, it'll be bad (forgive the formatting, this bit has yet to make it out of my discord lmao):
the next canvas is smaller, more intimate. it has to be. he paints limbs, far more than there should be, and he doesn't care to correct it. they tangle and twist, almost inhuman but not quite. inhuman for their number, for the way that an arm extends under a chest and over another shoulder. legs that twine once more than they should be able to. he doesn't think about the uncharacteristic saturation of his colors - when did he last paint without dulling it all to shades of brown and gray? but bright greens serve as cool backdrops to all shades of yellow and orange and red. colors - colors, and he finds diluc there, and zhongli. sees the blue he never meant to paint, and finds it surreal not to hate a piece of himself spilled onto a canvas. finds this alien, strange depiction to be the most he's ever felt like himself, and he collapses back onto his heels with a breath heavy with relief and exhaustion in tandem.
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