the flowers of yesteryear that wither today
Book 2 of gone are the condemned, the elegies for the living
Language: English
Alhaitham & Collei (Genshin Impact) Alhaitham & Cyno (Genshin Impact) Alhaitham & Kaveh (Genshin Impact) Alhaitham & Tighnari (Genshin Impact) Alhaitham (Genshin Impact) Angst Collei & Tighnari (Genshin Impact) Collei (Genshin Impact) Completed Cyno & Tighnari (Genshin Impact) Cyno (Genshin Impact) Cyno Tells Bad Jokes (Genshin Impact) FanFiction Fatui (Genshin Impact) Found Family Gen Hurt Tighnari (Genshin Impact) Hurt/Comfort Kaveh (Genshin Impact) Lunar Lotuses and their implications Mentioned Dehya - Freeform Nahida & Tighnari Nahida (Genshin Impact) Symbolism Tighnari & Traveler (Genshin Impact) Tighnari (Genshin Impact) Tighnari needs a hug Tighnari-centric (Genshin Impact) and probably some earplugs probably well I think there's enough comfort for that tag yes beta we survive like... like... 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
Publisher: archiveofourown.org
Published: Oct 8, 2022
Description:
One evening, Tighnari is out alone in the night when Collei approaches him.
He didn’t hear her wake from a nightmare. But his ears perk up nonetheless, still on alert, because rarely does Collei ever seek him out in the middle of the night.
The Nilotpala lotuses aren’t blooming. It’s a shame. The pounding rain only minutes ago obscured the moonlight, and he hasn’t been able to sleep, still wired from hours of hearing nothing but the pitter patter of droplets hitting windows like drums and the crack of thunder like divine punishment.
Collei sits down beside him. “I… had a dream, Master Tighnari.”
Tighnari hums in acknowledgement. Her voice is soft. Quiet. He can’t help but appreciate it.
“...I was wondering if you’d like to hear about it.”
Impossibly, his lips twitch in the ghost of a smile. “I would.”
It’s the first time Collei talks to him through the night instead of the other way around.
He doesn’t mind.
OR: Tighnari finds a world in the young girl with a smile as bright as the flowers in the rainforest and heart too big for her body.
And then, he loses it all.