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You Were Not Part of the Curriculum (Yet I Stayed Longer Than Necessary) by markmp3
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
21 Feb 2026
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Dr. Veritas Ratio has always believed that knowledge is the only reliable defense against chaos. Caelus, unfortunately, is chaos made flesh.
Ratio boards the Astral Express with the explicit intention of correcting that. He expects resistance. Ignorance. Emotional interference. He expects inefficiency because inefficiency is the natural state of most people. He does not expect Caelus to listen or to understand.
He does not expect himself to notice the quiet ways Caelus belongs to the Astral Express, or the quieter ways Caelus begins, slowly and unintentionally, to belong somewhere Ratio cannot follow.
He does not expect himself to care. He certainly does not expect to stay.
But some variables refuse to remain theoretical.
And some mistakes cannot be corrected once they have already begun.
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Apparently I Smell Like a Problem by markmp3
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
13 Feb 2026
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They arrived as anomalies.
Amphoreus has temples, Titans, refugees, and exactly one opinion about Caelus the moment he opens his mouth and breathes. The Chrysos Heirs connect the dots incorrectly and refuse to un-connect them.
The problem isn’t that Amphoreus has weird dynamics. The problem is that Caelus and Dan Heng don’t know that, and everyone else is very confident they do.
Featuring: incorrect assumptions, unwanted attention, Phainon thinking too hard, Mydei thinking not enough, and Caelus, who absolutely did not sign up for this, while Dan Heng notes everything down furiously for the archives.
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i’m a fire (i’ll keep your brittle heart warm) by markmp3
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
13 Jan 2026
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Caelus has learned how to run toward danger and call it bravery. It’s easier than sitting still with fear he doesn’t have words for, easier than admitting how badly he wants to stay.
Dan Heng has learned how to stand between the world and the people he cares about. Distance is safer. Silence is safer. Wanting something is not.
As the Astral Express becomes home, their quiet habits of protection, restraint, and mutual worry begin to blur into something neither of them is prepared to name. Devotion turns dangerous. And learning how to choose each other, gently and without self-destruction, may be the bravest thing they do.
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Quiet Hours on the Astral Express by markmp3
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
06 Jan 2026
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Life aboard the Astral Express settles into a rhythm made of shared silence, familiar routines, and unspoken trust. Caelus and Dan Heng spend their nights in the observation car, their days moving in quiet sync, and their futures unfolding without either of them naming what already exists between them.
No confessions are made, no promises spoken aloud. Still, they remain, steady and deliberate, learning that sometimes devotion does not need words to be real.
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