#mehrak project

[flowerful-doodles]

Day one of turning this

Into Mehrak (Kaveh’s toolbox) from Genshin Impact!

Started on figuring out how to evenly scale down Mehrak’s design to my own briefcase today (I’m maybe about a third of the way done with the math?). After I finish getting all the dimensions of the details to scale, I’ll draw them in Procreate and then I’m going to attempt to laser cut the shapes with the Glowforge machine at my workplace! I’ve never tried laser cutting smth so detailed or files from Procreate before so I’m excited to see how this project turns out :D

Math from today :P

My next step is going to be finishing the math (mostly figuring out the scale of the curved parts of the design lol) and then I’ll begin drawing out the details! Hoping to try laser cutting sometime next week!

[calmbigdipper]

inspired by Kaveh’s parental instincts kicking in when Mehrak went missing during the Sabzeruz Festival limited event…

I wanted to make a comic about him overthinking about whether he’s a good caretaker for his little light ⋆˙⟡♡

[invertedspoon]

i love having the ability to write anything i want and the only one in my campaign who plays genshin because im making my guy's backstory so kavetham coded it's crazy

[miyaz6ki]

how about alhaitham fucking you on the couch, telling you to hush up in case kaveh comes home?

he asked you to come over to help decide on final designs for a few of his upcoming projects. but suddenly, the honest urge to have just taken you right then and there on the couch-

you didn't have to wear a skirt that short . . shit did you really wanna tease him like this? nasty girl.

he threw his head back as he worked himself inside your hole, erection only worsening, pants getting tighter and you were laid out in front of him on the couch.

"such a dirty slut. you didn't even wear panties? are you asking me to punish you? you could've just said so, brat." his digits scissored your hole, stretching your drooling cunt nice and wide before you take his dick.

he lands a rough kiss to your lips, crashing his own—chapped and hungry for your taste. the sound of his belt unbuckling never was unfamiliar, only turning you on more as you watched his phallus rise, taking a gulp nervously as you could already feel his tip teasing your entrance.

it's been almost 2 hours, and he kept going at it, your sticky hole felt warm, all the same. each time only adding more substance inside when you arch you back so your lover can hit that spot you just love so much so good.

"hnngh . . ! 'haitham annhh- fffuck I love y'r dick- nnhh-!" your loud whines he could only degrade for now, for wanting him to bend you over and fuck you over a dining table in public? of course he had to teach you first you couldn't have everything you want.

all of a sudden before the final brick of pleasure was about to be placed, alhaitham suddenly pulls out. "wha- haithammmm! please?" the tone of your voice made him and his cock eager to thrust inside you and make you all pretty n' sticky.. but he had to resist such a sight.

"been suuuch a damn good-looking brat today, you can't have it I'm afraid. what if someone else had seen this instead of me.. would you have wanted that, baby?" his tone filled with a pinch of sass, and the rest of his personality.

but who wouldn't be just a little.. possessive of you when you look so easy to just devour everything from your ears till your toes.

he shushed your cries, and pleads to make him cum inside. you know that he can't do that just yet, not until your wedding day. hmm, he definitely had to propose soon.

fat tears slowly start to run down your cheeks as alhaitham leaned in close, the previous mating press-like position you were put it now had one of your legs over his shoulder.

he started to kiss your tears away, he hated to see you cry, shit don't pull this trump card right now..

he starts to match his pace as to how a chef would cook their meals. fast, and efficient. he made no second wasted, performing small, hushed and hurried thrusts into you. a finger over your mouth to keep you down. he could hear a key jingle at the door of the home—it was his roommate kaveh.

but fuck was he so close to cumming too. he could see it through your velvety tongue that lolled out each time he grinded his angry, red tip against you g-spot.

before he knew it, he already pulled out to release, getting a few drops of his cum on your chest, over to your face. and damn would he be glad to lick it all off your body—but the door opens.

"i'm ho- OH WHAT THE FUCK—" the blond drops his things on the floor, mehrak quickly swiping them up onto its head as kaveh stands in shock.

[reason-with-the-underdog]

alhaitham's chest gem

sometimes im normal and sometimes i remember that alhaitham's chest gem is him being enough of a nerd to permanently glue his library card to his pectorals and then alter his clothing to prominently display said library card

(and tits)

panah, a normal person: [scans his library card on a lanyard]

kaveh, an engineer: [has mehrak project his access details directly into the card reader]

alhaitham, the guy who got his job so that he could access restricted material at the archives & library: [books out, boobs out]

[silvernyxchariot]

Hi :)

Please can i request headcanons of Kaveh x an artist reader who loves painting/drawing cute portraits of Kaveh <3 I love the image of Kaveh obsessing over each individual one

Kaveh x GN,Artist!Reader

⚠️Okokokok, I’m gonna get a little sappy in there, but is fine. It can be fluff if you want.

The architect is ecstatic to have someone with which he can share his own artistic ideals with, unlike with a “…certain Scribe who dismisses the value of artistry.” Yes, he said that with a sneer. Although it’s not the exact same as his work, buildings and inanimate objects he pours his soul into, he appreciates the detail you give in drawing people, other creatures.

To Kaveh, you see people. Kaveh admires that you show people’s identity through your work. In a world ruled by mora ($$$), hard coin, you show the world these people have individuality. To him, your art is that moment when you walk through a museum and find YOUR piece; the one that will make you stop and sit there for hours admiring it.

When it comes to your works about him, he’s more insecure than he lets on. “Oh! You’ve taken note of all my best features. The lighting, the angle, it just shows how determined I am,” are some of the things that he would say. But deep down, he wonders if you saw how tired he was that day or if you omitted any wrinkles he has developed.

It’s not that Kaveh doesn’t appreciate your gifts, he appreciates every little doodle and portrait you have of him. He admires them with you sitting in his lap, his head resting on yours (if you’re significantly shorter than him or otherwise on your shoulder) and Mehrak is looking over his shoulder, almost as if his floating briefcase were truly alive. You are the embodiment of beauty and goodness in his eyes.

Al Haitham notes that Kaveh has a collection of your works in a chest in his room. It doesn’t get lost in the clutter because Kaveh purchased a very distinct chest with a color scheme and design that reminded him of you.

On occasion, Kaveh will invite you on one of his expeditions, mainly within the forest areas of Sumeru for inspiration. This man cannot withstand the heat. He WILL complain each second, you’re out there or convince you not to go out into the desert with flattery, says something cheesy like, “But you are my muse.” And then, he places a padisarah behind your ear.

When Kaveh feels particularly empty, out of motivation, or dealing with a rough client, you can find him in the Mausoleum of King Deshret, his comfort spot from his hang out. He’s suddenly forgot his discomfort traveling through the desert to come out and draw, sketch, and distract himself. Seeing you when you follow him out there, he invites you to stay and camp with him under the starry sky and shares a blanket with you as you stay close to the fire that illuminates your drawings.

Although the last drafts of his newest project are done and the two of you can return home, he withholds this judgment. As you sketch him, who is distracted with his "work," he looks up and sketches you. It’s a silent moment yet comfortable feeling, and the two of you are always alternating looking at each other for reference. On the off occasion the two of you make eye contact, Kaveh will laugh, feeling that you two are on the same wavelength and will share with you his progress of your portrait. He will often say that your portraits are more accurate than his own because you capture the life of your subject, something that he claims to be rusty at.

A/N: Someone requested HC from me… 😯 I dunno how to deal with this./j

[strxnged]

400w. warnings: minor vent, i wrote this on my phone—may be typos

"I'm so tired, Kaveh."

Ruby eyes met yours, slightly widened, but concerned. "I know, Y/N. I know."

You grasped the railing of the lookout, and clenched it. "Is it really just going to be one week after the other like this? For the rest of my life?"

Kaveh took one of his own hands off the railing, and hovered it over your shoulder. "I won't lie to make you feel better." He set it on your back, a bit awkward but well-meaning.

You felt a downward tug on the corners of your lips. "It wouldn't work anyways," you sighed, looking over the evening view of Sumeru city. It was a comforting sight. There was, however bitterness in the beauty. There was bitterness in how you missed having time to revel in it.

"But you chose this life, didn't you?"

You swiveled your head to face him, brows furrowed as if to warn him not to continue. Kaveh saw your facial expression and ignored it.

"You chose this occupation—this lifestyle—this insane sort of every-second-counts mindset. You chose it because you have goals. You're ambitious, stubborn, resilient, and..." He paused, looking you over. "You're passionate. Even if you don't feel it right now, it's there, right beneath your skin, fighting for action. For the pleasure of doing what you love."

"Don't project onto me, buddy," you snapped.

"We're similar."

You didn't want to admit that Kaveh was right. It was like the view before you which you missed so often when all you had to do sometimes was raise your eyes.

"Will I ever get to rest?"

Kaveh shrugged. "I hope so. I think... I guess you'll adapt. You always do. You'll adapt, and remember what you're doing this for."

"Yeah," you said, eyes flitting over the bustling streets below. "Do they rest?"

A group of friends near a shop was chatting away. A woman and her child were sitting on a bench, eating some food from Puspa Café. A man, holding a briefcase reminiscent of Kaveh's, Mehrak, had paused on the street and was looking above the building roofs towards the sun. He looked to be in a trance. Much like yourself.

"I think they remember," Kaveh mused, "to look up."

author's note. it's been a long week, and it's only wednesday. sigh!

[birbleafs]

[fic] Chocolate Puzzle

Series: Genshin Impact Characters/Pairing: Kaveh x Al-Haitham, Mehrak Rating: T Tags: Valetine's Day, White Day, Chocolates, Fluff and Humour, Established Relationship, Implied Sexual Content, Top Kaveh/Bottom Al-Haitham. Summary: Kaveh attempts a surprise; things go awry, and Al-Haitham is a tease. A/N: For Liz's prompt: "Kaveh makes a chocolate puzzle box for Al-Haitham but it melts before he can give it to him." I first wrote this as a short drabble for V-day last year, and then forgot about it till now because time is a social construct. So I decided to rewrite it and brush it up for posting this time.

Fic also be read on AO3. _______ “Oh no,” Kaveh said, dismay and disappointment articulated all too succinctly in just two syllables. “Hm,” Al-Haitham supplied, almost as eloquently, arms folded across his chest and curiosity evident in his sharp gaze. “And this is…?” “It’s a puzzle made of chocolate…” Al-Haitham angled his head, arching a brow at the opened box on the coffee table once more. “Or at least it was supposed to be,” Kaveh continued, one hand already massaging at the space between his eyes. “Miss Enteka was kind enough to let me use her kitchen two days ago so I could make it for you. I’d arranged for it to be delivered this afternoon, but I never expected the weather today to be so scorching that it’d melt the puzzle so quickly like this!”

He grimaced, glancing away. He couldn’t bear to look at the despairing state of the gooey, liquified confection any longer. “I’m sorry I ruined the surprise, Al-Haitham. I’d only wanted to do something different for your Valentine’s Day gift.” Hovering beside them, Mehrak let out a despondent electronic warble, mirroring Kaveh’s own dejection. But Al-Haitham only sighed, shaking his head. “Unless your Vision has seemingly bestowed upon you the power to manipulate even the sun, I would disagree with the notion that you ruined anything.” At Kaveh’s forlorn expression, he exhaled another sigh, his tone shifting into something gentler: “Still, I do appreciate the sentiment and effort. Anyway, since it’s my turn this month to get the coffee beans, we should procure some desserts from the bazaar as well.” As brusque as his words were, Kaveh knew Al-Haitham was only trying to soothe his disappointment and lift the mood. So, he attempted a smile and nodded instead. Then, once he’d discarded the melted confection away, Kaveh quickly followed Al-Haitham out through the front door. 

※ “Haitham…? Oh, you’re up earlier today.” Kaveh yawned as he reached blearily for the dallah, pouring himself a cup of coffee. Nearly a month had whisked by since Valentine’s Day. Ongoing restoration projects of several public buildings in Aaru Village had kept Kaveh busy and occupied with work, and he’d mostly forgotten about his botched surprise gift—right until the moment he stepped into the sunlit kitchen this bright Saturday morning to find Al-Haitham seemingly in deep discussion with Mehrak. “What’s all this?” Kaveh asked, pacing over and taking in the bags of groceries on the kitchen counter. Mehrak chirped a greeting at his approach, but Al-Haitham barely lifted his gaze, musing still at the holo-diagrams projected out against the patterned brightwood walls before them. Before Kaveh could voice another question, the holo-diagrams beaming out from Mehrak abruptly switched to a holo-recording instead. One that Kaveh quickly recognised as a recording of himself bustling about in Miss Enteka’s kitchen as he carefully crafted the chocolate puzzle, one meticulous piece at a time. “This is… Ahh, right…” Kaveh said, slightly mortified by the sudden reminder of his failed surprise attempt. He turned towards Mehrak, shaking his head almost chidingly, though not unkindly. “I didn’t realise you were recording the process the whole time then.” He gave Al-Haitham a sidelong look, feeling self-conscious now. But Al-Haitham continued observing the recording wordlessly; it was only after the recording ended that he reached a hand forward, drawing Kaveh closer to his side of the counter. “Huh? What now?” Kaveh paused, catching sight of the items Al-Haitham had pulled out of the grocery bags—coffee beans, cacao blocks, gelatinised slime sheets, butter, milk, sugar, padisarah essence, and a bottle of cherry liqueur. He realised then they were all ingredients to make chocolate confectionery; that Al-Haitham had even bought a set of baking moulds for the puzzle. “We should adjust the temperature of the fridge this time before setting the chocolate,” Al-Haitham said matter-of-factly to Kaveh’s look of surprise. “It’s been warmer in Sumeru City lately, so perhaps it’s best to cool the puzzle for longer at a lower temperature, for the chocolate to retain its shape…” He trailed off as he began chopping up the cacao blocks with a knife, looking over to Kaveh to check if the sliced pieces were of the correct size.  Kaveh felt a wedge of emotion in his throat then, a warmth prickling within his chest. But he nodded at Al-Haitham with a smile, his enthusiasm at sculpting another new chocolate puzzle from scratch returning once again.

※ “Okay, I think that should do it! All right, Al-Haitham—let’s see how quickly you can crack this one, heh.” “I’ve already solved it,” Al-Haitham replied, without missing a beat. Kaveh was still in the midst of languishing a melodramatic sigh, however, his voice light and haughty with teasing. “It may be foolish of me to expect it from a man who claims to operate solely on objectivity. But I know there’s a sliver of romance, of sentimentality that resides still in your cinder-block of a heart, to truly appreciate the artistry in—Wait, what?” Kaveh blinked, finally catching up with Al-Haitham’s words. “You’ve solved the puzzle? A-Already?! ” Al-Haitham inclined his head. He lifted the chocolate puzzle box to his lips then, and—to Kaveh’s absolute horror—nipped at the patterned lid with his teeth. “It’s easiest if I simply eat my way through the puzzle right to the cherry liqueur in the centre.” Al-Haitham deadpanned once he’d finished chewing off the left corner of the box. He flicked a tongue over stray bits of frosting and crushed coffee flakes from his canines, mouth curved into a grin as he hummed in approval. “Miss Enteka’s newest supply of spiced coffee beans does add an interesting flavour.” “You…” Kaveh was still staring slack-jawed at the sight of Al-Haitham licking chocolate and coffee flakes from his lips, looking almost like a contented cat who had just finished a saucer of cream. He let out a frosty, long-suffering groan. “You’re such a heathen sometimes.” “I’m merely being efficient.” Al-Haitham remained unperturbed, but Kaveh recognised that all-too-familiar roguish gleam in his teal eyes. “Besides, isn't there another kind of puzzle you’d like to solve?” “I don’t know why I even bother with you sometimes… Hey!” Kaveh jolted when Al-Haitham’s fingers brushed against his hand, but he didn’t recoil from the touch.  Directing Kaveh’s fingers with his own to reach for a piece of broken chocolate from the plate, Al-Haitham then raised both their hands up towards his chest—to press the chocolate past the loose collar of his lounge shirt, against the sliver of bare skin just below his clavicle and right above his jewelled piercing. “Aren’t you curious?” Al-Haitham said, his gaze placid as he watched the way Kaveh’s eyes widened at the sight and feel of the chocolate pressed between their fingers and against Al-Haitham’s chest. “To see how long it takes to melt this piece of chocolate?” Kaveh frowned again, still perplexed. “Of course it would melt just as quickly in this heat… Oh. You mean on your nip—Archons, Haitham.” He swore that Al-Haitham’s soft laugh was almost too coy; deceptively innocent behind that knowing, cat-like grin. “Don’t you want to see if you can crack this puzzle as well, senior?” Kaveh’s only response was to move forward with a surging kiss, his lips and teeth catching against Al-Haitham’s, before he pushed Al-Haitham back roughly against the counter. “They say curiosity killed the cat,” Kaveh said, once they had pulled apart for a breath. “Perhaps my irreverent junior should consider treading forward with utmost care.” Al-Haitham watched steadily as Kaveh met his gaze with a dangerous grin of his own; as the wedge in Kaveh’s throat bobbed in anticipation. “It’s fine,” Al-Haitham hummed with wry amusement, eyes bright and alluring. “A cat has nine lives, after all. So, we can do this nine times over… Or until you finally crack the code.” “You’re a glutton for punishment, I swear,” Kaveh huffed, and Al-Haitham laughed once more when Kaveh pinned him down with a growl, kissing him fiercely. 

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“There you are, Mehrak,” Kaveh said to the sight of the automated toolbox hovering over the kitchen counter. He downed a glass of water before reaching forward to pat Mehrak’s side. “You don’t really need to do all the cleaning, you know? Since it’s all Haitham’s fault the kitchen got messed up like this.” A curious, questioning beep. “Erk… No, no, you’re right. I was, uh, just as involved in this mess…” Another cheerful warble, and Mehrak swivelled again, beaming a digital screen out before them. “Hmm? Ah, you recorded the chocolate-making process earlier for future reference? Haha, that’s a good idea—” Only for Kaveh to splutter into his glass when he finally saw—heard—the indecencies that had transpired on top of the kitchen counter as the recording began to play. Indecencies in which he and Al-Haitham had—thoroughly and indisputably—been involved.  “W-Wha-?! Mehrak, please delete this at once!” Outside in the living room, still curled against the cushions on the divan and clad only in his chocolate-stained lounge shirt, Al-Haitham stirred from his nap. Glancing drowsily towards the sound of Kaveh’s flustered rambles and Mehrak’s apologetic beeps, he exhaled a sigh, the corner of his mouth twitching into a soft smile. Al-Haitham stretched languidly like a cat, basking in the quiet and late evening sun. Then, after another moment or two, he finally rose from the divan and padded into the kitchen to assist with the cleaning. Today was indeed a good day. —End— _______

End Notes: - I tried to search for some videos of chocolate puzzle designs. But most were either simple jigsaw puzzle confectionery for kids, the Meiji Black Chocolate Puzzle (which sort of looks like Tetris), or those insanely intricate and life-sized sculptures made by The Chocolate Guy. Let's just assume Kaveh found a recipe for challenging edible puzzle that's somewhere in between... never mind that Al-Haitham basically "solved" it by eating it lol.

- Comments are always welcomed for my fics. I'd like to hear what you think, if you've enjoyed this! Thanks for reading :)

[thormanick]

All the Kavetham/Haikaveh ideas I don't have capacity to currently write, a very detailed list:

(Which I am humbly placing here before you. Be warned: this post is an incredibly long one!)

1. Fatui!Kaveh AU, where the night before the meeting happens between Kaveh and Alhaitham at the tavern, Kaveh gets a deal from Fatui representatives to work on a huge project in Snezhnaya. Kaveh is sceptical about it, but decides to accept the offer during the dialogue with Alhaitham (seeing himself as a burden, Kaveh decides that he will cause more trouble to Alhaitham than the Fatui, thus he decides to accept their offer even if it seems too good to be true). He tells Alhaitham about his decision to leave for Snezhnaya, and so the two relatively amicably/peacefully part their ways (not without Alhaitham testing Kaveh's reasoning a bit, but Kaveh's resolve remains strong).

And so, Kaveh leaves for Snezhnaya, where he gets to work on several huge projects for the next several years under Sandrone. Most of them are related to construction, engineering and reverse-engineering of Khaenri'ahn and Khaenri'ah-inspired technology, and he gets barely any time to work on his personal projects (he's overworked and exhausted and doesn't get much time and opportunity to be creative; however, the payments are good and he's on his way to getting out of debt, which is practically the sole reason driving him forward. The projects get progressively more complicated and, in a way, unhinged - engineering military equipment is alright, but working with the remains of Khaenri'ahn technology, dead gods and such proves to be... mentally taxing. Everything happens very gradually though, so Kaveh does not immediately notice the true scale of where the Fatui are ready to go to achieve certain goals). Kaveh doesn't really like the work environment of the Fatui, but he does his best (the Harbingers creep him out whenever he gets to see them on a rare official occasion (he might specifically dislike Pantalone because the Harbinger keeps picking at him for his debt, given a chance), but Sandrone's a decent boss who is somewhat encouraging and invested in his work and personal projects. She might be especially interested in Mehrak's existence and operation). Overall, everything goes quite smoothly for Kaveh, even if he doesn't feel quite at home in Snezhnaya and is aware of how dangerous the Fatui can be. He does not consider himself to be paranoid, but the other shoe has to drop at some point - and that happens when the new Acting Grand Sage of Sumeru gets to visit Snezhnaya on a diplomatic mission (aka: Kaveh reconnects with Alhaitham & Co for the first time in what feels like forever). The situation gets complicated when Kaveh realizes that Sandrone encourages the reestablishment of his connection with Alhaitham specifically - and she never encourages an action if she doesn't directly contribute from it.

Feelings, emotions and shenanigans ensue.

TLDR: Kaveh's doing his best despite being restricted in his ways of work, prevented from realizing most of his creative projects and slowly but surely building emotional walls around himself because Fatui and Snezhnaya; Sandrone being a kind of decent boss with sorta good work ethic but horrendous morals who is not exactly a good influence on Kaveh's idealistic tendencies and guilt complex; Fatui being contextually horrifying but kinda normal coworkers if you don't look at them too close; Alhaitham trying his best as a political figure (Nahida help him) while also trying to get Kaveh to return home with him (because he misses him); the main conflict revolving around Kaveh and his life choices with Sandrone and Alhaitham being kind of foils to each other (with Sandrone gradually destroying Kaveh's idealistic morals and playing on his guilt to get the most out of his potential as an innovator, and with Alhaitham actively trying to resolve Kaveh's guilt and show him that, despite their arguments, Kaveh's idealism still has place in the world and can co-exist with other philosophies). There might or might not be some macguffin-esque Deshret relic that both Akademia and Fatui hunt for that eventually brings the whole crew back to Sumeru. Kaveh might or might not get a chance to meet a fragment of Deshret's spirit within the mentioned relic. But there definitely will be a happy end for everyone here (Deshret will make sure of it).

2. Calamity!AU. The new Cataclysm comes, enveloping all Seven Nations, and so Sumeru does its best to survive. The cities are ruined, and the people gather together in random places to survive. Alhaitham gets to live within one of the settlements, established by the Akademiya. While trying to survive the first wave of the new Calamity, he is also looking for Kaveh; after an argument between the two the architect left for an expedition to the Desert, right before the new Calamity began. Unfortunately, the news comes that his group should have been around Tunigi Hollow - one of the spots in Sumeru where the first wave of the new Calamity hit the hardest. There is no concrete information on whether Kaveh's group survived or not. Alhaitham, not loosing hope, does his best to find any information on Kaveh's whereabouts, but due to Sumeru becoming extremely dangerous to traverse and disjointed as a result of the new Calamity, the search stretches out for almost a decade.

One day Alhaitham helps a caravan, traversing the forests to get to one of the settlements, to fight off the monsters. Unexpectedly, Kaveh turns out to be one of the members of the caravan. Their reunion is almost cut short by the caravan's need to keep going, but Alhaitham convinces Kaveh to join him instead. The two return to the new Sumeru city settlement, where Alhaitham lives and works under the watch of Akademiya and Lord Kusanali. It appears that during his years of travels around the destroyed Sumeru Kaveh learned new ways of architectural construction that would be more efficient against the monsters, born by the Calamity. He also seems to behave quite differently, hardened by the experiences of the past years. Alhaitham proposes for Kaveh to stay with him in the city, and Kaveh accepts. The feelings, new routines, dealings with the changed versions of each other and attempts to find new pace of life in the new world ensue.

TLDR: The world might be ending and impossible to live in, but even so each new day is brighter when the person one loves is by their side.

3. Another Cataclysm!AU, where Kaveh and Alhaitham get assigned separate missions in the grander scheme of things created to prevent the coming of a new Calamity. The plan succeeds and the world remains safe, but not without heavy losses: amongst many others, Kaveh does not survive while carrying out his mission.

Decades pass as Alhaitham goes through his grieving process. Eventually, one evening on the anniversary of the Calamity's prevention, Alhaitham wanders to a place he and Kaveh used to visit together. A Ley Line disruption occurs, and he gets to see a glimpse of Kaveh through it. They have a conversation; the Ley Line apparition (a memory of Kaveh) is convinced that Alhaitham is from the future, and so they talk a lot about the Calamity, whether it was prevented, and about each other's futures. Alhaitham can't bring himself to tell Kaveh that he does not survive the Calamity, but he does tell Kaveh that his architectural legacy lives on. Kaveh commends Alhaitham on his achievements (though not an acting grand sage for a very long time, Alhaitham kept playing an important role throughout Sumeru's history, helping to keep it safe).

Eventually, their time runs out. Ley Line disorder starts gradually disappearing. Alhaitham urges Kaveh to be careful and stay safe, knowing that the Calamity (on Kaveh's side) is yet to come. Kaveh laughs and tells him that on his side, Alhaitham just told him the same words after they finished the debriefing session, related to the Calamity. He says that he was feeling very nervous, but that seeing future-Alhaitham made him convinced that they are on the right path.

And so, the Ley Line disorder disappears. Alhaitham spends some more time at the spot before returning home. Despite painful memories having been brought up, his heart feels a bit lighter.

TLDR: closure comes unexpectedly, takes many forms and does not erase the pain in an instant, but, nevertheless, it heals.

4. AU! where Kaveh and Alhaitham are both magical birds that can transform into humans (and half-humans).

They live together in the depths of Sumeru forest - a domain of a long lost God of Wisdom. Kaveh's feathers are rumoured to bring blessings, while Alhaitham's feathers, on the contrary, are said to bring bad luck or even curses. Humans, living at the edge of magical forest, kinda worship them, but also prefer not to interact with them, primarily because Alhaitham is not happy when others trespass on his lands, and because searching for Kaveh is extremely hard (he's often off working on his projects deep within the forest), and the magical forest is very dangerous on its own. So, the humans build their cities outside of the Sumeru forest, and Alhaitham and Kaveh peacefully live together in the depths of it.

Despite Kaveh and Alhaitham living together for a long time, their opinions on humanity are diametrically opposed: Alhaitham barely tolerates humans, finding them to be reckless, meddling, cowardly and deceitful; Kaveh, on the contrary, finds humans to be creative, inspiring, free and beautiful in their own way. Throughout the years, Kaveh manages to build somewhat of an amicable relationship with the humans, living at the edge of the forest: he learns more about their traditions and arts, while the humans receive his guidance and blessings in various matters of living, craftsmanship and arts. Eventually, Kaveh's knowledge and magical powers catch the eye of Lord Sangemah Bay, who resides in and governs one of the bigger settlements at the forest's border. She makes a deal with Kaveh that, despite providing him with valuable (in his eyes) experience of working with humans on some of his grandest architectural projects, costs him a lot - meaning he has to give away lots of his blessed feathers, which makes his remaining magic much weaker (and generally undermines his health for a bit). Alhaitham is not a huge fan of such approach (in his eyes, Kaveh is wasting his powers and time for nothing, endangering himself), and so a conflict between him and Kaveh breaks. As a result, Kaveh flees their home, secluding himself while he's focusing on other projects he finds curious. Kaveh keeps working with humans, and though Alhaitham certainly keeps an eye on Kaveh's wellbeing, he does not make it easy for humans to reach him. So what if there are new random magical seals, obstacles, almost-traps and riddles appearing here and there when people try to get to Kaveh? It's a magical forest, things happen! (Kaveh knows that Alhaitham does this on purpose, and Alhaitham knows that Kaveh knows, and it leads to them indirectly, and then directly bickering and arguing. The magical forest quite possibly grows very tired of them. Their friends Tighnari and Cyno certainly do, but alas.)

The new equilibrium, found by Alhaitham and Kaveh, is challenged once more when Kaveh leaves to the Lord Sangemah Bay's city to direct yet another one of his grand projects. They do not see each other for a long while. Despite all the challenges, Kaveh's relationship with Dori gradually grows stronger - the two value their partnership - and Kaveh ends up making friends amongst humans. However, not everyone is happy about Lord Sangema Bay's growing friendship with the "deity of blessings" personified. As some people come to despise her for her wealth, influence and ever growing power, so do they come to despise the bird of paradise.

When the project is complete, the time for celebration comes. Kaveh gets to attend a feast by Dori's side as a guest of honour, and is invited to stay the night in her palace before returning to the forest. Kaveh agrees: he's been spending all his days and nights at the building site, and resting a night before returning home would be nice. As the night goes on, however, Kaveh begins to feel weary and unwell - the new type of wine he was served did him no good. He excuses himself early for the night and, as soon as he gets to his bed, he's out cold.

After an undetermined amount of time (in what appears to be the middle of the night), Kaveh wakes up because of immense pain in his back.

As he gradually comes to his senses, he has a horrible realization: one of his wings was cut off when he was asleep. Alerting the guards and Dori yields no results: the intruder escaped, presumably with Kaveh's wing, and there are no traces of them left. While Kaveh gets immediately attended to, he goes in shock and, eventually, loses consciousness.

When the messengers form the city arrive to the forest, Alhaitham receives them reluctantly at first, but as soon as he hears of what happened, he rushes to the city. He ends up taking Kaveh back to the forest, hoping that its healing magic will help restore his wing. However, nothing seems to work: neither spells, nor the powers of nature, not even Tighnari's medicine. Though the wound is slowly healing, Kaveh remains unconscious for days. To get more information on what happened, Alhaitham returns to the city to question Dori together with Cyno (who's also to continue the investigation within the city once Alhaitham returns home), while Tighnari stays with Kaveh.

Though the questioning concludes that Dori knows nothing and is willing to assist in the search of the perpetrator, Cyno concludes that she was not thorough enough in ensuring Kaveh's safety and overall security of the celebration in general, revealing that Dori recklessly cut corners here and there. Furious, Alhaitham leaves Dori his cursed feather, giving her an ultimatum: she has to find the perpetrator and give them to Alhaitham to deal the final punishment. Until then, her city is doomed to slowly crumble into decay and oblivion. Dori accepts the deal.

Alhaitham returns to the forest to look after Kaveh, while Cyno remains in the city to continue the search. When Alhaitham comes back, Kaveh is finally awake. However, he remains extremely closed-off, practically a shadow of himself. The recovery process is slow and challenging, but Alhaitham does his best to support Kaveh in all ways that matter. Kaveh struggles with healing: the loss of a wing affected not only his body, but also his mental state and magic. He cannot transform, he can barely use any of his magical skills, and he cannot fly anymore, which hurts him most of all. It takes a while for Kaveh to get on his feet (quite literally), even longer to finally leave his room. He also feels guilty for being in Alhaitham's care, because he remembers all of the Alhaitham warnings about the humans he didn't listen to, and so lots of internal conflict ensues.

Meanwhile Alhaitham does all he can to try and navigate the situation. He looks after Kaveh's healing process; brings back his blueprints and equipment from Kaveh's place so that he has enough to work with if he wishes; he also (to the best of his ability) remodels their home to make it more accessible to Kaveh. Given that their natural method of moving around their house was flying (whether in form of birds of half-humans), Alhaitham now implements more adjustments for walking or climbing. (When Kaveh feels good enough to leave his room, he's amazed by what Alhaitham managed to achieve. He also helps fix some of the constructions, given he's the one with the experience in architecture.) Alhaitham and Kaveh grow closer, slowly unpacking and mending their relationship, turning it into something new and beautiful.

At the same time, Alhaitham continues to watch the forest borders - to make sure that no intruders interrupt Kaveh's recovery and their peaceful life together. One day he notices an interesting sight: a small, but beautiful shrine appeared right by the forest. He decides to investigate; upon approaching the shrine, he meets Nilou (whom he saw in the palace when he visited Dori). She explains to him that, after he and Kaveh left the city, a group of people decided to organize a shrine, dedicated to Kaveh, to pray for his recovery. Nilou explains that in their eyes it's the least they can offer for all the help that their city received in the past and as amends for the pain they have caused. Alhaitham warns her not to get any closer to the forest, but the action of people leaves a lasting impression on him.

Meanwhile, Cyno's investigation progresses. Cyno writes to Alhaitham that together with Dori they managed to find and capture the perpetrator. Questioning reveals no useful information, but Cyno suspects that there might be more to the attack on Kaveh than they anticipated. To uphold his end of the deal Alhaitham goes to the city to deliver the punishment to the attacker and to undo the curse he put on Dori's city. Before he leaves, Kaveh, scared of what might happen to Alhaitham, sews into his cloak a blessed feather for protection (because Alhaitham wouldn't accept it outright). While Alhaitham is away, Kaveh begins working on a new project: a mechanical wing.

When Alhaitham gets to the city, he is led to the cell where the attacker is being held. Cyno and Dori are by his side for the final questioning. The man - a mere mortal (with strange red-ish eyes), one of Dori's citizens - keeps talking in circles, making less and less sense with each new word. Alhaitham lets Cyno and Dori go before rendering the punishment. When the curse (one of Alhaitham's darkest yet) is finally prepared, suddenly, the tables are turned. The perpetrator attacks Alhaitham, but his movements seem unnatural, almost like those of a puppet. Alhaitham realizes, that the man is being controlled by someone with prowess for strong, incredibly dark magic that seems similar to that of the Desert. The strange puppet manages to overpower Alhaitham in a fight, but cannot harm him (due to the protection from Kaveh's feather). The perpetrator manages to escape, taking with him Alhaitham's cursed feather (they seemed to be pleased to receive it. Alhaitham fears to think what they will use it for).

Dori and Cyno pick up the investigation, with Cyno going straight to the Desert. Dori begins reinforcing the city (her people discover that Alhaithams curse (now lifted) awakened Miasma deep under the ground. The Miasma begins to slowly spread, seemingly in the direction of the Sumeru Forest). Cyno sends back a message, confirming that strong and dark magic seems to be gathering within the Desert, possibly for the purpose of destroying the magical forest.

Alhaitham manages to get back to Kaveh and tell him of what happened in the city. In order to be able to protect the forest together with Alhaitham, Kaveh doubles down on his efforts to create a mechanical working wing. Everything works, besides the golden feathers - they need to be blessed in order to allow the mechanism to work as intended, but Kaveh does not have enough power for it. Alhaitham takes a risk and brings the feathers to the shrine, created by Nilou and other humans, so that they could bless them for Kaveh. (They are short of one feather eventually, and Alhaitham gives Kaveh one of his own, his first blessed feather, to complete the wing.)

TLDR: Kaveh works on restoring his wing and faith in himself and humanity; Alhaitham learns that humanity is not always evil. Dori and Cyno discover that the escaped perpetrator (caugh controlled by Dottore caugh) used Kaveh to get to Alhaitham to gain his cursed feather for completing some sort of ancient ritual to unseal the forbidden knowledge magic deep within the Desert in roder to unleash it on the magical forest, slumbering God of Wisdom and human cities. Kaveh learns to curse his feathers (while opposing Dottore in a final fight), and Alhaitham learns to bless his. Humans and Sumeru Forest continue to coexist peacefully. Alhaitham and Kaveh live together happily ever after.

5. Pacific Rim!AU, where Kaveh and Alhaitham used to be pilots of a Jaeger, but during one of their battles they suffered too much damage. In order to save Alhaitham and what remains of their Jaeger, Kaveh takes most of the damage by severing already unstable connection between Alhaitham and Jaeger's system. Both barely survive the encounter, but meanwhile Alhaitham manages to recover fast, the damage Kaveh has taken leaves him in a critical condition, eventually resulting in him being unable to ever pilot a Jaeger ever again (and putting many new restraints on his usual daily life).

As soon as Kaveh comes to his senses, the two have a huge fight about Kaveh's rash decision, and eventually break off their friendship. They don't see each other for a long, long time.

As the time goes on, Kaveh learns how to live with the changes that his body sustained with the help of his service dog Mehrak. Eventually he takes on a job at one of the Jaeger construction facilities (together with his friend Tighnari), studying Kaiju and creating new Jaeger modifications - though no Kaiju has been seen in the past several years, the world is still afraid of their return.

When the suspicion of the new Kaiju appearance arises, new pilot recruits and ex-pilots are summoned to the facility. There, Kaveh meets Alhaitham for the first time in years. After their fallout, Alahitham resigned from piloting Jaegers, yet now he had no choice but to return to train new recruits (and possibly resume his role of a Jaeger pilot). Now once again the two have to work together as a part of a team in face of approaching danger, trying to resolve their past conflicts and overcome their fears and insecurities along the way (when deep down they simply want to keep each other safe).

TLDR: Kaveh & service animal Mehrak is a neat concept I'd love to see more of, just as a concept in general. I think this one could be an interesting story idea centered mostly around Kaveh's day to day life. Additionally, Alhaitham who used to be only drift compatible with Kaveh but now suddenly discovers he's drift compatible with Cyno. I need more Cyno & Alhaitham camaraderie I think it would do them lots of good (at least in this specific AU setting lol).

6. Oxenfree!AU where Kaveh and Alhaitham are two ex-best friends turned reluctant coworkers (photo-journalist and journalist respectively) working on writing a piece about the disappearances of a group of teenagers that happened at the Edwards Island several years prior (timeline somewhere between the first and the second games). The radio shenanigans ensue, making the two face their past, possible futures and, most importantly, their present. (In Oxenfree tuning into certain radio sequences can temporarily mess up time-space shenanigans, just fyi).

TLDR: I just think that this setting could facilitate some character exploration that would be very fun.

7. Modern MermanKaveh!AU, post-fallout, where it's a little bit more about haunting Alhaitham (and the narrative), than being a merman. Due to an unfortunate set of circumstances, Kaveh drowns one day, trying to save someone from the water. Due to an unfortunate set of circumstances, he doesn't really die, being stuck in between (existence and death, normal life and the necessity to live in water). Kaveh manages, for quite a while even!

But of course Alhaitham has to come back and turn his world upside down once again.

TLDR: can you tell Alhaitham's quote about drowning stuck with me huh (and I made it literal lol). On a serious note... Idk, vibes??? I want to see the "stuck in the middle" Kaveh, whatever that entails. Some existential explorations. And the development of his relationship with Alhaitham, of course. // Kaveh is a merman unable to fully live the life he used to have, and Alhaitham doesn't know that he survived (for a while), alternatively "let me help to save you from metaphorical and literal drowning" Alhaitham and "I learned to live like this, this is what my norm now looks like" Kaveh.

8. Another Modern MermanKaveh!AU/DrownedGhostKaveh!AU, because I apparently have no self-control (I feel like I should also clarify that whenever I mention a mermaid, I think of them more as of ghosts of drowned people and less as mermaids-mermaids, the half-human half-marine creature ones). This idea was initially prepared for chili/zhongchi but it's been sooooooooooooooooooo long and I still haven't done anything substantial for it so I'm borrowing it from myself for myself and tweaking it for kavetham because I figured it could fit them. So here it goes,

Alhaitham is a scientist/marine biologist that moves from the city to a much smaller port town, getting himself a place in a local partially repurposed lighthouse. Kaveh is a merman, who has been dead for a long while and who's been living within local waters ever since he drowned. Alhaitham leads a very isolated life, going through a rather rough patch emotionally (maybe a badly ended past relationship and relocation from an established group of friends to a remote place brought up past negative emotions related to loss that were bottled up for a while. who knows, not me). Anyways, Alhaitham's not doing too well, but seaside walks help him unwind, even if for a short periods of time. During one of such walks, he finds an old pendant washed ashore. He picks up his find, hoping to do some research on it outside of his work time (because research is his fun-time).

He expects this to be a brief excursion into local history. He does not expect to become haunted by the ghost of a man to whom this pendant belonged to way back when.

Kaveh, in turn, is extremely excited to finally, finally be able to get out of the sea to the surface. He intends to stay ashore as long as possible and, well, if he just so gets to amuse himself by haunting a grumpy marine biologist that refuses to believe in merpeople, ghosts of drowned and other supernatural occurences - who's he to say no?

TLDR: this AU can go two ways (in my eyes): the happy ending way and probably more gothic-horror-story-esque ending. So, Alahitham is cursed to be haunted by Kaveh: for a while he's the only one who can see him, with Kaveh being something akin to a ghost. However, the longer Kaveh haunts Alhaitham, the more human he becomes (others can see him, he cannot phase through walls anymore, etc.). The curse in itself goes something like this: the cursed thing, after being picked up/taken in, cannot be thrown away and will always come back. The ghost, tied to the haunted thing, shall haunt whoever picks the cursed thing (the thing should be tied to the ghost, but may not necessarily belong to them) and drain their life energy. The ghost can become free and human again if the haunting goes long enough and they kill the human who picked the cursed object in the end during a very specific time that doesn't occur too often (proverbial blue moon, idk). If they don't kill the human and decide to let them go, then the ghost will seize to exist and the human will regain their strength. (An alternative option to the ghost dying for a less angsty au: the ghost voluntarily takes back the cursed object and returns to the place where they died, but then they will never be able to haunt anyone ever again. The effect of the curse on the haunted remain, but much weaker).

In this case, let's say Kaveh and Alhaitham stay by each other's side from half a year to a year, idk. They grow closer, eventually becoming friends and maybe more (the usual kavetham shenanigans Kaveh falls first but Alhaitham falls harder). Alhaitham's mental state gradually improves, yet overall he becomes weaker because of the curse (to the point that it becomes a serious concern), which Kaveh blames himself for. The appointed time approaches (both Kaveh and Alhaitham are in on the details of the curse), and Kaveh, seeing it as an opportunity to set Alhaitham free, manages to separate himself from Alhaitham. Kaveh is ready to return to the sea/merge with it (ah yes the classic Little Mermaid influence does anybody feel it lol). However, Alhaitham sees through his plan and arrives just in time to stop him. They have a confrontation. Eventually, they manage to lift the curse (as you can see I have not figured out exactly how this can happen but! it definitely can!) with Kaveh becoming human again and Alhaitham regaining his health. The two continue to live together happily ever after.

The other scenario is practically the same, but it's more ghothic? and abstract (and probably more suitable for the og pairing it was made for, but i'll throw it in anyways). I have not engaged with gothic literature much and thus don't have much experience in how it works/how to write it, but the idea is that Kaveh is more of a projection of Alhaitham's grief than a ghost fo a drowned person (in other words, he's definitely a ghost, but his presence is also much more symbolical). The story follows quite similar beats, except the setting of the curse is a bit different: it's more of a "kill first or be killed" thingy with a deadline. Kaveh earnestly tries to drown Alhaitham at first through various means, but the more time they spend together, the more Kaveh sees of Alhaitham's life and pain and feels sympathetic for him. Despite the curse, Kaveh tires to help Alhaitham in various ways; and it works! Alhaitham gradually begins to feel better; the two grow closer to each other (more in a platonic way).

So now the precedent is that though Alhaitham's overall doing better, the curse still preys on him, hindering his life in various ways that become more and more serious/dangerous (the curse's deadline approaches, and it tries to survive the best way it can through Kaveh's influence on Alhaitham). Eventually, Kaveh lets Alhaitham go, merging with the sea (once again, yes, it was partially inspired by the Little Mermaid). Alhaitham realizes what happened and tries to look for Kaveh, but it is in vain.

Eventually, life goes on.

Bonus Elden Ring AU (because guess who suddenly went on a lore video watching spree): Kaveh is a craftsman and one of the inhabitants of Castle Morne who managed to escape before it was overrun by Misbegotten. He's a follower of St. Trina and Miquella (he doesn't follow Miquella at first, but slowly he comes to suspect that the two are one and the same). After escaping from Castle Morne, he finds his way to Jarburg, where he is welcomed to stay and be the new Potentate.

Alhaitham is from a distant branch of Carian royal family and a scholar at the Academy of Raya Lucaria. Quite possibly explored an area of studies similar to Sellen's. Eventually he separates himself from both Academy and his family, becoming a wandering scholar.

The two meet somewhere nearby Jarburg when Kaveh gets ambushed by the same people who were trying to get to Alhaitham. The two fight them off. Kaveh, trying to help injured Alhaitham, leads him to Jarburg. The two continue living together there ever since (not without hiccups, but they're doing their best).

TLDR: this one is short and very simple because I just started diving into the Elden Ring's lore, but I just. Really wanted to make some AU for them. I also desperately wanted it to be peaceful and happy one despite it being a seeming impossibility for anything dark souls/elden ring related, but one can dream. If I were to make this one darker I'd probably expand on the duality of their two characters here, and how Alhaitham probably used to conjure spells on humans (with gaining knowledge being his sole life purpose for a long time) and has challenges with comprehending the world outside of a framework of pure logic, and how Kaveh gets an increasing tendency of escaping to the dream world/wherever Miquella is in order to alleviate his mental turmoil (maybe he witnessed too much during his escape from the Castle), and how the two have opposing perspectives on the idea of worshipping gods, and- like, there's a lot that can be done. But I also just really really really want them to simply be happy together in a jar village, leading a peaceful life.

That's it for now! Thank you for reading all of this, I can't commend your patience enough if you got to the end of this list!!!✨🎉✨

Maybe in the future I will unpack some of these aus. who knows.

[the-reddened]

Stupid brain idea and no energy to execute the ideas. Blehhhhhhhh!!!! Evil brain.

Important notes: I love Merhak(Genshin Impact), who is a quasi-sentient briefcase of a highly renowned architect(hi Kaveh. Love u bbg). Whose owner lives with hso ex-bestfriend(huge falling out fight over a thesis project) and is USA-medical-debt levels of debt. The roommate(hell alhaitham. You dusty, petty fucker.)wears noise canceling headphones in cannon(imo hearing aids is better).

Mehrak X Alhaitham's Headphones.

And like MerhMehr over here doing the most and doing cute little dances around Alhaitham's head while he is trying to read. It is annoying b/c she is just [[ovo]] [ [0w0] ] [[^o^]] [ [°u°] ] [[•u•]] while dancing and it is distracting. Kaveh would catch sight of it and have to use all.of his willpower to NOT bust a gut laughing so hard b/c he sees it for what it is(her trying to court the headphones). Alhaitham doesn't get it until he takes them off while she is dancing for them one time and she keeps dancing around them as he sets them down on the table before he just *wtf?* "KAVEH! GET IN HERE!" (Kaveh losing his shit in the heavily blurred foreground).

Bonus points if this what clue them both into realizing the has feelings for them but like not needed.

[flowerful-doodles]

Day two of building Kaveh’s Mehrak from Genshin Impact!

Ik I said the next step was math but I couldn’t help myself from skipping ahead to animating a little face for Mehrak lol. Alongside animating, I made a holder for my phone (which still needs to be hot glued to the case lol) to show Mehrak’s eyes. (I also made a still version to print out so I can use my phone while in cosplay lmao.).

A gif of the animated eyes

Moderately low quality video of my phone showing the eyes in the cardboard holder I made lol.

And some pictures of my slightly terrible phone holder that I rushed to make during my lunch break today lol! (Also got totally distracted while crafting bc my coworker was showing me some really cute paper clip snails they made and I dropped my hot glue gun on my leg 💀💀💀). Might upgrade this to plywood but this works for now!

Next update should be finalized dimensions if I don’t get distracted and skip ahead to a new step again haha!

[galdrgobrrr]

Dusting off the ol’ Fischl and Kaveh interacting brain cell, she would find Mehrak fascinating and Kaveh would be so stressed about oz. like he’s a bird made of lightning. He keeps eating all their nuts and fruits. He shows no sign of stopping. Mehrak has been distracting Fischl with project maps for the past ten minutes. Peak friendship to me.

[wheredreamsareforged]

☾ ― [ Angel ] ╰┈➤ ❝ [ Kaveh/Reader ] ╰┈➤ ❝ [ When he falls asleep in the Akademiya library after a late research session for a client, and you catch him sleeping as the sun rises. ] ╰┈➤ ❝ [ 723 words; 3890 characters ]

With the sunlight flickering through the closed blinds, you felt something was off. The bed was colder, emptier. Reaching back behind you only confirmed what you already knew as you turned around onto your back, letting out a low groan and rubbing your eyes with the heels of your palms.

Memory hazy from sleep, you would have typically found yourself wrapped in the arms of your lover when the sun decided to try and stir you both from your cozy, comforting stillness, teetering between falling back asleep and begrudgingly getting up to welcome the inevitable start of your respective days. 

But that isn’t to say mornings like these aren’t uncommon, not when you’ve found yourself enamored with the Light of Kshahrewar.

A vocal architect with a heart of gold who’s looks only added to his appeal; gullible in his own right, but oh so empathetic…it was hard not to fall in love with your angel. Unfortunately, for your own heart that seemed to always worry for him first and foremost, that means you’ve learned of his less than healthy habits you were- and still are- more than happy to help with in whatever way you can.

One such being his habit of pouring everything he had into his projects, staying up for hours on end with little to no sleep just to complete them to gain the satisfaction of his clients over caring for his own health and wellbeing. So, after taking a few minutes to wake up you pushed yourself to finally get out of bed and get something other than one of his shirts and a pair of shorts on.

Lucky for you, since you didn’t hear the faint sound of charcoal scraping against paper or of Mehrak whirring to life, you had some kind of idea where he was. So as soon as you were ready to leave, you made sure to have Kaveh’s keys- no doubt only having been left behind on the day he didn’t even return home when you had gotten the okay from his roommate to stay the night. That’d be humorous, the one time he’d have them, and he didn’t even come back the night prior.

It wasn’t a long walk, or if it had been you just somehow learned to distract yourself from the time taken. Giving a slight bow of your head and wave in greeting to those around the Akademiya who might have still been awake or woken up who knows how early, you found yourself in the library at last.

You’d last seen him when you left him there at one of the tables once the idea of sleeping in a warm bed became too tempting, having joined him to keep him company and even aid in whatever research he needed to do this time to properly bring to life a client’s vision. It was something you hoped would have helped speed up the process for him, though it seems like he likely got caught up in his own head again.

With a sigh, you approached his sleeping figure, hunched over in his chair with his head on the table. One hand was on the back of his head, whilst the other still had a pencil held between his thumb and pointer as though he were writing notes or sketching ideas based on whatever he read about before his brain decided his basic needs were more important. Mehrak rested next to the chair beside his legs, seemingly ‘sleeping’ in her own way as well.

Rolling your eyes, you began to- first and foremost- organize everything into a pile that was just a little less messy, and ready to be put away before turning your attention to Kaveh. As you ran a hand through his hair, he stirred lightly, leaning into the touch and effectively melting away most of the irritation you felt at his careless action of testing his limits once more.

“Kaveh…angel. Come on, it’s time to wake up.” Warmth slipped into your voice as you moved your hand to his shoulder, gently shaking him until his ruby eyes began to open. Watching his pupils dilate, you smiled and knew that no matter how many times this happened, you would never tire of it.

Not if it meant you could see your angel waking up, no matter where it was.

[aracelysdelusion]

Isekai/Transmigration Kaveh AU Fanfic? I've Got Just the One! (I Made It)

Hello! (ง'̀-'́)ง

Just advertising of the 13k Isekai AU Kaveh fic I just posted the first chapter of on Ao3 a couple days ago, kind of new to this whole Tumblr thing but it took me about two weeks to write so I might as well post it up here too. This is a pretty big passion project of mine since I'm not a huge writer and this is about the most effort I've put into something in a hot minute, would love some feedback on it!

I'll hopefully be using this platform too to also update progress when I release new chapters and little scenes for my writing, so please stay tuned... ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ

Fic Tags - Alhaitham/Kaveh, Kaveh (Genshin Impact), Alhaitham (Genshin Impact), Mehrak (Genshin Impact), Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Transmigration into Genshin impact, Comedy, Kaveh had a Crush on Alhaitham (Genshin Impact), Kaveh-centric (Genshin Impact), System Mehrak, Abuse of the Fuck Word, Fluff and Angst, Kaveh is a Transmigrator, Rating May Change, Kaveh is Not Okay (Genshin Impact), No Beta We Die Like Kaveh's Dad

An Isekai’d User's Guide to Making Life in a New World Easier - An Architect's Undertaking! - By AracelysDelusion

[reason-with-the-underdog]

when kaveh bought mehrak's core from the desert (and spent all his money)

did he always intend on building a companion who could understand him? or did he just think the core was too cool to pass up?

basically, was mehrak always intentional or happenstance?

he's just like "Well i can't NOT buy this super cool thing"

and several months later he has a companion, toolbox, assistive technology, mobile storage, projector, mobility aid, perennial project that is mehrak

kaveh gave her animated expressions and the ability to communicate through beep-boops! he was absolutely anthropomorphising her from the get go

(and then he gave her the ability & authorisation to recognise and obey alhaitham's commands!)

"mehrak tell your creator that if he wants me to buy more milk, a note will suffice, not leaving the empty carafe on the counter"

"mehrak tell alhaitham that i dont need him to buy milk, i was going to recycle the jug later & got distracted! i wasnt expecting him to be home yet"

"mehrak tell your creator the jersey milk is on the bottom shelf"

"mehrak-- ok this is really good milk actually. wow. anyways mehrak tell alhaitham that he still needs to apologise but i'm making khoresht fesenjan tonight"

reposted with permission, thanks moss & river!

[minban]

*cups your face gently into my hands because I feel I haven’t been attentive enough to you of late* I am here with a random hc / meta question for Kaveh !

I know you often explore the edgier sides of his psyche, so to speak. the grief, the guilt he bears. all these unspeakable and unfathomable things. but, what does make Kaveh happy? what does cheer him up when things are bad? what is something that brings him comfort and joy!

@sortilegii thank you for asking a question that lets me yap 💕

but you're right, what makes kaveh happy? the answer to this is simple: creativity. from when he was a child as he watched his mother work, he was fascinated by the idea of architecture, of watching her craft buildings on a sheet of paper and bringing them to life. he wished to do the same with his life, even after the passing of his father, even after his mother left for another nation and left him by himself, kaveh has always loved to create. more than helping people, more than people coming to him with their problems and asking him for help, more than the thought of pleasing everyone who comes his way, kaveh loves to bring his ideas to life. this has taken the shape in his occupation as an architecture, but creating structures is not all that he does. he is an artist, a mechanic, an inventor.

kaveh loses himself when he is caught in the midst of a creative spell, forgetting the time, forgetting to eat, forgetting to sleep. he focuses only on the project in front of him until he can no longer keep his eyes open. these moments of passion may not be healthy, but kaveh loves waking up and seeing the imagery he has painted in front of him, he loves the feeling of keeping himself, so caught up in his own projects that he forgets everything else around him. there are no worries on his mind, there is no guilt, no grief, no goodbyes or farewells, there is only him and his creation.

a good reference for his creativity and happiness is mehrak. mehrak was created when kaveh felt lonely. he had wanted at least one person to listen to him, even if the one listening was not able to hold a conversation with him. mehrak, his little light, has brought him a sense of solace. brought forth by a mechanic core and kaveh's tinkering, kaveh has created an automated toolbox that listens to his commands. he does not know if mehrak understands him, but listening to him is enough. mehrak's creation and presence has made kaveh happy, even if the feeling is small and miniscule. at the end of the day, all kaveh had wanted was for someone to listen to him.

there are other things that make kaveh happy as well. he enjoys the finer details in life, he likes seeing people be happy. he enjoys eating fruits, and he likes watching the sky turn from bright blues to deep purples until it is finally night and the stars have taken over the skies. he likes having a warm bowl of soup in his hands, he likes to read trashy novels, he likes hunkering himself down and pulling out his sketchbook to draw out the sceneries laid out in front of him. kaveh, at his core, is a simple person who has an appreciation for the beauty of life.