Genshin Impact Fic Recs

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General (All Kaeya sorry)

• no love lost, not for him
  • 40k words
  • CW (Author's words): Suicide Ideation. Dissociation. Terminal illness
  • Feeling unloved and abandoned, Kaeya gets hanahaki. I am not usually a fan of hanahaki stuff, since I consider them rather manipulative, but I liked it in this fic. The characterization of Kaeya is different that what I am used to, and the scene at the end was very satisfying to watch.
• blinded by love
  • 6.4k words
  • Kaeya becomes invisible to Diluc and Diluc only, and he thinks it is Diluc's usual hatred towards him. Same author as "no love lost, not for him" but far more light-hearted. I liked how they wrote Diluc showing he cared about Kaeya through his actions rather than blunt conversation.
• How To Finish Your Bucket List Before You Die- A Guide From Kaeya Alberich
  • 9.9k words
  • CW: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death (Sorry)
  • Kaeya gets gravely injured, and he has a few days before he fully kicks the bucket. The classic Genshin fic with that one famous angsty scene of Klee. Just read it.
• molt
  • 10k words
  • De-aged Kaeya fic. What I really liked about this was the characterization of Elzer being sick of Diluc's shit.

Ayato/Thoma (Idk what it is about this ship that grabbed me)

• color of love
  • 14k words
  • I love me some hard pining Thoma. Do note that this was written before Ayato's release.
• firefly
  • 5.3k words
  • More pining Thoma, but from the perspective of Ayato.
• Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss
  • 3.5k words
  • Fake marriage AU except Ayato does not know this. We love girlboss Ayaka.
• i only feel you when you're gone
  • 15k words
  • What if Traveler fails to rescue Thoma, and the aftermath. Has a happy ending.
• give me your best and leave the rest to me
  • 5k words
  • The 100th vision ceremony angst I wish we saw in the game.
• Thoma's Guide for the Perfect Date
  • 35k words
  • This one is special because I read it as it was being released. Gave me a new reason to look forward to a monday :). Classic slow burn.
• a promise lives within you now
  • 8.4k words
  • CW: Light Body Horror
  • In which Thoma gets the Hanahaki disease.

Diluc/Zhongli (old man yaoi, not really)

• As Flowers Wither and Bloom in the Space Between
  • 29k words
  • CW: Sexual Content
  • I loved seeing how their relationship grew over the course of the story. Just read it.
• what cannot be said (will be wept)
  • 15k words
  • Past life stuff, made me cry.
• The Crimson Dust of My Eternal Life
  • 23k words
  • CW: Sexual Content
  • Historical Buff Diluc x History Professor Zhongli. Reincarnation.
• glimpse of us
  • 5k words
  • In which Zhongli cannot properly keep track of his lover's reincarnations, and starts to mix them. Angst ensues.

Tartaglia/Zhongli (i don't really vibe with this ship these days, but i liked it when i first got into genshin)

• a geo archon's guide to the modern era
  • 5k words
  • One of the first genshin impact fics I have read. I am a sucker for reincarnation stuff.
• The Tomb of the Geo Archon
  • 42k words
  • CW: Homophobia, Sexual Assault
  • Same with my previous comment, I love reincarnation stuff. I like how they characterized Modern!Childe to be different and softer than the previous one, as it would make more sense with his circumstances.

Misc. Ships

• Guard Dog
  • 65k words
  • Reader/Thoma
  • I see it more as OC/Thoma than a reader insert since Reader has their own backstory, but I still greatly enjoyed this. The author used the Inazuma lore from world quests skillfully to make their own story, and I like this more sly side of Thoma, which I wish more fics utilized.
• Cascading (In a good way)
  • 14k words
  • Kaeya/Albedo
  • I loved watching these two bond over Kh'aenrian lore.
• Meet Me Where The Fallen Stars Live
  • 63k words
  • Xiao/Aether
  • Reincarnation which I obviosly love.
• delivered to dawn
  • 9.5k words
  • Thoma/Diluc
  • Exactly how I imagine childhood friends to lovers Thomaluc would be.