Not gonna repost any more AO3 status updates because I can't reliably keep up with the back-and-forth lol 💀 I assume it'll just take a few days for the tech issues to be fully sorted out 💪

So, ah, if anyone receives a very belated reply to a comment that they left ages ago…let's just generously pretend that I'm not literal years late 😅💀

Desperately trying to reply to all of the unanswered comments in my AO3 inbox, but at this point most of the remaining ones are 300+ days old 🥲 (I swear that I read and appreciate all of the comments I receive—my brain just struggles so much when it comes to formulating responses 😫)

stupidly seduced - Chapter 6 - Lithopus - 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game) [Archive of Our Own] An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Link to Chapter 6: archiveofourown.org/works/686167...

Screenshot of a text excerpt. The text reads: “You really want me here,” Kaveh murmurs, running a fingertip around Alhaitham’s slick rim. Alhaitham’s hips twitch. “Isn’t that expected? I thought we’d established as much during our talk in the living room.” “I’m still pleasantly surprised. Some men have strict preferences, after all. And up until a few months ago, I thought you wanted nothing to do with me.” Kaveh leans in close, nearly overcome with the urge to plunge his tongue into the heat of Alhaitham’s ass. “Imagine my surprise when I learned that not only do you want me in your house, and in your life—but also in your ass.” Alhaitham snorts. “Should I have informed you of my sentiments in that manner? I assumed you’d want to hear something more romantic.”

stupidly seduced 🏛️🌱(🏛️)
Explicit 🔞 | 6/6 | 9k
haikavetham

Chapter 6: Alhaitham's weeks of stupid seduction finally pay off.

Link below!

Happy birthday!

Screenshot of text. The text reads: Kaveh moans helplessly, feeling his body and cock grow tight with the prelude to an orgasm. No, no—not already! Alhaitham seems like he’s just getting started. Kaveh can’t let himself come so soon. He closes his eyes and tries to relax the tension building below his hips, focusing his attention on his breathing. In, out. In, out—just like how his cock is going in and out of Alhaitham’s— Fuck, no. Breathing. Kaveh needs to focus on breathing. Breathing. He can hear Alhaitham’s breathing. He can hear Alhaitham panting for breath above him, his voice hitching with sweet gasps and moans as he—

Screenshot of text. The text reads: No! Breathing. Kaveh’s breathing. In, out, in, out… “Your voice sounds nice,” Alhaitham says breathily, and Kaveh squeezes his eyes shut even tighter. “When you moan. And your cock feels good. It reaches deep, and…” He pauses, and Kaveh foolishly hopes he’s done, but—“You’re so big, Kaveh. It’s nice having your big cock inside me, hitting the right spots, filling me up—” Kaveh interrupts him with a desperate moan, everything inside him winding itself tight once again. Fuck, fuck, damn it—why did Alhaitham choose now to start praising him? Kaveh isn’t mentally strong enough for this. He’s going to shoot his pitiful load just from hearing a few compliments!

Another snippet from Chapter 6 of “stupidly seduced” 👍 It's around 6.5k so far, and the sex scene part is almost over.

A screenshot of text showing the words "heaving melons" bolded, underlined, and in brackets.

When I can't think of the right words to describe something while I'm writing, so I just jot down the general concept I'm trying to describe (which I will then fix during edits later) 😂

Screenshot of text excerpt. The text reads: Alhaitham reaches toward his nightstand and slides open the top drawer, revealing an array of different condom sizes. Kaveh arches his eyebrows. “That’s quite the variety, Alhaitham. How many dicks do you think I have, exactly?” “I didn’t know your dick size.” Fishing through the drawer, Kaveh spies a few impressively large condoms amongst the pile. “Wishful thinking?” he asks, holding up one of them. Alhaitham shrugs. “I wanted to be prepared for any possibility.” “Statistically unlikely,” Kaveh says, tossing the condom onto the nightstand, “although I suppose that’s why you only bought a few of these.” He locates a condom that’s appropriately sized for himself and hands it to Alhaitham. “And if you really prepared for every possibility, I’ll assume that means you have some monstrously large dildo stashed away somewhere, because you don’t take a dick that large on your first try.”

I'm up to 3,000 words for Chapter 6 of “stupidly seduced” 🫡 Miraculously, the word count is on track so far. I was worried it would take much longer for Kaveh to get his dick inside Alhaitham, lol.

Oops. Just belated noticed the "wouln't" typo lol. You can thank my laptop's shitty keyboard for that 😂 (Lately a few specific keys, like D, haven't been responding as well as they should 💀 Probably some sort of dumb hardware malfunction, or something.)

Screenshot of text excerpt. The text reads: Kaveh rolls his eyes, then grabs Alhaitham’s underwear and tugs them back up, admiring how the thong cut in the back shows off the generous curves of his ass. “Gods, Alhaitham. Since when do you have an ass this nice?” “It’s the same ass I’ve always had.” “Materially, yes—but I know you weren’t built like this back when we were students.” “How frequently were you examining my ass back then?” Kaveh’s face heats. “W-well, I—I certainly didn’t make a habit of it, but I would have noticed if it was…” He grips Alhaitham’s rear with both hands and squeezes, sinking his fingers into the soft flesh. “This.” “So you wouln’t have fucked my ass back then?” “Wh—I didn’t say that!”

Chapter 6 of “stupidly seduced” is in-progress 🫡 I've written about 1,000 words so far.

Excerpt below! (haikavetham 🔞)

Link to bonus scene: www.tumblr.com/lithopus/805...

*I might post this on AO3 eventually, but I'm only posting it on Tumblr for now—it's a bit too unpolished compared to my usual AO3 fics, and it isn't the "full" version of the concept that I would have written if I were posting it as a fic on AO3.

Screenshot of text excerpt. The text reads: Kaveh delicately removes the lid of the box, and his eyes widen when he sees the contents. “You…” He looks up at Alhaitham, a surprised smile tugging at his lips. “Is this…?” “I didn’t want to risk giving it to you in the middle of a scene. Hopefully this occasion isn’t too lackluster.” Kaveh scoffs. “I’m not worried about that.” He carefully lifts the item to regard it, and Alhaitham takes the box back so that Kaveh can examine the gift with both hands. It’s a leather collar, which isn’t necessarily remarkable on its own—but two features distinguish this one from the existing collars in their collection of toys and accessories.

hard-edged, hard-earned 🌱🏛️🌱
Explicit 🔞 | BONUS SCENE | 5.5k
haikavetham

Following Kaveh's weekend of discipline and degradation, Alhaitham approaches him with a new accessory.

Tumblr link below!

Screenshot of a text excerpt. The text reads: “The thing I bought for you is something we’ve previously discussed,” Alhaitham says. “Well, that’s somewhat reassuring,” Kaveh says. “But did we discuss it in the context of me telling you to never buy such an atrocity, or was it a purchase that we were mutually interested in?” Alhaitham snorts. Kaveh really is quite paranoid when it comes to Alhaitham’s surprise gifts and favors—not that Alhaitham can blame him. He does rather enjoy riling up his senior. “The latter, more or less. I hope it’s something you’ll like, but if you don’t, we can find a way to repurpose it.”

Screenshot of a text excerpt. The text reads: “Alright, that sounds promising.” Kaveh’s eyes flit to the box in Alhaitham’s hand, one of his legs bouncing up and down with restless energy. “Can I see it, then?” “Sure, if you say please.” “Wha—why do I have to say ‘please’ for a gift you got me?!” “Because you want me to walk across the room to give it to you, when you could get up from your seat and come over here to get it.” “Ugh!” Kaveh springs to his feet and stomps over to the doorway of the study. “Alright. Give it here.”

Excerpt from the bonus scene for “hard-edged, hard-earned” (haikavetham 🔞)

Update: The full scene is ~7k, but I'll be posting a 5.5k version. The longer scene felt awkward as a standalone "bonus", since it started laying the foundation for ideas that would be explored in a full-length fic—so, I'll bring back the longer scene if I ever write the whole thing.

Editing now 🫡

Oops. Make that 7k.

(I'll still count this as a win, since anything below 10k words is a miracle for me 😂)

(For the record, this scene will basically be a complete one-shot—it just won't be the fully-executed version of the idea that I would've written if I were taking time to write out the entire fic concept. So, it feels "incomplete" to me, despite technically being substantial enough for AO3.)

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And I actually do have a full fic idea for this "bonus scene" that I'm writing 🤔 but I currently can't commit to yet another wip, so once this scene is done, I'll probably just post it on Tumblr. It'll only take a few days for me to finish, and it should be around ~5k words.

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🔞 I'm still thinking about the degradation and dumbification in “hard-edged, hard-earned”, so I think I need to write a bit more of that, to get it out of my system—and once I've done that, hopefully then I can make my brain pivot back to finishing “stupidly seduced” 😂

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Link to Chapter 5: archiveofourown.org/works/638799...

*Note: A new tag has been added to the fic, so please check the chapter notes for more information, if needed!

Screenshot of a text excerpt. The text reads: 'If one chicken-mushroom skewer costs 450 mora, and you have 3,000 mora, how many chicken-mushroom skewers can you buy with that money?' Kaveh shoots Alhaitham an unimpressed look, and Alhaitham merely arches his eyebrows innocently. “Do you have a question about something on the worksheet?” he asks. “If you point to the problem you’re struggling with, I can give you a hint.” Kaveh points the pen toward Alhaitham. A surprised laugh interrupts Alhaitham’s breathing, making the air stutter as he exhales it. “I’m afraid I can’t help you there.”

hard-edged, hard-earned 🌱🏛️(🌱)
Explicit 🔞 | 5/5 | 20.5k
haikavetham

Chapter 5: Kaveh endures one last infuriating punishment, which is the only thing standing between him and the reward he's been waiting for.

dom/sub ◈ degradation kink ◈ dumbification

Link below!

Also, I'll be adding one new tag to the fic—along with additional warnings in the notes for that chapter—so make sure you read those, if needed. The degradation kink in Chapter 5 is more intense than the teaser in Chapter 2, and I don't want any readers to be caught off-guard by the escalation 🫡

I think I'll have Chapter 5 of “hard-edged, hard-earned” posted sometime within the next 24 hours, probably. I'm currently about halfway through my final round of (very minor) edits, and I don't intend to do yet another read-through after that, since I'll just end up nitpicking unproductively 👍

hard-edged, hard-earned - Chapter 4 - Lithopus - 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game) [Archive of Our Own] An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Link to Chapter 4: archiveofourown.org/works/638799...

Screenshot of text excerpt. The text reads: Kaveh lies on the table and continues to stare up at the ceiling, until his view is interrupted by Alhaitham’s hands reaching down to fasten a panel gag over his lips. “I decided not to wait until after breakfast,” Alhaitham says, pressing a clicker into one of Kaveh’s hands. “You’re too mouthy for a serving tray.” For a…what? “Oh?” Alhaitham says. “It seems like you’re surprised. What else would you be, though? You’re certainly not my pet—pets aren’t allowed on the table. But tableware is, obviously.” Kaveh is…he’s…a tray? “A utensil shouldn’t be surprised by what it is,” Alhaitham continues. “It doesn’t think or feel—it just quietly exists to be used.” He raises an eyebrow. “Have you figured out how I’m going to replace our missing coffee table, yet?”

hard-edged, hard-earned 🌱🏛️(🌱)
Explicit 🔞 | 4/5 | 12.6k
haikavetham

Chapter 4: For Kaveh's third punishment, Alhaitham decides to use his senior's body for a more practical purpose—one that doesn't involve talking, moving, or thinking.

degradation kink ◈ forniphilia ◈ bondage

Link below!

(And I think the tags on AO3 already indicate this, to some extent, but just in case: Heads-up that the final sex scene in this fic contains a ton of dumbification & verbal degradation, so it definitely won't suit everyone's taste and/or comfort. It's kind of like the end of Chapter 2 on steroids 🫡)

Screenshot of a text excerpt. The text reads: “Well?” Alhaitham coyly wraps his lips around the tip of the garish pink cock and sucks, and Kaveh lets out a muffled sound of displeasure, fervently wishing he could move his bound feet and kick his coquettish junior between the legs. Popping his mouth off the cock, Alhaitham continues, “Aren’t I resourceful? You’re always saying that I should learn how to do things myself, and stop making you pick up the slack all the time.” What—he—Kaveh didn’t mean like this! He meant things like doing chores, or packing a suitcase! Which, for the record, Alhaitham knows perfectly well how to do the latter, but of course he finds it much easier to sit back and relax while Kaveh frantically does the bulk of the packing. (One of these days, Kaveh should exclusively pack sexy skimpy underwear for Alhaitham. If the man really isn’t concerned about what ends up in his suitcase, then surely he won’t mind spending his next trip to the desert trekking around in tiny lacy thongs. It would serve him right, for refusing to pack his own damn bags!)

Second screenshot of a text excerpt. The text reads: “So, I bought this toy for myself,” Alhaitham says. He widens his lips and takes the cock all the way into his mouth, maintaining eye contact with Kaveh as he vigorously bobs his head. The dildo seems to be on the smaller side, too short to be deepthroated, but that doesn’t make the sight any less erotic—and it doesn’t make Kaveh any less jealous, either, because right now it should be his mouth sucking a cock, his ass being filled with a plug. Who the hell does Alhaitham think he is, whipping out that obnoxious pink dildo and flaunting it like this? Has he forgotten how deprived Kaveh is? But, no, obviously Alhaitham hasn’t forgotten at all. That’s exactly why he’s doing this.

The bad news is that I currently have some unexpected Writing Time And Energy™ due to an ongoing family emergency, but at least that means I can work on finishing “hard-edged, hard-earned” 🙃

(The fic is now five chapters due to length, but I won't post Chapter 4 until Chapter 5 is almost done.)

(I don't know why she's been suspecting that Everything Is Cheese for the past year or so 😂 She used to show no interest in anything I was holding, whether it was medication or food, but now her FOMO drives her to inspect even well-established substances for Possible Presence of Cheese™️.)

Photo of a gray tabby cat, who is sitting on a cardboard cat scratcher and staring at the camera.

She has informed me that, although I have once again convinced her that the testosterone was not secretly cheese, she will nonetheless continue to investigate my medication in the future, just in case I ever try to disguise some cheese as TRT. I admire the dedication, truly. Nothing gets past her.

My cat is always convinced that I'm secretly withholding cheese from her, to the point that she starts sniffing the air and begging when she thinks I'm holding food in my hands.

Ma'am, as I have told you countless times, testosterone is not and has never been a type of cheese. Please believe me 😂