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This Engagement Will Fail Anyway (And That’s Fine… Probably) by ColetteIsAPotato
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
03 Mar 2026
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Phainon has always believed in destiny.
When his childhood fiancé showed him a fleeting warmth before turning distant again, he swore to become worthy of standing at Anaxa’s side. If Anaxa was cold, he would be patient. If Anaxa was indifferent, he would love enough for both of them. So Phainon trains—at the Knight Academy, in tournaments, on expeditions, even on the battlefield—all to protect the fragile future he believes is theirs.
Unfortunately, Anaxagoras does not believe in destiny.
Executed in his first life and hunted down in his second, Anaxagoras awakens a third time in the same nest of vipers meant to destroy him. This time, he chooses strategy. He needs power—someone influential enough to shield him while he quietly dismantles his enemies.
When his eyes land on the heir of House Aedes Elysiae, bright and sincere, he decides:
Phainon will do.
To Anaxagoras, their engagement is a contract. Protection now, divorce later. Simple.
There is only one flaw in his flawless plan.
Phainon has fallen hopelessly in love with him.
While one fights for romance, the other fights to survive.
And love was never part of the strategy.
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22 Apr 2026
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Anaxa, an exile prince, now peacefully lives in hiding in a little apothecary, unknown to most of the world. He keeps to himself and remains anonymous to most of the outside world, except a few trusted ones who know of his former identity. Anaxa is content with his life and has no plans to reconnect to his former life as a prince.
One day, Phainon, a former knight of his and ex, crashes into his life once again and ruins all of his plans. Phainon asks Anaxa if he can get a second chance, even when Anaxa was the one who had left. At first, Anaxa is reluctant, but Phainon does not give up; instead, he finds ways to convince Anaxa to give them another chance.
All while there is news of a series of assassination attempts against nobles and the royal family. Anaxa finds he can never truly escape the palace life. There is something Phainon is not telling Anaxa, and Anaxa is determined to figure out his motives for walking right back into Anaxa’s life.- Language:
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22 Apr 2026
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i'm still standing in the same place where you left me standing.
this is a story of a hidden crush, an unsaid confession, and how one night changed the lives of phainon, an alpha nearing graduation, and his beta lecturer, anaxa, and a young boy with mint-green hair and blue eyes.
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22 Apr 2026
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The arranged marriage between Prince Phainon of Aedes Elysiae and Prince Anaxagoras of The Grove of Epiphany is a great success. At least, on the surface and to the public eye.
Sure, the sex is mindblowingly good and they can just turn their back to each other once it’s done, but Anaxagoras is an enigma wrapped in a mix of dry sarcasm and lightning quick smartass replies and Phainon can’t help but fall harder for the man that he’s supposed to hate.Part of the Phainaxa mini bang event!
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22 Apr 2026
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"whatever you do, do it carefully."
vp of engineering for nous consulting group, anaxagoras, is nothing if not obsessed with his work, to the point of endangering his health. his kind and devoted husband, phainon, simply wants him to settle down a little.
(inspired by a certain movie directed by paul thomas anderson.)
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22 Apr 2026