"You're so pretty!,,

{26} Not another Archon War MORAX, The Second.

Credits to uplatterme on Tumblr

cw: sub!zhongli, dragon hybrid!zhongli, jealous!zhongli, dom!reader, they/them pronouns, dacryphilia, drink spiking, overstimulation, orgasm denial, implied poly!zhongli and poly!reader

(Wrighters a/n: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ZHONGLI AND HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYBODY! this is gonna be sappy so feel free to skip this note but i want everyone to know that i'm truly grateful for my readers and the commissions that i've gotten this year despite me being gone half of the year. i love you guys so much, let's look forward to a year full of simping and i hope that everyone's wishes will come true as well :D)

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Your visit to Liyue was uneventful, and you liked it that way, just needing a time to unwind especially with having too much on your plate lately. You planned on merely checking out newfound ores and jewelry to add to your collection. Unfortunately, things took a rather quick turn than your normal visits.

Your hands were on Zhongli's collar, clutching them angrily despite the unfazed appearance of the archon. Your head hurt, you were dizzy and annoyed being woken up and put in this state by no one other than the man in your grasp. His eyes were serious and stern, acting like he didn't understand what it was that he did wrong.

"You!" You slurred out. "You purposely made me drunk!"

"I..." He mused out, disappointed at how you're behaving.

"My apologies, It wasn't my choice to upset you."

"You archons and your spoiled attitude... Is that a requirement for being one?" You sighed, letting go of the man and trying to regain yourself.

"Just weeks ago, Barbatos pulled a similar stunt. Seducing me, even." You expanded on your reasoning for being angry.

"Did it work?" He questioned, a worried look on his face that he may have been too late.

You let out an amused laugh. "If it did?"

Silence seemed to fill the cave you were in and you found yourself idiotic for letting another god have his way without noticing it. You two had a meal, Zhongli calling over the waiter each time to refill your glass. Not wanting to seem rude, you kept drinking. 

The Geo Archon's mood had been sour ever since you saw him. 

He put his arms around your waist, not letting you go and blocking the entrance with one of his structures.

"I...How do I say this? Must you really spend time with that drunkard and that girl more than me?"

You clenched your fists, his warmth relieving the coldness of the now dark cave as the light which was previously coming from outside was now shut. Your eyes only focused on Morax's glowing ones.

"Morax... You and I both know that you're different from Barbatos."

You knew that both of them were the complete opposite. Morax was the one who thought of things in a more calculated manner. However, if one continued to store their feelings without a word, they would eventually come crashing down like a meteor.

"This isn't something you'd normally do." You restated so that it would be clearer for him.

"If it's something to prove that I have fallen deeply, even comparable to the deepest layer of the earth for you, then it is. It is something that I would do." His words would take even a bard for a surprise.

"I'm already bound to Barbatos. Does that not sadden you?" You questioned the god.

"It's not something that I wish to be reminded of." He admitted.