A Change of Heart or Mind [Childe x F!Reader]

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Hi and welcome. Please read--

Some character details (will be updated):

Setting: 
-The story starts before the Fontaine Archon quest but is after the Liyue Archon quest, so Traveler is somewhere between Inazuma and Sumeru at this moment (will be using Lumine, feel free to change it if it's your preference, it really doesn't matter; she will be addressed by Traveler anyways)
-Flashbacks take place after Arlecchino took over Crucabena's position, maybe a few years after the incident

Y/n: 
-Presently age 18, was taken into the House of the Hearth at age 5.
-Brought to Snezhnaya by Arlecchino at age 13 to train to become a Fatui officer.
-Currently positioned as a commanding officer for Fatui forces, on the road to becoming the 12th Fatui Harbinger.
-Under Arlecchino's superiority

Childe (2~3 years older than y/n):
-Presently age 20, fell into abyss at 14 then came to Snezhnaya before becoming a Harbinger at 18.
-Met y/n at age 15

Lyney and Lynette (2 years older than y/n):
-Presently age 20, joined the House of the Hearth around 10

Freminet (1 year older than y/n):
-Presently age 19, (It wasn't really clear how old he was when he joined the House, so I'll say he was around 4 or so?)

Fleur, Camille, and Amelie (same age as y/n):
-Presently age 18, met y/n at age 7
-Current occupations: Fleur owns a successful flower shop in Fontaine, Camille is training to be a ballerina to perform at the Opera Epiclese, Amelie is studying to apply for the Akademiya in a few years

Julien/Jules (1 year older than y/n):
-Presently age 19, met y/n at age 11
-Stationed as a Fontainian Garde

Author things:

First - Contain yourselves. I'm okay with the funny once in a while suggestive comments but if it gets overwhelming...😭

Second - I've seen a bunch of fanfics of Childe surrounded around the fanon version of him, and not gonna lie, I'm not the biggest fan of that portrayal, so I'm going to be trying to stick to the canon Childe, so it won't be as silly as other fanfictions (keep in mind in no way am I putting down those stories, I just have preferences in my writing).

Third - I'll try to keep the grammar consistent and readable but I do write in paragraphs, so sometimes, it might be a little lengthy so please bear with me.

Four - I'm in highschool. I'm slow. Expect slow updates. But trust the process, I come up with good stuff (I think).

Five - I'm actually not the biggest fan of Childe, but recently, I started to appreciate how his character was written. I said I'd stick to canon Childe, but I might get a few details wrong, so feel free to let me know if I mess up something.

Six - This relates to five. I was a careless player back then and completely skipped the first few archon quest dialogues (Mondstadt through Inazuma 😓), and then I quit for a good year before coming back for Sumeru and Fontaine, so if I get some lore and story stuff wrong, please let me off the hook, especially for the House of the Hearth stuff, cuz the timelines are a little confusing 

Seven - Unlike some other fanfics I'm working on, I'm just gonna start posting this one without any extra chapters ready, so I'm not sure if I would continue this if I get stuck in the plot. If it gets popular enough, I'll definitely try to keep updating but no promises.

Eight - I've found that I have this tendency to make y/n very like...dull, personality wise, so I'll try to give her some spunk, but not so much that you get second hand embarrassment because the amount of times that's happened to me is crazy.

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I don't own any of the characters except for y/n my own originally written characters yadayadayada they belong to Hoyoverse copy infringement rights wtv anyways happy reading :o