snezhnaya doesn't believe in tears || childe x zhongli

(Written pre-1.1, not canon-compliant!)

In Snezhnaya, people didn't cry. Well, that might be an exaggeration--people did cry--but the temperatures often ran so low that one risked literally having tears frozen to their face if they were so foolish as to shed tears in public.

Childe, however, has long since learned not to.

Summary: It's Childe's last night in Liyue, and he has a lot to think about. Zhongli isn't making it easier at all to say goodbye.

or; the potential gnosis-stealing scene, but childe has a lot of Thoughts™

(Art does NOT belong to me! credits to Cerealiii on tumblr)