Look Me in the Eyes (and tell me that it's me) [Zhongchili]
41 parts Complete MatureFinal year university student Ajax dreads graduating. A lifetime of sitting in a shitty office at a shitty computer, making shitty cups of tea for his shitty coworkers is his last idea of fun.
But when he (quite literally) runs into the mysterious, handsome Zhongli who-lucky him-agrees to a date, he's gifted a Vision-an ancient artifact from an era long since passed.
With the Vision in his possession, he begins to recover memories of a past life of exhilarating battles and heroic deeds, propelling him into a lifestyle of delivering justice to Snezhnaya's streets, slamming down would-be criminals with a well-placed fist to the face.
However, when these memories begin to take a darker turn, Ajax starts to question who he really was, and what these memories mean for who he is today.
Tags: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Alternate Universe - Reincarnation, Reincarnation, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Modern Teyvat, Angst with a Happy Ending, Top/Bottom Versatile Tartaglia / Zhongli, Best Friends Tartaglia & Yoimiya, Tartaglia-centric, Plot Heavy, Recovered Memories, Nightmares, Flashbacks, Temporary Break Up, Military Recruitment, Getting Back Together, Blood and Violence, Unhinged Tartaglia (It's a slow slide downward), Mugging, Identity Issues, Family Issues, Past Character Death (It's just OG Tartaglia it's a Reincarnation AU after all), Eventual Smut (Not a huge amount this is still very plot heavy), Tartaglia loves his family, Bad Decisions