No Matter What
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  • Reads 12,456
  • Votes 420
  • Parts 42
  • Time 5h 10m
Ongoing, First published Aug 18, 2023
Mature
(AU) A funeral director's son is saved by a mysterious ginger-haired man, peeking the director's interest. But when this mysterious man's dark lifestyle is discovered by the one man he trusts, he realizes just how beneficial it is to be in love with a funeral director.

And how fortunate the funeral director is to have protection over his son by a man willing to do anything.



A Tartali fanfic.

Top Childe - Bottom Zhongli

Other ships: XIAOTHER

Warnings: SMUT, violence, gore, harassment, implied SA



Cover Art Credit: @XuStrange
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