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Friday, December 26th, 2025 11:23 pm
written for [community profile] 100words
fandom: Identity V | pairing: Eli Clark | Seer/Luchino Diruse | Professor | rating: general | words: 100



welcome, saphyr
Precise, controlled, obedient. Shaped to serve it, Noir bore an unquestionable devotion to the Mélodis name. 
Yet, defying reason, he stood in the laboratory once again. A foolish indulgence, a weakness he could neither justify nor deny.
“Welcome, Saphyr,” Luchino greeted, calm as ever.
No one needed to know how these visits stretched. If asked, he was merely fulfilling obligation. If questioned, the scholar was valuable to the family's business. 
Luchino only waited, never demanded.
It wasn’t comfort what Noir sought, only a release from the burden of duty. And the warmth, simply incidental. Believing that lie, too, was foolish.
 


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drabble collection: https://archiveofourown.org/series/5457861
luvcrumbs: (luchieli white bg)
Monday, December 22nd, 2025 12:05 pm
written for ficwip discord's drabble challenge!
fandom: Identity V | pairing: Eli Clark | Seer/Luchino Diruse | Professor | rating: general | words: 100



so be it
No vision could've prepared Eli for the moment he stepped willingly toward his damnation. 
Exhaustion. Loneliness. Fear. They can push good men to do the unthinkable. And Luchino, persistent, had been circling him for days.
Guilt wasn’t strong enough to stop him. Not that night.
“So you've finally decided, hm?”
The mockery should’ve stung, but desperation left no room for pride. Only the selfish urge to choose for himself, even if it ruined him. If his mouth was the only way to silence it, if his body was the only way to forget what awaited him… then so be it.
 


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drabble collection: https://archiveofourown.org/series/5457861

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Sunday, December 21st, 2025 01:25 pm
written for ficwip discord's drabble challenge!
fandom: Identity V | pairing: Eli Clark | Seer/Luchino Diruse | Professor | rating: general | words: 100



trembling silhouette
“Dinner has been served.”
No answer. Eli stepped closer, listening for a breath, a shift, anything.
The unease creeping up his spine told him to walk away, but concern outweighed instinct.
“I’m coming in.”
The lamp’s glow cut into the dark. Luchino sat hunched at the bed’s edge: a turned back that flinched at the sudden light.
“…Everything’s fine?”
“Yes. Fine.”
But even in the dim, Eli caught the wrongness in Luchino's trembling silhouette. His heart dipped, yet he didn’t dare approach. Breath held, he placed the lamp down gently.
“I'll… leave this for you. Come when you feel able.”
 


ao3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/74822346
drabble collection: https://archiveofourown.org/series/5457861