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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

✧ THE CHUU'P INTEREST CHECK! ✧ at long last, cspcrashing is opening an IC for HSR/FLINSVAR items! make sure to fill out the form below before OCTOBER 4TH! looking forward to everyone's replies, and thank you for the support! ദ്ദി(˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) nervously nudges link forward: forms.gle/YvQvr5WpwCNw...

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

#flinsvar 🕯️1/1 ⚔️ slight hurt/comfort, implied ptsd, post varka SQ 🕯️3.9k 🔗below im sorry if my jealousy drips all over this piece. i felt sick to my stomach writing it. happy reading!

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

#flinsvar 🕯️1/1 ⚔️ fluff 🕯️2k 🔗below im compiling a few of my ficthreads over on AO3 because twitter just isn't built for that anymore. it's nothing new but kya... hope whoever reads enjoys...

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

⚔️: i can't believe you let me send this to everyone! 🕯: heh. weren't you the one insisting on authentic memories? the dripping popsicle is as authentic as it can get. #flinsvar

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

tricked by nefer into posing for nod-krai promo (varka) and the one who gave the idea in the first place (flins) #flinsvar

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

🕯️⚔️ merch WIP ... perhaps... i wonder if anyone would be interested in flinsvar items ehe but im having fun drawing this standee ...

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

ah thank you for reading!!! 🥹 glad you enjoyed it hehe... thank you so much!!!

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( ˊ̠˂˃ˋ̠ )🌱 @ranta000.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

flins senses that on him the first time he sees varka after that, and he tries easing the burden by hanging around varka in his true form. if you ask varka, he's definitely happier to be nightmare-free and with flins in his bed cuddling him to sleep.

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

end! thank u for reading! the idea's been stuck in my mind where varka has a lot of nightmares after he comes back from the leylines. a lot of the dead's resentment stuck to him because of his scarred soul. and he jus grins and bears it. +

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

when flins spoke next, varka could feel the words on his lips. “then perhaps it is fortunate i have gotten into the habit of keeping reckless knights out of trouble,” flins said, and kissed him.

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

grabbing varka by the chin, flins leaned down until they were a hairbreadth’s apart. varka flushed, eyes a little wide. his hands squeezed where they wrapped around flins’ shoulders and his eyes darted between flins’ amused ones and flins’ lips.

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

varka relaxed his grip, allowing flins to pull back and look at him. “i think this humble ratnik can take anything i can dish if he’s been chasing away my nightmares.” “you’re reckless,” flins repeated. “yeah,” varka smiled. “i am.”

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

“you’ll find that i did.” flins’ voice sounded awfully fond to varka’s ears. he bit down on a grin, squeezing flins tighter. “careful with your strength grandmaster. this humble ratnik can only take so much.”

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

pulled him forward into a bone-crushing hug before he could. “you could have come as yourself, you know,” varka mumbled into flins’ collar, feeling the fae’s arms wrap around him a few seconds later. one of flins’ hands ended up in varka’s hair, petting gently.

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

“barbatos help you if you’re about to lie to me, flins.” with a resigned sigh, flins closed his eyes. “i suppose… one could describe it that way, yes.” varka couldn’t help it. he laughed. long and loud and sounding slightly sleep-deprived. flins started leaning away and varka grabbed him and

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

when he was trying not to answer a question but was somehow too destabilized to make a smart quip. “you’ve been watching over me,” varka realized, mouth falling open. his heart was definitely playing drums against flins’ palm, damn it. “i would not go as far as to call it—”

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

“wait. i have nightmares and all, that’s true,” varka said. “but what does it have to do with you? i thought you, you know, guided the dead and all.” flins simply looked at varka, now giving him the distinct impression flins did as a flame

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

“yeah, yeah,” varka said. then the dots connected in his sluggish brain and he whipped his head back to look at flins, who was a lot closer than he was a moment ago. “uh,” varka said intelligently. “yes, dear varka?” flins raised an eyebrow, thoroughly amused.

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

and at a point over flins’ shoulder before he did something not even barbatos could keep a straight face at hearing. “well, i dunno about that,”varka mumbled. “i’m just a guy keeping people safe, yeah?” flins’ laugh could be heard in his voice. “if you say so, grandmaster, then it must be true.”

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

“if anyone would be capable of that feat, it would undoubtedly be you, dear varka,” flins said. varka’s entire face flushed, and flins’ smile grew as pleased as could be. varka looked away from that tempting smile

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

the air, but it only smelled of warm stale air, frostlamps and lamp oil. flins let out a small amused huff. “i doubt you would be able to smell, keen as your senses are.” varka thought about it for a moment then shrugged. “the wolf title isn’t just for show, you know? i could have.”

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

varka’s heart tripped over itself in response, almost eager to put itself into flins’ hands. flins looked at him knowingly, and varka pretended his ears weren’t heating up. “it was not a hard thing to do,” flins said drily. “like i said, they are foul-smelling things.” varka subtly sniffed

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

“you have been dreaming of death every night, haven’t you?” varka inhaled sharply. “haha.” varka’s laugh was a rough thing. “you caught me, huh.” flins sighed. bracing himself on one arm, he brought his hand to lay over varka's chest, right over his heart.

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

he looked down at varka’s chest, rising and falling gently in the dim room, so even it was barely noticeable. “you have done something to it, causing some… unpleasant things to slither within the cracks and return with you.” flins raised his eyes back to varka’s face.

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

and you were admittedly healthy enough upon your return that the thought did not cross my mind at first.” “i’m sensing a but here,” varka said. flins gave him a look and varka widened his eyes innocently and mimed sewing his lips shut. “your soul is scarred,” flins said with a sigh.

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

“do you know you have foul-smelling nightmares?” varka blinked. “sorry?” “i assumed they were but remnants of your time in the leylines and would eventually fade away,” flins continued. “human souls are not meant to be on the other side before their deaths, you see,

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

maybe even has a tolerance of the gods for alcohol—” “and incapable of knowing when to be quiet,” flins huffed. he leaned further into varka’s space, his hair slipping over his shoulder to brush varka’s bare collarbones. “that, too,” varka mumbled, suitably chastised.

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

varka’s eyes popped open just as a very human flins leaned over him, caging him between his arms. his empty eyes were entirely focused on him, glowing softly. varka raised a brow. “i’ve been called that on occasion," he replied. “on top of dashingly handsome, exceptionally strong,

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

“what, that?” varka closed his eyes on a laugh. “well it can only be called death if it’s permanent, right? and i’m here.” “you nearly weren’t.” “comes with the job,” varka dismissed. “you know that better than anyone else.” “reckless,” flins said, his voice oddly close just as blue light flared

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

“you know, all those tales about the azure flame are kind of exaggerated,” varka said. “it’s scary this, it will ear you that… and yet look at me, i sleep better when i’ve got you around. imagine if i was dead, hah! it’d probably be a respite to follow you.” “you did die,” flins said simply.

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

it was a quiet night even by his standards, and even if varka strained to listen to the whispers of the wind, it only brought him the low murmurs of soldiers keeping watch and the occasional shuffle of wild animals roaming nearby.

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

from varka. varka sighed. “look, it’s not like i mind, yeah?” varka reasoned. “i mean, i pretty much invited you to be here.” flins didn’t reply at all, dimming to nothing but a flamelet. varka rolled on his back and stared at the ceiling of the tent.

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

the lamp pulsed twice, then three times in rapid succession. varka rolled his eyes. “i don’t think the saying applies here,” varka pointed out. “it’s more like good things come to those who ask the right questions.” the fire pulled back until it was flush against the side of the glass furthest

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

with one arm under his head and the other poking at the lamp, watching as blue fire nipped at his fingertips before retreating. it was a little cool, like putting wet hands in cold air, and made varka shiver slightly. “you’ll have to tell me eventually. what’s the difference between then and now?”

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

varka scooted backwards as he always did, depositing flins on the pillow next to him. flins’ flames flickered briefly in a way that varka had learned meant he was pleased and unwilling to admit it. “c’mon, flins,” varka tried again. he laid back down on his side to face flins,

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

especially not with flins. he liked what they had. allies, friends, drinking buddies… whatever they called themselves didn’t matter. as long as varka had flins’ presence by his side whenever he was in nod-krai, it would be enough. he stretched forward to grab the lamp and bring it to bed with him.

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

politely waiting for him by the tactical table. except for tonight, apparently. varka sighed when flins proved to be as stubborn as usual, refusing to reply further. varka could hazard a guess as to the reason for his presence, but he preferred not to assume things if he could help it,

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

but not his only one, and that he could jump from one to another at will as long as it was supposed to contain a flame. varka had sighed, told him to never show up without warning or barbatos forbid, while varka was naked, and since then flins had been showing up almost every night after

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

with the tone of someone who was hoping it would knock varka out for the foreseeable future. varka had thanked him with a big, lying smile and promptly poured it out behind the tent at the first opportunity. later, much later, flins had explained his lantern was his favorite vessel

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

and hurrying to help him settle more comfortably. varka had passed out soon after, and woke up the next day wondering if hadn’t hallucinated it all, up until seamus handed him a flask of something green and weird. “for the night terrors,” he’d explained,

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

“i must admit, i did not expect my first time in your bed to be so…wet.” “flins,” varka had squeaked, flushing to the roots of his hair before collapsing back on the bed as his injuries suddenly flared. he’d let out another pathetic wheeze that had flins sighing

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

all this cut short by flins' very recognizable and very soaked palm slapping over varka’s mouth as he had materialized right over him, straddling varka’s waist and thighs and dripping water all over. “varka,” flins had said patiently and with a thin, menacing smile.

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

varka had let out the most pathetic, high pitched scream his vocal chords could produce and hastily scrambled up the bed, grabbing the first thing he could, which was the pitcher by his bedside table and throwing at the thing in front of him as he cursed to the high heavens.

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

of furs and blankets left out for him. he had been pretty comfortable until his nose twitched at the smell of lantern oil and frostlamps, and he’d blinked his eyes open to see a specter of blue fire hovering over him.

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chuu ✧ 🕯⚔️ brained @cspcrashing.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

so to say varka had been bored was an understatement. no booze, no napping in the sun, no unsupervised walks… he hadn’t even been able to play cards, but that was more a side effect of his foul mood than anything else. with nothing to do, varka eventually had started dozing off under the mass

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