Category: Witch Hat Atelier

Flicker of light: my first fic for Witch Hat Atelier

I meant to make an introductory sort of post for my new fandom —

🩵 Witch Hat Atelier 💙

— like the ones I made for Yuri on Ice, Harry Potter, Baldur’s Gate 3, and Darksiders, before advertising my fic for it here. But then AO3 went down! So I’m running a bit ahead of schedule.

I took great pleasure in writing this little tale, and even more, in sharing it. Here it is:

Flicker of light

2k, rated T, Olruggio/Qifrey, fluff & angst, manga chapter 93 spoilers

But Qifrey, too, has had a bit too much to drink, and the anguish churning in his chest makes him think it’s safe.

“You’re unhappy,” he says.

Olly’s eyes, inscrutable in the dancing firelight, find Qifrey and rest on him a long moment before they relent and release him. He says nothing. It’s the closest he has ever come to admitting it.

Read on here.

Cover art: Kamome Shirahama

Flicker of light

One by one, the girls doze off around the fireplace. The thick, fluffy carpet Olly had brought from his latest journey was an instant hit; Qifrey would be sprawled over it himself if there were room, despite the unsettling pattern of a handsome young Silverwood tree, woven in stark white and sparkling silver over a background of deep teal. The strange, cylindrical cushions cradling their heads are also bounty from Olly’s travels, as is the sweet duskbramble berry wine they shared over dinner, and the spice mixture that made the simple meal of grilled fish and carapace yam croquettes taste exotic and exciting. The atelier is every bit Olly as it is Qifrey, a tangible account of their life together.

Their life. Together.

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