cages/collars/cutting the gordian knot

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• this is not a revelation by janSikepa for pyromantic-performer (spxdes_slxck)

  Fandoms: Chonny's Charming Chaos Compendium Vol. 1 - Chonny Jash (Album), The Mind Electric - Chonny Jash (Song)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  14 Jun 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Heart/Mind (Chonny Jash)
  • Heart (Chonny Jash)
  • Mind (Chonny Jash)
  • Soul (Chonny Jash)
  • POV Third Person
  • POV Multiple
  • Heart POV
  • Mind POV
  • Eventual Romance
  • Romance
  • Winged Heart (Chonny Jash)
  • Pre-Juno Incident (Chonny Jash)
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • dating! except it’s not!
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • Religious Soul (Chonny Jash)
  • mentioned Whole
  • He/Him Pronouns for Heart (Chonny Jash)
  • He/Him Pronouns for Mind (Chonny Jash)
  • He/Him Pronouns for Soul (Chonny Jash)
  • carding your hand through someone's hair
  • Oh also
  • i signed up to practiced for and attended a cube competition instead of writing this
  • probably the most choking-centric a fic can be without actually depicting any choking in present time (abusive choking. the choking is abusive.)
  • Violent Thoughts
  • religious trauma
  • i... think? i mean trauma coming from religion. soo'
  • Author Is Not Religious
  • oh wait also
  • slight polytrident (that becomes not very slight in later chapters almost entirely on the mind/soul end)
  • (but an amount of heartsoul. is present in this fic. so yeah)
  • arguments which are irrational and make no sense on purpose
  • Bittersweet Ending
  • it's happy for the POVs. MOSTLY. the reason it isn't happy is because of non POV character (theyre not happy because he isnt)
  • kind of toxic relationship but they learn to think of each other as people and not objects or prey! eventually.
  • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better

  Summary

  “[You know we can’t be lovers, right? Are you sure this is-]”

  “(Dawn, I know, do you think I could just forget about what we are? But I think this is going to work. I…)” Heart leans into Mind with his weight as if he’s relying on Mind to keep him upright. “(We can be… partners. We can be something. This can be something. Support, right? Just…)”

  “[It’s not love.]” Love would be too much. Love would flay Mind alive.

  “(…No, it isn’t.)”

  Heart and Mind become partners, but not quite.

  This isn’t love. It can’t be. There is no revelation - they know they need each other, even if they detest it. This is just… a coping skill.

  Series

  • Part 56 of CCCC
  • Part 1 of cages/collars/cutting the gordian knot

  Language:

  English

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  27,042

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