Zerith Week 2026 🩷🩵 AUG 1-8

ALT tiny wishes by winterune --- “Twenty-three” might seem like such an odd number Aerith had come up with arbitrarily, and perhaps at the time it had been a random number she had randomly said, but in all honestly, once she really got down to think about it, she truly had thought of twenty-three tiny wishes she had wanted to do with Zack. The first was to have him stay. Just a little longer. A minute, or ten, or sixty. It was already so hard for her to see him, so when his phone rang, bringing their meet-ups to a close, Aerith’s heart always fell. “Work stuff?” she’d asked. Zack nodded, his lips pressed into a remorseful line. “I gotta go, Aerith, but I’ll be back soon. I promise.” --- written for Zerith Week 2026

ALT you should be kissed by winterune --- “Honestly, it really was just his teeth grazing my cheek,” Aerith went on with a giggle. “But the other kids were crowding us and when he took off his blindfold, he was so red in the face, he immediately jumped away and ran home. His friends wouldn’t let him live it down for weeks.” Aerith reached for a longer stem to add to her wreath. Out of the corner of his eyes, Zack glanced at her. “And what about you?” “Hm?” Aerith met his curious gaze. “What about me?” “Did you think it was a kiss?” She tilted her head to one side. “Well, I guess his lips did touch the corner of my mouth…” She smiled coyly at him. “Why? Are you jealous?” --- written for Zerith Week 2026