Painted with Gold Lacquer
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Hang Fire, By Design by Anonymous for sanguinedreamer
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
04 Nov 2025
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The contract said "get rid of" the Oak Family head, Sunday. It didn't specify how. So when Gallagher discovers the mafia leader's secret—that he's actually an omega posing as a beta—a bullet seems wasteful. After all, claiming Sunday for himself is not only an effective way to neutralize the threat but also serves to kill two birds with one stone: save Gallagher from his loneliness and Sunday from his hubris.
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- Part 1 of Painted with Gold Lacquer
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"He's my wife," Gallagher said calmly, taking a sip of his beer.
"Get real," another enforcer chimed in, snorting. "Look at him. That's... that's a Halovian! A high society beau. I recognize 'I have a villa in the sun-lit part of the city' money when I see it. He'd get married to a famous director or a celebrity chef or whatever ... wouldn't even look twice at a guy who smells like cheap tobacco and dog hair."
A fourth voice spoke up:
"Yeah, he's way out of your league, man. It's not even funny."
Gallagher felt a prickle of irritation. He opened his mouth to argue, to tell them exactly how he had dragged that perfect angel down into the mud, but a voice cut across the table.
"It's true."
Or: Domestic bliss, defined by the click of a lock and the cry of a newborn. Gallagher tries to fill the hollow parts of himself with a family, regardless of the cost to his "wife."
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- Part 2 of Painted with Gold Lacquer