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    A collection of one-shots highlighting the importance of human connection, kindness, and love.
    Ecthelion is a troubled pianist trying to make it big, and Glorfindel is his charming neighbour in the apartment above. After exchanging a mutual fondness for classical music, they begin to take more interest in one another.

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    Hua Cheng puts a finger to his temple thoughtfully. He asks, "Who wants to tell me what the deal is with all these damn petals?"

    The communication array goes completely silent, a feat almost in itself. Hua Cheng muses silently that gods can, apparently, shut the fuck up—they just choose not to. How convenient.

    It takes a moment before Ling Wen manages to speak up. "Your Highness," she says carefully, "what did you say just now?"

    "These white petals? There's got to be a hundred of them. The man just—oh yeah, there was a man—exploded into them. What's up with that?"

    There's a long stretch of silence where it feels like all of Heaven is holding its breath.

    Finally, Ling Wen responds. Her voice is clipped as she asks, "What do you know about the Four Calamities? Specifically, White Flower Mourns Massacre?"


    Alternatively: the one where Hua Cheng is a martial god, Xie Lian is a calamity, and nobody is at all what they seem.

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    13 Mar 2021

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    Yanli laughed once, a little helpless, pulling at the hem of her ruined sweater. “Do you have some terrible wine on hand?”

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    Yanli's blind date goes wrong. She asks for help.

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    15 Feb 2021

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    Living and working out of his old van, Xie Lian has always travelled alone. When his best friend suggests they go on a trip together, he enthusiastically agrees—unaware that he's not only about to take Hua Cheng on an unexpected journey, but his own heart as well.

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    10 Jan 2021

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    “You know,” he says, eleven days after he started bringing Lan Xichen his lunch, “the Grand Master has added another twenty rules in these last two weeks alone.”

     

    The door is closed and he’s leaning back against it, forearm braced on his knee as he lounges on the step. From inside, he hears a soft snort that sounds like Lan Xichen heard him.

     

    “Including one specifically about not having any kind of spices in the kitchens, which feels really petty, if you ask me. And one stating, specifically, that no one is,” he mimics the low timbre of Lan Qiren’s voice and the way the older man strokes his beard even though he can’t be seen, “Do not approach or talk to Wei Wuxian.” He huffs out a breath, “Talk about making someone feel unwelcome, Zewu-Jun. I don’t know if I should be honoured or heartbroken that I have become so hated that I have been immortalised on your wall of rules.”


    Lan Xichen is in isolation. Wei Wuxian visits him. Together they find their way back to happiness, to clarity and to home.
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    05 Jan 2021

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    Over the centuries, Xie Lian’s grown used to being alone. There is never anyone watching his flank, never someone else to watch while he rests at night. He’s been alone for the last eight hundred years—until now. Until Hua Cheng and his comfortable company.

    He’d laugh at himself if it weren’t for the gag in his mouth and the sword pinning him to the tree.

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    08 Dec 2020

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