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    Xie Lian stared at the child sitting across the table from him. His chopsticks were paused midair, the meal he’d cooked forgotten as his mouth hung open in disbelief.

    He knew this was a Hua Cheng he had yet to meet. One who didn’t view him as a savior. A god. A companion. His eye lacked its usual shine, the glint of admiration that twinkled at the edges any time he looked at Xie Lian. As if he was something marvelous to behold. Instead, his expression was guarded, his eye dark and distrustful.

    “Hong Hong-er?”

    The child startled, his eye squinting into a glare.

    “Who are you?” Hong-er asked, his voice coming out a snarl, refusing to waver despite his uneasy appearance. “How do you know my name?”

    Or: When Hua Cheng is turned back into a child, Xie Lian promises to take care of him. Though, he never expected that Hong-er would be such a temperamental child. Xie Lian loves him regardless but can't help but ask himself, is he up to the task?

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    11 Oct 2023

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    Wei Ying pouted. “How about this, if you end up getting taller than me, I’ll call you gege instead."

    “Mark your words,” Lan Wangji answered.

    (Or: Lan Wangji fell in love with a rogue cultivator who trespassed and drank on the wall of Cloud Recesses but in a desperate bid to win the Sunshot Campaign, the war council agreed to have him betrothed to the Second Prince of the Upper Realm.)

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    08 Oct 2023

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    “His majesty hardly spared me a glance on our wedding night, so it cannot be that I am ugly," Wei Ying shakily says. “He does not even know how I look like. Or is my build not graceful or slender enough? What exactly is so wrong with me?”

    The First Prince, Lan Xichen, sighs. “You will soon find that in this palace, we do not ask questions.”

    “No, we are sent away instead, to die a lonely death,” Wei Ying laughs sorely. But with that very thought, he rips off his red wedding veil, the last thing tethering him to the emperor, and vows angrily under his breath, “But know this: I will live more than well.”

    Or, Wei Ying is wed to emperor Lan Wangji in order to save the Gusu Lan empire. But instead of the blissful marriage he was promised, he is spurned and sent to the cold palace—until a chance encounter changes his fate.

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    08 Oct 2023

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    Lan Zhan isn’t a curious man when it comes to other people's business, but if this person is gonna scream and ruin his quiet moment alone, he wants to see who it is.

    He's almost turning back inside, tired of waiting, when the man in red raises his eyes and finds him.

    For a second, he is frozen in place. The man catches him red handed, meeting his gaze head-on, and Lan Zhan feels his ears blushing despite his frustration. The man looks confused, and then intrigued. Lan Zhan thinks he will have no problem remembering him tomorrow. He has very… distinguishing features.

    When the man’s face turns into a full grin, Lan Zhan turns around and goes back inside.

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    Lan Zhan meets an infuriating florist while he's working as the cook in a wedding. Wei Ying is loud, annoying and childish, and Lan Zhan can't wait for the time when this wedding is done so he never has to see him again. Surely, the world isn't so small that they would meet a second time.
    Right?

    (or, the Cook/Florist AU)

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    16 Sep 2023

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    it had been sixteen years, sixteen years too long.

    or: how lan wangji's years go by without wei wuxian.

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    father and son by mochi
    years 3 and 7 comic strip by say
    now you're here by sasa
    i will be waiting for you by yuna
    letters designed by cheetarts
    spanish translations by karito

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    16 Sep 2023