#Just JC yelling in cloud recessess while WWX makes everyone's life hell

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yknow how Jin Ling is supposed to look just like Jiang Cheng, like to the point of being brothers? And Jiang Cheng is supposed to look just like his mother?

Jin Ling hearing from Wei Wuxian about Jiang Cheng's old wispy hair and deciding he wants to know what the fuss is about and (after much deliberation between the juniors) finally gets it just right. Jiang Cheng gives him a raised eyebrow when he gets onto the training field with him, but ignores it because teens are just weird and tells him to pull out his sword.

Then Wei Wuxian comes trotting up the pier in time to see Jiang Cheng in the pale blue his mother always favored and beside him is Jin Ling with his one whisp.

And for a moment it's not Jiang Cheng and Jin Ling.

For a moment it's Madam Yu standing protectively behind her son, a sword in one hand and the whip in the other. Fifteen year old Jiang Cheng is frowning, but when he hears Wei Wuxian's shout he lights up with a smile and turns to his mother. Madam Yu doens't look happy and her eyes narrow on Wei Wuxian even as she gives a stiff nod. If Wei Wuxian turned around then Yanli should be-

"Wei Wuxian, are you just going to stand there all day! Oi, you, stop that noise." Jiang Cheng's voice rings out and the image is gone. There's no grinning Jiang Cheng and instead Jin Ling's head is rolling back as he makes the loudest sigh in the world. Madam Yu isn't standing behind them like she's waiting to fight the world, instead Jiang Cheng's tugging on Jin Ling's pony tail and watching him flail with an angry shout.

"You taught him to be like this, before you came back he had manners." Jiang Cheng snaps and Wei Wuxian's still blinking at the afterimage of his first life. "Well? Get your ass up here and help me fix that. God, it's like you're only in my house for food, earn your keep."

“Who says I’m not?” Wei Wuxian grins and springs up, arm already up to sling around Jiang Cheng’s shoulders.

#jiang cheng #the untamed #mdzs #wei wuxian #Jin Ling #did i purposefully include those lines as a 'these are words that were once used against WWX but are now used in fond jokes' way? yes #The past is gone but it still exists in blinks of memories where time doesn't obey man but plays it's own game #in one life Madam Yu stands behind her son fearing for his future as his brother runs up #In another life Jiang Cheng stands behind his nephew and fears for his own continued sanity if WWX keeps teaching them new talismans #Echoes of the past coming through in even the gentlest ways #cracks in who we are #who we were #who we were supposed to be #who we were wanted to be #Jiang Cheng laughed in a memory even as WWX doubted his right to move to his side #Jiang Cheng snapped in the present and WWX goes freely with all the knowledge of where he is welcome #yes this is after canon when they both finally stopped being fucking stupid and had a conversation even if that conversation was probably #Just JC yelling in cloud recessess while WWX makes everyone's life hell #also I have not slept in a while so i hope this makes sense kissies