#LWJ accompanies WWX back to the florist

[besanii]

46, Wangxian?

#46. You reach for the same bouquet in a flower shop.

“You know I don’t know the first thing about flowers, right?” Wei Wuxian says. “I don’t know why you insisted on me coming too.”

Nie Huaisang rolls his eyes and taps his closed fan against Wei Wuxian’s shoulder as he passes by.

“You’re my best friend, Wei-xiong, of course you have to be here,” he says. “Who else will do the heavy lifting around here?”

“Your brother?”

“Tsk, tsk, Wei-xiong, you know my brother doesn’t have an eye for these things,” he says, shaking his head. He bends down to inspect an arrangement of peonies. “Not that you’re any better, I suppose, but still better than my brother saying he wants chrysanthemums at his wedding.”

Wei Wuxian barks with laughter, surprised. “He didn’t!”

“I’m still hoping it’s a joke to be honest,” Nie Huaisang says with a shudder. “And he’s just trying to get out of doing it himself. Anyway, I’m going over there to check out the hydrangeas.”

Left to his own devices, Wei Wuxian wanders about the store aimlessly, looking around at shelf after shelf of potted plants and flower arrangements. Nie Huaisang’s only instruction to him before they had come had been “not chrysanthemums”, which actually isn’t very helpful because there doesn’t appear to be any of them here anyway. He wonders if he should look up common wedding flowers on his phone.

Nah, he thinks. He’s not gonna like my choices.

Well, since he’s here, he should pick out something nice for Jiang Yanli. Something in purple, maybe. He catches sight of several arrangements of purple flowers further down the aisle and heads towards them. Up close, they look like little trumpets in various shades of blue and purple: elegant, understated, beautiful.

Gentians, the sign beneath it reads. Passion, charm, loveliness, sweetness.

Perfect. He reaches for one of the bouquets arranged with white roses at the same time another hand closes around it.

“Oh, sorry,” he says, retracting his hand quickly. “I didn’t see you there.”

“No, it was my fault.”

The speaker is another man with eyes the colour of honey, warm and dark, and long, dark hair that falls over his shoulder in a long braid. He looks away quickly when Wei Wuxian catches his eye, the tips of his ears turning red, his hands twitching at his sides. Wei Wuxian gestures to the bouquet and smiles.

“I was just having a look,” he says, “you should take it.”

The man shakes his head. “No, you have it. I will choose another.”

“No, wait!” Wei Wuxian grabs his arm as he turns to leave and he turns back to him with surprise. “Really, I insist. Here.”

He picks up the bouquet and holds it out to him expectantly. The other man takes it from him with a hesitant smile that softens his finely chiseled features and warms Wei Wuxian’s heart.

“I’m Wei Ying, Wei Wuxian,” he says. “And you?”

“Lan Zhan, Lan Wangji.” He shakes Wei Wuxian’s offered hand. “Thank you.”

“You can thank me with coffee,” Wei Wuxian suggests. “I know a good place down the street, if you’re free.”

Lan Wangji looks down at their joined hands and smiles. 

“Coffee sounds wonderful,” he says.

// buy me a ko-fi //

#mdzs #wangxian #meet cute meme #my writing #and WWX abandons NHS to have coffee with LWJ #he gets a call about an hour later and NHS cries about being abandoned by his best friend #LWJ accompanies WWX back to the florist #after which all is forgiven #because NHS is DELIGHTED that WWX found a hot guy #he does have Priorities #and that is making sure his best friend gets the D #hey nonny nonny #asks

[cqlfic]

Heyy, you have an amazing collection of recs over here! I've been gobbling them up even tho i should have been studying haha. I was wondering if you knew any good wwx & wen ning friendship fics? i've a sudden craving. thanks for your lovely blog!

ooooh hope your craving hasn't faded too much by now, this is later than you probably anticipated! i had a bit of trouble narrowing it down, frankly, since i can't imagine a world where wwx and wen ning co-exist and AREN'T friends - i tried to focus more on fics where their friendship was front and center, but the best i can say is that a half-hearted attempt was made 😅

edit, like 15 minutes later: THIS TUMBLR POST

before we dive in, just wanted to drop these AO3 relationship tags i browsed - in case you want to do your own deep dive!!

Wei Wuxian & Wen Ning

Wei Wuxian & Wen Ning & Wen Qing

bon appetit! (adding a “read more” since this got much longer much faster than i expected... my list looked so much shorter when it was just a bunch of links with no descriptions 😳)

The Third Young Master of the Qishan Wen by KouriArashi (@gingersnapwolves) (T, 138813 words): wwx is adopted by the dafan wens [my post here]

on your marks, get set, bake! by BlackWiresOnHerHead (@blackwiresgrowonherhead) (G, 41164 words): college + GBBO AU; series: Welcome to the Great Gusu Bake Off!

Come Marching Home by piecrust (@sincerelystranger) (G, 4394 words): angst, song lan and wen ning ask to be sent home

This One Shadow by LtLJ (G, 3402 words): taking care of wen ning (restricted on AO3)

Running Home to Me by songsofthespring (G, 34332 words): anastasia AU [my post here]

this is me trying by queen_gee (T, 4668 words): modern AU, couple’s fight (wangxian) [my post here]

I feel like I win when I lose by so_shhy (@soshhy) (T, 25594 words): competitive cultivation, one-on-one battles

不晚 | a lovely light by seagaze (T, 61997 words): midnight diner AU

Love wakes me by dea_liberty (@dea) (E, 46114 words): a bet ruins lwj/wwx; 9 years later, coffee shop reunion [my post here]

Chaos Theory by la_muerta (@la-muerta) (E, 15948 words): assassin!lan zhan is sent back in time to kill scientist!wwx [my post here]

other earths and skies by binghecarer (T, 53728 words): cursed dragon!lwj, wwx trades a year living on mountain to help wens

in the water grass, in the green by nerdzeword (@nerdzewordart), twigofwillow (G, 25598 words): witch!wwx and river spirit!lwj

Flying in silver moonlight by twigofwillow (G, 14025 words): reunion after 13 years, greenhouse AU; series: a sensational team

(we’ve got) time for one more by impossibletruths (@impossibletruths) (E, 71504 words): band au, wwx finds his old guitar in a shop

spring (and it’s starting again) by damnslippyplanet (@damnslippyplanet) (T, 7481 words): reunion in the farmer’s market

Everything Is A-Bouquet by SkieNight (T, 42973 words): tattoo artist!wwx and florist!lwj

Lifelong Confidant by saved (E, 42421 words): married!wangxian reunite after wwx leaves; great gusu bake-off [my post here]

Tripped at Every Step by brooklinegirl (E, 28758 words): wwx tries to figure out if lwj like-likes him [my post here]

a stone to break your soul, a song to save it by rikke (M, 180247 words): arranged marriage AU, beast core [my post here]

there’s no promised goodbye here by Anonymous (T, 54336 words): wangxian break-up but continue living together

gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder by lao_you_tiao (G, 3663 words): wen ning’s bday post-canon [my post here]

how to fall in love with a catfish: a guide by wei wuxian (disaster rat) by Anonymous (T, 54692 words): catfish AU, a friendship develops + wwx character growth [my post here]

history (proud to call your own) by words-writ-in-starlight (@words-writ-in-starlight) (G, 5251 words): babysitter extraordinaire wen ning [my post here]

when you're doing all the leaving (then it's never your love lost) by tardigradeschool (@leetlesapphire) (T, 26399 words): lwj accompanies wwx to koi tower + wwx gets stabbed; golden core shenanigans [my post here]

stuck under the moon by perilously (@perilously) (E, 13332 words): post-canon, lwj cursed to indifference upon wwx’s return

[series] Fated by LtLJ (G, 31438 words, complete): trick arranged marriage btwn lwj and yllz!wwx

and in my marked for later? which grew significantly after exploring the AO3 tags i linked above!! thanks anon

the nature of daylight by iamjustakiddo (@i-am-just-a-kiddo) (G, 5042 words)

ghost out on the water by twigofwillow (T, 14857 words)

They’re in love, right? by Fleetling (T, 2540 words)

To Capture A Ghost by atomicmuffin (T, 10243 words)

you know you’ll get in trouble by SecretStorm (@masala-and-thunderstorms) (T, 57827 words)

Wuxian Versus World: Bakery Style by stiltonbasket (@stiltonbasket) (G, 6178 words)

Family Dinners by SakuraKage (@yilingradishfairy) (G, 1583 words, on-going)

The Trouble With Politics: a Treatise on Jiang Sect Deputies Gone Rogue by Sect Leader Wei Wuxian by stiltonbasket (@stiltonbasket) (G, 7822 words, on-going)

put our dreams through the shredder by Rinnoa (T, 124891 words, on-going)

your gravity reaches such a long way by lettucewrite (G, 24711 words, on-going)

#omg it got long again. how. when. why #why does this keep HAPPENING #help #am i going too broad with these??? i crave feedback #compilation #anon