#then kind of a.. idk cute quirk of personality... is merely bubbliness

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Chapters: 4/4 Fandom: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn Characters: Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī, Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Niè Huáisāng, Wēn Níng | Wēn Qiónglín, Lán Huàn | Lán Xīchén Additional Tags: Diaspora Feels, Singlish, Food as a Metaphor for Love, Language as a Metaphor for Love, Getting Together, Getting to Know Each Other, Alternate Universe - Singapore, Alternate Universe - College/University, Singaporean Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Mainlander Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī, Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī is Spice Intolerant, Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī is Also Lactose Intolerant, Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn is an Ah Beng, Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī has a Fear of Public Toilets, Light Angst, The Joy of Making Out in the Back of a Rideshare at 3AM, Sharing Clothes, Inappropriate Erections, Kissing, Frottage, Hand Jobs, Coming In Pants, Non-Penetrative Sex, Happy Ending, In more ways than one, Horny Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī, Wangxian Have Absolutely Zero Chill, Wingman Lán Huàn | Lán Xīchén, Languages, Minor Luó "Mián Mián" Qīngyáng/Wēn Qíng, The Mortifying Ordeal of Having to Take a Dump in Your Crush's House Summary:

  The look Wei Ying is giving him is both gentle and knowing. “So, how long have you been in Singapore already?”

  “Two weeks,” Lan Zhan manages.

  Wei Ying’s eyes turn upward at the edges in a smile. “And how has it been for you, so far?”

Or: A new arrival on Singapore’s humid shores, introverted university freshman Lan Zhan battles intense feelings of homesickness and isolation. Getting used to the local foods and dialects is a struggle, as is adapting to the punishing weather. But with the help of Wei Ying, his new Singaporean friend and coursemate, he finds that the process might just be easier than he thinks.

#THAT'S THEM!! #ok listen i've read a lot of wangxian fics- ones i've enjoyed!- #where hmm it seems that wwx' joy is if not entirely a front #then kind of a.. idk cute quirk of personality... is merely bubbliness #is a more superficial part of him than his pain #and i can see how canon wwx could read that way #but to me he is genuinely good at being happy #and it's just as real as and can coexist with his sadness #(at baseline u know) #imo his generosity and goodwill can be as deep as it is because he is refueling all the time #it's a predisposition but to be sustainable it's also a skill #anyway i went further into that than i meant to #what i'm saying is i feel like this fic reads wwx the way i do #(lwj too!) #and it was just so nice to see this version of them again