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runespoor7 · 3 months

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WWX/NHS for the ship ask?

based on the nature of the questions, I'm gonna say *make a so-so gesture with their hand* kinda.

What made you ship it?

It's not so much shipping as... a mix of "sure why not" and "this could be interesting" and a pinch of "this is funny /chengxian-related".

What are your favorite things about the ship?

As far I'm concerned, there are two flavours I can see.

a) is teenaged shenanigans in Cloud Recesses. Bros helping bros fooling around together. JC is way too stuck-up for this kind of fun, but NHS and WWX have no such compunction! The book has this amazing description of NHS when WWX sees him in the Cloud Recesses, something like "he looked like you could bully him into anything" or something equally side-eyeable. NHS sounds like he would be up to every single of WWX's bad ideas and he wouldn't grouch about it either.

it's about teenaged experimentation, and more than a little it's also about chengxian. (as in, it's hilarious to me when WWX is going after everyone who isn't JC, rip JC; and also it's about WWX running from thinking about JC and what he feels for JC. as usual.)

b) is post-canon stuff, and that part is super interesting to me. WWX was brought up because of NHS; how does he feel about that? (does WWX make a parallel between who he was to NHS, and what WN is to him? does he feel used, is my question?)

NHS has changed since they were kids, but unlike JC WWX wasn't very invested in him back then. Of course WWX is happy by the end of the book, but... if he gets restless, if his life is sated enough that he starts wondering in the direction of NHS... NHS too has become a mystery. One that WWX saw through at the end of the book, sure, but did he really?

I can see WWX poking around NHS, trying to get a picture of who NHS is now, what he's doing. NHS hasn't seemed as taken with WWX as any of WWX's sidekicks flavor of the month LWJ/JC/WN sidekicks... not even in the Cloud Recesses... or did he, back then? did WWX just not really realize because NHS was more timid than them, not as likely to throw himself into danger? it was a long time, though. Even if he once was willing to follow WWX, now he isn't. ...But he did facilitate WWX's return. Why WWX.

What I like about this idea is that WWX comes into it not as sure of himself as usual. NHS is an unknown-dangerous quantity, one who used to be friend-like. WWX doesn't own NHS even a little bit.

I think maybe NHS wouldn't hate playing games with WWX. They're only little games. NHS doesn't have any more secrets or grand plans. But talking with WWX is a thrill all the same - like he still has things to hide! And WWX was always such a fascinating person, charming and fearless.

I see them having pointed conversations over drinks that turn into veiled flirting that turn into something more over time.

I see NHS sighing about sect leader duties, and WWX wanting to nod; still neither of them likes the weight of responsibilities. And it would be poignant, I think, for them to commiserate and yet to feel the gulf that separates them from who they were as teens.

Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

I don't know what's popular here, sorry.

#mdzs #xiansang #ask meme

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rainingskyguy · 3 months

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Niè Huáisāng/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín & Niè Huáisāng & Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín & Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn Characters: Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian, Jiang Cheng | Jiang Wanyin, Nie Huaisang, Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji Additional Tags: Cloud Recesses Study Arc (Módào Zǔshī), Not Gusu Lan Positive, Kinda? I have some OpinionsTM that bled into the text, Mainly lwj's thoughts and decisions, POV Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī, teenji, Being Teenji is suffering, Trouble Trio adopt LWJ, Sticky Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng, This is not wangxian, Lan Zhan | Lan Wangji makes friends, unwillingly, Touch-Starved, everyone is touch starved, Twin Prides of Yúnmèng Feels, Author Loves Jiang Cheng, budding friendship, CQL has influenced my character interactions, Wei Ying | Wei Wuxian invents Ctrl + Z Summary:

Lan Wangji gets tasked with supervising Wei Wuxian’s punishment.

Somehow this ends in Jiang Cheng falling asleep in Wei Wuxian’s arms, while Nie Huaisang braids the latter’s hair.

(Lan Wangji did not agree to this.)

#mdzs #cql #sangxian #xiansang #NHS/WWX #LWJ #I bully teenji the fic #Can't believe this is my first fic of 2024 #This is funny but also mildly concerning #So You Know The UsualTM

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meephisto-underscore · 2 years

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Sangxian nation hello o7

#sangxian #xiansang #nie huaisang #wei wuxian #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #the untamed #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #fanart

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truly-morgan · 8 months

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[Curse, WWX past relationships]

WangXian | Mo Dao Zu Shi Modern AU 25-08-2021

[#wangxian, modern and modern cultivation]

AU, where wwx has had relationships in the past and isn't as much of a virgin, has lwj first thought he was, which does upset him a little bit because he thought wwx never had anyone before him and why didn't wwx told him?

This comes from wwx jokingly mentioning something about a past relationship casually, but it didn't really hit has only a joke this time.

He thought wwx had the same spark as him when they were younger.

They argue as they fight on a night hunt, lwj saying he simply doesn't believe him. lack of attention leaves space for the demon to curse them, when they cannot physically touch each other until lwj has met with everyone wwx has slept with in the past.

lwj has 5 marks on his arms that won't leave and is told that until the five people told him that they did in fact have been with wwx before the mark won't leave and they won't be able to touch again.

Cue going all over the place to meet the people concerned, a bit awkward as lwj seems to still not want to believe wwx has experience (why does it matter anyway).

They first meet nhs, as wwx felt it was a safe first person to see (and on of the closest too). They had a little something going on in high school, fooling around behind everyone's back and just having fun really. nhs is clearly amused at the situation but admits rather easily that they indeed has something.

before they part nhs wishes good luck to wwx (especially because he knows that some of wwx past relationships might not be as easy).

next is someone they actually stumble upon has they are heading more towards lanling. They meet up with lsz, ljy and wn who were heading to lanling too for a night hunt with the jin. wwx manages to pull wn to the side with lwj, leaving the two teens to eat their lunch, clearly sensing this was something the adult needed to deal with (and ljy having the feeling he does /not/ want to know what this is all about).

wn gets red in the face at the memory of what they did when wwx asks him to confirm they indeed had that kind of relationship at some point.

They were in college and wwx wasn't in the best place at the time, needed someone and wn kindly helped him. wn also promise lwj that he doesn't want this kind of relationship with wwx anymore, that he doesn't need to worry about it.

a second mark is gone, three more to go. and this is where wwx starts to become a little bit nervous about it, three more left to go and two of which he is nervous about.

he asks if they can take a little break once they get in lanling, since it has already been two days. that night they talk for real, wwx a bit sick of the silent treatment lwj is giving him now. Why does it matter if he has slept with people before? Why can't lwj glance over that the same way he does all the bad things he did?

"Am I just worthless now that you know I was not a virgin?" he asked.

He can be carefree and shameless, but it doesn't stop the feeling of being hurt by the idea that lwj cares more about that insignificant part than he does /him/. and lwj didn't really expect that in a way, trying to pull him in his arms only to remember he cannot even touch him.

He apologises to wwx, saying he shouldn't have gotten upset over it, that's it probably more normal to have multiple relationships rather than falling deeply for one person and never experiencing anything (this is also why he was a bit clumsy when they first did it).

they talk some more about it, wwx promising he has no lingering feelings for them other than friendship for those he is still really in contact with.

fourth day rolls in and wwx drag lwj to one of the café in lanling, saying he has already texted the person to meet them here.

lwj scan the place for a familiar face (since up until now these were all people he also knew), but cannot really recognise anyone. It's not until he sees someone in a booth suddenly wave at them that he notices them.

they join him, wwx presenting him as mxy, one of jgs sons (illegitimate is left unsaid here). mxy is a somewhat interesting change to the previous two, as he seems rather curious about lwj and asks wwx if this is the gege he keeps texting him about.

It drags a little bit, catching up a bit since they haven't seen each other in a while until they get to the point.

mxy is also pretty quick and easy to admit to it, commenting that it had been fun times with wwx in the past. "But I think I am slowly getting closer to that person" mxy smiled at him, wwx rather happy to hear that.

they stay a bit longer to keep talking about a bit of everything before wwx finally remembers something. "Do you think you can do the other thing I needed you to do? I don't really think this person will come if it's me" he asks, a bit nervous.

mxy nods, saying he already called the said person and they will be at the park at 16 p.m for them, near the pond.

after that they say goodbye, promising to keep in touch, before the couple goes to the park.

wwx also explain on the way (after seeing lwj look) that he was seeing mxy around the same time as wn, when he could have been doing better. mxy was also not in the greatest place because of his family and his love life not doing great. They were mostly comfortable for each other.

"I am happy to hear things are slowly working out and that he is more comfortable now too" he admits with a smile, since it had been a while since he had last seen him.

when they finally get to the meeting point, waiting under a willow tree, wwx looks a bit nervous about this person. lwj tries to figure out who it could be, especially in lanling. he finally sees who it is when someone walks past the branches to enter under the tree, stopping net in his track once he saw them, as surprised as lwj was.

"wwx? lwj?" jzx asked, looking around to see if he couldn't find mxy, only for his phone to ding and an apology to pop up from mxy.

"sorry for using tricks on you, I wasn't sure if you would have accepted to meet with me" wwx smiled apologetically.

especially if jzx were to ask why he needed to see him. He does end up telling him what the situation is, lwj is still a bit stunned that one of the past lovers was /jzx/. Didn't they hate each other in the past?

jzx ended up with a rather awkward and sour look. "wwx... I-"

"No no, I know, you are happy with shijie and want to forget about all of this, I had nearly forgotten about it myself, I would never bring it up if I didn't need to, I know you prefer it never happened too," wwx said. jzx looked at them, how they were standing at a certain distance, remembering how they showed they couldn't touch each other. a real contrast to how they were usually nearly atop each other all the time.

he figured he couldn't really refuse to at least say it happened. If he were in the same situation, he would wish for wwx to also admit to it.

"Yes, we did sleep together once" he finally stated, watching as one of the two marks left slowly faded away. He sighed a sigh of relief, relieved that his job here was already over. "Thank you, jzx" wwx told him with a sincere smile, "I promise to make this situation die down fully now".

but lwj wasn't really satisfied. Had it been the previous three he wouldn't have minded the little detail, yet this one was a contrast since wwx didn't give him anything about the situation they had in the past.

"Wait, what happened?" lwj asked, a slight frown on his face. after all, they both look like this situation had been something they hated, yet he couldn't bring himself to believe either wwx of jzx would force himself on other.

the two other men had been surprised by lwj sudden question, clearly looking as though he wouldn't give up so easily on the matter. wwx gave a look to jzx, only for the man to look away "... you can tell him, just make sure no one else knows about it" he asked before getting out of the hidden space under the willow tree.

There was an awkward silence after it, lwj looking back at wwx who simply sighed.

"it's not... what you seem to think". when they were in their late teen, a bit before jzx actually started a good relationship with jyl, something happened on a night hunt they were both at.

They got trapped in a cave with a creature that was secreting an aphrodisiac scent. They first thought of just letting the effect die down, but it didn't work and even trying to relieve it alone was not working as greatly as they wished it would. They mutually agreed on doing it just to get rid of the effect, which did work. they were thankful that they had managed that before anyone came to save them.

It would have never happened if it were not for the situation, it was simply a mutual agreement because it was getting unbearable. "This is why I said I had nearly forgotten about it, it wasn't sex for the pleasure of it, but rather because of the situation, plus we had both agreed on forgetting it".

it did reassure lwj to know none of them had forced the other, but that it was indeed a mutual agreement. They stayed a bit longer under the tree, wwx apparently still a bit lost in mind.

"Where are we going next?" finally ask lwj softly, getting a bit closer to him.

this managed to snap wwx out of it, looking nervous again. "yunmeng" wwx replied, looking hesitant this time. lwj frowned a bit, having already an idea who it might be.

They both knew it would not be an easy one to get this time.

On their trip to yunmeng lwj tried to calm down wwx, clearly seeing that his husband was getting more nervous as they were getting there. wwx never told him how it was(he usually only figured it out once they were there) but they both knew who it was despite not saying the name.

once they were there, they booked a room, wwx made a phone call.

It didn't go really well, which only left him looking more nervous and down than before. lwj tries reassuring him (even though he was frustrated that he couldn't touch his husband). It took a whole day for wwx to convince the last person, calling many times (many of those were left unanswered). He even cheated by calling his shijie, asking if she might be able to help him.

only then did the last person finally agree to come to their room. jc didn't look happy to be here, saying he was busy and couldn't stay for long. This sent wwx into explaining quickly what the situation was, why he was back here and why he asked him to come.

jc didn't look that impressed or interested in the situation. "And why is this my problem?" he asked, arm crossed over his chest as he frowned.

wwx couldn't really answer. It was not jc fault that they were cursed, it was mostly wwx own fault for never really mentioning anything before, but he had hoped jc would try to get rid of him and simply admit to it.

they go back and forth, wwx trying to convince him to simply says yes they had something when they were younger.

They end up at a dead-end, as jc doesn't seem like he wanna budge.

"I'll be out of your hair as soon as this is done, you won't need to deal with me after that" wwx ends up saying.

"Ah, so you simply intent on running away again?" jc asks with a click of his tongue.

wwx looked back at him, confused. "What? No, I just thought you didn't want me there after all that happened" he says, confused.

"Why would I want you gone when I wanted you to be by my side when I became sect leader?!" jc asks

"But that night you said..." wwx doesn't have more, preferring not remembering that night. When he was pretty much quicked out after he went too far in his messing around. He had an argument with jc about why he had hidden so much. It was not pleasant memory, they both said things they wish they never said.

lwj tried grabbing wwx hands to calm him down, only for the touch to not happen, looking a bit frustrated. He was about to say something, only for wwx to look at him, clearly not wanting him to.

It was something he and jc needed to talk about without someone else adding in. so he simply closed his mouth, nodding as he simply kept close to wwx, hoping it could calm him down.

"All I wanted all these years was for you to come back," jc said, "And when you finally reappeared in the cultivation world you were already by lwj sides" he pointed out.

"I thought you wouldn't want to see me after what I did to the jiang family" wwx admitted, only for jc to get angrier "You didn't do anything! a-die is the one who should have known better, all you did was living with what was given to you, I just wished that you would have told me and relied on me more! I thought we had something stronger than that...".

wwx was a bit surprised by his words. he knew jfm was the one who should have worked thing better, but something in him still thought that leaving would probably have fixed things up (especially when kicked out, he had made more damage than not). He had even come to the conclusion he had simply been hurting jc all these years, which is not something he wanted to do.

there was a moment of silence, both of them not adding anything, what was said slowly sinking in, realising that there had been huge misunderstanding all these years.

"I just wished we could get back to what we had," jc said.

"then... we can try doing that" wwx suggested, something in his hope that he could be close to jc again. he would be lying if he said he had never longed for a similar day to what they had when younger.

"Do you promise on really doing this?" jc asks, as if scared to get his hopes up, "Or are you going to run away again?".

wwx offered him a smile, moving carefully to take his hand in his "I want to be close to you again, I missed messing around with my shidi".

jc rolled his eyes a bit, "Who's you shidi exactly?" he asks, a bit more playfully than annoyed.

They knew it would need a lot of talking and sorting things out, but they both wanted this and had already a big misunderstanding figured out. jc took a deep breath after their first sorting out, looking from wwx to lwj. To start things better he would probably need to at least help with this.

"We had something when we were younger" jc finally admitted with a sigh.

the moment the last mark was gone lwj grab wwx other free hand, happy that it worked this time. seeing from his look, wwx quickly explained he and jc had experimented a bit when they were still teens and this is where it was all from.

"But we are not looking for that again," jc said, seeing the look lwj had given him. It had already been years and his heart was settled elsewhere in this department. He simply wished to have his friend back again.

jc would have stayed longer, but he had other things to do, promising to grab dinner together later.

only when they were alone did lwj pull wwx to him, kissing him deeply and possessively. wwx suspected he wants to erase the past, which made him laugh a bit.

"Does lan-er-gege want to claim me all over again now that he can touch me?" wwx teased as he gently grabbed the man's headband.

"hm" he received before his lips were captured again.

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this was meant to be shorter, but oh well I was never able to control myself anyway. also wrote half in spit because I want this to be a fanfic on ao3 to piss off the reader who keeps bothering wx written who don't basically copy past the novel so here have wwx who has had experience in the past and a bonus of shuangjie getting to sort shit out (because of course I had to)

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#tweet archive #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #wangxian #lan wangji #wei wuxian #past xiansang #past ningxian #past xianxuanyu #past xianxuan #past chengxian #modern au #modern cultivation world #curse #ex lovers #must meet the older lovers #past relationships

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tbgkaru-woh · 1 year

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CQL SHIPS I LOVE

nielan (bottom!lxc mostly but im willing to explore)

chengxuan (bottom!jzx)

suyao (bottom!ss)

CQL SHIPS I LIKE

songxue / xuexiao / songxiao (bottom!xxc or bottom!sl)

xianxuan (bottom!jzx)

sangcheng

sangxuan (bottom!jzx)

mingli (mingjue/yanli)

qingcheng (wq/jc)

xiansang?? (wwx/nhs, bottom!nhs)

ruoje (wrh/nmj)

any non/dub-con combination with the wens and other sect members for smut reasons OvO;

juniors combinations

CQL SHIPS I RESPECT BUT DON'T ENGAGE IN

chengxian (bottom!jc)

xicheng (bottom!lxc)

chengyao

xueyao

qingli

wangcheng (bottom!lwj)

qiangxian (wq/wwx)

CQL SHIPS I DONT LIKE (i wont actively hate on them, it's more like pls dont demand them of me or try to change me mind ;v;)

wangxian (bottomji is acceptable, if they are not the main focus)

xuanli (only enjoy platonic, it's not the 'straight' aspect, i have straight ships, i'm just not feeling them together at all)

nieyao / xiyao

are there any other rarepairs or interesting non-romantic dynamics that any of you thought of? i'd like to hear some options ~

#the untamed #mdzs #i could elaborate on some if anyone is curious but... im aware some of those are wild options or not that interesting to ppl #sometimes i like rather subtle dynamics #esp in a universe where too much is going on #so i dont need opposites attract or some grand schemes and plots but just like... characters that could have a nice endgame together #hcs

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thebiscuiteternal · 3 years

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(Throwing this out in the ether to see if it’s interesting enough for me to continue.)

“Your Shadow Holding Hands With Mine” Alternate Timeline, Sangxian, Accidental Living Saber Nie Huaisang, Canon Typical Violence, Signs of Mutual Insanity, Referenced Torture

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He was pleased to say that the guards on the walls had never seen him coming.

He had already slipped through the gates when the screaming started, and a humorless grin crossed his mouth as he made his way from building to building, setting the red girls on anyone who moved fast enough that they might escape the waves of corpses clambering over the walls.

"Did you see something interesting, jiejie?" he asked when one of the red girls returned and draped herself against his back, arms around his neck.

~"A strange one,"~ she whispered, all cold breath against his skin. ~"One like you."~

He frowned. "Like me?"

~"Once gold, now dimmed."~

His frown deepened into a scowl at the implications of the description. "Show me."

She giggled and floated off, and he left the rest of the compound to the ever-increasing army of corpses as he followed.

The trail ended at what had to be the outpost commander’s residence, since it was much higher quality than the soldier's dwellings.

He didn't have to search long before finding a small, heavily bound body curled up and unconscious on a narrow backless couch.

At the sight of the greens and greys of Qinghe Nie, he sucked in a breath through his teeth.

Surely not-

His stomach sank when he rolled the figure over and found himself staring at Nie Huaisang.

His friend was in terrible shape, far too pale and his breathing was weak. He was badly bruised in some areas and his skin had been scraped raw and bloody in others.

Remembering what the red girl had said, he carefully tugged the other boy's outer robes open, trying to ignore the sight of even more bruises and scrapes, and pressed his fingers to the dantian.

Oh. Oh, he knew the hollow coldness that greeted his careful probing all too well. He'd felt the same thing in Jiang Cheng after he’d been rescued from Lotus Pier, which meant this could only be the work of one particular Core-Melting Jackass.

But there was something else. Something weird.

Curious, he fed a little more resentful energy into the other boy's body and...

Wow.

He did it a third time and marveled at how, once more, the resentful energy just melted into Nie Huaisang's meridians like honey into hot tea.

He was a little jealous at how easy it was for Nie Huaisang to absorb it. It sure as fuck hadn't been this simple for him, having to practically let the resentment shatter and reconstruct his meridians over the course of months.

He'd heard before that Nie cultivation was… a little unorthodox, compared to that of the other sects. Maybe...?

A crash from outside alerted him that he was still on a mission. "Jiejie, the chains?"

The red ghost gave a wide grin full of needle sharp teeth, then slashed her claws through the lock. Once the bindings fell away, he laid Nie Huaisang on his back, then sent a much stronger and sharper pulse of resentful energy through his body.

Nie Huaisang jerked and gave a violent gasp, then green eyes fluttered open and stared up at him fuzzily.

"...Wei-xiong...?"

He smiled, all bright and violent cheer. "Welcome back, Nie-xiong. Ready to help me finish burning this place down so we can go hunting?"

"Hunting for what, exactly?" Nie Huaisang asked, squinting at him warily.

His smile grew. "The assholes who did this to us, of course."

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Lan Wangji felt numb and slightly lightheaded as he exited the house, having been soundly dismissed by Wei Ying to go liase with his assistant.

The screams echoed behind him and he had to close his eyes and take a deep breath against the sudden wave of nausea that rose up in his stomach.

"Hanguang-jun?"

He opened his eyes in surprise and stepped back from the person who had just... appeared far too close for comfort, and only the realization that it was Nie Huaisang, of all people, kept him from drawing his sword.

...Wait.

"You are Wei Ying's assistant?" he asked, unable to keep his disbelief from leaking into his voice.

Nie Huaisang smiled, and the hair on the back of his neck prickled.

He dismissed it as a consequence of the still-ongoing screaming.

“Eh...sort of? I mean, he really does all the fighting, I just take care of the sabotage. Trying to make it a little easier on him, you know?"

"Easier."

"Mmhmm! Cutting bow strings, poisoning rations, that sort of thing. So he doesn't have to work so hard at killing them." Nie Huaisang leaned to the side, staring up at the window behind him, then gave a soft whistle. "Wow, they're really getting into it. Must be someone important."

Lan Wangji swallowed hard. This conversation was getting more unnerving by the moment. "Wei Ying told me to find you," he said past the knot of discomfort in his throat.

"Oh? Well, I've already finished my part of the job, so he must want me to start on food. Come on!"

He didn't want to be here. He especially didn't want food, between what was going on upstairs and Nie Huaisang's far too casual remark about poisoning people.

He followed anyway.

Fortunately, the stew that Nie Huaisang cobbled together from the stores he hadn’t laced proved to be harmless, and the other boy had even been polite enough to cook the meat separately so he wouldn't have to eat around it.

The gesture had done little to soothe his uneasiness, however, especially when Wei Ying and Jiang Wanyin returned in high spirits and liberally spattered in blood.

"Really? After I just did laundry yesterday?" Nie Huaisang asked, as if that was the most pressing problem.

"Aw, but it was worth it, Nie-xiong," Wei Ying said in a sweet, affectionate sing-song that he'd never heard directed at anybody before.

Not even Jiang Wanyin, judging by the slightly incredulous look on his face.

"You should have come to watch!" Wei Ying continued, heedless of Nie Huaisang's squawk of disgust when he threw an arm around his shoulders, promptly transferring blood to his clothing as well. "Wen Zhuliu turned such pretty colors when Chengcheng got hold of him with Zidian!"

Nie Huaisang blinked, then looked at Jiang Wanyin. "Did you really?"

Jiang Wanyin smirked. "Made him dance, then took his head clean off," he said, then his expression turned serious. "Wei Wuxian told me what happened on the way back here. Are you going to be okay?"

The question earned a flinch and the other boy’s hand reflexively going to his dantian.

Ah. That explained quite a bit about why he'd been able to sneak up undetected. Or at least that was what Lan Wangji was going to convince himself.

"I'll be fine," he said, waving off their expressions of concern. "I was lucky enough that Wei-xiong found me before we could make it to Nightless City, so... I'll be fine."

"Tch. Ever the optimist," Wei Wuxian teased, but Lan Wangji didn't miss the glint in his eyes, nor the way his arm tightened protectively.

Possessively.

Suddenly the stew was far too heavy in his stomach, heavy enough that he lay staring up at the sky long after he should have been asleep.

"Wei-xiong, you've really overstretched yourself this time."

At the sound of the murmur, clearly pitched to avoid waking anyone, he turned his head to find Wei Ying and Nie Huaisang sitting on the other side of the low-burning fire. Wei Ying had tucked his face into the curve of Nie Huaisang's neck and had a hand resting against the other boy's stomach. Resentful energy writhed around them, apparently flowing from Wei Ying's body into Nie Huaisang's.

What... what was...?

"I know, I know, I shouldn't have called up so much for this," came the muffled sound of Wei Ying's voice. "But I have to practice working with larger numbers if we're going to make a difference, you know that."

"True, but if you tear yourself apart, then we won't be able to do anything at all."

Wei Ying pulled back just far enough to give a sharp-edged grin. "Then it's a good thing I have you to make it all better, isn't it?" he asked, raising his eyebrows suggestively.

"You're awful. Horrible, even. An absolute brat," Nie Huaisang said, giving Wei Ying a swat that made him yelp in protest, but his tone was all fondness as he drew away and fixed his robes, then got up to extinguish the fire.

Mind a whirl of confusion and apprehension-

Making him better? With resentful energy? How was that even supposed to work? Could Wei Ying potentially be in danger from what he was letting Nie Huaisang do?

-Lan Wangji didn't sleep for the rest of the night.

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