āStop causing troubleā
Professor Lan and His animagus boyfriend
With glasses?
On a scale ofĀ āweird flex, but okayā to RUDE, how acceptable is it to pop up out of nowhere, reblog someoneās artwork with added fic and then piss off into the ether, because, uhā¦
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Lan Zhan finds the rabbit in the winter.
Fur pitch-black against the snow, it huddles in a pitiful, bedraggled ball at the edge of the Gusu Academyās herb garden when Lan Zhan calls Jin Rulanās fat, spoiled familiar to heel, and continues to cower even after Fairy has trotted reluctantly away to sit by Lan Zhanās side.
Lan Zhan initially intends to leave it, to hold Fairy just long enough to let the rabbit run back into the night where it belongs, but when it uncurls and limps forward, red splatters drip onto the ground behind it.
There is no matching stain on Fairyās muzzle, so it is not a harm that Gusu is directly responsible for, but - to save the animal from Jin Rulanās dog just to leave it to die in the cold would not be a mercy.
Slowly, carefully, Lan Zhan scoops it up and tucks it into the front of his robe, where it can share his body heat. He expects it to struggle, and so is pleasantly surprised when it calms immediately and begins to nose around in his clothing.
āBe still,ā he tells it mildly, and, whistling for Fairy to follow, heads back up the hill, towards the light of the main hall.
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