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To celebrate World Cocktail Day and the upcoming final chapter of my recent Cloud Recesses Cocktail Bar fic, I’m sharing the official recipe for the drink that started it all.

​My liquid tribute to Wangxian... The Frivolous Peach Blossom.

​A triple-layered serve featuring a "white mo’e" foam ribbon resting atop a delicate white peach mix and a blushing pink peony syrup base.

The final chapter of the corresponding fic is due to drop this weekend. You can find the recipe for this cocktail, as well as Lan-er-gege's Pink Blush - my signature Pink Peony Petal Syrup, alongside the first four chapters of the story on AO3.

Fic Summary:

In the modern world, the Lan Clan builds skyscrapers and the Nie family runs a global meat-processing empire. While many things have changed, some things never will: Wei Wuxian is still obsessed with a certain Second Jade of Lan (Corp), and Lan Wangji is still helplessly, silently captivated by the only man capable of shattering his legendary restraint.

Set against the backdrop of a high-tech cocktail lounge in the clouds, Wei Wuxian uses his skills behind the bar to pester and tease his way into Lan Wangji's heart. It starts with a tasting glass and ends with a confession that Gusu will never forget. A potent mixture of sweet napkin bunnies, outrageous drunken behaviour, and a dash of scandalous spice—this story offers something for everyone.

Cheers hun! 😘

'Apple Upside-down Cake with Bunny Apple Tanghulu' and 'Basi Pingguo' for my sweet cottagecore, neighbours to lovers Wangxian fic.

And the comforting 'Ji Zhao' (Quick, I'm sick! Chicken congee) for my follow-up 'sick fic' to last year's Bun In The Oven, where WWX catches chickenpox from their young son.

The second edition of the MXTX Food Zine is out now in PDF and ready-to-print format! Inside, you'll find 23 delicious recipes and 30 new fanworks across all three MXTX fandoms, including art, fanfiction, and themed recipe cards.

Special thanks to @czeriah for the print tests and design work, to @moonlvster for the cover art, and to all the creators: this project would never have been possible without you.

To the fandom: reblog this post, download the zine, and enjoy! If you can't access the documents, email [email protected] for help or message the mods here on tumblr.

The mods would like to note that this zine has always been free, in order to make the production period a stress-free experience for creators and allow readers to enjoy the finished product without having to budget for it. However, if you would like to donate something or support us via platforms like Ko-Fi, we ask instead that you donate to organizations providing humanitarian aid in Palestine, linked in this post.

Here's a Wangxian meet-cute to celebrate 🎉

Shades Of Our Souls

Newly famous artist, Wei Wuxian, is begrudgingly roped into auctioning off a week's worth of art lessons at a pretentious charity auction.

As the gavel is about to fall, locking in the final bid, a deep voice calls out from somewhere in the shadows.

Defeating the competition in one fell swoop, the handsome stranger stakes his claim on the young man's spare time.

But is that all he's after?... Wei Ying certainly hopes not.

I could not resist combining my love of cooking, writing and MDZS 🥰 So much so, I ended up with two fanfics instead of one haha.

I can't wait to see what you guys think! I have a canon universe, burial mounds settlement fic - which I absolutely adored trying my hand at writing WQ for the first time. There's also a modern au, established Wangxian, fluffy adoption fic - which is something I'm very proud of as well ❤️

Here's a little taster for you all!

In A Pickle - with tasty pickled radish recipe and cute chibi artwork by @daynight139

"What are those?" Wen Yuan's tiny voice whispered in wonder.

"Chillies. They are really hot, so don't touch them, otherwise they will burn you and make you cry," Wen Qing cautioned the child, shooting him a sharp look of warning as she spoke.

Perplexed, Wen Yuan glared at the chillies, quietly wondering why they would want to burn him and make him cry personally.

And my second fic...

Bun In The Oven - with a recipe offering two tasty baked bao fillings and adorable artwork by @daynight139 which is full of hidden things for you to spot!

Lifting the two trays of golden baked bao out of the oven, he turned to place them onto cooling racks.

"Congratulations Lan Zhan, we're now the proud parents of an abundance of little ones!" Back to his usual chirpy self, he sent his husband another cheeky wink as he held a bun up towards him. "Shall we have a whole brood too, er-gege?" he giggled as he placed the last bun down to cool.

"Hmm... Let us start with one, for now." Lan Zhan's low voice sounded by his ear as two strong arms wrapped around him and pulled him in close.

I really hope anyone who reads my two new fics enjoys them as much as I relished writing them 💞

In the meantime, you can download the 2022 edition of the zine to get a flavour of what's to come.