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💙 I'll Take Such Great Care of You

by CheekyBrunette

G, 49k, Wangxian

Summary: Sizhui has grown up with a single father. Now, he learns what it is like to have a mom. Kay's comments: This story was recommended to me by a friend and it completely wrecked me. Left my crying. Broke my heart in the best way possible. This was so perfect?? Modern AU from Sizhui's perspective who's slowly getting used to having another adult around - Wei Wuxian, his father's boyfriend. Slowly though, mysteries of the past unravel. Both of his own and Wei Wuxian's past. Make sure to check out the warnings too, because it gets really dark, though there is a happy ending for Wangxian and Sizhui. Excerpt: “Wei Ying has inquired about your birthday.” Lan Sizhui quickly lowered his cat-ear headphones and sat up a little further in bed. He had been winding down for the evening, his laptop balanced on his knees, when his father had come to join him in his bedroom. Currently, Lan Wangji sat carefully on the edge of Sizhui's bed. “My birthday?” Sizhui asked. “It’s January 12th.” His father's expression was always as placid as a lake sheltered by mountains. And yet, he somehow managed to look amused. “I am aware,” he said. “Wei Ying also knows as such. He is hoping to join you in celebrating.”

pov lan sizhui, modern setting, modern no powers, families of choice, adopted lan sizhui, emotional hurt/comfort, angst with a happy ending, lan wangji adopts lan sizhui, lan sizhui needs a hug, wei wuxian needs a hug, panic attacks, claustrophobia, nightmares, implied/referenced sexual assault, implied/referenced suicide, implied/referenced organ harvesting, dysfunctional jiang family, good sibling jiang cheng, good sibling jiang yanli, family fluff

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It happened so fast, so unbelievably fast, that even as they stumbled through the streets of Yiling, Jiang Yanli was not sure how they got there.

“This way, this way, here…come on!” Wei Ying was pushing and pulling them forward until they were in a dank, old alleyway. A’Cheng recoiled, but she grabbed his wrist and yanked him along. Even being older and (just barely) taller than he was, she should not have been able to maneuver him so easily, but she was certain he was going into shock.

Wei Ying was banging on a door half sunk in the ground, as if it had once been the entry to a basement to a part of a house that wasn’t there anymore.

“Open up, Lao Wang!”

“What the fuck do you want?” An ancient man in a twisted body pulled the door open. Jiang Yanli was not certain he actually had any teeth. “Who the fuck are you?”

“Wei Ying!”

“The fuck?”

Wei Ying groaned in frustration and shoved the old man backwards into the room, pulling on Jiang Yanli who in turn dragged A’Cheng along.

“Hey!”

“It’s me! Wei Ying!” Wei Ying said loudly, slamming the door shut behind him.

“You brat! Where the hell have you been?”

“I told you I got picked up by the Yunmeng Jiang sect, like, ten times already.”

The man looked more like a human yao than a person, wrinkled and bent with watery, clouded eyes. While he bickered with Wei Ying, Yanli stood very still next to A’Cheng, who still did not appear to be entirely present. He had not been entirely present since the panic attack back at Lotus Pier.

“Ying’er,” Yanli said softly, which brought Lao Wang and Wei Ying up short. “Where are we?”

“And who are you?” Lao Wang added, poking a long crooked finger at Wei Ying’s chest.

“I’m Wei Ying!” Wei Ying threw his arms up in the air in frustration.

“I know that! I mean them! Dressed too nice to street rats. I can’t use ‘em.” He banged his cane on the ground and sat down with a loud thump.

Yanli did not like the sound of that.

“That’s not why I brought them here, you wicked old man,” Wei Ying said, rolling his eyes. He turned to Yanli. “ShiJie, this is Lao Wang, pickpocket master of Yiling. I knew him when I was…when I used to live here.” He ended up looking down at the dirt floor and shuffling his feet.

“Oh.” She did not know what else to say.

“Been gone too long, you’re out of practice. Can’t use you either.”

“I’m not stealing for you!” He glanced over at Yanli. “Uh, not that I ever did. Because I didn’t! That would be wrong.”

“Then why the fuck are you here?” Lao Wang banged his cane on the floor again.

Yanli let go of A’Cheng and stepped forward, not too close, but certainly far closer to a grown man than her mother would have approved.

Her mother.

She bowed. “Lao Wang, I apologize for my brother bringing us to your home. We are in a desperate situation and need a place to hide.”

“ShiJie,” Wei Ying whined softly.

“No, Ying’er, there is no point in lying. Everyone…everyone will know soon anyway.” She held back a sob.

“No!” A’Cheng shouted and broke for the door. Wei Ying, obviously acting on instinct, tackled him to the floor before he could even grab the handle. The boys wrestled on the ground, shouting incomprehensibly at each other. Yanli knew who would win—who always won, and why that had really been such a burn to her mother’s pride. She stood there and sobbed while her brothers bloodied each other, unable to do anything to stop them.

“Ah, shit.” Lao Wang got up, waddled over and casually as tossing kittens around threw the boys apart with his cane and a martial arts move she had never seen before. There was a moment of quiet before A’Cheng broke down in heaving sobs, and Wei Ying scrambled over to hold him tight.

Yanli knew she should do the same thing. She should be strong for them. She should hold them and tell them everything would be all right. All she could do was stand there and cry.

“What happened, child?” Lao Wang asked softly, squinting at the tangle of her brothers. His hands were firmly set on his cane, but there was something soothing about his presence in that moment.

1. Hinny

“Told you she wouldn’t mind.”

“She doesn’t count, ‘Mione, she’s been making eyes at me since first year! Let’s just get this ritual over with. It’s humiliating.”

“That’s one word for it.”

2. Lunarry

“Well? Did she find a Nargle?”

“No.”

“How about some gold?”

“Shut up.”

3. Rarry

“ - and then he pulled down my turtleneck and kissed me there too! What does that mean, Hermione??”

“Well, Ron’s always been hungry.”

4. Drarry

“So…how was it?”

“Fine. Normal. Pretty underwhelming, actually.”

“Really? What about your lengthy trip to the broom closet?”

“It was ten minutes max, Hermione!”

5. Tomarry

“Bloody hell Hermione, where did you find him? And why was he so…virile?”

“Filched him from a memory through a complicated bit of magic, then I dosed him with amortentia. Was he love struck?”

“No! He was evil! He drew blood.”

“From your mouth or your-“

"HERMIONE."

6. ???

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“I spent five minutes with them, but it felt like I’ve known them forever. Hermione, truly, thank you. How did you know the ritual would work?”

“Their love saved you, so only love could bring them back to you.”

❤️💕

💙Breathing Firestorm

By:ladyshadowdrake

Summary:

After years of a mad quest, Wen Ruohan is finally given proof of a powerful creature living among mortals. He is delighted to find that it truly believes itself to be only a boy named “Wei Wuxian.”

While Wen Ruohan tries to unlock Wei Wuxian’s secret, the sects unite against him. If he can achieve his goal before they arrive, even the combined might of the cultivation world would not be enough to humble him.

Meanwhile, Lan Wangji dreams of Wei Wuxian in the Cold Pond Cave, and works tirelessly to rescue him from Wen Ruohan’s clutches.

No one is prepared for what awaits the allied sects in Nightless City at the conclusion of the war, and it very well might mean the end of the world as they know it.

Chapter:21/21

Words:110,773

Status:completed

(Phoenix wei wuxian)

Sect Leader! Your—Senior brother—Hanguang-jun!” he sputtered. “Take a breath,” Lan Xichen interrupted, reaching out to steady the boy and taking an exaggerated breath himself to demonstrate. Worry gnawed at the back of his throat while the disciple swallowed hard and obediently took in a deep breath. “Try again.” “Lan Wangji has entered the Phoenix-Subdue Cave!” the boy blurted out. Without meaning to, Lan Xichen clamped his hand down on the junior’s arm. The boy winced, but he didn’t try to pull away. Lan Xichen hastily released him, took one step back and drew Shuoyue even as he took the first leap into the air.

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“Wangji. You are well?” Lan Xichen asked, his gaze pulling again to the phoenix where he leaned against the back wall with his arms crossed over his chest. Lan Xichen had seen Wei Wuxian in a similar pose many times, and though the phoenix occupied the same body, even just this glance was enough to separate the phoenix and Wei Wuxian totally. Everything about his posture communicated danger, violence just barely contained. Lan Wangji nodded. “Mn.” “Please come outside the wards,” Lan Xichen said. He itched to reach through the wards and drag Lan Wangji out as though he were still four years old and Lan Xichen could pick him up at will. Lan Wangji shook his head. “I will not.” “Wangji,” Lan Xichen pleaded softly. Lan Wangji shook his head again. He looked so much like their father in that moment that Lan Xichen could have sobbed. He remembered a much younger Lan Wangji, barely five and standing at his full height, face serious and voice calm, announcing that he was no longer a child and would not be carried again. There had been no discussion, no room for negotiation or suggestion or reasoning. Lan Xichen wondered if he had known at twelve that he would rarely be allowed to touch his brother after that point, if he would have argued. If he had known this would happen—Lan Wangji just barely seventeen, tall and always serious, putting himself once more firmly outside of Lan Xichen’s reach—would he have tried harder? “Explain your reasoning,” Lan Xichen, who was Lan Wangji’s brother, but also his mentor and teacher and sect leader, said. “It is dangerous for the phoenix to be isolated,” Lan Wangji said. “It is unnecessary for Wei Ying to be isolated. I will remain.”

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When you wake up to such lovely emails, 😭.

This is why we fic writers keep writing; these interactions from our readers mean the world to us.

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Lan Wangji: *hunting with his disciples near the front with Yunmeng Jiang* we have no choice but to ask the jiang sect leader for permission to eat in his sect.

Lan Jingyi: but Haguang-jun, we're two minutes from a taver—

Day 1 : Ghost

So uh, I would be lying if I said this hasn’t been in my WIP folder for a while 🫠…

The prompt list just gave me the final kick in the ass to get this piece done for Gently Haunted by LusBeatha on ao3. We're not gonna talk about how long it's been since I started it, but I think the one Xie Lian piece I did for last years MXTXtober is what finally made me understand how I wanted to go about it.

But we can talk about how adorable this fic is? Ugh it's perfect absolutely perfect angst with a happy ending. I'm always soft for fics where WangXian gets to raise Wen Yuan together 🥹💕

Welp, here's to hoping I don't fall behind this year _(:3 」∠)_

This was not really in NMJ's plan but he's like "if he's closer to me it will be easier to catch him doing suspitious stuff"(he's in denial). So they are going through with this.

JZX doesn't die, but neither does Jin Zixun who accuses WWX of cursing him during the banquet this time. WWX says it wasn't him, that he doesn't even remember the guy, then he strips partially and show his chest to prove it. Jin Zixun still doesn't buy it, so NMJ announces his intention to marry JGY (just to annoy and ashame him, and it works) and that he will handle this investigation as a wedding gift. JGS says he doesn't approve, NMJ says he doesn't care, Madam Jin intervenes and says it's a good idea(she's not being nice, she just doesn't like JGY).

Everyone is shocked and then later JC and WWX are talking and WWX is like:

"Wow that was a surprise! Who knew that NMJ was a cutsleeve? And JGY too, it makes you think if the Venerated Triad was just a ruse for second intentions, hehe" -To wich JC answers:

"Yeah it was really unexpected. Honestly if i were to bet someone would do a marriage annoucement like that it would be you and Hanguang-Jun."

Thaf gets WWX flustered and he's like:

"Ah?? What are you talking about? Me and Lan Zhan...Stop it Jiang Cheng, don't joke about this. You'll ruin his peerles reputation"

"Why? You took his ribbon once, that's basically a proposal right there. And you're always talking about him so it doesn't seem you would be opposed to it."

And then they banter some more, with WWX saying that the elders would never aprove someone like him and that he wouldn't stand living in Cloud Recesses. JC forgets for a while and is like, "why would YOU be going to Clou Recess? He'd better be the one to come to Lotus..." and then WWX looks kinda sad, still smiling but the mood is ruined.

Then LWJ appears and JC is like, "oh look your future husband's here" To wich WWX responds by pushing him out the way and leaves to talk to LWJ for a bit.

JC is kinda sad about WWX then he meets NHS who's panicking. "I really like San-ge and i'm happy to have him back to the Uncleam Realm and if Da-ge is happy so am I but...But i kinda always expected Da-ge to pop out some children. Cause you know what i am now?? I'm sect heir a-Cheng! I don't want to be sect leader!!"

And JC is like "just make them adopt a kid or something, it's what i'm doing" He's plannjng to maks one of his nephew's if Yanli and the peacock have more and if not he knows WWX has a-yuan so he can just steal him.

NHS is like"That's genious, maybe an orphaned disciple..no... a long lost little brother whose father is a scum so San-ge has to protect him...yes..yes.." he's plotting, he knows JGS probably has some more children hidden somewhere.

Anyways, after all of that NMJ goes to the burial mounds to investigate and finds out that the Jin lied and is pissed. WWX is kinds nervous and JC appears and we have this interaction:

NMJ, pissed: "What that's all you have here? A corpse, a doctor and a bunch of noncombatants? Are you saying JGS lied about it all?"

WWX,a bit nervous: " And this patriarch. Ah, well if you have finished your investigations now you know we aren't a threat so you can go back..."

NMJ: "Go back like this? And say what? This is a mess...

JC, appeared out of nowhere: "Yes it is. But now that Sect Leader Nie and I found out this scandal JGS can no longer hide this situation. But there's no need to worry Sect Leader Nie, since WWX was just protecting innocent people his banishment from Yummeng Jiang is hereby revoked. And also in a show of hospitality, good pratices and peace between sects, YummengJiang is also willing to house the misplaced Wens so to no further the misdeeds commited against them."

WWX is shocked and dumbfounded. JC saw an opportunity and took it. WQ agrees on the spot, she needs to get them out of this hellhole. NMJ is still not sure. WWX decides to trust his brother and adds.

"If the sects agree to house and protect the Wen renmants, i'll personally and publicly provide for the destruction of the YinTigerTally." With this NMJ agrees and things end up mostly okay.

JC makes a-yuan his sucessor, WQ head doctor and WWX in charge of training disciples. LWJ goes to visit and JC jokes about him being his "annoying future-brother-in-law" WWX chastises him. LWJ is happy WWX is with his family again but is still worried WWX isn't using his sword. feat golden core reveal yay...it ends up fine.

Meanwhile, NMJ and JGY's marriage is a bit rocky, a bit toxic but to everyone else they seem like lovebirds. Neither of them trust each other and are always throwing knives. If i had to summarise their relashionship it would be:

JGY: If you were my husband i'd poison your tea

NMJ:If you were my wife i'd drink it

Basically NMJ thinks being lovedovey annoys JGY (it does, but he also kinda likes it) and he also kinda wants to coddle him. But he still totally really hates him. LXC pops up from time to time, happy that everyone is getting along. He's also their marriage counselor from time to time.