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For You, I’ll Keep Going

by womtokki

E, WIP, 37k, Wangxian

Summary: Wei Ying is lonely. Deliberately excluded from not one family but two, Wei Ying struggles to find meaning living a life no one around him seems to care for. After yet another solo outing, Wei Ying finds an unlikely companion. A white snake with a blue sheen, abused and discarded, not all that unlike himself. Now, Wei Ying still has trouble seeing his own intrinsic worth, but with his surprisingly uptight companion depending on him, he notes that the days seem to be passing a bit easier. Surely nothing bigger is going on that would mess this up, right?… right??? Kay's comments: Inspired by the incredible Coil Tightly by Thunderstruck (Blueyed_Impala) this story is so gut-wrenching and has me in a tight hold. Can't wait for the final chapter! My heart aches so much for Wei Ying, he needs so many more hugs. He found dragon!Lan Wangji in noodle shape and brought him home as a poor snake that needed saving, but things aren't what they seem on so many levels! The twists and turns! Just great. Excerpt: “Aht, aht, aht, Xiao-Bai, there's enough of that,” Wei Ying ran over and squatted so the snake could see him face-to-face. “How bout you stay calm and let this Ge help you?” The snake ceased its battering, but remained poised as if ready to strike again. Deep crimson followed the grooves of his scales down its snout and had smeared a bit over its mouth, but Wei Ying was pleased to see that it at least didn’t look like there was a lot of blood. “There’s a good snake, okay,” he looked up, fully speaking to the brick of the alley wall, “What do I do now?” Clearly the snake would stay in the tank for now, the animal was very frightened and appeared ready to do as it must, so a bite was not outside of the realm of possibility. He looked again at the snake, and wondered how well it would do if he just released it into the wild as it was, but quickly had to rule against it. Really it’s looks were too striking, it was quite good-looking for a reptile. It had a light amber hue to its oddly-present eyes, but that was nothing compared to its scales. What he’d thought was plain white actually had a faint blue opalescent sheen to it, and along its back were linear scales of cerulean that completely covered the tip of its tail. Understated, beautiful, and would absolutely have it getting snatched up by a hawk within a few minutes if released as is. Wei Ying took a look around. If the snake was here and in such a shitty condition it wasn’t wanted nor was it well cared for, meaning finders keepers.

pov wei wuxian, modern setting, modern with magic, dragon lan wangji, identity reveal, secret identity, memory loss, altered memories, depressed wei wuxian, mental health issues, lonely wei wuxian, developing relationship, emotional hurt/comfort, hurt wei wuxian, fox wei wuxian, wei wuxian has secrets, good uncle lan qiren

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