Clarity
by Suspicious_Popsicle
G, 10k, wangxian
Summary: “Alcohol is not allowed in the Cloud Recesses.”
“Why don't you tell me what is allowed, then?”
The exasperation in his tone dug claws into Lan WangJi's skin. The rules existed for a reason. The rules needed to be obeyed.
“Read the rules,” Lan WangJi ground out. The sound of his own voice, oddly strained, gave him pause. Anger. He was feeling anger.
It had been a long time.
My comments: The capacity for speech had deserted him utterly. He could only stare as the youth waited a beat, then moved to drink the second jar.
It was the rules that clamored at him and broke through his paralysis. They were being ignored—no. Worse. They were being flaunted. This guest disciple was calling down misfortune upon himself. The very idea was inconceivable to Lan WangJi. In one fluid movement, he drew his sword and charged forward, certain not to be swayed by anything the youth had to say.
He was taken completely by surprise once more, however, and even faltered in his attack as the disciple cried out:
“What's wrong with your hands?”
canon divergence, involuntary invisibility, no one can see it except wwx and lwj, flashbacks to child lan wangji, fucked up lan sect and their rules, feels, angst, childish misunderstandings, rule-related ptsd, lan wangji being pathologically stoic and functionally mute, functional mutism, wwx being pushy and caring, as he does, happy ending, @suspiciouspopsicle
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