WangxianFicRecs - Rewind 2025

More of our favourite fics this year! And our inbox remains open for your recs as well, so make sure to share your favourite stories of 2025!

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A Reflection on Fatherhood

by Rainewritesfanfics

G, 1k Wangxian | Kay's Rec

Part of the FWW Birthday Challenge 2025

Summary: Lan Wangji had never expected to be a father to one child, let alone four.

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A Silent Spell

by itsfanfan

E, 6k, Wangxian | Kay's Rec

Summary: Lan Zhan finds himself in the middle of Wei Ying's incense burner-induced dreams. But, unlike the visions of a secluded farm or a tumble in the Library Pavilion, Lan Zhan realizes he's in the Burial Mounds after Wen Chao tossed Wei Ying in during the Sunshot Campaign. He witnesses something he won't ever forget.

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Happily Ever After (Just Took Time)

by Anonymous

T, 6k, Wangxian | Kay's Rec

Summary: It's been well over 13 years since Wei Ying last saw the father of his child. He'd been driven out of Cultivation Society - literally! He'd found his footing in a new country with a new baby and no husband. Then someone mistakes his radish for a Lan, and, well! He and Lan Zhan cross paths again. AKA- One of those fics where LZ and WY marry but haven't gone through full character development and the cultivation world tears them apart. This is a few snapshots of the Way After.

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💙 Homecoming

by EClairatee

E, 45k, Wangxian & Lan Wangji/OMC | Kay's Rec

Summary: On camera, Lan Zhan has everything. A picture perfect life with a doting boyfriend, a posh downtown apartment with a gorgeous view, and 10 million subscribers that pay for their lifestyle. He has Sunday morning brunch, a sunlit studio where he composes, and romantic dinners on rooftop cafes. He has it all, as long as it's on camera. Off camera, he has a failed relationship whose ending must be timed perfectly. January, according to their publicist. He feels like a prisoner, their posh downtown apartment slowly suffocating the life out of him. So when his brother begs him to come back for the summer, it's not a hard decision to make. Until he meets a fellow instructor and is pulled kicking and screaming into a confrontation with his past-- an unrequited first love and a lost friendship. OR: Lan Zhan finds Wei Ying in the place he least expects... living the life he'd left behind.

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if you want, i'll become a tree

by silver_aspen

G, 4k, Wangxian | Kay's Rec

Summary: The dragon will not go away, and Lan Wangji does not know what to do about it. It is clearly very affectionate of him, although he is unsure as to why him, specifically. Lan Wangji, although he is loath to admit it, might also like the dragon. It is sweet, and it is attentive, and it is lithe, and it is energetic. He tries not to think about how it reminds him of Wei Ying, who they haven’t seen in months, who everyone assures him must be fine, who he cannot search for because they are in the middle of a war— Or: Wei Ying is a dragon. He goes to where it matters most.

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Backup

by Moondal

G, 1k, Wangxian | Kay's Rec

Summary: Two times Lan Yuan needed to call for backup.

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Anomaly

by xiuznl

G, 13k, Wangxian | Kay's Rec

Summary: Wei Wuxian doesn't remember anything from his childhood before Lotus Pier. His parents—even their faces—he can’t recall. But suddenly his parents are now standing in front of his face.

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The Strangers from Pluto

by utopieez

T, 5k, Wangxian | Kay's Rec

Summary: After countless insufferable dates, his roommate Huaisang arranges a blind date for Wei Wuxian. Lan Xichen, the date in question, is perfect. Handsome, compassionate, intelligent. Everything he should want and need, but he doesn’t feel the spark. Incoming Lan Wangji, although a similar stunning appearance to his older brother, his personality is vastly different. He is everything Wei Wuxian should hate and avoid, but somehow his heart disagrees. Or Wei Wuxian goes on a blind date with Lan Xichen but falls for his brother Lan Wangji.

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What to do when you drunk voice message your bff that you're into him

by relenafanel (@relenafanel)

T, 1k, Wangxian | Kay's Rec

Summary: Wei Wuxian leaves Lan Wangji a drunken voice message at 4am listing all his most sordid fantasies (PG). Lan Wangji listens to it.

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Bright Things and Quiet Places

by spicyomelette

T, 9k, Wangxian | Kay's Rec

Summary: He’s a single man in a new country, trying to adopt a child. He doesn’t have time for crushes. But Lan Zhan is… Lan Zhan. Untouchable. Impossibly calm. Possibly carved from some secret mountain monastery stone. Wei Ying likes his voice. Likes his quiet. But he doesn’t let himself like it too much. Still, something shifts. Slowly. Like sunlight creeping through drawn curtains. Lan Zhan watches Wei Ying like someone documenting how he fits into the spaces he finds himself in, and Wei Ying starts to wonder what it means to stop surviving and start choosing.

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Anomaly

by xiuznl

G, 13k, Wangxian

Summary: Wei Wuxian doesn't remember anything from his childhood before Lotus Pier. His parents—even their faces—he can’t recall. But suddenly his parents are now standing in front of his face. Kay's comments: Filed under stories that make me cry and very emotional. It's set post-canon and Wei Wuxian gets to see his parents again; it's a chance for a proper goodbye and ah, I wished so much for him to keep them. He deserves only good things in his life. Excerpt: Wei Wuxian frowned slightly, his posture composed. “Lan Qiren is away at a conference with minor clans under Gusu Lan. I’m in charge here, for the time being.” The man looked desperate. “We’ve lost our child. We woke up in Yiling, and the nearest major clan was Gusu Lan, so we came here to ask for help.” There was a brief pause, then Wei Wuxian asked, “May I ask... what year is it?” Cangse Sanren turned to glare at him, clearly frustrated. “Why are you asking about the year at a time like this?” she snapped. But the man calmed her with a hand on her arm and answered anyway. “It’s the twentieth year of the Ruizheng reign.” The silence that followed was thick and heavy. Wei Wuxian's expression barely changed, but something in his eyes darkened. The twentieth year of the Ruizheng reign was decades ago. It can’t be real. If what they said was true, then these two people—these strangers—couldn’t possibly be his parents. Wei Changze and Cangse Sanren had been dead for years.

pov wei wuxian, post-canon, established relationship, married lan wangji/wei wuxian, wei wuxian has a family, fluff and angst, sad ending, emotional hurt/comfort, cangse sanren and wei changze live, family feels, time travel, grief/mourning, loss, loss of parent(s)

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