goodnight

It is chapter 7 in Dreams of Spring by jitterati and here is the heartbreaking bit I have been craving

"The little nibbles the dying alpha had given him, trying to soothe him, were not the real thing, and at the time Chu Wanning had violently hated himself for never giving Mo Ran the opportunity to do it."

*happy sighs*

ranwan post canon

- angst & hurt/comfort

- mentions of illness, self esteem issues (note tags!)

- attempts at fluff

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29005095

a kind of black mirror au where in the depths of devastation and grief after losing his husband in an unfortunate accident, chu wanning decides to purchase an AI that looks and acts exactly like mo ran. At first he processed grief through purchasing useless things online- things mo ran would have bought, like knick knacks that fill the cabinets, accessories, sex toys. But they fail to repress any form of hopeless emptiness in him. Until he stumbles across an ad for this realistic AI that could become anyone you want it to be, right down to the vocal tones.

ranwan office au where cwn leaves a dog statue at the door before he clocks off for fengshui purposes or to “guard” his office but the new hire mr worked overtime one day and was pissed that someone left their dog at the door only to find out it’s fake after almost breaking in. the door handle already broke and hes like fuck isn’t this the boss’s office hes gna get fired after only a week so he scrambles to try to fix it but ends up slipping a note between the door saying “I thought your dog seemed lonely…sorry for ur handle I’ll pay for it :(“

the next day cwn stands in the middle of his office fuming mad about his door handle and his fengshui dog thinking someone’s getting sacked today but just as he turns around a tall man who looks like an actual oversized puppy is flashing him an apologetic grin through the glass. cwn has never bothered to see new hires before and has always disregarded rankings in his company but he’s even more mad bc this man is too attractive and he doesn’t know what to do about it

so he makes mr work OT for 3 days to pay up for it and mr agrees eagerly despite knowing the replacement probably costs not even an hour’s worth of salary. their relationship grows and they end up fucking on cwn’s office table with the fengshui dog guarding the door on the 2nd night.

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