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    In the end, it had been the Yiling Patriarch’s stratagems and his fierce fighting which had turned the tide of the war. He had killed both Wen Ruohan’s sons, and floored the traitor so that Meng Yao could strike the final blow. His status as the strongest warrior on the field had been undeniable.

    Thus, the offer extended to him by the Lan court. Take his place as the Emperor’s consort, the only one permitted to lay hands upon the Emperor, the only one to share his bed with him while he sleeps, unaware and vulnerable. His last, best line of defense.

    Or: Forced by his court to accept a consort, Lan Wangji is certain he has seen enough of the so-called Yiling Patriarch to know what he's getting: an uncouth ruffian. Slowly, he begins to realise that even an emperor's assumptions can be misplaced.

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    17 Aug 2024

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    He leans in, brushing against Wei Ying's nape with his lips, the edge of his teeth. How delicate the skin here is, how paper-thin, how easy it would be to just…

    “L-Lan Zhan?”

    The room snaps back into focus.

    Lan Zhan confronts his desire.

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    01 May 2024

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    Which is why Wei Wuxian is severely annoyed that one the first day moving in, there's a translucent man staring out his bedroom window.
    "Are you kidding me?!" Wei Wuxian huffs, voice bouncing down the landing as he drops his bags with a thud at the top of the stairs.
    The man turns from where he's been staring through the dusty pane and looks directly at Wei Wuxian. Their gazes meet and the man's eyes widen like saucers.
    In a deep, disbelieving voice, he murmurs, "You can see me?"
    "Nope!" Wei Wuxian announces and turns around to march right back down the stairs.
    It’s stupid, really. The man is already waiting at the bottom of the staircase when Wei Wuxian gets there.
    Wei Wuxian stops dead, eyeing the spectre. The man's eyes narrow triumphantly.
    “You can see me," he states.
    Wei Wuxian turns around and marches back up the stairs. The man is already there at the top.

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    Lan Wangji says, “I am also looking to . . . gain practical experience. It seemed mutually advantageous.”

    “Mutually advantageous,” Wei Wuxian echoes. “Wait. Do you mean I’d get to . . . ?”

    Lan Wangji stares at him.

    “Practice — on you?” Wei Wuxian finishes, his eyes round with disbelief.

    During a shared summer studying in the Cloud Recesses, Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian diligently pursue an informed sexual education. What could possibly be the harm in some mutual learning?

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    14 Jan 2024

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    Since he was a child, since Lan Wangji had first become aware of his own alienating effect on others, he has long resigned himself to a loveless marriage. Perhaps even a companionate one, so long as his partner was agreeable and unbothersome and let him have his own space.

    He could not have even begun to predict Wei Wuxian.

    (A canonverse arranged marriage fic.)

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    12 Jan 2024