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    WangXian had been married (each to a different woman), each has an adopted son, their ex-wives may have more than friendship, and everyone is content. A little slice of (ex-married) life starring Wei Ying and Wen Qing.

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    English
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    1,178
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    4
    Kudos:
    10
    Bookmarks:
    1
    Hits:
    54
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    Wei Ying climbs to the top of Yiling Mountain. Is he real? Is anything real, beyond his love for Wangji?
    Ten short chapters.

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    Language:
    English
    Words:
    5,849
    Chapters:
    9/9
    Comments:
    6
    Kudos:
    15
    Bookmarks:
    1
    Hits:
    161
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    Is Wei Ying real? Or a ghost, born from Wangji’s grief-stricken imagination?
    Post-canon, set on Yiling Mountain where in my stories they made their home.
    Inspired by a note from imwalkinghere - thank you for this.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    2,042
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    10
    Kudos:
    20
    Bookmarks:
    2
    Hits:
    124
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    If Wei Ying were a god... whatever would Wangji be? Iterations on a theme: What if?

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    Language:
    English
    Words:
    441
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    8
    Kudos:
    22
    Bookmarks:
    3
    Hits:
    125
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    Starring Wangji’s perennial demon: Jealousy.
    Post-canon. They’re happy together, just now and then the world seems to blur a little and Wangji struggles when Wei Ying flirts.
    Is it him or Wei Ying who needs to change?

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    846
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    6
    Kudos:
    56
    Bookmarks:
    6
    Hits:
    337
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    WangXian lose a pet-rabbit.

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    Language:
    English
    Words:
    1,318
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    16
    Kudos:
    27
    Bookmarks:
    4
    Hits:
    240
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    A simple question. A clear answer.

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    Language:
    English
    Words:
    307
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    6
    Kudos:
    16
    Bookmarks:
    1
    Hits:
    154
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    Written whilst drunk, after reading Du Fu.
    Who says that alcohol doesn't help might never have felt true heartbreak or been drunk whilst experiencing it.
    Or to paraphrase a meme I read on a famous shopping site, what did milk ever do to soothe that kind of pain?
    High five to sake, plum wine, and the like.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    454
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    12
    Kudos:
    14
    Bookmarks:
    1
    Hits:
    97
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    "But Lan Zhan, who'll remember me as you do?"

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    1,395
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    12
    Kudos:
    20
    Bookmarks:
    2
    Hits:
    179
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    Wangji contemplating end of life.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    689
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    10
    Kudos:
    15
    Hits:
    169
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    Wei Ying forgets Wangji.

    A story for the love of my life.
    May we remain strong for one another.
    May we always be here for each other.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    5,104
    Chapters:
    4/4
    Comments:
    25
    Kudos:
    27
    Bookmarks:
    3
    Hits:
    330
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    Ageing. Forgetting.
    For context: In my earlier post-canon stories, WangXian had made a home for themselves on Yiling Mountain, until Wei Ying became too ill to stay there, and they moved into a dilapidated manor farm, on the milder plains between the mountain and the great river (Jiang).

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    Language:
    English
    Words:
    1,764
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    10
    Kudos:
    24
    Bookmarks:
    1
    Hits:
    174
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    Mild intimacy only. The rating is for the description of trauma and PTSD.

    Set after Fan Xiao and Shulang separate. Shulang tries to rebuild his life after Fan Xiao has gone to prison.
    Both this story and the notes are full of spoilers. It’s a non-linear narrative; I’ve taken a few liberties with canon timeline but not altered the events or characters themselves because for me this would lessen the impact of the canon story.

    Shulang has to learn to live with the trauma caused by the abuse he’s endured at Fan Xiao’s hands. Fan Xiao has choices to make. For Fan Xiao, salvation must come from within, and it must be earned. He needs to learn remorse, repentance, penance, sacrifice. Unselfish love, proven by the willingness to let go of whom he loves most. Shulang must find the wherewithal to recover and learn to live with PTSD for the rest of his life. He’s fighting not just for survival, but to reclaim his self, and to balance what he feels for Fan Xiao.

    Will they reach the shore?

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    English
    Words:
    7,411
    Chapters:
    8/8
    Comments:
    6
    Kudos:
    36
    Bookmarks:
    3
    Hits:
    695
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    They've left the world behind and found a place in the Tianshan mountains where neither war nor intrigue exist.
    Emotional self-sufficiency is not the same as being cold and self-centred.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    587
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Kudos:
    11
    Hits:
    80
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    Rating for references to domestic abuse, coercion/intimate coercion, emotional abuse, manipulation, emotional violence, imprisoning someone at home.

    This story is set immediately after Shulang has discovered the devastating extent of Fan Xiao’s cynical manipulation of him, just as Fan Xiao has realised that his cruel game has turned into something different: He’s come to feel truly attracted to Shulang, his goodness, his wit, his strength and confidence, and his physical form. Confronted with Shulang’s horror at the scale of his betrayal, Fan Xiao panics and, using coercion again, imprisons Shulang, in a grotesque travesty of domestic bliss.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    1,499
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    4
    Kudos:
    42
    Bookmarks:
    4
    Hits:
    526
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    Follows ‘Sand’. They've decided they've had enough of war and intrigue and have escaped from the capital to a remote mountain (leaning on Tianshan).
    I like the dynamics between these two. I'm introducing their joint name: HaiXing :-D
    Zhixing’s POV feels easier to write than Zang Hai’s POV.
    Why is this fandom so small???

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    974
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Kudos:
    19
    Bookmarks:
    1
    Hits:
    78
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    Wangji grieves his love.
    100 words.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    105
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    6
    Kudos:
    16
    Bookmarks:
    1
    Hits:
    132
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    Follows 'Parallels'. Can there be a happy end for them?
    I find the dynamics between those two interesting. Zhixing all fierce, hot and cold all the same, his temper quite like his father's though his morals are very different. Zang Hai cool, controlled, calculating, unless something really gets through his iron shell. Both of them realistic, pragmatic, supremely capable, and very clear about themselves and about the other. This would make any attempt at a personal (rather than utilitarian) relationship challenging: They have to give up some of their reserve. They'd have to negotiate. They'd have to trust in a context where mistrust and suspicion have been life-saving. For two people of their calibre and mindset, that would be difficult...

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    11,242
    Chapters:
    12/12
    Comments:
    2
    Kudos:
    13
    Bookmarks:
    1
    Hits:
    87
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    Follows ‘Heaven’ with a small leap: They’ve faked their death and are on the run, more or less, across the North-Western desert. They take shelter at an inn.

    Oblique intimacy between men. Zang Hai x Zhixing, for a whole raft of reasons, but mainly seniority, their existing relationship, and the context in which they live. Physical closeness growing from slowly evolving feelings on a hard-won foundation of mutual respect. A love as cool and deep as the ocean in Zang Hai’s name, and as consuming as liquid fire in Zhixing’s case. I feel this suits their characters.

    No technicalities. No four-letter slang because there are better words to describe affection and intimacy. Tough, restrained tenderness but no fluff.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    2,580
    Chapters:
    4/4
    Kudos:
    13
    Bookmarks:
    2
    Hits:
    80
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    Summary

    Post-canon. Determined to find Zang Hai again, Zhixing follows the fragrance of a dream.
    This story is unapologetically male-focused. Mature in the original sense: No frills, no fluff, no finger-counting smut. An interpretation of what might have been, post-canon. Slo-mo and slow burn.

    I like Zhixing’s character, and his evolution once he and Zang Hai collide. The thread picks up from ‘Desperation’ which ends with Zhixing receiving orders to march West to recapture a remote mountain pass, then wait for reinforcements to re-establish a permanent garrison. Much of it is about Zhixing’s life on the border, his later search for Zang Hai, and Zhixing as a man. Zang Hai shows up towards the end.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    7,358
    Chapters:
    5/5
    Kudos:
    14
    Bookmarks:
    1
    Hits:
    87

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