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The Lan Sect was known for their poise, their intellect, their elegance and refinement, their perfect self-control, their thousands of rules. What they were not known for, was what that self-control was meant to hold back.
It was known that the Lan loved but once, it was not known how strongly the Lan loved.
When a love confession in the middle of battle is turned into a politicly expedient arranged marriage, it became Lan Xichen's duty to keep that secret contained, and ensure his brother did not dishonor his intended before the wedding. Lan Xichen has handled battle, hardship, loss, and war. He is sure that he, too, can handle keeping Wangji out of Wei Wuxian's robes for a matter of months.
Mostly sure, anyway.
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01 Jul 2026
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That Can Be Arranged by kianspo
Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
25 Dec 2025
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"You're selling me for money? Your own child?"
A modern arranged marriage AU. Xie Lian's family's business is on the verge of failing. Hua Cheng has money and a horrible reputation. A match made in heaven? Well, it's certainly been made somewhere... Are reluctant marriage partners the next power couple or a train wreck waiting to happen? Spoiler: they're Hualian, so likely both?
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18 May 2026
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Red Robes for the Wedding by zarasu
Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tian Guan Ci Fu | Heaven Official's Blessing - Moxiang Tongxiu
14 Apr 2022
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Finally, the girl stopped sobbing for long enough to speak: "My father made a bet with the Ghost King and lost. Now I have to marry Hua Chengzhu!"
"I will take your place." Xie Lian winced as soon as the words left his mouth.
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The regulars at the Gambler's Den are used to seeing men try to marry their daughters off to Hua Chengzhu. No one expects him to one day agree.
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- Part 1 of Red String
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- English
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- 5/5
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06 May 2026
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Robert receives a distress call on the dispatch line that has him driving across the city late at night. He finds out something about Herman that permanently alters the parameters of their work relationship.
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A deep dive into the psychological balm of BDSM.
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- 7/7
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11 Mar 2026
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a gilded leash by applecrumbledore
Fandoms: 龍が如く | Ryuu ga Gotoku | Yakuza (Video Games)
24 Jul 2019
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On one hand, Kiryu was a fucking sight. Okinawa agreed with him and he looked tan and thick and happy.
On the other hand, he was wearing a floral print shirt and khakis.
These two thoughts warred for dominance in Majima as Kiryu stopped at the edge of the porch and squinted at him.
Kiryu said, “I’ve never seen you wearing a shirt.”
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28 Feb 2026
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Copperhead by fahrenheit7
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024), Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997)
10 May 2026
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“Lookin’ sharp,” Reno purrs as he slinks up to Rude's side. “You want a dance?”
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Reno tries to make ends meet dancing at one of Wall Market's most exclusive clubs, but outrunning his debts (and his past) proves harder than he'd like. But life's not all bad—at least the new bouncer Tseng hired is tall, hot, and lives just around the corner.
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06 Mar 2025
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Majima hissed, “We got a connection, you and me. Ya know that little voice in the back of your head that says the worst thing imaginable before ya even really think about it? And ya wonder… Is that who I am inside? Am I really that nasty?” He leaned so close Kiryu could smell the blood in his teeth. “That’s me.”
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16 Feb 2025
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Look Don't Touch by surveycorpsjean
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth (Video Games 2020-2024)
12 May 2024
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Reno navigates through an onslaught of bad advice while on his spiritual journey to solve all his worldly problems.
By sleeping with Rude.
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Gladio happens to be looking out the window when Noct steps out of the library, nose buried in his phone and twirling a bottle around and around in his other hand.
“I didn’t know your type was small, dark and scowling,” Prompto says.
Gladio jumps, slopping most of the full drip tray down the front of his apron. Prompto very obviously bites back a laugh and slaps a clean dish towel into his chest.
“I don’t have a type,” Gladio mumbles. It’s true, kind of - Gladio likes people.
“I think you’d have better luck if you wore your hat the right way round,” Prompto says while Gladio is still mopping up the mess.
“What?”
“I’m just saying he doesn’t look like he’s in to frat boys,” Prompto says.Alternatively: The new Lucis Caelum Library might block out the sun a little in the afternoons but Gladio doesn't really mind because the guy working there is really cute.
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10 Oct 2021
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It's Not Warm When He's Away by LadyNightingGaleofMilvania for HardNoctLife
Fandoms: Final Fantasy XV
08 Aug 2021
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Wonder this time where he's gone
Wonder if he's gone to stay
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
And this house just ain't no home
Anytime he goes awaySeries
- Part 1 of Can You See My Scars (Can You Feel My Heart)
- Part 2 of Events
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01 Aug 2021
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Dancing with the Devil by LadyNightingGaleofMilvania for HardNoctLife
Fandoms: Final Fantasy XV
08 Aug 2021
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I was dancing with the devil
Out of control
Almost made it to heaven
It was closer than you know
Playing with the enemy
Gambling with my soul
It's so hard to say no
When you're dancing with the devil
Thought I knew my limit
I thought that I could quit it
I thought that I could walk away easily
But here I am, falling down on my knees
Praying for better days to come and wash this pain away
Could you please forgive me?
Lord, I'm sorry for dancing with the devilSeries
- Part 2 of Can You See My Scars (Can You Feel My Heart)
- Part 3 of Events
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01 Aug 2021
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Noctis and Prompto host their own amateur ghost busting show, investigating the darker corners of Insomnia. What will they find in the silent halls of the abandoned asylum? Could it be.....love?
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01 May 2021
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"You okay?" Gladio asks.
“Yes.” A blatant lie; this is the worst day of his life. In less than an hour, Ignis will have to stand next to Gladio at the altar and watch him marry someone else. “I’m fine.”
In a world where arranged marriages are the norm, Gladio and Ignis can't have what they truly want—each other.
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Prompto, brainwashed by late-night infomercials, starts buying Ignis useless kitchen gadgets. Surely this can't end well. Or can it?
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Predestination by applecrumbledore
Fandoms: 龍が如く | Ryuu ga Gotoku | Yakuza (Video Games)
19 Jan 2018
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The guy at the bar next to him—the kid, he couldn't have been far past his teens—was wearing a garish white suit and white shoes. He had a straight nose and a jawline like a knife’s edge, long eyelashes and big, dark eyes. Majima looked him up and down and sneered. Leave some for the rest of us, would ya?
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17 Dec 2020
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Noctis throws a tantrum.
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03 Aug 2020
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Courting Frogs: Gladiolus Amicitia's Misadventures in Modern Dating by Nixxi
Fandoms: Final Fantasy XV
29 May 2020
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“Where are you finding these people, anyway?” Ignis asks.
Gladio scratches his head. “InsomniaMatch.”
“Well, that explains everything,” Ignis says. “When you scrape the bottom of the barrel, you get the dregs."
Gladio goes on a series of bad dates. Ignis has some opinions about them. Or, six times Gladio struck out with online dating, and one time he found the right person.
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17 Jul 2020
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At first, no one was convinced Prompto could impress in the Crownsguard, not even his friends. He was clumsy, an easy target, and was always the one making the mistakes. With time and convincing he might just surprise them.
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- Part 2 of A Series of Terrible Ideas
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07 Jul 2020
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It's just the two of them against the world.
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23 Jun 2020
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Noctis reaches out to pry Prompto’s hands away from his face. “I have a solution, dude. You could live in Specs’ place. He’s got plenty of room. He could be your new roomie. He’s super tidy and shit.”
Specs. Noctis means Ignis, of course. Prompto is pretty sure he’s going to school to be a lawyer, or an accountant -- something boring that he can’t remember. He’s never met the guy, only heard about him through some of Noctis and Gladio’s stories. Regardless of Noctis’s opinion of Ignis, it doesn’t really seem like the kind of person Prompto could easily mesh with -- no less live with.