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    "In the distance, something caught his eye. There was an unassuming little peach tree on the side of a hill. He could feel something about it was unusual, a slight glow to it against the gloomy sky. As he drew closer he realized the tree was growing out of the massive hollow stump of an old dead one. Though it appeared ordinary, there was an energy to it- a very faint spark of the divine that drew Hua Cheng like a moth to a flame.

    He knew, whether intentional or not, this was a grave marker."

    A coffin rescue fic with an alternating PoV.
    Before he can begin to recover from his experience, Xie Lian first must accept he's actually out of the coffin. Hua Cheng wants to avenge his God, even if that's not what he would want.

    Don't worry too much about Lang Qianqiu. He'll have a bad time, but I promise I won't kill him.

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    08 Jul 2024

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    When Hua Cheng loses all his memories of Xie Lian, afflicted by a tricky curse, there’s only one way to get them back: Xie Lian has to get Hua Cheng to kiss him.

    It shouldn’t be too difficult, right?

    Xie Lian has a plan.


    “Greetings, Chengzhu,” Xie Lian said. “Apologies for the intrusion. Actually, I’ve been gifted to you by the heavens as a…”
    His voice caught.
    “I mean, to—”
    Xie Lian’s cheeks suddenly felt hot, and his palms grew damp under the rope binding his arms together. Beneath Hua Cheng’s piercing stare from above, he lost his cool.
    “As your,” he stammered. “Um, as—well—if you want, I’ve been sent to you as—I’m here to be your—”

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    16 Mar 2024

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    Deciding to take a risk, Xie Lian let the fabric fall from his hands onto the floor and very slowly reclined himself back so that he was propped on his elbows, bare abdomen on full display. Hua Cheng’s eye followed the movement, his eyebrow twitching slightly. Xie Lian closed his eyes and inhaled deeply, holding it for several seconds before releasing it, opening his eyes halfway to return the other’s gaze.

    “Gege,” Hua Cheng said, something unraveling in his tone. The shirt he’d been fiddling with fell from his grasp. “What are you doing?”

    “...Making myself comfortable,” Xie Lian responded slowly.

    “No, gege. You’re doing something else.”

    Hua Cheng was hosting a college party at his house and it was going great...that is, until Xie Lian's bad luck found him shirtless in Hua Cheng's room, alcohol-stained shirt in hand. A result of somebody's drink spilling on him. The more Xie Lian thought about it, the situation didn't seem so bad. He had been crushing on Hua Cheng since they'd met, after all.

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    13 Mar 2024

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    Harry and Draco have been seeing each other casually, whenever they bumped into one another at Galas and Balls and other social events, always keeping one another at a careful distance. But one step forward seems to remove all space between them, sending them crashing together with an almost inevitable gravity.

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    Draco's decided to be a better person, so there's really only way to deal with her crush now.

    For the Candy Hearts Fest day 6 prompt 'Crush.'

    Content warning/Author’s note 16 June 2024: I would like to flag that this fic does contain a house elf portrayed as a mammy stereotype. At the time of writing this I didn’t realise it was a problematic trope and I do understand if some readers would prefer to opt out. Look after yourself first, and I will strive to do better in future.

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