Inevitable (E)
"To make things even worse, a luscious, savory scent settles like a cloud of perfume, spreading hunger under his skin like an inflamed infection... To be so deprived on a regular night is already hard enough, but tonight there is going to be a blood moon, leaving Lan Wangji at his most vulnerable, instinctive, and lowest control."
Lan Wangji has never left his ancestral home, permanently chained by duty, repentance, and the discomfort of the sun. When a beguiling man breaks into his life (and onto his property) and shatters everything he knows, what will he be willing to sacrifice to keep this new hope? Or is his lonely fate truly inevitable?
Blooms of a Wilting Garden (E)
"As they walk up the stairs and into the grand, brightly lit foyer, Lan Wangji reads the nameplate on the arch.
The Orchid & Peony Rehabilitation Facility.
...It really is an idyllic, gilded cage."
The Orchid & Peony promises a peaceful and predictable getaway for the rich and powerful. But patients Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian can't help but notice the rot in its tenuously rooted peace- and what some will do to maintain it. IN PROGRESS- NOT UPDATED.
to face the sea where flowers bloom (E)
Someone is staring at him.
They can’t be any older than he is, silver-grey eyes wide as he peers into the still water… The shout of excitement, the exposure - it never comes.
Instead, something pokes Lan Zhan in the side of the head. He opens his hand to allow the necklace to fall into it. A peace offering. The child winks down at him, his finger coming to his lips- I won’t say anything.
Is this human child… protecting him?
Lan Wangji has always been secretly curious for knowledge of the human world, a forbidden trait shared only with his late mother. When a fateful tempest sweeps Wei Wuxian into his life once more, Lan Wangji finds himself drawn from the Cloud Recesses, chasing after long-suppressed dreams of love and freedom. However, he must take heed and defend what he has come to love- his precious dreams do not come cheap, when both of their worlds eagerly seek to tear them apart.
and the nights, they are endless (E)
...when a devastated scream tears through the room. Hearts hammering, they immediately rush toward the source, finding a hysterically sobbing Madame Jin on the ground.....
"Someone saw on their way here; There's been an accident- a truck- Jin Zixuan's car was totaled from front and back- they're currently trying to airlift the bodies to Dafan Hospital- he- he-"
Blood rushes in Lan Wangji's ears as he tries to comprehend what she's saying.
The bodies-
Bodies-
Wei Ying?!
(How did Lan Wangji cope while Wei Wuxian lay comatose after a devastating accident? Companion prequel and gift to TheGirlWithTheKite's 'but the days, they will blur'!)
Hands on Me (E)
Lan Wangji's life as a professional ballet danseur and instructor is as straightforward as it gets. The younger 'Twin Jade of Lan' is truly jaded by it all- the performances, the critics, even the pristine white and blue walls of the Cloud Recesses ballet studio bore him. Still, he bears it all with a silent grace.
That all changes when the YunmengJiang hip hop dance troupe rents one of their studios, introducing chaos, color, and a gorgeous, infuriating man with mischievous silver eyes who dances so vividly and so beautifully that Lan Wangji can't keep his eyes- and imagine his hands- off of him.
The Fragility of Illusions (E)
When Wei Wuxian is critically wounded in an unusual night hunt, Lan Wangji is determined to make sure he stays in bed to properly heal. Unfortunately, his own duties leave him unable to be by his husband's side at all times.
A gaudy incense burner unearthed deep from Lan storage, with the power to allow one to revisit pleasant memories, seems like it will serve as the perfect distraction for Wei Wuxian's bored, ever-curious mind.
However, both Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji will learn the true reason that the incense burner was hidden- the reason that memories are meant to stay in the past...