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forestsofpine ([personal profile] forestsofpine) wrote2021-03-31 10:25 pm

March 2021 Fanfic Recs

Here are some of the fics I enjoyed this month:

MDZS Fic Recs

and after all..., Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 4k, teen
A group hang, a guitar, and four separate attempts at singing one infamous earworm.


climbing up that coastal shelf, gen, 15k, teen
Jin Ling had begun to suspect years ago that there were parts of his family history that had been crossed out; long streaks of black where Wei Wuxian had been. The truth is more like whole books being brought up from their hiding places again.

Or: Jin Ling tries to figure out what family means, now.


An Elegant Solution, Nie Mingjue/Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 205k, explicit
When Jiang Yanli joins Jiang Cheng in visiting Wei Wuxian at the Burial Grounds, the two brothers are on the verge of cutting ties forever — until Jiang Yanli has a better idea. Wei Wuxian doesn't need to leave the sect. He needs to get married, and she has the perfect Sect Leader in mind.

When Lan Wangji is invited to come along on Wei Wuxian's visit to the Unclean Realm to spend time with his new betrothed, Nie Mingjue, he agrees — even though his heart is breaking. How else is he ever going to see Wei Wuxian again?

When Nie Mingjue welcomes Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji into his home, he realizes two things very quickly: 1.) They clearly want each other so badly they can barely stand it, and 2.) Nie Mingjue is Into That.

(In which arranged marriage to Nie Mingjue solves just about everyone's problems)


fish & wild geese, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 21k, teen
“So what’d you come back for? It’s been ages.”

“I was hungry,” Lan Zhan replies. Wei Ying laughs.

“You came all the way back here just because you were hungry?”

“Mh.”

Years after his mother's death, Lan Zhan, tired of his life in the city, returns to his childhood home.


i'm the one for your fire, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 42k, explicit
Wei Ying, virgin and noted heterosexual, gets hit with a curse of an unusual nature on his 30th birthday — through physical contact, he can read the minds of others around him.

Enter Lan Zhan, hot former rival and current coworker, whose true thoughts about Wei Ying are nothing like he expects. (A loose Cherry Magic AU)


it is wednesday my dudes, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 3k, mature
Wednesday nights at Cloud Recesses strip club are always a little weird, but usually they're not this horny. Whatever Wei Ying and Lan Zhan get up to, Mianmian is not going to be the one to clean it up.


it may be that it doesn't matter, Jiang Cheng/Wen Ning, 6k, teen
“Are you crying?” Jiang Wanyin asks him, and Wen Ning frowns. Pats his cheek with one hand.

“No.”


Pet Slut, Lan Xichen/Jin Guangyao, 6k, mature

“What?” Meng Yao demands. “What’s so funny?”

“What’s funny,” Mo Xuanyu giggles, dabbing at the corners of his eyes so as not to disturb his eyeliner, “is that you are a total pet slut.”

Jin Zixuan guffaws so loudly the other people in the cafe stare at him.

“No I’m not,” Meng Yao hisses. “What does that even mean?”

“It means that you’ll swipe right on literally any guy with a dog in his profile pic, even if you’re not attracted to him, even if he’s not tall, on the off chance you’ll get to pet his dog,” Mo Xuanyu says with merciless precision.

~*~

While walking his boss' dog, Meng Yao literally bumps into Lan Xichen: tall, gorgeous, nice, and best of all, a dog owner. He's just Meng Yao's type — if Meng Yao could just get out of his own way and ask him out.


set that crown on the ground, Lan Xichen/Jin Guangyao, 6k, teen
Outside, the Nightless City air is choked with the hot, meaty tang of spilled blood and the strange burnt-paper smell Meng Yao's learned is a hallmark of demonic cultivation. Inside the palace that the Lan Sect has requisitioned as its headquarters, however, two incense burners send out tendrils of sandalwood and balsam.

Meng Yao breathes deep, and smiles.


A Sure Thing, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 95k, explicit
The message says, I require exclusive commitment as well as flexibility. You may spend the night, but not always. I will be the one to keep the schedule of our meetings.

Wei Ying crunches on a chip thoughtfully, then takes a deep breath and writes back, What do I get in return?


Nirvana in Fire Fic Recs

But Everything Changed, Lin Shu/Xiao Jingyan/Mu Nihuang, 7k, general audiences
“Jingyan, pour the tea,” ordered Lin Shu, stretched sweating on the scorched grass.

“Pour it yourself,” said Jingyan.

“I can’t, I’m dead. Nihuang has killed me. Murdered by his fiancée when he was still a beautiful young gentleman, that’s what they’ll say. A tragedy! Anyway you should do it, you’re the waterbender.”


Happy reading!