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Here are some of the fics I enjoyed this month:

MDZS Fic Recs

And the world's alright with me, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 12k, explicit
Wei Ying has been feeling like a grey, wrung-out, mildewed dishrag for a week when Lan Zhan slopes in from a trip to the store looking blank-faced and awkward and sets a pregnancy test down on the kitchen counter.


Nothing But Trouble, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 60k, explicit
"I don't want to really date anyone. It's so stupid, I just need to pretend date someone until Jiang Cheng gets his act together, then go back to my own life." He stares at his empty coffee cup.

"Date me," Lan Zhan says. Then he looks at Wei Ying's empty cup. "Would you like another cup of coffee?"

"Always," Wei Ying says automatically. "But wait, what."

"I'll get you another cup." Lan Zhan rises smoothly from the table.

"No, wait, hang on." Wei Ying grabs his wrist before he can take the cup and Lan Zhan freezes up, staring down at where Wei Ying is hanging on to him. "Fuck, sorry, I'll—" Wei Ying hastily lets go of his wrist. "Sorry, I—what did you mean?"

"I can pretend to date you," Lan Zhan says. "You take it with cream and sugar, correct?"


the soft animal, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 5k, teen
“You don’t think that’s strange?” he says. His voice, his new voice, is familiar now. But sometimes it almost startles him, hearing it come from his mouth. “It’s been nine months. I’ve used them almost every day. I should know how long these legs are.”

(Or: Wei Wuxian has a plan to train Mo Xuanyu's body. The results aren't quite what he expects.)


When You Wake, 怎能当梦一场, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, WIP, teen
He lay there buried under rabbit ears of wires, warmed by a thin blanket, breathing, breathing, never truly still, but never animated, either.

“A-Xian,” Jiang-gugu said with a forced smile. “Your son and husband are here to see you. And your nephew too. He will be coming very soon.”

A-Yuan ran up to Baba and held his hand.
--
Sizhui grows up in a changing world, but his comatose father can't change with it. His family is determined to give him the love and forgiveness they didn't give Wei Ying.


your weight by my side, Lan Wangji/Wei Wuxian, 9k, explicit
Lan Wangji tries to step back but someone is standing there already, grabbing onto his forearms and holding him in place as Wen Xu leans in far too close and takes a deep breath. His nose is almost touching Lan Wangji's throat, mouth perilously close to his scent glands and it's wrong enough it's an active effort not to growl or tremble - instead, Lan Wangji makes himself cold and still. He wouldn't dare. He wouldn't dare.

After a too-long moment Wen Xu steps back. Lan Wangji doubts he's able to mask the hatred he feels. Wen Xu meets his eyes with a giddy, gleeful smile.

"You're right," he says. "Looks like the second jade of Lan is human after all. He's going into heat."

Lan Wangji goes into heat as he's brought to the Wen sect's indoctrination. Wen Chao decides Wei Wuxian should 'help' him through it.


As a quick sidenote, I find the whole Yi City storyline pretty distressing and haven't been able to bring myself to read canon-based fics for them yet, but I did read a couple of pretty hot modern AUs this month where Xiao Xingchen and Song Lan are in an established relationship and take Xue Yang on as a third.

the heat and the thrill, Xiao Xingchen/Song Lan/Xue Yang, 13k, explicit
Xue Yang doesn’t look at Song Lan; he just drawls, as vicious as he knows how, “So are we putting you between us, then, or is he just going to watch?”

He’s expecting them to shut him down. He’s ready for it, spiteful and savage. But instead Xiao Xingchen just smiles at him, razor-sharp and so gentle it hurts. “Oh, no, you’ve misunderstood,” he says. “He’s going to touch you. You don’t get to touch him.”

Xue Yang gets picked up at a bar. It doesn't quite go how he expects.


All Very Lovely ('til we get to know each other), Xiao Xingchen/Song Lan/Xue Yang, 8k, explicit
Xue Yang's pretty sure that he could be a better girlfriend to Song Lan than whoever the fuck he's actually dating. Like, pretty sure. Almost certain.

(xue yang and song lan go to the same gym, and xue yang has never been good at resisting temptation)


Word of Honor Fic Recs

⚠ Spoilers for the entire show

The Fox/有狐, Zhou Zishu/Wen Kexing, 5k, explicit
Eventually, throat dry, he finds he can speak. “If you don’t kiss me, I might die,” he says. It feels true. It’s the best truth he has just now.

Wen Kexing's want is a feral thing.

Set during episode 12.


lying with my darkest thought, Zhou Zishu/Wen Kexing, 5k, teen
He couldn’t find anything in Wen Kexing’s body that should be keeping him from waking; it stood to reason that it was his mind that was the problem. Zhou Zishu probably knew Wen Kexing’s mind as well as anyone else alive or dead, and he doubted it was straightforward. So he read about the techniques of Healer Valley, and held Wen Kexing’s wrist or his hand or his cool cheek. The prevailing theory was that the best way to settle a person’s mind for them was in dreams. After all, wasn’t it dreams that told the truth when nothing else would?

Zhou Zishu wasn’t sure that was true. And he didn’t imagine that Wen Kexing would appreciate having his secrets dragged into the light that way. But frankly it was his own fault; it wasn’t as though he’d left Zhou Zishu any choice. If Wen Kexing would only wake up, he would welcome his complaints.


my touch magnifies, Zhou Zishu/Wen Kexing/Ye Baiyi, 7k, explicit
⚠ mind the tags
“You idiot,” Ye Baiyi chuckles at Long Xiao. “He was already panting for someone to have him like a bitch before you poisoned him. You’re doing us a favor by encouraging these two soup-for-brains to go off into the woods and fuck their feelings out.”

Wen Kexing swears at Ye Baiyi, then threatens to pluck his eyebrows bald. Chengling blinks as he takes in the scene with round eyes. Long Xiao smiles, showing off his full set of adult teeth, eerily out of place in a child’s face. Zhou Zishu feels sick to his stomach; he wishes he could be drunk.
*****
Wen Kexing gets hit with fuck-or-die sex pollen on the way to Longyuan cabinet. Everything would be fine, except Zhou Zishu’s been keeping an unfortunate secret: the nails in his chest mean he can’t get hard anymore.


On the Moor, the Creeping Grass, Zhou Zishu/Wen Kexing, 6k, teen
"I'm not going to die of spoiled blood," Zhou Zishu groans, "Good heavens, Lao Wen ah."

"Indeed not! I won't let you," Wen Kexing agrees, and threads the needle. They fall silent as he stitches the wound closed. He can feel Zhou Zishu's eyes on his face, but he doesn't dare look up to meet his gaze; he doesn't want to prick him by accident. No, Zhou Zishu will not die of spoiled blood.
--
Evening, night, and morning at Four Seasons Manor.


Nirvana in Fire Fic Recs

Among Friends, gen, 1k, general audiences
Jingyan rolled his eyes a little. “I mean that there is no need to be secretive,” he said. He nodded at Meng, who was looking both confused and alarmed. “It is unkind of you, Sir Su, to force Commander Meng to tell lies; it makes him very uncomfortable.”


this body by which I come to you, Mei Changsu/Xiao Jingyan, 6k, explicit
After Mei Changsu's identity is revealed in front of the Emperor, Jingyan doesn't fall apart in private. He goes straight to see Lin Shu, who is not prepared for the full force of Jingyan's feelings.

Another take on the classic theme of Jingyan Finds Out, now with added passionate yelling (productively, at each other!), sex as a gateway to emotional honesty, and the conflict between Lin Shu's desire to manhandle Jingyan and his body's unwillingness to move.


Marvel Cinematic Universe Fic Recs

plum brandy, Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes, 1k, general audiences
He runs a fever that night, his first fever in—Christ, in eighty years, his first fever in eighty years. It feels just like he remembers it: his face is like a steam boiler, his head swims.


Happy reading!
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