NGC Recs AUs (No Powers; No OTT)
Alternate Universe fics of the “modern AU”, “college AU”, and “no magic/powers AU” types. If the canon is the modern world and has no magic/supernatural involved, it might still end up here if it’s something like spies, grand conspiracies, or similar and this is an AU without the blockbuster experience.
Stories of the ‘mundane’ world only!
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through a window softly by impossibletruths
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
29 Apr 2020
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Wei Wuxian plays the flute. Someone in Wei Wuxian's apartment complex plays violin. Sometimes, they play the flute and the violin together, and it's... nice. It's really nice. It's sort of the nicest thing going on in his life right now, honestly.
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YOUR BODY CHANGES EVERYTHING by hotel_raleigh
Fandoms: 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
28 Oct 2021
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[Objective: Be tenderly railed by the man of your dreams! To achieve, you must complete the following arc: Heal from Traumatic Backstory! New Level Unlocked! Mission: Platonic Touch!!!! Please click to accept!]
“Cucumber-bro!!” Shang Qinghua whisper-shouts. “Are you insane?! This one tells you he needs platonic touch, and your big plan is to have Luo Binghe judo-kick him into the next dimension?!!!!”
“Luo Binghe? What Luo Binghe? This Shen Yuan doesn’t want you to die, does he!”
You could have fooled this one!!!
“W-who, then?"
“Mobei-Jun will be teaching you judo.”
Shang Qinghua squeaks! Cucumber-bro, what are you doing to this one?!!!--
A story about healing, and belonging, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
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Bookmarked by SmuttyGhostCat (NeonGhostCat)
23 Feb 2024
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“Look,” Solo tries again, “this little feud, or whatever, it’s stupid, right? Fuck all these people and their thirst for drama.” He gestures blindly behind him, and Illya can’t help but notice a few of their gawkers looking away, chastised. “Isn’t it time to move beyond all that?”
Gaby is looking between them incredulously, clearly waiting for Illya’s response and expecting it to be a vehement fuck off. But the thing is, he has a point, doesn’t he? It’s not like Illya’s been blameless in their war. He has as much metaphorical blood on his hands as Solo does, and honestly it’s getting tiring. They have a lot in common, which is pretty much the problem, but that shouldn’t mean they’re destined to be mortal enemies. Even in academia.
(Napoleon and Illya might disagree on pretty much everything, but with looming tenure decisions at their respective universities, the common ground they find leads to more than just an unexpected camaraderie.)
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- Part 1 of Love Is A Great Teacher
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16 Nov 2023
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Just You, Just Me (Just Us, Just We) by wincechesters
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
06 Mar 2020
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When his brother had sent him the appointment confirmation, Lan Wangji had assumed it had been for Lan Xichen’s oft-praised and highly recommended acupuncturist.
It is not, he soon found out—standing inside the lobby of a studio lit by soft, warm light and faced with a beautiful man in well-worn, rumpled clothing and with a lopsided bun on top of his head, wrapped up in a fuzzy blanket and wearing no shoes at all—an acupuncturist.
“Cuddle therapy,” Lan Wangji says, his voice drawn carefully flat over the overwhelming panic welling up inside his belly. He had not thought his brother so cruel. This must be some sort of horrible mistake.
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In which Wei Wuxian cuddles people for money, Lan Xichen takes matters into his own hands, and Lan Wangji is doomed.- Language:
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04 Dec 2025
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Three times he saw me naked and one time I had clothes on by yabancreations
Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
18 Jan 2024
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After a series of unfortunate events, Xie Lian’s old friends allow him to crash their couch for a few weeks. Upon arrival, Xie Lian is amazed by the amount of online shopping Feng Xin and Mu Qing do, and even more by the extremely awkward timing of the local postman who brings their parcels. How is it possible that this man only rings whenever Xie Lian is in the shower?!