love unadorned
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The way she looks at him when she speaks of this gift - if the conversation tonight has unbalanced him, whatever will come tomorrow when she gives him this gift will shatter his resolution entirely.
He cannot afford to stay for it.
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Or, a character study of Xie Yun and his arrival at the decision to disappear from A'Fei's life, just as she has begun to reciprocate his affections.
Written for Yunfei Week Spring 2021 Day 1 Prompt: In-between Moments/Character Study
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- Part 1 of love unadorned
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She carefully embroiders colorful blossoms onto the fabric of a little blue pouch, and hopes the threads of her intentions will reach him.
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- Part 2 of love unadorned
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How could he have made these choices, over and over, that take him away from her, when all she wants is for him to stay?
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- Part 3 of love unadorned
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It'd be nice to kiss him again, she thinks, heart a bruised drumbeat within her ribs, pulse quickening. There is electricity flooding her veins, sparking at her fingertips and looking for a way to discharge.
She'd like to kiss that mouth again, and taste the smile adorning it.
And so she does.
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- Part 4 of love unadorned
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A'Fei talks to Xie Yun about how he seems to think he is unworthy of marrying her.
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- Part 5 of love unadorned
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With the focused mission of defeating Shen Tianshu and the Disha done with, A'Fei's mind finally has time to process the fact that she nearly lost Xie Yun that night when he tested the medicine on himself while she was unconscious. And that brings with it a whole slew of unwanted sense memories and nightmares that they both have to work through.
Post-Canon, based on the events of Episode 50.
_Or, Xie Yun and Zhou Fei work through their feelings on risk and loss and sacrifice.
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- Part 6 of love unadorned