GXXLL AU

Series Metadata

Listing Series

• What It Means to Be a Hero by EscapistDreams

  Fandoms: 凸变英雄X | To Be Hero X (Cartoon)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/F, F/M, Gen, M/M, Multi, Other
  • Work in Progress

  16 Sep 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Lin Ling | The Commoner/X (To Be Hero X)
  • X (To Be Hero X)/Lin Ling | The Commoner
  • Mysterious Cards Diviner/Nine (To Be Hero X)
  • Lin Ling | The Commoner (To Be Hero X)
  • X (To Be Hero X)
  • Mysterious Cards Diviner (To Be Hero X)
  • Tarot girl (To Be Hero X)
  • Bowa (To Be Hero X)
  • Liu Yuwei | Queen (To Be Hero X)
  • Xiao Yueqing | Moon
  • Smile | Extro (To Be Hero X)
  • Original E-Soul (To Be Hero X)
  • Nine (To Be Hero X)
  • God X/Hero X Lin Ling AU
  • Tags and warnings to update as Fic goes on tbh
  • canon adjacent
  • early graduate Lin Ling
  • Office worker X
  • No beta we die like Zero
  • Lin Ling | The Commoner-centric (To Be Hero X)
  • Slow Burn
  • Tarot girl is X's sister
  • plum blossoms
  • Texting
  • Idiots in Love
  • idiots falling in love
  • Trust
  • trust counter
  • trust system
  • Power system
  • Work
  • unemployment
  • temp job
  • Temp Agency
  • Ramen
  • snacks
  • hero tournament
  • Moon's keychain
  • Hero Merch
  • Fanboy
  • Lin Ling Fanboy
  • X loves food
  • Cooking
  • Found Family
  • i say found family but it's more like getting pulled into a caring dysfunctional family
  • Smile's merch
  • OG E-Soul merch
  • Secret Boyfriend
  • Secret Relationship
  • sugar addiction
  • Shijun
  • Yuanjun - Freeform
  • Nai - Freeform
  • fanon names for characters
  • FOMO
  • freelance work
  • mechanic

  Summary

  Lin Ling, struggling with unemployment and repeated rejection letters, visits a 24-hour convenience store late one night to buy comfort snacks. Overwhelmed by self-doubt, he crosses paths with a handsome stranger. This encounter slowly begins to change his life—whether for better or worse remains to be seen.

  I hope you all enjoy!

  Ratings and Tags will update as the fic progresses!

  Series

  • Part 1 of GXXLL AU

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  172,220

  Chapters:

  31/?

  Comments:

  199

  Kudos:

  190

  Bookmarks:

  33

  Hits:

  6,433