Aozul

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    A joy that’s like the easiest kind of laughter bubbles through his chest as Shiro’s bike reaches its zenith and begins its descent. He plummets and sweeps through the canyon, hoverbike madly whirling over the land until he brings it to a perfect stop. The sun is sinking quietly below the horizon, red sky over deepest red earth. The view is beautiful. Shiro is still smiling when Keith joins him, a little later on. “Kei---”

    “How’d you--that was---Shiro!” Keith is breathless and a little awed as he dismounts. He crosses the distance between them, close enough that Shiro can see, even in the dwindling daylight, that the high color isn’t gone from his face. He asks, finally within arm’s reach, voice full of wonder and almost reverence, about the jump. Listens---that calculating, careful perception flitting again over his face---as Shiro explains the physics of the maneuver.

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    Keith becomes part of Shiro’s life prior to the Kerberos mission. Shiro continues to be a part of his, even after Keith is told of the Kerberos’ failure.

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    Sylvain reaches over from his cot to clumsily pat Felix on the arm. “Well anyway, don’t worry about it. If you’re looking for somebody interested, I don’t think you’ll have any trouble finding them. Anybody would wanna deflower you.”

    Felix doesn’t mean to say it, is the thing. He means to tell Sylvain to fuck off, colorfully, for his use of the word “deflower.” He means to tell him that he’s not worried, shut up. He means, more than anything else, to get them to drop this subject and never pick it back up again.

    Instead, for some fucking reason, he opens his mouth and asks: “Would you?”

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    Felix and Sylvain and the terrible, horrible, no good, very cringe attempt at being friends with benefits.

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    Felix doesn’t cry.

    He hasn’t cried since they brought home his brother’s misshapen armor without his brother in it.

    He didn’t cry when his oldest friend, the one he looked up to the most, became a bloodthirsty madman in front of his eyes. He didn’t cry when his father made it obvious that even like that, the Boar was still more precious to him than his only remaining son and his own life. He didn’t cry when he killed enemies on the battlefield, even when they had been classmates. He didn’t cry when Bernadetta burnt to death on her hill for the Emperor who had ordered the fire to be lit.

    He’s not going to cry for a fucking cat.

    Felix, Sylvain, a kitten, and a lot of repressed feelings.

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    07 Aug 2024

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    Xie Lian drags Mu Qing in for another kiss. Mu Qing’s eyes are open, grossly aware of their audience, but Xie Lian’s mouth is thorough and precise, and Mu Qing nearly reaches for him when he pulls back.

    “Great, so,” Xie Lian says, breathless, “now you do the same to him.”

    “To Feng Xin,” Mu Qing clarifies. Feng Xin is staring at him in shock.

    Xie Lian beams at them. "Yes, just like how I did it!”

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    14 Jul 2024

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    Boggart yaos are deadly shapeshifters that scare their victims to death by taking the shape of their worst fears. Their true form has never been seen by anyone in recorded history…until now.

    A post-canon Xicheng fic.

    "You wish to know why the boggart yao did not take on a form when it faced me?" he asks. "What should I have left to be afraid of, I wonder? Losing my parents, my siblings, my home? The shidis and shimeis I grew up with? Or should I fear failing my duty to my sect by remaining unmarried and heirless? Perhaps I should be scared of failing those I love the most."

    He risks a glance towards Wei Wuxian and Jin Ling, and instantly regrets it. Wei Wuxian is in tears, and his nephew doesn't look a whole lot better. Breathing in deeply, Jiang Cheng looks at Lan Xichen instead, drawing strength from the steadiness of his presence.

    "What form could a boggart yao take for me," he finishes, "when everything I ever feared has already come to pass?"

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    26 May 2024