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an inch away from more (than just friends) by occultings (microcomets)
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
16 Oct 2023
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“What do you think about,” Wei Ying said aloud, before she could stop herself, before she could even think twice about the repercussions. “When you.” She finally found Lan Zhan’s eyes, molten in the low light, and swallowed in a tiny, audible gulp. “You know.”
On Wei Ying, Lan Zhan’s gaze didn’t waver even a fraction.
“Giving head,” she said.
Wei Ying was certain she’d misheard. “Getting head?”
“No,” said Lan Zhan.
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After a surprise party gone awry, Wei Ying surprises herself.
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13 Jan 2026
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”Uncle has become more...” Lan Xichen said, ”concerned for us, lately.”
Lan Wangji nodded. He was standing by the window, looking to the courtyard where Wei Wuxian was talking to an alpha servant he had not seen before. They were standing close, and while it was Wei Wuxian who was leaning in and laughing, there was a shy smile on the face of the clearly more timid alpha.
Behind him, sitting by his desk, Lan Xichen continued, “He seems to be of the mindset that our lineage is in danger, should we not get married soon.”
or, lwj is a noble alpha who needs to get married
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25 Dec 2025
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Wen Qing tells her about the couples’ retreat and Wei Ying laughs like, Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!, like that, four times in a loud row. Wen Qing says, “So that’s like, a rude no?”, and Wei Ying says, “Biiiiiiig no. No thank you. Nooooo thank you.”
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Wei Ying reluctantly joins her recently-dumped best friend, Lan Zhan, on a couples' holiday retreat. Snow! Drinks! Truth or dare! There's a s-s-s-single bed! You'll never guess what happens next.
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21 Dec 2025
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There’s a word for the disgust Wei Ying is feeling, and it’s like a dagger buried in his gut as it echoes in his ears.
Homophobia.
Fucking hell. Lan Zhan absolutely cannot, under any circumstances, find out about the war raging within Wei Ying over this horrific self-discovery. He can’t know that Wei Ying is currently imagining Lan Zhan on his knees in front of some hazy stranger and that the thought is making his blood pressure spike with anger and revulsion.
What other reason could there be for Wei Ying to be so angry at the idea of Lan Zhan with another man?
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29 Oct 2025
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(Note: you definitely do not have to have seen Notting Hill to read this fic.)
Lan Zhan's brother draws to a halt next to him, staring at the man on the other side of the counter. "Oh, it is you, isn't it?"
The man, still propped against the counter on his elbow, gives Lan Huan a grin, then directs it at Lan Zhan again. "I don't know," he says. "Is it? Am I?"
"You are." Lan Huan is hurrying around to the other side of the counter, a wide smile on his face, while Lan Zhan looks on, feeling more and more perplexed, like he's stepped into some alternate universe where absolutely nobody is making any sense at all. "Wei Wuxian! Lan Zhan, do you know who this is? It's Wei Wuxian!" Lan Huan is reaching for the man's hand, and he pushes himself lazily to standing, shaking Lan Huan's hand warmly.
"In the flesh," he says. "You caught me."
"My goodness." Lan Huan is staring at him like he's never seen a human being before in his life. "What on earth are you doing here, of all places?
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15 Oct 2025