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Inspired by 'Empathy' by clockwork_spider, set sometime after the ending of the main storyline. I highly recommend reading that first, not only because it'll explain this but also just in general! Also, this fic has spoilers for that one. So if you want to read it go do that and stop reading now!
'Reconciliation brought proximity, brought effort, brought nostalgia and regret and bitterness and, yes, old shades of resentment. They were both self-centered men, fully capable of hypocrisy, grudges, and double-standards. They had made odd exceptions for one another, and they knew it. Exceptions grated on Nie Mingjue’s sense of fairness and Jin Guangyao’s sense of weakness.
They were well-versed in disappointing each other.'