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1. Over the Hill and Heels by alunalaa

   Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   04 Apr 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Hua Cheng/Xie Lian (Tian Guan Ci Fu)
   • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
   • old men yaoi xdd
   • except not really: Hua Cheng is 40
   • Xie Lian is a couple of years older
   • Meet-Cute
   • and then they dont talk for 20 years until
   • meet-cutee happens again
   • gege lets get married if we are both single when we're 40
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Fluff and Smut
   • Fluff and Humor
   • mentions of canon typical sad backstories
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Birthday Smut
   • POV Alternating
   • Mentions of other characters - Freeform
   • Past Child Abuse
   • Past Relationship(s)
   • Past Abuse
   • not between hualian
   • Past Character Death
   • because it's xie lian we are writing about
   • Hua Cheng Needs a Hug (Tian Guan Ci Fu)
   • Xie Lian Needs a Hug (Tian Guan Ci Fu)
   • and they both give it to each other okay
   • Top Hua Cheng/Bottom Xie Lian (Tian Guan Ci Fu)
   • implied vers hua cheng
   • Fast Burn
   • Gentle Kissing
   • Domestic Fluff
   • Panic Attacks
   • Touch-Starved Xie Lian (Tian Guan Ci Fu)
   • Touch-Starved Hua Cheng (Tian Guan Ci Fu)
   • Hua Cheng Has Self-Esteem Issues (Tian Guan Ci Fu)

   Summary

   Hua Cheng's heart squirmed, panging painfully under the combined weight of alcohol, age, and melancholy. Smirking at himself, the ‘birthday boy’ reached for his phone and began flipping through his contacts.
   One of the entries consisted of just two characters. Hua Cheng huffed a dejected laugh at the irony of seeing it right after thinking about this very person. Did he even use this number still? Wait. Why does it matter? It's not like I'm gonna call him anyway… That would be fucking weird…
   OR: At a party, both drunk and young, Hua Cheng and Xie Lian jokingly promised to be each other's backup in case they stay single until they are forty. Twenty years later, on his birthday, Hua Cheng finds Xie Lian's phone number and decides to test his luck.

   I promise you frequent updates! 🙏

   Language:

   English

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