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1. roses and dandelions by parad0xspace

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

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   20 Aug 2025

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   • Hua Cheng/Xie Lian (Tian Guan Ci Fu)
   • Feng Xin & Xie Lian (Tian Guan Ci Fu)
   • Mu Qing & Xie Lian (Tian Guan Ci Fu)
   • Xie Lian & Xie Lian's Mother (Tian Guan Ci Fu)
   • Xie Lian & Yin Yu (Tian Guan Ci Fu)
   • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
   • Xie Lian (Tian Guan Ci Fu)
   • Hua Cheng (Tian Guan Ci Fu)
   • Feng Xin (Tian Guan Ci Fu)
   • Mu Qing (Tian Guan Ci Fu)
   • Xie Lian's Parents (Tian Guan Ci Fu)
   • Qi Rong (Tian Guan Ci Fu)
   • Yin Yu (Tian Guan Ci Fu)
   • Jian Lan (Tian Guan Ci Fu)
   • Jun Wu (Tian Guan Ci Fu)
   • Alternate Universe - Royalty
   • Prince Xie Lian (Tian Guan Ci Fu)
   • Gardener Hua Cheng
   • Alternate Universe - No Powers
   • Politics
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Hua Cheng and Xie Lian Invented Love
   • Fast Burn
   • Getting Together
   • Flower Language
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Rating May Change

   Summary

   San Lang reached out and brushed his fingers gently across one of the flowers. “That’s all most people see, but anyone who has ever worked with roses will tell you that just under the surface…” San Lang reached his hand into the bush and snapped off a stem, bringing it up to show Xie Lian, “...lies danger.”

   Sure enough, along the length of the stem sat several large thorns. Something warm bubbled up in Xie Lian’s chest.

   “That’s really how San Lang sees me?” he asked.

   For the second time that night, San Lang took the prince’s hand. He bent down and brushed his lips across the back of it.

   “Beautiful on the surface…” he murmured before gently turning the hand over so he could see the palm. “With danger hiding just beneath.” This time his lips brushed against rough, calloused skin, but he didn’t recoil. He treated it just as reverently as he had the perfect skin on the back of Xie Lian’s hand. Like it was just as worthy. Like it was just as perfect.

   Prince Xie Lian x Gardener San Lang

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