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• full speed, got my heart on my sleeve by librisdedita ☆

But truly, how lucky was Hong-Er to have encountered - to have spoken to, to have been carried by! - a god so kind and so perfect? The priest in the pavilion must have been wrong; even with all that had happened to him - the spirits, Mu Qing, his mother - his luck must surely still be greater than average to have met such a god, even to have looked upon or been able to thank him.

Xie Lian ascended to the heavens, and Hong-Er, at the very bottom of the mortal realms, adored him unreservedly.

or: how did we get here? Hua Cheng's journey traced from his first encounter with Xie Lian until the end of canon.

Status: Completed

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• The Darker The Weather, The Better The Man by capyshota

At the point where Xie Lian is struggling to breathe through the intense winds, he stops and turns his back to the source of it all. He squints to trace back his footsteps, but finds they’ve already faded into smooth snow drifts at the thirty foot mark.

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“…A lot of things out here can catch you off guard if you aren’t careful.”

Status: Completed, One-shot

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• two idiots don't cancel each other out by astrocosmos, moonsteps

“Gege? What’s going on?”

Xie Lian has gone bright red, his eyes flickering back and forth between He Xuan, who he’s still laying on, and Hua Cheng, who might have gone into actual shock.

“San Lang! We’re, we...uh, this is—”

He Xuan takes a deep breath, sends a prayer to the dead hermit crab he had when he was twelve, and says, “Xie Lian and I are dating.”

(Or: He Xuan gets dragged into a love triangle he never wanted to be part of.)

Status: Completed, One-shot

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• the kind that lasts forever by moonsteps

“Hello!” a new voice sing-songs from the opposite side of the room. It’s loud enough for everyone’s attention to be thoroughly moved, and Hua Cheng too glances over to see who it is. The voice continues, “Dinner is ready, everyone!”

Hua Cheng’s eyes land on the figure of the person, and—

Holy fucking shit.

(Or: Hua Cheng meets Xie Lian at a dingy house party and falls in love.)

Status: Completed, One-Shot

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• a mighty ocean or a gentle kiss by merthurlin

It is a weird thing to wake up and realise that for the first time in 800 years, you are no longer in love. Hua Cheng felt it even before he opened his eyes, could taste it in the back of his throat. Even the air around him felt different: stale, and with a strange odour to it. With his eyes still closed, he took stock of his other mental facilities, and it all came back in order, except—

Except that for the first time in 800 years, he thinks of Xie Lian and feels nothing.

(in which Hua Cheng's devotion gets stolen, and no one is happy about it.)

Status: Completed, One-Shot

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• Wu Ming Loving Hours by featherpoet

Have you ever read Book 4 and thought, "Wow, this is really fucking sad. Wouldn't it have been great if things had gone just a little differently?" Do you love Wu Ming and wish there had been more of him in the novel? Are you a fan of pining, slow-burn, and hurt/comfort tropes?

If so, then this might just be the fic for you~

Status: Completed, One-Shot

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