Here's our piece for @lbfad-minibang !
When we knew Danyin and Xunfeng initially had a romantic subplot in CLJ (but was deleted due to time and budget restrictions) we just couldn't stop thinking about how these two would have been as a couple. They certainly are two peas in a pod!
Check out the fic for this piece from @live-he-says ! Thank you so much for accepting the challenge!
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TITLE: Winter Frost, Spring Rain
GENRE/TAGS: Romance, enemies to lovers, getting together, he fell first and she fell harder, drinking
PAIRINGS FEATURED: main pairing: Danyin/Xunfeng, side pairings: Jieli/Shangque, background Xiao Lanhua/Dongfang Qingcang, contextual unrequited Danyin/Changheng
MAJOR CHARACTERS: Danyin, Xunfeng, Shangque, Jieli
In Moon Tribe weddings, it is customary for the bride and groom to choose a champion as representatives to fight for their respective side: If the groom's champion wins, it's a good omen for health, healing, and continued strength. If the bride's champion wins it's a good omen of fertility, bountiful harvests, and wealth. In the past, this meant someone had to die, as a sacrifice for the omen to come to pass.
Fortunately, modern Moon Tribe weddings had long since ended the sacrificial tradition, and fights between champions are largely staged as symbolic tradition. But unfortunately for Danyin, the chosen champion for her sister Jieli, she has to be the one that loses the fight against Shangque's chosen champion. This wouldn't be so bad if Shangque's chosen champion didn't also happen to be the most insufferable, spoiled, prideful excuse of a failed coup that has walked the three realms: Xunfeng.
Or: Danyin’s longest, worst day ever turns out to be the best.
Takes place a few centuries after the war against Tai Sui is won, and before Xiao Lanhua/Goddess Xiyun revives Dongfang Qingcang.