My sweet kitty passed on last njght and I am in desperate need of distractions. If you don't mind, some fic recs that aren't too tragic for wangxian would be lovely. I just really need something to remind me it's okay to smile.
18 Wangxian All Fluff No [or very little] Angst Fics
First off- I am so damn sorry for your loss.
I hope these fics can help keep you distracted and bring a little bit of joy to your life.
Note: This list is made up of tried and true fics, meaning I have read them all and loved them. If you would like a specific rec list- send me a DM! I love putting together personalized lists. If you are shy, you can send anon too.
Fics that aren't too tragic : I read this as the smallest amount ideally NO angst but very comforting
No high school aus [college is fine]
1. a garden to call ours by kintou [16,867]
Summary: Wei Ying tries to put his rabbits up for adoption but somehow gets a cute family and a big vegetable garden instead.
One visit and Wei Wuxian just - never left?
Very wholesome, very fluffy. Little a-Yuan is the cutest.
2. Wishing on Runway Lights by inflight_gremlin [44,990]
With the Chrismas holidays fast approaching, so does the storm of the century. Through it all, issue after issue, no one expected the little wishes made on runway lights to bring two strangers together like never before.
Amidst flight delays and cancellations, Wei Ying finds himself taking care of a young boy left stranded at the airport. The initially unfortunate circumstances of their meeting would lead Wei Ying to meeting Lan Wangji, the child’s father. From then on, it’s a quick one way trip to falling in love.
This is one of my holiday comfort reads to be honest!
Happiest of endings- I don't think there's any angst? Maybe some on Lan Wangji's end but it's not his POV
3. Faire thee well by Scrippio [77,622]
Summary: In which Wei Ying does magic tricks, Lan Zhan sells flower crowns, and Mingjue is a blacksmith, because the whole gang works at the Renaissance Faire and no one quite knows how to function.
Please this is so whimsical
The most wholesome thing I have read in a long while.
I love everyone at the ren faire.
4. plant the seed of your love, let it take root by lulu_kitty [37,602]
Lan Wangji has moved out of the city and back into his mother's old home in the country, inviting his alpha best friend Wei Wuxian to live there too. Platonically! As Friends!
Then, the stay-at-home order hits...Then, his heat hits...
AKA: wangxian quarantine baby au 👶🏻🏡🌱
This is pure indulgence honestly and I adore it
AND- everyone gets their parents
5. Target Acquired (A Family) by relenafanel [11,712]
Wei Wuxian has been on his own for months. It’s easier to pull off surprise assassinations against the sect that destroyed the Jiangs if most people think he’s dead.
He doesn’t expect Lan Wangji to join with his own vendetta against the Wen.
And he certainly doesn’t expect to acquire A-Yuan in the middle of a job.
WTF do two assassins do with a child? Put him in daycare, of course.
This made me LAUGH the visual of the two of them and a baby
I would NOT want these two showing up at the PTA
6. used to want you dead (now i only want you gone) by Ariaste [Series Pt 1: 13,814]
“It is not a coup,” Meng Yao says, which he has said at every weekly covert cheeseburger assignation since they began doing them. “A coup is, quote: a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government. Unquote.”
“The HOA counts as a governing body. Trying to take it over is a coup.”
Two gremlins, eating cheeseburgers in the car in a parking lot at 1am, five feet apart because they're not friends.
This is more a Meng Yao & Wei Wuxian fic, but still Wangxiana in this universe.
This fic had me cackling in delight.
The entire series is a blessing, and Meng Yao fighting the HOA is everything I didn't know I needed.
7. A Crying Shame by thunderwear [16,233]
Lan Wangji gets emotionally blackmailed by a toddler. It somehow fixes everything.
“You two act like young parents with their first child,” Granny said after Lan Wangji ended up with Wen Yuan sleeping against his chest once again. “Not wanting to let him go or hear him cry.”
“Aw, but Granny, don’t we make a cute couple with our little one?” Wei Ying teased, tipping to the side to lay his head on Lan Wangji’s unoccupied shoulder.
Granny reached over and pinched Wei Ying’s cheek while Lan Wangji tried to pretend his heart wasn’t suddenly trying to pound out of his chest at how close Wei Ying was.
Wen Yuan is a little shit, but he is correct about it
Using the power of toddler tears to get your baba and a-die together
The wen's are all menaces but we stand
adorable- fluffy- terrible cute and domestic
8. Everything Is A-Bouquet by SkieNight [42,973]
“Late again, I see,” Wen Qing says, saving his brother from any more of his fumbling.
Wei Wuxian frowns and pushes himself off the front desk. “I’m not! I’ve been here for like… a whole five minutes.” Wen Qing raises one, perfect eyebrow and tilts her head; her nose piercing catches the light and sparkles slightly. Now it's Wei Wuxian’s turn to hold up his hands and shake his head. “I’m serious! I just got distracted by the pretty flowers your brother’s secret admirer sent him.”
“Cousin,” Wen Qing says briskly, as she walks around the desk to lean over Wen Ning’s shoulder. “Can you pull up the schedule for today?”
Wen Ning does what she asks as Wei Wuxian blinks. “What?”
“Our cousin gave us the flowers,” Wen Qing continues, her eyes never leaving the computer as she pencils in her clients on her little pocket notebook. She likes paper lists, something Wei Wuxian doesn’t quite understand in the digital age, but they all have their own eccentricities. “Or, well, really his father brought them over as a welcome gift.”
Or; Lan Wangji opens up the flower shop down the block, Wei Wuxian is smitten, and endless fluff ensues
A tattoo artist and a florist fall in love
I am so damn soft for dadji
They pine unnecessarily I swear- the ending is incredible worth it
Wei Wuxian took one look at that hot dilf and said- Yes.
9. mountains and seas | 山和海 by liulans (liuterine) [39,291]
This is a moment, right? Like, they're sharing a moment? Yuan is going to lose his shit soon, because Hanguang Jun is staring as though he's trying to get a read on Wei Wuxian, and it's probably the longest they've held eye contact so far. Wei Wuxian's heart is swooping into the pit of his stomach. There's a warm flicker of embers melting the ice of those eyes, something bright and intense beneath the mystery.
Either that, or he's playing the part reeeally well.
"Mn," he says, quieter; his nod, punctuation in its simplicity. "With you by my side, we can cross mountains and the seas. We can overcome anything."
Wei Wuxian is a foster dad and freelance artist. Once lost and still trying to find his way.
Lan Wangji is an author – a master of all trades, jack of none. Following his foray into children’s literature and a circle group reading session at the bookstore, Wei Wuxian is helpless to do anything but find himself drawn indubitably into his orbit.
Dadxian and artist meets his sons fav author lan wangji
There is some light angst in this around class issues but it has the happiest of endings
10. A Study in Fluff by WeaverOfTheNight [29,443]
“How many… do you have?” Lan Wangji heard himself asking out loud, although his voice must have been barely a whisper.
“Ah, counting in Cinnabun, who got here three days ago, that would be fourteen,” Wei Wuxian provided, scratching the tip of his nose.
Or, Lan Wangji gets a call for help from the owner of a sick ghost rabbit, helps the bunny get well, and falls in love with the owner along the way.
This is one of my most cherished comfort reads.
Ghost bunnies, real bunnies, two cuties being cute
fast burn and they're perfect for eachother
11. Under every sky, in every way by naqaashi [15,350]
Lan Xichen shudders, every thread of his blue robes trembling. “We’ve tried everything. Everything, Wei-gongzi. But it has been weeks, and we have achieved nothing. Wangji is – Wangji needs your help.”
“My help,” Wei Wuxian echoes. “You’re telling me the Second Jade of Lan has been transformed into a half-man, half-fish thing, and you believe I’m your best chance of saving him.”
Or, Wei Wuxian tries to break a curse, and finds that the answer may, after all, be love.
This is probably the most angsty fic on the lsit, but it has such a good ending i promise.
And we get merman Lan Wangji!
I do hate the Lan sect in this fic though. They are kind of awful, so heads up
12. Wei Ying's Knight on Call by dragontrappedinhumanskin [20,818]
When Wei Ying unknowingly drunk dials a stranger to come pick him up from a party, he doesn't expect the guy to actually show, much less be this beautiful.
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“I’m at—” Pause for a hiccup, “At that party I told you about, and ‘m suuuuper drunk, so,” Another hiccup, Wei Ying leaning more heavily against the wall, “I’m being a very good adult and asking for a ride. Please!”
“. . .Do you know anyone else there?”
Wei Ying barely made out the words, and wow did Wen Ning sound different when Wei Ying was wasted. “Nope!” He answered cheerily, “Just some of ‘em, like a little bit, not real friends but like—Ac-quain-tan-ces. That’s the word, right? Jiang Cheng and your sister say to be extra careful when—” Another hiccup, followed by Wei Ying having to close his eyes and lean his head against the wall to make everything stop spinning, “—When drunk. Ya know? Of course you know.”
Another silence, and Wei Ying let it drag out longer as he swallowed down the sudden rise of nausea, taking deep breaths through his nose.
I think this is the funnies meet ugly i've ever read
Lan Wangji keeps showing up and I love that for him
a little big of angst [not really? a microscopic amount] because wei wuxian is a fucking mess
13. Found: Extremely Friendly Fox by wanderingflame [22,584]
Summary: Lan Sizhui has never rescued a fox as friendly, intelligent and mischievous as this. How did it get separated from its owner?
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Wei Wuxian has woken up in a lot of strange places over the years, but he never would have expected to wake up in the house of a Lan.
Lan Sizhui working at a fox sanctuary is everything
A little angsty because wei wuxian has indeed been away for a while- but still worth it.
14. fear you won't fall by anaphoricae [87,221]
But as Hanguang Jun approaches, Wei Ying loses the battle against his eyes, and allows himself to look just a little bit.
The man is gorgeous. There’s no other word for it. His face looks like it was perfectly sculpted by a talented artist, not to mention the definition of his body. The leggings he wears show the leg muscles of someone who has probably been doing some form of acrobatics ever since they were a kid, and his arms are huge under his t-shirt. Huge. He’s just as tall as Wei Ying is, but his fit body makes him look shorter, somehow. Wei Ying swallows again, wondering if he has ever seen anyone who looks more like the ideal of beauty in his life.
And then the man starts talking.
Fire Dancer Wei Ying joins the Circus, because he wants a more exciting job. He's forced to train with a handsome Trapeze Artist, who seems to hate him for no reason.
But Wei Ying isn't just here for the job. He's here to change his life! And that starts by making the inaccessible Lan Zhan like him, even if he has to annoy him into it.
I adore this fic. I love the fantastic nature of the circus and this fic does wonders for that world
The descriptions are stunning- also a very slow burn with no angst.
They are disgusting for eachother and I love it
I do love a good bottomji fic too
15. got all these words (can't waste them on another) by perkynurples [23,588]
Summary: Wei Ying returns to the town he once called home, to his grandmother's old house in the woods that still hides the photographs of all the things and people he once meant to leave behind, and he discovers that fortunately, some things truly never change. Except for, you know. Your childhood crushes somehow miraculously ending up with kids, that your job makes you take care of. Go figure.
Or, the one where Wei Wuxian is a kindergarten teacher, Lan Zhan is a small town pediatrician, and the one thing they have in common is the kindergarten Lan Zhan's son goes to.
Oh this was so sweet. I love Kindergarten teacher Wei Wuxian stories.
Lan Wangji as a pediatrician brings me joy too
16. Sit Softly On Your Shoulder by NebulusCharlie [149,662]
Summary: Lan Zhan inherits a fabric shop from his late mother, and he doesn't know what to do with it. It needs to be renovated and updated, but he's not prepared for the amount of commitment it would take, especially since he runs an online antique business that is very much on the prosperous side. However, one silver-eyed young man is giving him plenty to think about...
I love when Lan Wangji settles in a small town and finds himself
Warning for a little angst with madam yu. She is and always will be the worst.
17. Lavender Blue by anaphoricae [51,298]
Lan Zhan isn’t a curious man when it comes to other people's business, but if this person is gonna scream and ruin his quiet moment alone, he wants to see who it is.
He's almost turning back inside, tired of waiting, when the man in red raises his eyes and finds him.
For a second, he is frozen in place. The man catches him red handed, meeting his gaze head-on, and Lan Zhan feels his ears blushing despite his frustration. The man looks confused, and then intrigued. Lan Zhan thinks he will have no problem remembering him tomorrow. He has very… distinguishing features.
When the man’s face turns into a full grin, Lan Zhan turns around and goes back inside.
Lan Zhan meets an infuriating florist while he's working as the cook in a wedding. Wei Ying is loud, annoying and childish, and Lan Zhan can't wait for the time when this wedding is done so he never has to see him again. Surely, the world isn't so small that they would meet a second time.
Right?
(or, the Cook/Florist AU)
I love the cook and florist au
lan wangji is a bitch and wei wuxian is a nuissance
Cute cute cute I love them so much
18. Wisdom Teeth by gusucloudbunny (dykebytrade) [5,783]
Summary: Wei Wuxian is an oral surgeon, Lan Wangji gets his wisdom teeth removed, Lan Wangji is high as a kite, flirting ensues.
I read this fic every once in a while and it never fails to make me laugh
Lan Wangji is so damn shameless and he doesn't even know it's tragic
Lan Xichen is trying his best LMAO
I hope you enjoy this list and find at least some fics you like and haven't read. I adore fluffy stories and will take recs in return if you have any favs!
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