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Words: 45,166 Summary: In the time between sacrificing himself to stop his estranged disciple’s qi deviation and waking up in his back-up body, Shen Yuan -formerly Shen Qingqiu- experiences a long series of dreams that make him confront quite a few things about himself that he’d been stubbornly ignoring. Good thing they’re just dreams, right? Otherwise he’d never be able to look Luo Binghe in the eye ever again. - Binghe froze under his hands as Shen Yuan brought him into the most gentle hug he could manage. “Still crying?” He asked, only just keeping the unsteadiness out of his voice. He was naked and this was a sex dream and Binghe was crying all over his dick. He didn’t need his kinks spelled out for him quite this explicitly, thanks. - Or: two horny idiots finally get out of their own way.
Unwitting dream realm shenanigans lead to Shen Yuan and Luo Binghe being able to be honest with each other in a way that they couldn't within the original narrative. Pretty smutty with great plot and characterizations, an alternating POV (with some Shang Qinghua and Liu Qingge as a treat). This fic is still a WIP but it doesn't end on a cliffhanger, and I can't wait for the next update :)