time travel au where jiang cheng goes back in time to the beginning of the sunshot campaign, to the night when he and lan wangji finally find wei wuxian again after those three months. last time he wasn't blind to the way that wei wuxian's pale skin was drawn tight and thin over his cheekbones and knuckles, the way he stood as still as a statue barely breathing, but this time jiang cheng won't pretend his shixiong is just looking like this because of a war
he still, without hesitation, yanks wei wuxian into a hug, tucking his face into wei wuxian's limp, tangled hair
"i know," jiang cheng whispers. "thank you. let me take care of you now."
and he doesn't let wei wuxian panic-struggle his way out of jiang cheng's arms, taking advantage of wei wuxian's coreless strength to keep him safe and bundled up in jiang cheng's hold
eventually wei wuxian breaks down crying
jiang cheng infinitely prefers this heartwrenching honesty to the smiling, unworried lies
wei wuxian's core spins in his dantian where they are pressed together, chest-to-chest.
[insp]
