An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn
Characters: Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī, Wēn Qíng, Wēn Níng | Wēn Qiónglín, Lán Yuàn | Lán Sīzhuī
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Happy Ending, Angst, Childhood Sweethearts, Misunderstandings, Famous Lan Wangji, Coffee Shop Owner Wei Wuxian, Finding each other again, Found Families, lots and lots of feelings, so many feelings, Stupid Grand Romantic Gestures
Summary:
It starts with a bet. All mistakes, Wei Wuxian thinks, start with a bet.
It’s starts with a bet and ends with Wei Wuxian losing everything.
Nine years ago, Wei Wuxian made a bet with disastrous consequences. Now, he is part-owner of the popular and eclectic Yiling Cafe, years and miles away from his old life, making the best of things and trying to leave the past where it belongs. When Lan Wangji walks into his cafe by accident, Wei Wuxian finds himself doing what he thought he'd never do again; reclaiming some small part of his past, and hoping for a future he'd given up as lost.
Aahhh, this was a tasty dish. As the author said, it's brimful of tropes, and they're all wonderful: a fine selection of cheese served up on a silver platter.
In which Wei Wuxian is kicked out of his home at 16 for something that... was more of a misinterpretation (& external malice) than anything else, but no one allowed him to explain. Nine years later, he co-runs a cafe with the family who took him off the streets (an experience he's now had TWICE). He's doing okay, but he's sad and misses his old life. And then Lan Wangji appears, and he's every Harlequin girl's dream, sweeping into Wei Ying's life and wanting to take care of him. There are tears (seriously, I kept sopping tears with my knuckles and insisting I wasn't crying), emotional comforting, hot sex, bad guys and scary situations getting resoundingly handled... *Pats mouth delicately with napkin* Tasty, indeed.