Red Son and Wukong Edition!
Tw: grief, child neglect, coma, near-death experience, mentions of death
Wukong's fur has fallen out on multiple occasions due to grief and stress. He naturally sheds fur with the seasons, but he has a hard time growing fur back
Most of the fur loss is contained to his limbs, but he has a few bald patches on his torso as well
Red Son noticed that Wukong didn't seem to particularly enjoy his furless look, so he bought a henna tattoo kit and offered to draw on him if he liked
Red Son and Wukong now have "henna & spa" days together where they bathe, braid hair, and draw henna on each other
They will both draw wherever the other is comfortable, which is basically everywhere except the privates
Wukong is better at drawing henna than Red Son
DBK once saw Red Son with his hair braided and henna covering every inch of skin aside from his face, looked at his son, and said, "Your uncle got ahold of you, didn't he?"
Wukong used to babysit Red Son on the regular
Wukong loves belly dancing
Red Son used to watch Wukong belly dance as a toddler and would sometimes try to copy him
Wukong noticed and decided to give him belly dancing lessons
Red Son got really good at it and looked forward to every lesson
Despite how proficient Red Son was at it, he was too shy and embarrassed to do it in front of anyone, but Wukong and his husband
After his father's imprisonment, Red Son was forced to cut all ties with Wukong and stopped belly dancing as a result
It was only recently that Red Son worked up the courage to ask for more dance lessons, but by then, Wukong was too weak from his sickness to dance
Wukong is intersex and genderfluid (still uses he/him pronouns as he tends to fluctuate towards masculinity)
Wukong was the one to carry and birth each of his children from both of his past marriages
Red Son used to see Wukong belly dancing while in his third trimester and thought nothing of it at the time. Now, he questions how Wukong was ever capable of such a thing
Wukong's kids would refer to Macaque as Baba
His kids didn't want to refer to their new step-dad as "Baba" because in their minds, Macaque had dragged that name through mud and other disgusting materials and Ao Lie deserved better, they decided to call him Pom-pom.
Red Son thought Pom-pom was his actual name until Wukong clarified it on New Years that he was, in fact, Ao Lie and not some random other dragon that he decided to build a life with
"I'm glad I got the opportunity to meet most of the pilgrims, though I do wish I could've met Ao Lie too." "What are you talking about? You've met him!" "Wait, I have?" "Pom-pom? Do you not remember him? Please tell me you remember him!" "WAIT POM-POM IS AO LIE???!!!"
Then came the talk of "No, Mei is not related to me, she's a descendant of one of my step-kids" and "No, my kids aren't considered part of the dragon clan since they don't approve of me or of Lie's divorce to his previous spouse"
Monkeys often sleep together, so whenever Red Son spent the night at Wukong's house, he'd sleep in a ginormous bed with every member of Wukong's family
At one point, Red Son started spending more days of the year being babysat by Wukong than with his parents. He still doesn't know why
Red Son feels extremely lonely whenever he has to sleep alone, which is often, though he never dares to try climbing into his parents' bed with them
Wukong had a workshop where he'd invented all kinds of gadgets
Red Son took an interest in this, and you can figure out where that led him
The gauntlet was Wukong's idea, but no one knows except them, and they'll never tell
Wukong drew the blueprints, and Red Son prayed that his mother wouldn't recognize the handwriting. She didn't notice
The reason Wukong didn't remove the staff himself was because heaven would get mad and threaten to hurt DBK and his family all over again
If anyone laid an ill-meaning hand on his nephew, Wukong would snap their neck in an instant
He apologized for punching Red Son while possessed by LBD. Red Son held him to no blame
The longest that Red Son has ever stayed at Wukong's house is three years straight
Wukong lectured both DBK and PIF about being present in their child's life after this
They were part of Red Son's life after that, at least until DBK's imprisonment
PIF wasn't very active in Red Son's life after that, and Red Son didn't go to Wukong for help for fear of his mother's wrath
Red Son basically spent anywhere between 85-92% of his childhood without his parents being there for him physically and/or emotionally
Meanwhile, Wukong was heartbroken from the deaths of the pilgrims (especially Ao Lie), and since he can't die of heartbreak, he spent ~400ish years in a coma, instead
Red Son knew that Wukong was in a coma, but his parents didn't find out until long after the fact
Wukong is no longer the only emotionally available person in Red Son's life
Red Son has been scared out of his mind for Wukong since the surgery announcement
Wukong had always seemed like an indestructible and untouchable person to Red Son, and seeing him go through so much has been nearly world shattering for him
Wukong tried his best to reassure him that he'll be fine, but he is almost as scared as his nephew
Red Son suggested that Wukong recover from surgery in the Demon Bull Family Palace, and everyone agreed to the idea
Red Son has been putting together a recovery room for Wukong
The walls are covered in flower murals and filled with soft blankets and pillows
The recovery room looks a lot like the nursery that Ao Lie set up for Wukong when they were expecting their first baby
Wukong loves the recovery room. It's his favorite room in the palace now
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