I present one of the tiniest ship I have ever written for: PeiXuan (3 fics on AO3, can't really top that). Also written for the @mxtxrarepairzine.
I have to admit that these two have been haunting me.
Title: A craving for gentleness Pairing: Pei Ming/He Xuan Rating: E (I realise now I could make a terrible pun and call He Xuan 'Lord Bathwater' - but I surmise Pei Ming would get kicked out of his own palace if he ever did it. Anyway.)
Tags: bathtub sexytimes, queerplatonic relationship (I didn't label them as aro because, well, I don't have the spoons to argue)
Summary:
So far away from his domain, he felt unmoored, a wanderer in a dreamscape he could not control. The destruction these two created was an anchor in the web of illusions He Xuan had wrought. It was as tangible as the arms in which he sank when existence threatened to crush him.
He thought of gentle eyes and a gentle smile that barely covered raw suffering.
People talked of being a ghost as though it was the most terrible thing in the world, but He Xuan begged to differ. Ghosts existed because they refused to give in. Becoming a ghost was a choice. Becoming a god was not.
He thought of words spoken into his skin with the trembling voice of a bereaved heart.
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/85958906
