#pingpang

[psychic-waffles]

meet cute: i try to kill you in a tomb with a rock <3

[xiaobaosnoona]

[phopkhun]

take another step, guys, i think you haven't gotten close enough yet

[sangcurcumasvp]

Cat!Xiaoge accepting hugs from one of his favourite humans.

For @lunarriviera, @bladedweaponsandswishycoats and @programmedradly who deserve many hugs.

[sunriseverse]

kiss meme!!! 12!! in grief!!!

grief? you want a kiss of grief? woe! kiss of grief on ye!

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Here, in this room, the air is quiet, weighty. Xiaoge's breaths seem louder than a roaring river. He can feel them circulate through him, his lungs expanding and compressing in time with Pangzi's form on the bed, his eyes closed and his chest raising and falling in a barely-visible tempo. His memories of Pangzi are layered over this reality; agile, loud, lively, a mirage-shimmer over the present.

"I can feel you staring," comes Pangzi's crackling, age-mellowed tone. His eyes have slipped open, and he's looking at Xiaoge through the cracks. "Am I really that alluring?" It's a joke, and his lips tremble faintly at the corners, as if he's laughing at himself.

Xiaoge crosses the small distance between them. "Always," he says, simply, because it's true. He loves this man as much now as he had loved him fifteen years ago, had loved him thirty years before. Still, it does nothing to dull the ache of loss—both of the past, and of the future. Wu Xie's ghost hangs in the threads between them; soon, only Xiaoge will carry the memory of him.

Pangzi sighs; raises a trembling hand to grasp at Xiaoge's. "Onto the next adventure, eh?" he says. "I'll give Tianzhen your regards, when I see him." When, he says, and Xiaoge isn't sure if he's certain, or reassuring. "Ah, Xiaoge'r, don't be sad. You'll still be around when we come back. Just don't laugh at us if we're ugly next time, eh?"

As if that were ever a concern. To Xiaoge, they will never be anything but beautiful, because he loves them. He turns his hand over, slips his fingers between Pangzi's. The other's eyes have already fluttered shut, and the rise and fall of his chest slows from almost imperceptible to entirely absent. Zhang Qiling knows the moment it happens—can sense the lively, energetic warmth of Pangzi slipping from his body. What's left behind is a hollow shell of a man, the heat of his body cooling already. Zhang Qiling swallows, and leans over; brushes a stray, silver curl away from the beloved, calm features of his face, and presses a kiss to his forehead, Pangzi's once-smooth skin papery beneath his lips. His throat is constricted with emotion; Zhang Qiling has never been one to cry over grief, but for the second time in his life, he wishes he were, because at least that would mark the importance of this occasion. Instead, he breathes, presses his eyes shut, and swallows. He should begin; they've had plans for this in place for years, and they need to be put into motion. But for the moment, he can't bear to move. "Next time," he says, and wills it to be a promise.

[hils79]

Which two members of the Iron Triangle are you taking on an adventure with you?

Wu Xie & Pangzi

Wu Xie & Xiaoge

Pangzi & Xiaoge

Adventure? All three of them can go and I’ll stay home

No Iron Triangle for me I’m taking Hei Xiazi and Xiao Hua

Voting ended onFeb 15, 2023

[scaredysap]

It’s soft pingpangs hours!

[katamaricule]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 盗墓笔记 - 南派三叔 | The Grave Robbers' Chronicles - Xu Lei, 终极笔记 | Ultimate Note (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Wang Pangzi & Zhang Qiling, Wang Pangzi/Zhang Qiling, Wang Pangzi/Wu Xie, Wu Xie/Zhang Qiling, Wang Pangzi/Wu Xie/Zhang Qiling Characters: Wang Pangzi, Zhang Qiling Additional Tags: Memory Loss, Hospitals, Pingpang week 2023, Established Pangxie, Caretaking, Emotions, The Iron Triangle | Wang Pangzi & Wu Xie & Zhang Qiling, Protective Wang Pangzi, Hair Washing, Food as a Metaphor for Love, Tenderness, and a mild split lip Series: Part 3 of Small Fandom Summer '23

Summary: Scenes from a brief stay in the Beijing National Stroke Center.

Title comes from the Matthew Good song of the same name: