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So I saw this post. And instead of drawing Wangxian or anyone else who’s actually mentioned I drew my darling boy Jiang Cheng taking care of his Pokémon, 

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FIVE SENSES PROMTS. Wuhuuu. So if these speak to you: "You felt ice cold when I touched you" Or "Stop staring at me like that" And I mean you know what ship I want xD♥️

This is for the “You felt ice cold when I touched you” portion of that ask. And of course it’s Xicheng ;) It’s a continuation of the prompt from yesterday, which can be found here.

Lan Xichen is confused when he wakes up. The last thing he clearly remembers is being on a night hunt with Jiang Cheng, but right now he’s in his bed at Lotus Pier that Jiang Cheng always has prepared for him.

The bed that’s awfully far away from Jiang Cheng’s own bed, Lan Xichen thinks immediately, almost like an automated response, because he has that thought way too often.

He is so very tired of always being so far away from Jiang Cheng. And yet he still can’t bring himself to start a courtship, too afraid of losing what he does have with the other man.

‘A courtship,’ Lan Xichen thinks and suddenly his memory is being restarted. 

He got qi poisoning. Jiang Cheng brought him back to Lotus Pier. Lan Xichen confessed, in his poisoned state, that he couldn’t die because he didn’t yet get to court Jiang Cheng.

“Oh gods,” Lan Xichen groans out and covers his face with his hands. 

“Xichen,” Jiang Cheng says from the side, and Lan Xichen actually jumps.

He hadn’t noticed the other man in the room, and Lan Xichen turns his head towards him.

Jiang Cheng looks rumpled, like he slept in his clothes and didn’t bother to change yet, and Lan Xichen frowns.

“Are you okay?” he wants to know and Jiang Cheng immediately scowls at him.

“I think I should be the one asking that question,” he snaps back, but Lan Xichen knows him well enough by now to know that he’s covering his own worries with his harsh reply.

“I’m fine, Jiang Cheng,” Lan Xichen reassures him and pushes himself up, leans back against the headboard, to further make his point.

His arms didn’t even shake, that’s how fine he’s doing.

Lan Xichen closes his eyes to find his qi, that is thankfully devoid of any poison, but it feels warmer than normal, almost more settled as well and Lan Xichen frowns as he presses a hand to his chest.

“What happened? he asks, momentarily taken off guard by the forced nonchalant look on Jiang Cheng’s face. 

“You almost died on me, that’s what happened,” he pleasantly gives back, but Lan Xichen knows he actually wants to yell at him.

“I didn’t mean to,” Lan Xichen immediately says, because he didn’t, he still has plans after all.

“You better didn’t mean to do that,” Jiang Cheng snaps and then rubs a hand over his face.

“You worried me,” he admits, and it’s a rare enough display of honest emotions that Lan Xichen stills completely. “You felt ice cold when I touched you and then you just kept going colder.”

“I’m warm now,” Lan Xichen offers and holds out his hand, which Jiang Cheng immediately takes.

“You are,” he says as he links their hands together, and Lan Xichen is yet again reminded of what he might or might not have said to Jiang Cheng about the courtship.

“So, did I say anything?” Lan Xichen awkwardly asks and Jiang Cheng levels him with a look.

“You mean when you were nearly dying on me?” 

“Yes,” Lan Xichen says with a wince and Jiang Cheng sighs.

“You declared your undying love,” he tells Lan Xichen with a face so straight, Lan Xichen believes it for a second, right until Jiang Cheng presses his lips together to hide his smile.

“You didn’t, don’t worry,” Jiang Cheng reassures him, but two can play that game.

“It wouldn’t be too far off,” Lan Xichen casually gives back and is delighted to see how his statement catches Jiang Cheng off guard.

“No, you don’t get to do that,” Jiang Cheng decides with a shake of his head and Lan Xichen’s heart immediately sinks.

He knew he should never have hoped for anything more than this.

“Oh,” he breathes out, desperately looking down at his lap instead of where Jiang Cheng is still holding on to his hand, but Jiang Cheng squeezes it lightly with his own.

“You don’t get to do that, because I’m going to court you first,” Jiang Cheng explains, voice much softer now, and he carefully puts something in Lan Xichen’s hand, before he pulls back. 

Lan Xichen instinctively closes his fingers around it, as he looks up at Jiang Cheng with big eyes.

“You said you couldn’t die before you get to court me,” Jiang Cheng says with a shrug. “I decided I’m going to court you first, as punishment for waiting so long.”

“What a horrible punishment,” Lan Xichen manages to get out as he focuses on the thing in his hand.

It’s a Yunmeng Jiang bell; not unlike the one Jiang Cheng is wearing, but it’s still a little bit different.

“What is this?” he asks, careful not to jump to conclusions, though Jiang Cheng’s words can hardly be misinterpreted.

“A courtship bell,” Jiang Cheng easily says, but when Lan Xichen’s head snaps up at that, he can see the faint tension in the corner of Jiang Cheng’s eyes and the twist to his mouth.

“You’re not the only one who has been thinking about this for some time now,” Jiang Cheng says and Lan Xichen can do nothing but gape at him.

“It’s gorgeous,” he breathes out, though he doesn’t take his eyes off Jiang Cheng, which he notices, going by the way his cheeks turn slightly red.

“Shut up,” Jiang Cheng mutters. “Are you taking it or not?” he then demands to know and Lan Xichen quickly presses his hand with the bell to his chest, cradling it protectively in case Jiang Cheng thinks he can just take it from him again. 

“Of course I’m taking it,” he tells him, and is surprised to see just how much tension leaks out of Jiang Cheng at that.

“It’s gorgeous, thank you,” Lan Xichen says as he carefully inspects the bell.

“You better have something equally as gorgeous, or I might think you’re not taking this seriously,” Jiang Cheng grumbles out and Lan Xichen smiles at him.

He thinks of the jade token he has prepared for Jiang Cheng; the jade just barely noticeable in between all the purple ornaments he adorned it with, and Lan Xichen reaches out to take Jiang Cheng’s hand in his again.

“I am taking this very seriously, as you’ll see the next time you’re at the Cloud Recesses,” he promises and is rewarded with a rare and gorgeous smile.

He is taking this so seriously, Jiang Cheng won’t even know what hit him when Lan Xichen is done with his courtship. He had years to prepare it, after all.

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  One day I WILL sit down and write this all in...

I love this AU!!! The magic system is lovely from what you’ve shared as is your writing style <3

Thank you! I admit I am kind of reluctant to actually fully commit to an entire fic and post it bc Journeys ‘verse started way back in 2012 and that’s a LOT to unpack and explain as it’s spanned over so many years and fandoms (some things, like the MCU and Umbrella Academy and In the Flesh stuff never made it to the Ao3 series page too) but I’m HOPING I can work it out well enough that people coming into the ‘verse just off the MDZS/Untamed/CQL side will be able to grasp it without having to dive into the rest of the ‘verse.

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renazeros hat auf deinen Eintrag geantwortet “Untamed Winter Fest Day 29”

He called him daaaad �� "He thinks you don't like the bunny" I mean. And LXC being low-key anxious but understanding and calm throughout the talk is just *chefs kiss*

Because he is his daaaad! LXC can’t allow himself to be full on anxious, because then who’s going to talk JC down XD

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renazeros hat auf deinen Eintrag geantwortet “I just watched Cats and it is exactly as atrocious as I was led to...”

I have been watching movie reviews the past few days. It's soooo funny

It’s funny, right until you sit in the cinema and have to see them moving and talking and yes, grinding. Then it’s just as traumatizing as everyone let you to believe.

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Okay listen, I hadn't read any of your story's for the untamed until literally an hour ago and can I just say: I STILL LOVE YOUR WRITING SO MUCH. It just does it for me. Your wordweaving is magical and I have only read three Xicheng prompts so far and keep rereading them. They're so damn good! You might actually be my favourite fluff writer now that I think about it. Though I also love your angsty stuff. Okay enough gushing.

<3<3<3<3<3 Well, with how greatly you encourage me with your art, writing is very easy <3<3<3<3

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Um so.. we finished. We had a mourning period. And now we are rewatching it. Because we have no self control. Also it's great seeing everything and actually knowing what's going on. But back to the end: Jiang Cheng starting to move on and Jin Ling being precious and Yuan T-T??? and just how soft wangxian is together. Also we got to see mianmian again? Flipped my shit. There is more fanart in the works. This time a bit higher quality than my shitty shitty BG xD thank you for enduring my rants

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH TIME FOR A REWATCH!!!! I love how this seems to genuinely be everyone’s reaction to the show. I started my rewatch almost immediately as well.

The ending was so good, Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian at least starting on that road to reconciliation, and Jin Ling is the most precious boy, and A-Yuan the bestest son! I am so looking forward to your art, please do tag me!

And also never stop ranting at me!

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Soooo. We are on episode 31 now. And so much happened. AAAAAH. Most recently Wei Wuxian adopting the entire Wen clan??? And Lan Zhan crying in the rain??? And there was the entire sunshot campaign thing and oh god Yanli is gonna die soon and WWX too :(((( Also side note: mianmian having a moral backbone strong enough to support the entire Jin clan, if they were reasonable, was super surprising and refreshing? Anyways I am not ready. Also my friend is super invested too now 😏

SO MUCH HAPPENED!!! He adopted the entire Wen Clan and he is such a good and awesome dad to them all. Lan Zhan crying in the rain is honestly such a goddamn dramatic ass scene, like. Ugh.

MianMian was the only fucking reasonable person in the whole of the Jin Clan and it’s no wonder it’s only downhill from then on for that Clan.

Yesss, everyone needs to be invested!