Rolling around kicking my feet what if Shang Qinghua and Shen Jiu kissed a bunch
What if, after some sort of an aphrodisiac pollen thats non-fatal hits them both, Shang Qinghua carefully takes care of Shen Jiu's pollen induced fever instead of doing anything about it in the way any other man would.
Shang Qinghua projecting his movements, feeling like shit himself but he can't just leave his scum villain in a state like this
Shen Jiu discovering his suspicious mousey shidi is soft... And safe, a traitorous part of his mind helpfully provides.
Somehow the two end up growing close because of this. Shang Qinghua is terrified at first honestly, why is Shen Qingqiu inviting him for tea!?
But slowly they fall into a routine of meeting for tea, and then? The courting begins. It's a hesitant thing, just a small but thoughtful gift at first sent Shang Qinghua's way. Something like a fancy caligraphy brush, or some high quality paper for personal use.
It's not until the 5th gift that Shang Qinghua starts to get the picture, maybe something like a poem or a painting that makes him get the picture because Shen Jiu notices hes a little oblivious despite accepting the previous gifts.
So Shang Qinghua brings him a gift in return. If someone can make his scum vilain happy and maybe not cause plot to happen, by all means! That's what he'll nervously tell himself at first, not that he believes he of all people could really make him happy.
But oh, happy they end up. Their courting is thoughtful gifts, brief touches of reassurance, lingering glances, Shang Qinghua is nervous to move to fast and scare him away. The only one that notices the change initially is Yue Qingyuan.
He notices Xiao-Jiu seems... Happier. And that his gaze slips more often to Shang-shidi, where it softens slightly. He's sad he couldn't provide it himself, but he's relieved he finally has someone he seems to trust.
Their first kiss is an accident. A head to close, an attention grabbed, but it was the push they both needed and they're kissing both sweet and soft, and hot and fierce all around their homes when they're alone. Shang Qinghua's kisses are gentle and affectionate, surprisingly chaste for a man like him, and Shen Qingqiu's kisses are agressive and possessive, sometimes there are teeth involved. Shang Qinghua is not at all against that.
By the time Luo Binghe shows up they've already exchanged their three bows and they're frequent presences on each others peaks.
Shang Qinghua stratigically distracts Shen Qingqiu durring disciple selection and Liu Qingge ends up with a new punching bag disciple.
Binghe heard of the love the two peak lords shared durring his days on Bai Zhan, about how grossly in love they were. Luo Binghe hopes to be so grossly in love with someone who loves him back the same one day.