❤️to arrive late is better than not to arrive at all by Moominmammashandbag
❤️ to arrive late is better than not to arrive at all
Summary: “Lan WangJi is not sure he can bear meeting with a matchmaker yet again, but at the same time, if he wasn’t going to care deeply about the person he was going to marry, he could just as well have settled for Wei Wuxian six years ago .”
or, Lan WangJi goes to a Discussion Conference and his soulmate is there. His soulmate, whom he doesn’t love.
My comments: I loved this SO MUCH YDEK. It’s a VERY fast read, and every single paragraph is delightful, and I’m feeling such simple joy over the ending that I could practically float.
In which lwj has been ignoring wwx for 6 years, but then encounters him (finally, after all that time) at Koi Tower quite nearly dead from soulmate deprivation and suddenly reevaluates his decisions. There’s been a whole lot of gaslighting and misinformation and manipulation (and curses) going on, which is slowly uncovered; but meanwhile lwj simply retreats to Lotus Pier with his rediscovered soulmate, marries him the next morning, and settles in with his loving, boisterous and very protective family.
It’s a delight, I tell you. I’m delighted. The dialogue is exquisite. The relationships are enchanting. I adore everyone in this fic (except for the bad guys). I almost want to go back to the beginning and read it again RIGHT NOW.
Lan WangJi bows to Jiang Wanyin as deeply as he can while cradling his soulmate in his arms.
“I would seek your permission to be allowed to ask your head disciple to marry me.”
Wei Ying makes a confused murmur, his fingers clutching weakly at Lan Wangji’s wrist. Lan WangJi feels a few hopeful notes of inquiry drift through him.
Yes, he sends back, firmly. Yes. Yes. Wei Ying’s eyelids flutter.
“As soon as he regains consciousness.’ Lan WangJi adds, in case that wasn’t clear.
Excerpt 2: “Brother.” he says.
“WangJi.” says his brother impatiently and takes a step forward. He waves his hand.
“What has he done to you? Did he try to throttle you?”
Lan WangJi puts a hand protectively to his neck, and frowns. He tries to think of an acceptable euphemism.
“We consummated our marriage early.” he says.
“Several times.” he adds, for the sake of accuracy.
“Once in the bathtub.”
He wonders if he should warn his brother about the high risk of the bath tub breaking during such an endeavour. He is fairly sure the question will never arise.
But, then again, what does he know about anything or anyone? He shrugs.
“The bathtub broke. They are not made very robustly.”
soulmates, humor, banter, fantastic dialogue, angst, sickfic, soulmate deprivation, bond rejection, sick wei wuxian, chronic illness, hanahaki disease, curses, family drama, brotherly feels, fluff, caretaking, family bonding, touch aversion, POV lan wangji, autistic coded character, lies and gaslighting, lan xichen is a bad brother, lan qiren is a good uncle, jiang cheng is a good brother, jiang yanli is an angry kitten, jin zixuan is Doing His Best, wedding, soulmate song, heartsong, family feels, feel good fic, comfort fic, accidental baby acquisition, (that’s A-Yuan), jiang siblings, favorite, @moominmammamia
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