Welcome to the Wangxian Gift Exchange Tumblr! Home of both the Winter Solstice (Dōngzhì) and the Lunar New Year (Chūn Jié) Wangxian gift exchanges :) 2023 Winter Solstice Sign Ups Are Now OPEN! Affiliates: MDZSnet, Sterek Secret Santa & Malec Secret Santa This gift exchange was created by leetje.
Hi everyone, are you all ready to find out who your gift-makers are? :)
I’d like to thank everyone for participating in this fourth edition of the Wangxian Winter Solstice Gift Exchange!
However I am not sure I will host this exchange again next year, my life is moving in different directions, and participation has declined a lot for the last two years. It’s been a pleasure though!
Last but not least, if you still wish to add your gift to the AO3 Collection Archive then please feel free to do so! If you’ll add them, shoot me a message afterwards and I will add a link from the gift page on Tumblr to the gift on AO3 as well. You’re now also free to post the gifts you made to your own Tumblrs & etc of course!
Okay that’s all for my public service announcements!
Warm winter greetings, @leetje
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Hello luv, I hope you like the gift! I really tried to write that angsty fic you mentioned in your ‘likes’, but I’m really bad at writing angst and I honestly felt like whatever I had written looked really bad. I ended up writing a coffee shop au instead. I’ve never written any coffee shop aus before so I hope I haven’t done a terrible job. I hope you don’t cringe at the use of their given names, I’ve never understood the concept of courtesy names, and I’m not sure if they’re still in use in modern times. And I have used quite a few parentheses, as well as dialogues. I do wish it’s up to mark, and you find it satisfactory.
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Lan Zhan Meets Coffee
Lan Zhan’s drinking coffee? What?
Lan Huan was confused. Lan Zhan had a coffee in his hand. Lan Zhan hates coffee with a seething passion. If anyone asked Lan Huan, he would tell them that Lan Zhan would rather be cooked and then fed to rats than drink a cup of coffee. Lan Zhan had always run away at even the slightest mention of coffee. Lan Zhan and coffee is a big no-no, has always been a big no-no, and will forever be a big no-no.
But here they were, staring at each other in the middle of their uncle’s living room, and Lan Zhan had a coffee in his hand.
Within the five seconds that Lan Huan had been staring at Lan Zhan (and the coffee in his hand what the fuck-), Lan Zhan proceeded to put the paper cup to his mouth and take a long, loud sip from it. Lan Huan took a step back. Lan Zhan raised an eyebrow, ever so elegantly. He almost seemed amused, as if he were laughing at Lan Huan. Looking at the expression on his face, he might as well be. The corners of his lips were turned up, and the glint in his eyes screamed out his glee.
“I wanted to try it.”
Lan Huan watched in horror as Lan Zhan took another sip from his cup. He wanted to scream or cry, or both. Probably both. He settled for laughing instead. The laugh could have ranged anywhere from jovial to maniacal. Lan Huan had always doubted if anyone other than him could tell. (Lan Zhan always could)
“A-Zhan. Since when have you started drinking coffee?”
Lan Zhan shrugged. He shrugged. Lan Huan hadn’t even known Lan Zhan knew what a shrug was, let alone carrying out the action himself.
“It’s been a few weeks. Nie Huaisang took me to a new shop.”
That statement confused Lan Huan even further. Lan Zhan was never able to get along well with Nie Huaisang. They’d grown up around each other, but Lan Zhan found Nie Huaisang to be too outgoing. They had nearly nothing in common. To know that Lan Zhan and Nie Huaisang have not only been getting along well, but also been hanging out together outside of Lan Huan and Nie Mingjue’s influence makes Lan Huan’s heart soar with joy.
“It’s great to know you and A-Sang are getting along. How often have you been meeting up at this shop?”
Lan Zhan looked puzzled. He tilted his head to the left, it was slight, but still there. “We haven’t.”
What.
His confusion must have shown on his face (again) because the next thing Lan Zhan said was, “I go by myself.”
Lan Huan let out a sharp breath, “A-Zhan. Why?”
Lan Zhan shrugged. Again. Lan Huan felt a small tear fall out of his eye. He felt as if he was going crazy, and all his questions were left unanswered.
“Do you want to go?”
Lan Huan perked up slightly, “To the coffee shop?”
“Mn. It’s a bunny café.”
Lan Zhan looked happy, it was adorable. Lan Huan let his smile widen, “You must like the bunnies a lot then?”
“Mn.”
“I would love to go with you.”
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Lan Qiren walked into his living room expecting to find his two nephews. There was no one there. He sighed and checked his phone. Lan Huan sent him a message 12 minutes ago, “A-Zhan’s taking me to a bunny cafe! We’ll be back in time for dinner ♪(´▽｀)”
Lan Qiren sat down and turned the tv on, he had a good few hours to kill before they came back home. He wondered if his nephews were going to A-Ying’s Bunny Café; he'd been planning on taking them there himself.
Lan Qiren heard a ping coming from his phone. Lan Huan sent him a photo.
They went to A-Ying’s Bunny Café. Lan Qiren supposed he’d have to alter their plans for the weekend. At least he knew Lan Zhan liked it enough that he’s taking other people there. It was endearing.
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Wei Ying opened up his café exactly 3 weeks ago. His first few customers consisted of the Jiangs and Nie Huaisang. And Nie Huaisang’s friend. Nie Huaisang’s really hot friend. Wei Ying didn’t think anyone as hot as Lan Zhan could even really exist, but he does. And he’s currently standing in his café for the 27th time since the café opened, 9th time this week, and 2nd time today.
Wei Ying was 99% sure Lan Zhan hated him. He was just glad that the bunnies and the coffee were enough of a reason for Lan Zhan to keep coming by. He was just glad that all his flirting wasn’t enough of a reason to drive him away. He couldn’t help it, he really couldn’t! Lan Zhan was just so pretty the words flew out of his mouth. And the way Lan Zhan’s ears turned red everytime he said something? Wei Ying knew he was embarrassing him, but it was just addicting. It was adorable.
Lan Zhan came in with his brother today. Lan Huan was also rather hot, Wei Ying supposed it had to be the genes, although Lan Zhan was much hotter. Everything about Lan Huan seemed more expressive. Where Lan Zhan showcases his emotions through small twitches of his lips, through the shape of his eyes, Lan Huan seems to broadcast his emotions freely, with warm smiles and eyes open in awe. It was cute, although Lan Zhan was much cuter.
Maybe Wei Ying was slowly falling in love with Lan Zhan. But Wei Ying can't ruin whatever they have between them. Lan Zhan single handedly makes up 60% of all of Wei Ying's income. That is a lot of money. If this continues, and the business doesn't grow any further than it is now, Lan Zhan will be the only thing keeping the business afloat. Wei Ying needs him.
But when Lan Zhan smiles at him, he can't help but fantasise what it would be like to feel Lan Zhan's lips on his.
And then Nie Huaisang throws open the doors. “Huan-ge! You called me? Hi Yingying, I haven't seen you in a while!”
Wei Ying grinned, Huaisang was always a delight. He was like one of those cute little fat snakes that people kept as pets. Wei Ying called out to him as Nie Huaisang beelined towards Lan Huan, “Aww, did you miss me? I've missed you more than my little heart could possibly take! We haven't seen each other in two whole days!”
His voice was met with peals of laughter. Wei Ying really did love Huaisang, they really could just vibe together. It was amazing.
Lan Zhan was looking at them weirdly, but he quickly went back to playing with the bunny he’d sat on his lap. He was one of the more extroverted ones, he loved being around customers, always waiting for a chance to be the centre of attention. Wei Ying always thought it was funny how he always gravitated towards Lan Zhan; they were polar opposites.
More customers walked in just then. Wei Ying greeted them with a smile, he couldn’t just fixate all his attention onto Lan Zhan, he had a business to run after all.
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Lan Huan was confident Lan Zhan had a crush on Wei Ying. From the moment they walked in the doors Lan Zhan directed all his attention towards Wei Ying. Every single second Wei Ying wasn’t looking towards Lan Zhan, Lan Zhan was looking towards Wei Ying. And with the amount Wei Ying was looking towards Lan Zhan, Lan Huan was almost certain the crush was reciprocated.
But it could just be that Lan Zhan’s a high paying customer, and Wei Ying wants to get on his good side. Not that Wei Ying could ever get on Lan Zhan’s bad side. One thing Lan Huan knows for certain is that when Lan men fall, they fall. And they can’t get back up.
And so Lan Huan called up the person that got everyone into this mess in the first place.
Nie Huaisang.
“Huan-ge! You called me? Hi Yingying, I haven't seen you in a while!”
And so Nie Huaisang was familiar with Wei Ying. This is good. Lan Huan was worried that maybe Nie Huaisang had found this place on a whim, that he had no connection with Wei Ying, that it was all a coincidence. But this was not true, and Lan Huan can eat his croissant and pet the bunny on his lap with ease.
“A-Sang. What kind of a person is Wei Ying?”
Nie Huaisang’s face split into a feral grin, “So you’ve noticed, then?”
Lan Huan sighed, “Of course I’ve noticed. A-Sang, A-Zhan absolutely loathes coffee. And ever since he’s brought me here, A-Zhan and Wei Ying keep staring at each other with these deep looks of longing. And the thing is, neither of them realise that they’re even pining. Is this what it was like for you before A-Jue and I got together?”
Nie Huaisang’s grin grew wider, “Well for starters, I was fully enjoying the show between you and da-ge when it was going on. Sometimes I still do,” he winked. Lan Huan was horrified, “but you gotta let Yingying and Lan Zhan’s relationship run their course.”
Nie Huaisang’s grin seemed to grow wider than his face, “Or you can interfere.”
“Interfere?”
Nie Huaisang nodded gleefully, “Go talk to Wei Ying. You’ll see.”
Lan Huan was befuddled, “See what?” Nie Huaisang was pushing him out of his seat.
In a matter of milliseconds, Lan Huan found himself in front of Wei Ying. He cleared his throat.
Wei Ying plastered on his face what could only be a ‘customer service smile’, “Can I help you with something?”
“How are you doing?”
Wei Ying was slightly taken aback, but the smile remained all the same, “I’m fine thank you, and you?”
Lan Huan could feel the awkwardness building up at the base of his gut, “I’m good too.”
And it was silent once more. Lan Huan could see Nie Huaisang face-palming out of the corner of his eye.
Lan Huan forced himself to speak up, “How long have you had this place open?”
“Today marks the third week. It really is amazing how well we’re doing, it feels like just yesterday that I was waiting for my first customer,” Wei Ying looked reminiscent, “Sangsang was the first person to walk in, throwing open the doors like he always does. Your brother followed him in, not long after.”
Lan Huan was slightly surprised, “A-Zhan was your first customer?”
Wei Ying chuckled, “Technically, Sangsang was my first customer, Zhan-gege was my second.”
“You call him Zhan-gege?”
“Well, it was really a way to tease him at first. I guess I got used to it? I think it’s kinda cute.”
Lan Huan didn’t really know what face he was making, “It is cute.”
Wei Ying looked like a deer caught in headlights, “Er, thank you?”
Lan Huan sighed, at this point, whatever talking Nie Huaisang wanted them to do clearly wasn’t happening. “Wei Ying, I think my brother has a crush on you.”
Wei Ying’s face turned redder than the shirt he was wearing, “What.”
“I think my brother has a crush on you.”
“Haha. Ha. No he doesn’t, this is a really weird prank to play, my friend.”
Lan Huan was confused, he seemed to be confused a lot today, it must be the absurdity of everything, “Why would I prank you about this?”
“Because just 10 minutes ago I was thinking about kissing him! Clearly you’re a freaky mind reader or something, because you’re making fun of me!”
Lan Zhan was standing beside them. Lan Huan didn’t notice when he approached them, and considering the way Wei Ying tripped over the counter, he certainly didn’t. “Wei Ying. You were thinking about kissing me?”
Nie Huaisang was chuckling behind a handkerchief. He really was enjoying the show, wasn’t he? Lan Huan couldn’t help but find it a little amusing as well.
Wei Ying ran to the back. Lan Zhan followed him in a brisk walk.
The other customers definitely found it amusing, an older woman was smiling behind her cup as she watched the drama go down. Her husband, Lan Huan presumed, guffawed, “Young love.”
Nie Huaisang walked up to where Lan Huan was standing, “By ‘interfere’, I meant for you to drop a few hints here and there. I didn’t mean for you to say it to his face.”
Lan Huan raised an eyebrow, “What else was I supposed to say?”
Nie Huaisang shook his head, “Never change, Huan-ge. Never change.”
What was that supposed to mean?
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Lan Zhan was absolutely mortified. When Lan Zhan teased his brother with all that coffee, he never meant for his brother to reveal his secret feelings to his crush. He wasn’t expecting it. He didn’t even think it was that obvious.
Maybe Lan Huan just knows him too well?
Wei Ying was hiding behind a large bag of coffee beans. Lan Zhan really hates coffee. It has a strong smell, and if he were in this same position three weeks ago, the smell would have made him barf.
But he’s not in the same position, and he’s been drinking Wei Ying’s coffee religiously for three weeks straight. There’s just something about Wei Ying that makes Lan Zhan want to drink his coffee.
Maybe it was the way he makes it?
Or maybe Lan Zhan was trying to fruitlessly lie to himself, and it’s just the fact that Wei Ying has a pretty face and personality?
Probably the latter.
“Lan Zhan,” it seems Wei Ying noticed him “Do you really have a crush on me?”
Lan Zhan nodded, although Wei Ying probably wouldn’t have been able to see it in the dark. “Mn.”
“Then, Zhan-gege,” Lan Zhan could hear the shy smile in his voice, “Would you like to date me?”
“Mn.”
Lan Zhan could feel Wei Ying’s breath on his neck, “Zhan-gege, can I kiss you?”
Lan Zhan took the initiative to kiss Wei Ying himself.
Wei Wuxian and Wangji have a happy family with Lan Sizhui, Lan Jingyi and a recently found little girl Lan Hua. She has the eyes of the same colour and same grace as Wangji and curiosity and quick mind as Wuxian.
I hope you enjoy this fic. When I saw your list of likes, I knew I wanted to go down the soulmate route, and my bestie suggested a silly soulmate-marker, which I couldn’t resist.
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Love Bites
Wei Ying technically met his soulmate when he was five years old.
It was a too-bright, frigid December day in Gusu. Everyone was preparing for Dongzhi, but Wei Ying was running.
His stomach howled as he wove his way through the crowds of the morning market. Hot dumplings and soup and pastries taunted his senses, but he was too scared to stop. He kept glancing back over his shoulder expecting to hear his new guardian’s yelling, expecting the dogs.
Adults paid him little mind except to scold his rudeness as he pushed through the throngs. Away. He just needed to get away.
I hope this fic is along the lines of your “juniors are in trouble” request!
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blue flies buzzing
Jingyi couldn’t be mad about placing third in the archery division of the discussion conference competition, not when he’d been beaten by Jin Ling and Sizhui. He could stand with them and tease the little mistress and watch Sizhui expertly calm him when he was sufficiently riled up. Zizhen cheered for them, having placed seventh, ignoring his own loss. They’d all been training under Wei-qianbei, aside from Jin Ling (who just liked to make snarky comments while they practiced), and he knew he’d gotten to be a better shot.
That the Lotus Pier discussion conference was going well at all was a minor miracle, given that Jiang-zongzhu had only reached out to Wei-qianbei a few months prior, about half a year since the events at the Guanyin Temple. Before that, it had been obvious, at least to him and the others, that Wei-qianbei had resigned himself to not being welcome, and it was a relief to see him lighter and welcome back in his old home.
And, well, there’d been a lot of yelling since they started talking again, but Jingyi figured that was just how Jiang-zongzhu communicated.
Wei Ying was the first person at the stand by line. At the moment, he was the only person in the line considering he had heard the plane was over an half an hour delayed. He tooled at his watch as passengers in the other line boarded the plane. He knew that if he did not get on that plane, he would hear an earful from Wen Qing who would be awaiting his arrival no less.
He was picking up A-Yuan to spend the break with him after all.
Shit .
“How much longer before I find out if I made the cut this time?” He asked the desk attendant.
This was originally meant to be a bit smaller than this lol! plot bunnies. you know. I hope you enjoy it and the style doesn't put you off! I'm thinking about maybe writing up the final report as well, if I get the time.
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Extracts from the diaries of Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian, relating to the case of Lan Zetian (Nov. 4 to Nov. 27)
I have been assigned a case to solve as the final assessment for this cultivation masters course. Our class was told that these cases are non-violent, low risk and low impact, suitable for those practising cultivation at a novice level. With my previous experience interning with Brother and Uncle, this seemed too easy. I was correct in this assumption. I have been paired with Wei Wuxian.
When I asked Brother to swap partners with someone else he refused and would not explain why. I did not like his smile, he is planning something. Infuriating. I just do not know why it is at my expense. Uncle, the only one who could change Brother’s mind, refused to hear me out. I understand that he does not want to undermine Brother’s authority, especially now that Brother has taken over the Masters program from him, but I feel like he has failed me. “Trust your brother’s judgement.” How could I possibly benefit from working with the class disruption?
Wei Wuxian felt a chill down his spine, but he assumed it was either because the blanket lay discarded at the feet of their bed, or due to Lan Zhan’s hardness buried deep inside his body.
Last night they had been quite busy, because Lan Wangji was expected that very morning in Yunmeng for a short cultivation conference that would keep him apart from his husband for almost three days… so the two of them had wanted thei0072 last night together to be quite memorable.
Even soft, Lan Zhan had wanted to remain inside of him for as long as possible… And now, they both were coming awake due to the insatiable Lan member coming alive yet again.
After the last round of lovemaking Lan Zhan could really afford before being truly late, Wei Wuxian got himself clean while watching him fresh off the basin and dressing up. Another chill run through him when his skin touched the water, and a soft sneeze followed.
Happy winter solstice, I hope you enjoy your gift!
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A Closer Encounter
The main topic of discussion at the impromptu discussion conference taking place in Nightless City was a guai. A specific guai, of course, one that had been wreaking havoc far longer than might be reasonably expected. Surely such a thing was easily handled by sect cultivators, everyone agreed, even one as large and yet hard to locate as this one was reported to be. It couldn’t be a surprise that all of the rogue cultivators who had been hired to deal with it had failed. The sects should have been involved from the beginning, everyone agreed, conveniently ignoring the fact that none of the sects who had been contacted about the matter had chosen to respond - it was just a guai, after all.
Since the guai had been reported throughout the region, cultivators from multiple sects would be tasked to deal with it. Two or three experienced cultivators from each of the Great Sects and perhaps a few from the more prominent minor sects would work together to eliminate the danger. Each sect would determine who they would send, of course. The chosen cultivators would meet in two weeks’ time in Nightless City, unless the guai was discovered elsewhere in that time.
Before Wen Ruohan could bring the discussion to an end, Lan Xichen stood.
My Wangxian Winter Solstice Gift Exchange offering. The prompts were mpreg and crack. I hope you love it as much as I loved writing it!
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A Question of Paternity
In the end, it happened so quickly. One moment, Wei Wuxian was playing his flute, controlling the fierce corpses, and the tides were turning, and the next, there was a flash of light, cold metal and warm fingers at his throat, and an energy that rushed into his empty dantian and swirled there.
Wei Wuxian’s consciousness wavered, but he managed to see Wen Rouhan before him, a surprised and slightly confused look on his face, but it was soon wiped away as cold steel punched through the tyrant's chest, snuffing out the light of madness in his eyes.
Wei Wuxian was falling. His arms had no strength to catch him and his consciousness was already fading. With his last moment of awareness, he saw Lan Wangji and Jiang Wanyin reaching for him, but he was unconscious before they arrived.
Winter Solstice gift for @nie-huaisangs-inner-thoughts!
Modern AU where they have swordflying tournaments and where there is a LWJ, WWX is not far behind — combined sports au with modern cultivators from your wishlist, hope you like it giftee ♡
Hi @leahlisabeth! Happy Wangxian Solstice and I hope you enjoy the fic. I loved the idea of making this some kind of sci fi AU, hopefully this hits right! Sorry it hits harder on the Wangji side of the equation, hopefully you can see why! I do hope to continue this one, I think there is scope for it; if nothing else I need to balance the scales with some Wuxian side POV - after all the Wangxian requires both.
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Code Black
“Code Black. Co.. .la... C..e …k. Code Black.”
The signal is weak, crackling with static, and of unknown origin.
It is a miracle that Lan Wangji has even received it. This far out into the barren stretches of Sector C, the borders are fluid and dangerous and most ships move with stealth and suspicion, reluctant to reveal their position unless they know who else is in the vicinity and are assured their position is stronger.
Still, there is something different about this message.
There were so many great things as prompts is was so hard to pick!
it was so much fun to get a chance to just focus on dealing with the family and holidays, I hope you like it!
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Moon Festival
“Your brother threw a tea cup at my head!” Wei Wuxian let the full weight of his indignation show through. He’d barely dodged the cup since he hadn’t expected the normally calm (even if sometimes he was pretending) Lan Xichen. It’s not like the tea cup would have hurt him but the only way he could have been more shocked would have been if Sizhui had thrown a cup at him.
Now if it had been Jingyi or Jiang Cheng he wouldn’t have been surprised at all.
Lan Zhan raised his brow slightly and shook his head. “I don’t believe he appreciated your question.” Despite the cooly serene expression Wei Wuxian could tell his husband was highly amused.
