Unharmed in the Flames – Chapter 1, by threerings – 魔道祖师 – 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī – Mòxiāng Tóngxiù [Archive of Our Own]

“I…” he began, then had to lick his dry lips. “I know what it’s like.” Lan Xichen met his eyes, raised his brows. “To lose…someone. To be betrayed.” He stopped, wincing. “To feel betrayed by someone you trusted.” He swallowed, closed his eyes for a moment. “To lose them, too.” He felt Lan Xichen’s gaze on him, but couldn’t look up. “Anyway,” he continued roughly, “I’m sure you’re handling it much better than me.” He downed the remainder of the wine in his bowl.

Lan Xichen surprised him with a huff of laughter. It sounded dry, twisted, more bitter than he could imagine a noise coming from the First Jade could ever be.

“Hardly,” said Lan Xichen.

Source: Unharmed in the Flames – Chapter 1, by threerings – 魔道祖师 – 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī – Mòxiāng Tóngxiù [Archive of Our Own]

Two men carrying so much pain, finding solace and maybe even healing in each other… It’s what appeals to me about this ship, and this fic is pretty much perfect!

since then i am because you are, by sarahyyy – 魔道祖师 – 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī – Mòxiāng Tóngxiù [Archive of Our Own]

Lan Wangji nods. “If you must marry,” he says again, “don’t let it be with anyone else.”

Source: since then i am because you are, by sarahyyy – 魔道祖师 – 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī – Mòxiāng Tóngxiù [Archive of Our Own]

A short and sweet canon divergent fic that made me smile.

How Wei Ying Went from Oblivious Idiot to Shameless Boyfriend in Three Days, by misscam – 魔道祖师 – 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī – Mòxiāng Tóngxiù [Archive of Our Own]

“Lan Zhan, do you like someone?”

Lan Zhan freezes and Wei Wuxian nearly walks into him, bracing himself against Lan Zhan’s chest and looking up at him. Lan Zhan’s face has gone still, but his ears flush and his lips have parted, and Wei Wuxian oddly feels his heart sink. Oh. Oh, it is true. Lan Zhan does like someone.

“I,” Lan Zhan says, and the panic in his voice is almost adorable. “I…”“You do like someone!” Wei Wuxian exclaims, and Lan Zhan’s ears redden even more.

“…. Mn,” Lan Zhan breathes, watching Wei Wuxian so intently that Wei Wuxian almost forgets what he’s meant to say. Right. Who Lan Zhan likes.

“Who is it?” Wei Wuxian asks, and Lan Zhan’s gaze seems almost incredulous. “What?”

Source: How Wei Ying Went from Oblivious Idiot to Shameless Boyfriend in Three Days, by misscam – 魔道祖师 – 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī – Mòxiāng Tóngxiù [Archive of Our Own]

This just delights my heart, an utter joy to read from start to finish.

Inquiry, by katikat – 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

Slowly, Lan Xichen walks up to his uncle and his heart grows heavier with each step. He can feel the surge of power behind the melody, he can feel it spreading further and further away from the cave, always finding its way past a barrier that should be impenetrable, beckoning and pleading, drawing spirits close and sending them away with a message, Wei Ying, Wei Ying, Wei Ying…

Source: Inquiry, by katikat – 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

This is heartbreakingly beautiful, a missing scene set during the years of Lan Wangji’s punishment.

i carry your heart [XiCheng ficlet dump (with some WangXian)] – Chapter 1, by Grave – 魔道祖师 – 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī – Mòxiāng Tóngxiù [Archive of Our Own]

He doesn’t know how one can feel so vulnerable, so stripped, so laid bare (granted figuratively but also very much literally) and yet at the same time not want to be anywhere else at this moment in time or alternatively strike the person down with Zidian who dares to put him in this position.

Source: i carry your heart [XiCheng ficlet dump (with some WangXian)] – Chapter 1, by Grave – 魔道祖师 – 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī – Mòxiāng Tóngxiù [Archive of Our Own]

Smoking hot XiCheng smut – I love the thought of these two together!

tonight i can write the saddest lines, by sarahyyy – 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

They tell him that he’s been cursed.

They tell him that they will look through the scrolls in the library to find a way to undo it.

Some of the elders offer that it might not be a bad thing that he’s forgotten, if all he has forgotten is Wei Wuxian.

Nobody tells him who Wei Wuxian is.

Lan Wangji thinks he can guess.

Source: tonight i can write the saddest lines, by sarahyyy – 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

Short but poignant and oh-so lovely, this is a small gem of an amnesia fic.

i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart), by fish_from_murderland – 魔道祖师 – 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī – Mòxiāng Tóngxiù [Archive of Our Own]

He doesn’t think of the past, because it hurts too much to remember, and he doesn’t think of the future, because hope alone is not enough to get him through it all. (He hopes anyway, because it’s all he has.)

Source: i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart), by fish_from_murderland – 魔道祖师 – 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī – Mòxiāng Tóngxiù [Archive of Our Own]

Song Lan after Yi City. There isn’t enough SongXiao out there, and this is simply beautiful in its sadness.

Rumor Doesn’t Have It (But Wei Wuxian Is Determined to Change That), by misscam – 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

The picture of himself and Lan Zhan that the gossip and rumors are painting is alluring, tempting, captivating – in love, together, kissing, sleeping together every night – oh, how captivating. A far better picture than Wei Wuxian sitting in a inn missing Lan Zhan with every breath after three weeks at Nie Huaisang’s whining about how much he missed Lan Zhan and yet not quite daring to do something about it; meanwhile Lan Zhan is being His Excellency and making the cultivation world hopefully better, but on his own, possibly missing Wei Wuxian as well. (Hopefully missing him, Wei Wuxian is selfish enough to think.)

Maybe it’s time to be a little daring – and make the rumors come true, one at a time.

Source: Rumor Doesn’t Have It (But Wei Wuxian Is Determined to Change That), by misscam – 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

Another gem by one of my fave Untamed authors – an utterly precious delight from start to finish!

Snowmelt, by mondengel – 魔道祖师 – 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī – Mòxiāng Tóngxiù [Archive of Our Own]

“I will never abandon Wei Ying.”

Against the whole cultivation world Wangji stood strong and righteous, and all Lan Xichen could do was cry.

Source: Snowmelt, by mondengel – 魔道祖师 – 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī – Mòxiāng Tóngxiù [Archive of Our Own]

A missing scene from the novel, a painful Lan Xichen POV that beautifully (and heartbreakingly) highlights everything that makes Lan Zhan special.