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• Always. Forever. by Aira_Slytherin12thGen

  Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 魔道祖师 | Módào Zǔshī (Cartoon), 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  07 Mar 2024

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Lan Huan | Lan Xichen/Wen Ruohan
  • Lan Huan | Lan Xichen
  • Wen Ruohan
  • Wen Xu (Modao Zushi)
  • mentioned a number of others
  • brief cameos from kid-versions of certain characters
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • like joyfully kicking canon out a 50th-story window and going on my merry way whistling
  • Out of Character
  • I guess they'd be
  • Somewhat
  • Dark Lan Huan | Lan Xichen
  • as in he won't be torturing innocents but don't mess with who/what matters to him
  • Soft Wen Ruohan
  • but only to those who matter to him lol
  • Domestic Fluff
  • Family Feels
  • implied accidental child acquisition
  • they went on a relaxing trip and came back dads
  • Some angst
  • very hand-wavy cultivation matters and powers
  • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
  • in the past - and not by the main characters here
  • Implied/Referenced Torture
  • also in the past tense
  • BAMF Lan Huan | Lan Xichen
  • implied that is
  • Mentioned Qingheng-jun
  • also he's a good parent here - to LXC at least
  • as was Madam Lan
  • different parents of characters
  • or different people who raised them (as applicable)
  • implied shenanigans the pairing got up to in discussion conferences
  • Good Person Wen Xu (Modao Zushi)
  • Wen Xu is So Done (Modao Zushi)
  • with his father and his father's cultivation partner and the things they come up with sometimes
  • Implied Mpreg
  • do cultivation babies classify as mpreg?
  • oh well tagged it just to be sure
  • cultivation-created children
  • both existing and in process
  • lan jingyi is (or will be) a Wen (besides a Lan)
  • slight Wèi Wúxiàn bashing
  • this is Jiang Cheng and Jin Zixuan friendly
  • minor Jiang Fengmian bashing
  • seriously he's one of the worst parents in MDZS
  • Panic Attacks
  • mentioned vivid nightmares
  • implied past mental instability
  • It's better now
  • somewhat underage (when they began their relationship)
  • Older Man/Younger Man
  • May/December Relationship
  • WRH is considerably older here - even than the parents' generation
  • but still young-looking
  • this is his animated version
  • we don't talk about the one from the Untamed
  • Implied Sexual Content
  • but only briefly
  • The Author Regrets Nothing
  • I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping
  • Not Beta Read
  • we die like all of the MDZS characters I actually cared about
  • this is part of a much larger AU - which I hope to write one day
  • Lan Huan is a power-bottom - you won't pry this HC even out of my cold dead hands
  • Lan Huan | Lan Xichen is a Tease
  • often without realising it
  • plot - what is that?
  • Lan Huan has golden eyes
  • Zewu-Jun is used here as "life-bringer"
  • Slice of Life
  • Established Relationship

  Summary

  “You came…”
  “Always” / “And you waited…”.
  “Forever”.

  In a world that would destroy them without second thought if it knew the whole of their truth, two souls drawn together by chance, powers and choice reunite once more.

  Series

  • Part 1 of Crimson Skies and Midnight Strikes

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  7,580

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Kudos:

  8

  Bookmarks:

  4

  Hits:

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