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Long Night in Longwood
art by @cobaltmoonysart (rebloggable art here)
M, 14k, wangxian, jiang cheng & lan wangji
Summary: For three years, Marshal Lan “The Swan” Zhan and Marshal Jiang “JC” Cheng have been scouring the country for Wei Wuxian, who’d done a runner from Chicago after causing a fracas. Could it be they finally found… him???
[Author’s Note: The “Longwood” in this story is intended purely to be a penis joke and is not supposed to resemble any actual place in the US that might be called Longwood. :)]
My comments: Aww, this was delightfully absurd, and I enjoyed every bit of it. Also, the included artwork is fantastic. Also, also: Old Shitface Yao the saloon owner is going to nourish me for a week.
Excerpt: “Well, I’ll say,” JC mumbled, looking askance at the singer and the corpse of the former proprietor of the saloon. “The crowd was getting restless and I came back here to see how you were getting on. And what do I find? A corpse, and the two of you in a prelude to the carnal embrace. What about your undying love for Wei Wuxian, huh?”
“Who’s Wei Wuxian?” The Red Lotus looked momentarily scandalized. “That your girlfriend, sweetie? I should’ve known a handsome cad like you would be taken.”
“It’s not…” Lan Zhan stammered a bit helplessly. “I’m not…”
“What? Taken?” the Red Lotus asked with a sly grin.
“Handsome,” JC cut in, throwing Lan Zhan a rather judgmental look.
“Look, it’s…” Again, Lan Zhan found himself at a loss for words. “It’s all rather complicated. But in any case, you don’t know that name, then?”
“Who, darling?”
“Wei Ying.”
“Who’s that, baby?”
“Wei Wuxian,” JC cut in again.
“Well, which is it, I haven’t got all night,” the singer declared as she turned towards her vanity and fixed the locks of the crimson wig around her sharp cheekbones.
“It’s the same man!” JC replied, growing visibly irritated.
“Oh! It’s a man! Well, why didn’t you say so before, darling? Here I was all getting worked up and jealous.” She looked back over her shoulder and threw a playful wink in Lan Zhan’s direction.
western au, ukraine charity auction, jiang cheng & lan wangji, lan wangji has friends, POV lan wangji, humor, crack, crack treated seriously, sassy lan wangji, pretending to be a girl wei wuxian, crossdressing, POV jiang cheng, farce, getting together, the body count is getting kind of high, funny, fanart, @jadedbirch
*Original art used with permission*
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