#perchingowl
So I’ve finished febuwhump though I kept pretty mum about it on Tumblr. Mainly because posting on both Tumblr and ao3 is exhausting especially during this time of year because of work - so I’ve posted everything on ao3 in a nice, little collection. And this is the second try on doing a masterpost. Because I accidentally deleted the first one.
It’s entirely The Untamed/CQL with a variety of my favourite pairings.
Below the cut you find the individual fics listed - most of them are teen and ‘choose not to warn’ (mainly because I never know when to choose graphic violence or not), so please check the fics for individual tags :)
⭐ = personal faves (though I limited myself to 3)
DAY 1: head wound - Just animals still learning to behave - SongXueXiao - 2.420 words
DAY 2:failed rescue attempt ALT: blindfolded - If we don’t stand and fight - ChengZuan - 1.145 words
DAY 3: blood loss - We’re death defying - WangChengXian - 1.612 words
DAY 4: nightmares - As Gods we shaped the world around - 3zun - 1.477 words
DAY 5: “let me see” - The only easy day was yesterday - NieYao - 2.053 words
DAY 6: hypothermia - Wenn die Kälte kommt mit eisiger Hand - WangChengXian - 2.150 words
DAY 7: used as an experiment ALT "i dreamt you were alive" - Everyone else can watch as their dreams untie - 3zun - 1.261 words
DAY 8:no anesthesia ALT: black eye - Counting your tales both the hunter and the prey - SongXueXiao - 1.580 words
DAY 9: kidnapped - cold, cruel, harsh reality - Juniors - 1.737 words
DAY 10: “how long has it been?” - Been counted out - 3zun - 2.094 words
⭐ DAY 11: chronic pain - Reaching for a hand that you can’t see - ChengYao - 1.980 words
DAY 12: spiked drink - pour me some more - WangChengXian - 1.850 words
DAY 13: won’t regain consciousness - Caught in this wicked game - 1.978 words
DAY 14: can’t go home - Leave behind your heart and cast away - XiYao - 1.093 words
DAY 15: hidden scars - our scars remind us that the past is real - XiCheng - 2.752 words
DAY 16: "does that hurt?” - Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me - SangYao - 1.722 words
⭐ DAY 17: self-inflicted wound - Don’t cling to me, I swear I can’t fix you - Jiāng Chéng & Lán Wàngjī - 1.269 words
DAY 18: forced to watch - I feel like I might fade into the dawn - Jiāng Chéng & Wèi Wúxiàn - 1.904 words
DAY 19: delirium - guard dog of all your fever dreams - MingCheng - 1.929 words
DAY 20: caged - Too far to turn around - 3zun - 1.834 words
DAY 21: "help them” - If you wanna get out alive - Jiāng Chéng & Lán Xīchén - 1.233 words
⭐ DAY 22:restrainedALT natural disaster - running out of road - 3zun - 2.279 words
DAY 23: “don’t leave!” - when you’re beside me - WangCheng - 1.656 words
DAY 24: too weak to move - Too weak to move - 3zun - 2.494 words
DAY 25: muffled screams - your name to call the reasons why I fought - MingCheng - 1.704 words
DAY 26: “please don’t do this” - Wounds so deep they never show - WangChengXian - 1.145words
DAY 27: shower breakdown - Going Under - 3zun - 1.813 words
DAY 28:presumed dead ALT shrapnel - got our backs against the wall - SongXueXiao - 1.357 words
Thanks@evolutionsbedingt for creating this absolutely beautiful moodboard for my fic!
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Title: Of Cats and Curses
Pairing: Lan Xichen/Jiang Cheng
Rating: Teen
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Excerpt:
Lán Huàn is a cat. Mostly white though with stripes of light and dark grey, a fluffy coat, and a long soft-looking tail. Under most circumstances, he would have thought he looked like a fine cat, certainly on the bigger side, if it weren’t for the matted fur on his chest, where a deep gash is running along.
Before Lán Huàn can comprehend and do something about the wound, someone moves into the clearing, steps sure yet careful, sword sheathed in one hand, the other balled into a fist, purple lightning crackling around it. Clearly, he is expecting someone or something to attack him. Lán Huàn would have recognised the purple robes everywhere as they flutter slightly with movement and wind. Relief washes over him at seeing the familiar scowling face of Jiāng Wǎnyín.
Words: 7.590
Whew, I managed to do @whumptober2021 - for a second time! It’s an entirely Untamed/MDZS whumptober with a variety of pairings/characters and in total just above 100k
✨ All fics are linked below the cut or can be found in my whumptober 2021 collection ✨
(Please see tumblr and ao3 for detailed content warnings)
/ = Pairing || & = Gen/Character-Focus||⭐= Personal faves/recs
No. 1 - ALL TRUSSED UP AND STILL NOWHERE TO GO
“You have to let go” | barbed wire | bound - Jiang Cheng & Wei Wuxian - 1.8k - tumblr||ao3
No. 2 - TALKING IS OVERRATED
garotte | choking | gagged- Junior OT4 - 2.2k - tumblr||ao3
No. 3 - STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES BUT…
taunting | insults | “Who did this to you?” - Jin Guangyao & Nie Mingjue - 1.6k - tumblr||ao3
No. 4 - TRUST FALL
“Do you trust me?” | taken hostage | pushed - Jiang Cheng/Jin Zixuan - 1.9k - tumblr||ao3
⭐ No. 5 - I’VE GOT RED IN MY LEDGER
betrayal | misunderstanding|broken nose-Jiang Cheng/Jin Guangyao - 10.6k - tumblr||ao3
No. 6 - TOUCH AND GO
bruises | touch starved | hunger - Jiang Cheng/Nie Mingjue - 1.4k - tumblr||ao3
No. 7 - MY SPIDEY-SENSE IS TINGLING
helplessness | numbness | blindness - Jiang Cheng/Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji - 1.6k - tumblr||ao3
No. 8 - COUGHING UP A LUNG
pneumothorax | exotic illness | “Definitely just a cold” - Song Lan/Xue Yang/Xiao Xingchen - 2.7k - tumblr||ao3
No. 9 - RUMORS OF MY DEATH HAVE BEEN GREATLY EXAGGERATED
presumed dead | (blind) rage | tears - Jin Ling & Wei Wuxian & Jiang Cheng - 1.4k - tumblr||ao3
No. 10 - OOPS, I DID IT AGAIN
hospital | flare-up | ice chips - Nie Mingjue/Meng Yao/Lan Huan - 1.5k - tumblr||ao3
⭐ No. 11 - JUST KEEP SWIMMING
adrift | drowning | dehydration-Xue Yang/Xiao Xingchen - 1.6k - tumblr||ao3
No. 12 - IT’LL BE FUN, THEY SAID
torture | made to watch | begging (kind of) - Jiang Yanli/Wen Qing - 1.9k - tumblr||ao3
No. 13 - THAT’S GONNA LEAVE A MARK
“This is gonna suck” | burns | cauterization - Lan Xichen/Meng Yao - 1.9k - tumblr||ao3
No. 14 - UNDER PRESSURE
crush injuries | beaten|force-Nie Mingjue/Meng Yao/Lan Huan - 5k - tumblr||ao3
No. 15 - FEED A COLD, STARVE A FEVER
delirium | fever dreams | bees-Nie Mingjue & Nie Mingjue’s father & Nie Huaisang - 1.3k - tumblr||ao3
No. 16 - ON A NEED TO KNOW BASIS
recovery | scars | aftermath - Nie Mingjue/Meng Yao/Lan Huan - 4.2k - tumblr||ao3
No. 17 - FIELD CARE 101
“Please don’t move!” | hemorrhage | dread - Jiang Cheng/Wen Ning - 3.3k - tumblr||ao3
⭐ No. 18 - THE DOCTOR IS IN
“Now smile for the camera”|doctor’s visit | CPR - Song Lan/Xue Yang/Xiao Xingchen - 2.2k - tumblr||ao3
No. 19 - JUST A SCRATCH
bitten | bleeding | stabbing-Jiang Cheng/Lan Xichen - 2.2k - tumblr||ao3
No. 20 - LOST & FOUND
trunk | trapped under water|solitary confinement - Jiang Cheng & Jin Ling (& Lan Xichen - 1.3k - tumblr||ao3
No. 21 - THAT’S WHERE THE BLOOD’S SUPPOSED TO BE
bleeding through the bandages | pressure | blood-matted hair - Nie Mingjue/Meng Yao/Lan Xichen - 1.9k - tumblr||ao3
⭐ No. 22 - THEY MADE ME DO IT
cursed | demon | obsession-Jiang Cheng/Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji - 6.4k - tumblr||ao3
No. 23 - YOU BREAK IT, YOU BUY IT
auction | ransom | pursuit - Song Lan/Xiao Xingchen/Xue Yang - 2k - tumblr||ao3
No. 24 - ONE DOWN TWO TO GO
self-induced injuries to escape | flashback | revenge - Junior OT4 - 3.6k - tumblr||ao3
No. 25 - HIDE & SEEK
escape | flight | hiding - Lan Xichen & Meng Yao - 1.5k - tumblr||ao3
No. 26 - YOU WILL GO DOWN WITH THIS SHIP
fallen | waterfall | trap door - Jiang Cheng/Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji - 2.3k - tumblr||ao3
No. 27 - I’M FINE. I PROM…
passing out | vertigo | collapse - Nie Mingjue/Meng Yao/Lan Xichen - 20.5k - tumblr||ao3
⭐ No. 28 - IT’S NOT JUST IN YOUR HEAD
“Good. You’re finally awake.” | nightmares | panic - Nie Mingjue/Jin Guangyao/Lan Xichen - 2.6k - tumblr||ao3
No. 29 - ALL WORK AND NO PLAY
“You’re still not dead?” | too weak to move (slightly) | overworked - Jin Guangyao/Jiang Cheng - 2.2k - tumblr||ao3
No. 30 - DIGGING YOUR GRAVE
major character death | left for dead|ghosts-Lan Huan - 1.2k - tumblr||ao3
No. 31 - HURT & COMFORT
disaster zone | trauma | prisoner - Lan Xichen/Jiang Cheng - 3.6k - tumblr||ao3
disaster zone | trauma | prisoner
31st entry for @whumptober2021
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Title: It’s always darkest before the dawn
Pairing: Lan Xichen/Jiang Cheng
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Choose not to warn
Excerpt:
The rain is still pelting down, harsh winds pressing it against the window shutters and concerned Lán Huàn looks at them. It’s been raining for a few days, not atypical for the season but the amount is troubling. Yesterday, word came back from Cǎiyī Zhèn that the lake has started to swell up but that for the moment the protective arrays have been holding the water at bay.
He looks down at the letters on his desk, searching for the familiar seal of the Yúnmèng Jiāng Sect. He cannot find it. It might have an obvious explanation, such as the messengers not getting through because of the rain. In his heart, he fears it’s for a different reason.
Words: 3.690
major character death | left for dead|ghosts
30th entry for @whumptober2021
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Title: The Cost of Catastrophe
Pairing: 3zun (could be romantic or friendship) - focus is on Lan Xichen
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Choose not to warn
Excerpt:
There are days where not even the morning light drives away the darkness that has settled over Lán Huàn’s thoughts.
Words: 1.244
“You’re still not dead?” | too weak to move (slightly) | overworked
29th entry for @whumptober2021
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Title: My heart is gold, and my hands are cold
Pairing: Jiang Cheng/Jin Guangyao
Rating: Teen
Warnings: None
Excerpt:
‘A-Chéng, you need to stop.’
Jīn Guāngyáo’s voice rings through the room, soft and spoken with care. Perhaps it’s their gentleness that tears Jiāng Chéng away from the laptop and paperwork in front of him.
Words: 2.271
“Good. You’re finally awake.” | nightmares | panic
28th entry for @whumptober2021
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Title: From the nightmare we’ve created I want to be awakened
Pairing: 3zun
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Graphic Violence
Excerpt:
It should hurt, Lán Huàn thinks distantly. Right now, it really doesn’t. Most likely because the spike is so sharp. Blood is pooling from the wound, beginning to colour his light robes in red. They will probably need washing after this-
A strange burning sensation starts to spread, running along his meridians, towards his heart and head. Distantly, he realises that that starts to hurt.
Words: 2.626
passing out | vertigo | collapse
27th entry for @whumptober2021
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Title: Hold me in your beating heart
Pairing: 3zun
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Choose not to warn
Excerpt:
Lán Huàn feels the first spark in his chest when Niè Míngjué lowers his weapon, still glaring at Mèng Yáo, still clearly hurt by whatever has transpired between them, and Mèng Yáo looks at him, emotions flickering across his face, regret, grief and fear intermingled, his hands tightening in Lán Huàn’s robes.
Both of them are exhausted, Lán Huàn thinks. They will need some rest and, in time, Niè Míngjué will see reason and Mèng Yáo will have time to explain himself in a calmer atmosphere. And then, his two friends — no, not friends, they mean so much more to him — will be beside him.
Lán Huàn smiles at them and he doesn’t even realise the hope settling deeply into his chest. Instead, relief floods him when he tells them both softly, ‘Let us get you both to a healer, shall we?’
Words: 20.544 (no, that’s not a mistake)
fallen | waterfall | trap door
26th entry for @whumptober2021
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Title: My love’s an iron ball wrapped around your ankles
Pairing: Lan Wangji/Jiang Cheng/Wei Wuxian
Rating: Teen
Warnings: None
Excerpt:
Lán Zhàn searches for Wèi Yīng and Jiāng Chéng, a slight worry rising within him. But he sees the two of them, Wèi Yīng having one arm slung over Jiāng Chéng’s shoulders, who is rolling his eyes but grinning at the same time.
Something inside of Lán Zhàn relaxes and he smiles at them softly. Wèi Yīng gives him a wave but suddenly he freezes and Jiāng Chéng straightens up, moving his mouth to call out.
It’s too late.
A tentacle wraps around his ankle, pulls it out from under him and Lán Zhàn slams into the ground.
Words: 2.367
escape | flight | hiding
25th entry for @whumptober2021
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Title: And you can try to be civilized
Pairing: Lan Xichen/Meng Yao
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Choose not to warn
Excerpt:
Lán Huàn presses back against the tree, hoping that the cultivators on the steps above him are not looking down. His light blue and white robes have to be easily spottable. But he can’t do anything about that. Not now. He can’t move. Lest the cultivators from Qíshān Wēn Sect spot him.
Words: 1.517
self-induced injuries to escape | flashback| revenge (slightly)
24th entry for @whumptober2021
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Title: This world is not made for you
Pairing:Jin Ling/Ouyang Zizhen/Lan Sizhui/Lan Jingyi
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Choose not to warn
Excerpt:
Ōuyáng Zǐzhēn glances up to his shackled wrists with a swallow. He tugs at them but they hold firm, not budging. Well, it would have surprised him if he had been able to simply slip free of his restraints. But maybe if he tries harder? He pulls again at the shackles before grimacing at the sharp edges of metal digging into the skin of his wrists.
Words: 3.653
auction | ransom| pursuit
23rd entry for @whumptober2021
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Title: Stay with me a little longer
Pairing: Song Lan/Xiao Xingchen/Xue Yang
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Choose not to warn
Excerpt:
Sòng Lán is shivering. He is ice-cold. The taste of iron lingers in his mouth. He can barely concentrate.
A hand runs over his arm and he flinches back.
Words: 2.073
cursed | demon | obsession
22nd entry for @whumptober2021
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Title: There’s just too much that time cannot erase
Pairing: Jiang Cheng/Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji
Rating: Teen
Warnings: No warnings apply
Excerpt:
Lán Zhàn is surprised to find a small group of Yúnmèng Jiāng Sect disciples at the entrance of the cave system. Apparently, Gūsū Lán is not the only sect that has been asked for help. ‘Huh?’ Wèi Yīng says next to him, sounding equally surprised. ‘I wasn’t aware they were going to hunt here as well.’
Words: 6.422
bleeding through the bandages | pressure| blood-matted hair
21st entry for @whumptober2021
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Title: Just know that I tried
Pairing: 3zun
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Choose not to warn
Excerpt:
They find him in the deepest, darkest prison chamber of the Fire Palace.
Words: 1.942
trunk | trapped under water|solitary confinement
20th entry for @whumptober2021
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Title: ‘Cause we all know what’s on the line
Pairing: Jiang Cheng & Jin Ling (with maybe a little xicheng but could also be read as friendship)
Rating: Teen
Warnings: None
Excerpt:
Jiāng Chéng’s heart is beating in his throat. His hands are clam, sweat running down the back of his neck. His grip around his gun is white-knuckled and yet he shifts it again, tightening the grip. ‘Ā-Líng?’ He calls out yet again.
Words: 1.359
bitten | bleeding | stabbing
19th entry for @whumptober2021
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Title: Faith falls hard on our shoulders
Pairing: Jiang Cheng/Lan Xichen
Rating: Teen
Warnings: None
Excerpt:
Jiāng Chéng picks up the scent of blood first, tearing his thoughts away from the letter. His nose twitches when he smells it, the iron tang in the air. A frown passes over his face. His tail swishes from left to right before he focuses on keeping it as still possible. It doesn’t help anyone of his disciples to let them know he is agitated.
Words: 2.269
“Now smile for the camera”|doctor’s visit | CPR
18th entry for @whumptober2021
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Title: But I’ll hunt you down like a maniac
Pairing: Song Lan/Xue Yang/Xiao Xingchen (Focus is on the SongXue)
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Choose not to warn
Excerpt:
‘- and code violet, Xuē Chéngměi, you are up,’ his supervisor rattles off. ‘Get going now!’
Xuē Yáng’s shoulders sag and he shoves the rest of his bun into his mouth, chewing it as fast as he possibly can while he stands up. Luó Qīngyáng tosses him Jiàngzāi. He catches his sword and only just holds himself back from snarling at her for touching it. It would have been no use. She has already turned around, her own sword in hand as they race through the station towards their ambulance.
Words: 2.279
