#ratingteen
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
“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
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
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
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
