#mdzs/au: single dad

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My remix piece for @deliciousblizzardshark's super fun fic The stuffed bunny, the beautiful nephew, and other gifts from Lan Qiren

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give me all the fics where the boys kiss

Hi! It looks like I'm week 3!

I honestly have no idea idea what im doing really but i guess you'll just have to listen to me ramble about something i enjoy. Seems to fit the theme we've accidentally settled on and well! if theres one thing im good at rambling about its bl fanfiction. i read ALOT of fanfiction. like 13million words worth of it in 2023 alone (an estimate but i did the ugly math for jan and feb last year and id already read 2.7 million words so i dont think its too high an estimate).

ive read fics from too many fandoms to count and also have way more hyperfixations then any one person has a right too but the one that has owned my ass consistently for the last 4 years is The Untamed otherwise know as Mo Dao Zu Shi (MDZS).

The lovely Eucalyptus from week 2 was watching the untamed during covid (and holy shit what a wild ride that was) and the next thing I know im neck deep drowning in fan art and tiktok edits of beautiful chinese men that have no business being as talented as they are (Im looking at u Wang Yibo) This. shit. fucked. up. my. life.

then i turned to my good friend AO3 (love of my life i could not exist without you) and 4 years later ive read my tags dry. if its complete, ive read it. im getting desperate and ive started reading works in progress, yikes. its so risky i honestly cannot tell you how much anxiety it gives me. ive been burnt too many times.

HOWEVER

this does mean if you need a fic recommendation then your girl has got you covered, so i figured i would share with you my TOP SIX fic recommendations. im sorry i tried to make it 5 but i just couldnt do it.

I will be chasing a starlight by feyburner & sundiscus 

Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji - 71,479 words - Complete

Omg. Wangxian Startrek AU. The pining, the miscommunication. I felt every range of emotion on this roller-coaster. I literally printed this out so that I could keep it forever. I wish I could read it for the first time all over again. This Fic hit AO3 like a comet. It even has it’s own Tumblr thread! Also comes with stunning fanart.

Paint smears on sunny days by SnowshadowAO3 

Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji - 53,808 words - Complete

Modern Day AU, Musician/Single dad Lan Wangji falls in love with his son’s Art Teacher Wei Wuxian. I swear it's one of the cutest stories ever written, makes me feel all the good things. A-yuan is adorable and wangxian are hot and charming. The Ultimate wangxian comfort fic. 

Rotten Work by ShanaStoryteller 

Jin Rulan & Wei Wuxian - 63,907 words - Complete

Jin Ling fishes his Da-Ju out of the gutter post canon (Literally dying alone in a dirty inn, Wei Wuxian it's been 5 minutes pls) and decides if no one else is gonna keep him then he damn well will. 

It is perfect.  

Junior Quartet goodness, Yunmeng bro reconciliation and Jin Ling being a boss bitch little shit that has no time for anyone's bullshit. I cried as much as Jin Ling did in this story – which is alot. (Also another story ive made myself a solid copy of that i can love forever)

Joy In The Mindst of These Things by Glitterbombshell 

Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji - 52,901 words - 5 Works

TEACHER WEI WUXIAN! I love this trope with my whole soul. Lots of adorable baby Lans, I would kill for them. Beautifully written. Lan Qiren gets a much needed wakeup call. Last story is incomplete but can be read without the 5th installment. SO WORTH IT, ive read it like 10 times

The One-Body Problem by mitisket 

Lan Jingyi & Wei Wuxian - 28,689 words - Complete

Well shit. How many times have a reread this story? I honestly couldn't tell you. Jingyi gets possessed by Wei Wuxian’s very tired soul pre canon and it changes nothing and yet everything. Their friendship gives me life and Jingyi fixes a lot of problems for his new bestie/mentor/uncle with his big mouth. Mom I love him 

The Edge of Night by Hobbsy3 

Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji - 277,225 words - Complete

The best Zombie Apocalypse au on the MDZS tag honestly. There are so many good zombie film references in this one, i see you Train to Busan. Baby junior quartet, a perfect Wei Wuxian modern day depiction and so much love, angst and stress. It's delicious and I've never recovered.  

All of these fics are actually part of a mother document i made last week of all my favourite fics organised by tag because apparently thats what i do with my free time. hit me up if you need a rec!

Now that ive gotten that off my chest i'll let you be lol. maybe I'll do a rec for a different fandom next time. I definitely have enough to choose from!

Lots of Love,

Iris

[kiriel123]

Fic recs MDZS/The Untamed

A Haunting Love by omegas_m, Selenay

Modern with Cultivation AU lwj is a writer who moves into a haunted cottage. Wwx is a ghost who won’t be ignored. Loved both the relationship and watching the plot unfold!

blossoms at the roadside by bleuett

Alternate canon wwx brings dead plants back to life and lwj has a tree which needs help. This was so sweet, the way ao3 user bleuett writes them falling in love and merging their lives is everything

my little love by mellowflicker

Modern AU single dad wwx moves to a small town and falls for his son’s kindergarten teacher. So domestic with such a core of family and love in it. Things aren’t always easy but they’re worth it

Keep on Finding Things I Wasn't Looking For by out_there

Modern AU Jiang Cheng drags wwx to their college reunion and who should they run into but lwj. So cute, and lwj makes his request for a date VERY clear, after failing to clarify in college

A Lucky Snow First Falling by Betty

Modern AU lwj and wwx spend winter break together and go skating. Extremely adorable and heartwarming, 6k words of how in love and romantic they are

the way that it feels by sevenless

Modern A/B/O AU lwj is an alpha who never wants to find his fated one. Wwx tumbles into his life anyway and he can’t let go. This was sexy and sweet, a little heartbreaking with a heart mending ending

if you are the one by surething

Modern AU lwj is on a reality dating show, wwx is a contestant both of them are disasters. Hilarious, every interaction between lwj and all his suitors just got better and better, I cried from laughter

Professor Lan, Babysitter Extraordinaire by Eleanor_Fenyx 

Modern AU lwj, a teacher at a college, offers to watch A-Yuan during his office hours so wwx can go to class. SO cute, toddler A-Yuan is a real heart melter, if lwj wasn’t already in love this would have done it

what you have tamed by lianhua_lianzi, Senforza

Alternate canon with foxxian and dragonji. Cloud Recesses lectures are a prime matchmaking opportunity for all eligible cultivators. But everyone agrees foxxian and dragonji are a terrible mismatch. Their hearts say otherwise. So long and satisfying

Affrettando by Spodumene

Modern AU take on Persuasion a companion fic to Tempo Rubato from wwx’s point of view, and hit so good. I opened the original scenes from lwj’s point of view to compare to, and the full picture was so heartbreaking and amazing to read

[jalpari-spouts]

mdzs fic masterlist

modern au

single dad wwx goes to a bunny shelter to adopt a bunny

neighbors wangxian + mutual pining + identity porn

college au ft. shiguang (crossover with link click)

wlw wangxian

modern au where lwj buys a little something to surprise wwx

modern omegaverse au where alphaji meets alphaxian

canon verse

post canon wangxian friends-with-dual-cultivation-benefits

a tale about fox wei wuxian and dragon lan wangji

lwj and sizhui, through different eyes over the years

someone spiked the soup in cloud recesses!

canon divergent

wwx gets resurrected in a different body post canon

[a-very-fond-farewell]

The forbidden crack! Untamed prompts: 10/?

Single Dad AU (not the one you expect): “Water my Bones”

[Pushing Daisies meets florist!au]

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First it was the beekeeper suit. Then the astronaut one. THEN the Darth Vader costume. Every time a different attire. Lan Zhan is starting to think he better be changing grocery shop soon if he wants to fill his cart in peace without stumbling upon that weirdo during his weekly visit at the store.

Things he knows about said man: 1) he is competitive af, 2) he seems around his age, thirty five at most, 3) he has a flower shop in town, 4) he has a son.

The last thing, he knows because the child is always perched on the man’s cart when they shop. The third thing, he knows because his brother Lan Huan is the owner of the building where said man works. The second, he noticed once in passing, as they both waited in line to pay at the express line. And the first, he got to realize since day fucking one, when they entered the shop together and noticed they were following a similar path and unconsciously started rushing their way through their respective lists as fast as possible to win over the other.

It’s been four weeks already and Lan Zhan regrets moving to that part of town big time. The day he discovers something new, however, is when the florist decides to wear a simple black mask over the lower half of his face instead a full on costume. So even the usual lady clients cannot flirt with him asking if it’s yet another laundry day. The lot of them surprised to see him dressed normally for once. If wearing a black mask, black latex gloves and a black turtleneck in August can even be considered normal to begin with. The fact that he also looks unbelievably hot dressed in such a manner goes without saying. Not that Lan Zhan’s looking, of course.

Yet, it’s one thing to dress to impress and another to be affectionate towards your own child without taking your mask and gloves off not even to kiss him on the cheek or to check if one of his baby teeth is really falling off or not. So, when one of the ladies jokes about it, nobody expects the child to plainly say what Lan Zhan ends up hearing that day.

“If Dad touches my skin I’m going to die.”

The fact that said dad also conveniently runs away and forgets to take most of their bagged groceries with him right afterwards is also telling. But for the life of his Lan Zhan doesn’t know what such a dramatic exit can possibly mean.

[under the cut for details]

initially I thought to let Mo XuanYu be the baby, but then I kept A-Yuan/SiZhui. Also he is not Wei Ying’s actual son, but more on that later. ALSO he’s a savage child with snark for ages and channels every ounce of his adoptive father’s mischievous spirit.

Just like in “Pushing Daisies”, Wei Ying can revive the dead for a minute or two just by touching them [from Wikipedia: “If something is revived for more than one minute, a similar "life value" in the vicinity drops dead as a form of balance. If he touches the revived person or thing a second time, they die permanently.”]

But in this AU, ever since he was young, Wei Ying has revived a bunch of people, in the beginning without worrying too much of the consequences, not knowing someone of the same value (someone close to the revived dead person) must die if not given back to the realm of death after those two minutes.

His family used to take care of the needs of mourning families by running a funeral home. As a child he would simply touch the dead and go his merry way, happy to make others happy. But the dead would always run away, fearing their families would never take them back or not believe them to have been actually revived. Unaware of this, with bodies disappearing left and right, Wei Ying’s parents are accused of smuggling organs and corpses and are taken to prison before being put in house arrest for the rest of their sentence.

(In the meantime Wei Ying has been looked after by a new family, but after coming of age he decided to wait until the end of his parents’ sentence and buy them a house where they could live together again. In fact, he lives with them and his son) -> a perfectly rational choice bc I wanted to give them a chance to look after each other, okay? Also because a family trying to keep a common secret is fun and fresh and the exact opposite of the movie “Keeping Mum”, which is highly recommend btw.

He never experimented with the double-touch until (at fifteen) accidentally reviving a corpse of a dog, getting scared of it, and consequently smacking its tail in a (hilarious) fit of frustration bc “oh damn it... not again/go back to sleep I cannot deal with you/dogs are scary” and so on. The poor guy plopped down as if nothing had happened afterwards.

After that he learned his lesson and knew he could never touch a revived person again. Also dogs, especially dogs. They bite >:(

The first time Wei Ying actually understood something was wrong was when he was 21 and revived his stepsister YanLi, but her mother died as a consequence. He has brought his stepbrother Jiang Cheng back to life, but his own father was taken in his place. Before that time he had never considered the damage he had caused, because the consequences never involved his close ones but mere strangers up until then. So he vowed to never use his powers again afterwards.

The only exception being A-Yuan/SiZhui: the child was found in a dumpster, abandoned at three months old. Wei Ying revived him and didn’t want to wonder who might have died in the baby’s place... nor did he care. So he asked his parents to help. They’ve been raising the child together for five years, but Wei Ying has never directly touched him, always wearing gloves and masks around him.

He has also never hugged his step-siblings either since reviving them from their car accident from fourteen years back, but neither YanLi or Jiang Cheng knows the reason why. The only thing they know is that at the time, right after seeing them waking up from their “coma” and attending their parents’ funeral, Wei Ying has distanced himself from them, never to return.

(Insert shenanigans with Wei Ying trying his best not to run into his siblings, before they actually discover the truth along the way and bundle him up in quilts and coats just to be able to hug the hell out of him)

Lan Zhan is a detective and thanks to Wei Ying’s powers they solve crimes together. THEY REVIVE THE DEAD FOR TWO MINUTES and ask them what they remember before dying (which is basically the whole point of “Inquiry”, right?) and then Wei Ying touches them back and they drop dead for good.

Wei Ying knows his limits now and doesn’t play with empathy (got it? got it??)

Jin Ling has BOTH of his parents (can you imagine??) and he’s best friend with Lan Zhan and Lan Huan’s younge cousin, JingYi. And they SNOOP like nobody’s business bc they know there’s something fishy about “Uncle Wei”. But also they love to play with the other baby even if they pretend to be tough. They’re also friends with Wen Ning, who will teache them archery for their after-school activities as soon as they start elementary school and they are thrilled.

Wen Ning was actually one of the few corpses Wei Ying has revived in childhood that made it back home and was believed by others. (Wen Ning was still a child himself when he died, so he went straight back home and nobody questioned it, too happy to care......... which is basically canon)

His sister Wen Qing is the only friend Wei Ying has that knows about his secret and she’s the one suggesting Lan Zhan to..........wait a minute or two before leaving the morgue where she works at.

“You might never know what the dead could be able to say after you switch off the lights. You get me?”

He doesn’t get it. Not at first.

But! He grows interested in Wei Ying and the fact that he cannot touch his own child. Is it an allergy? Is it an illness? Lan Zhan has questions and he needs to find out the truth by himself.

Wei Ying’s child needs to be properly held by a parent at least once in his life tho... and Lan Zhan is made by very fine, very expensive husband material.

(I wanted him to meet Wei Ying’s parents. Sue me.)

Also I thought Wei Ying would like to make things grow (hence the florist!au you never asked for) bc he might feel guilty about the things he has done + his trust issues about getting attached to someone and then seeing them die AND THEN HAVING TO ACTUALLY LET THEM GO FOR REAL.

I’m sad now.

[soursoppi]

Wei Changze used charm! Lan Wangji is weakened. 

Wei Wuxian used "LAN ZHAN"! Lan Wangji takes a critical hit. 

Wei Changze used head pat! Lan Wangji is KO-ed!

[wangxianficrecs]

Where's Your Emergency? by trippednfell

Where's Your Emergency?

by trippednfell

M, 65k, wangxian

Summary: Wei Ying is a 911 dispatcher who happens to take a call from a terrified 4 year old named Lan Yuan. This one phone call might just change the trajectory of his life forever.

My comments: A very sweet story in which two lonely souls connect and quickly bond... but each is very needy, scared and uncertain so of course angst happens. A-Yuan is utterly precious and easy to love - just like his newly adopted father - and wwx falls hard. But while he's got a staunch circle of friends (for whom he has designed a table top role playing game), his past is a mess of blame and rejection and disgrace, and it's colored him through and through.

kid fic, modern au, meet cute, 911 operator wei wuxian, artist wei wuxian, a-yuan being adorable, getting to know each other, loneliness, self-worth issues, insecure wei wuxian, disowned and disgraced wei wuxian with A Past, angst, falling in love, parenting, foster care, single father lan wangji, family drama, family feels, first kiss, tenderness, cuddling & snuggling, first time, gaming, jiang reconciliation, idiots to lovers, fluff, domestic

(You may wish to REBLOG as a signal boost for this author if you like – or think others might like – this story.)

[featherfur]

Wei Wuxian would be the person to need an emergency boyfriend because he told Jiang Cheng two seconds ago that he totally knows how to flirt and is now begging the innocent college student Lan Wangji to lie for him in exchange for free coffee before Jiang Cheng comes through the doors

Jiang Cheng would be the person to need an emergency fiancée because he panicked three years ago when Yanli got married and his dad jokingly mentioned Jiang Cheng being next and Jiang Cheng thought he was going to have to marry a Jin so he made up a girlfriend and has been keeping it going and just never told anyone he’s full of shit on the off chance Wei Wuxian wasn’t joking and his parents really want to marry him off to Jin Guangyao but now his parents want to meet his fiancée

[stolligaseptember]

oh right i've been meaning to write this post for days, but minor detail that always rubs me surprisingly much the wrong way in modern au fics is when lwj is the single dad first. like, i'm personally a huge advocate for "au's should just be canon in another suit", which means that they should really both be the single dad in different points of time in lsz's life, but obviously we can't always have that because we don't always want 13 years of anguish in our happy flower shop au's or what have you, and, like, i logically get that some stories that wants to get told needs to have lwj as lsz's first caregiver and that it just wouldn't work with wwx as the single dad, but. come now. a-yuan was wwx's baby first, and lwj was always meant to stumble into fatherhood because of that. so if your modern au's doesn't have wwx as the very definition of a human disaster; 22 years old, university dropout, barely scraping by by his literal abundance of temp jobs and single father of the most well mannered little 3 year old gremlin you've ever met and having lwj as the prim and proper role model of a responsible individual and citizen that he's always meant to be, what with him still rising before the crack of dawn to meditate and train before heading to all of his classes we're he's the top student and already on his way of having a skyrocket career in whatever field of study you want to reimagine him pursuing in the modern world, and having this put together, not-a-hair-out-of-place, with his aggressively scheduled routines lwj running into wwx, who probably has baby food in hair that hasn't been washed or even brushed for at least a week, even though lsz is way above the upper end of his toddler-hood, a red hoodie that must have really seen its best days several years ago hanging off of his elbows, and a wide open paw patrol backback slung over one shoulder and dropping juice boxes and stuffed animals and picture books to trail after them with his messy, dirty, adorable little son being carried upside down for no discernible reason, and lwj immediately going "oh malewife and sonboy" you're not doing it right.

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Additional Tags: 

Alternate Universe - Modern with Magic, Golden Core Reveal (Módào Zǔshī), Single Dad Wei Wuxian, Reasonable Authority Figure Lan Qiren, Allusions to violence and murder, Hospitalization Series: Part 1 of CSI: Gusu Edition

Word count: 19.5k

Summary:

The problem with CT Wei was, lamentably, not incompetence. Incompetence was a failing no one at the Gusu Bureau of Cultivation could forgive. Had he been incompetent, he would have already been dismissed from his position. No, the problem with CT Wei was far worse: he was friendly.

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There's a new forensic cultivator in the GBC.

Lan Wangji is unimpressed.

[sugarssaurarchive]

Just two single dads helping each other out with their kiddos.

[wangxianficfinder]

I’m in the Mood for a Fic Where…

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1. I’m in a mood for dark wangxian fics where BOTH are dark together! With no unhappy or bitter endings, please!

💖 Buried in the Sky, Hallowed by thy Depths by themunchking (T, 9k, wangxian, supernatural elements, sirens, dark wangxian, canon-typical violence)

💖 The Way You Tremble by themunchking (E, 6k, wangxian, murder husbands, vampires, blood, violence, supernatural elements)

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2. Hello, and thank you for running this blog! I’m wondering if you know of any fics inspired by Taylor Swift songs, or with titles/lyrics of her songs. 

AO3 search results for mdzs+"taylor swift" have 105 results here. The Untamed + "taylor swift" has 133 results here. But I haven't read any of these.

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3. Hello wangxianficfinder! I am in the mood for Dadxian fics! Single dad or happily married, doesn't matter, just fluffy or minimal conflict stories where Wei Wuxian is the Dad he's meant to be! Please! @kaitou-cure-prism12​

Dadxian Collection

Stargazing (and a bit of rain) by handwritten (onefromanotherworld) (G, 1k, wangxian, modern w/ magic, fluff, family bonding)

❤️ kick at the darkness ‘til it bleeds daylight by AlfAlfAlfAlfAlf & tardigradeschool (T, 75k, wangxian, parent trap au)

❤️Attempting the Impossible by Ariaste (T, 36k, jiang cheng & wei wuxian, wangxian, background zhuiling, Mojo’s post)

❤️the kite string and the anchor rope by fleurdeliser (M, 39k, wangxian, Mojo’s post)

i really want to know (who are you) by Stratisphyre (M, 19k, wangxian, modern w/ magic, golden core reveal, single dad WWX, hospitalization)

❤️The Simplest Way Forward by harriet_vane (E, 71k, wangxian, modern, accidental baby acquisation, slow burn, happy ending, Mojo’s post)

say it's here where our pieces fall in place by Lirelyn (E, 68k, wangxian, modern, family feels, angst w/ happy ending, adoption, foster care, hurt/comfort)

These Things Stay the Same by notevenyou (E, 30k, wangxian, modern, kid fic, natural disasters, minor character death, accidents, hospitalization, Mojo’s post)

💖so take my hand (take my whole life too) by cicer (E, 92k, wangxian, modern, accidental baby acquisation, pining, implied/referenced drug addiction, implied/referenced child abuse, slow burn, Mojo's post)

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4. Hey, can you rec some demisexual wwx fics?

Trebuchet by vesna (mrsronweasley) (E, 61k, wangxian, modern, chess, rivals to friends to lovers, slow burn, angst w/ happy ending)

i hold you closer than i ever knew i could do by cloud_wanderer (G, 1k, WQ & WWX, WQ/WWX, modern, queerplatonic relationships, demisexual WWx, aromantic WWX, lesbian WQ, domestic fluff)

show me a quiver, give me tonight by spookykingdomstarlight (E, 115k, wangxian, modern, artists, communication failure, pining, happy ending)

❤️ Company by WithBroomBefore (T, 30k, wangxian, pre-relationship, getting together, fix it, major character injury, implied/referenced child abuse, Mojo’s post)

Practical Lessons in the Backhills by Eliza (T, 1k, NHS/WWX)

am i ready for love? or maybe just a best friend by cloud_wanderer (G, 1k, wangxian, modern, queerplatonic relationships, demisexual WWX, aromantic WWX, getting together)

Breaking the curve by deliciousblizzardshark (T, 10k, wangxian, modern, college/university au, demisexual WWX, autistic LWJ)

A Suitcase and a Long Red Bottle of Wine by Sunny73 (T, 4k, wangxian, fluff & humor, angst, awkward flirting, bartender WWX, pining, demisexual WWX)

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5. Im in a mood for A) non-Lan raised LSZ. Whether it’s a canon divergence from the first BM siege or before doesn’t matter! And also B) LSZ found by someone else!

5A)

finding one another series by MarbleGlove (G, 6k, LJY & LSZ, LXC & LWJ, wangxian, canon divergence, outsider pov) wen!Sizhui coming to CR after the wen refugees and wwx hid

Bury My Heart on the Lonely Mountain by MidnightInTheGardenWithGhosts (TrappedInCabinets) (E; 74k, wangxian, canon divergence, WWX lives, wen!LSZ, dark, fix-it of sorts, YLLZ WWX, getting together, coming of age, WIP)

The Murder of Crows by cerbykerby (M, 101k, wangxian, slow burn, pining, yiling wei sect au, fluff & angst, dark, romance, WIP)

So Reluctant To Part by quietellen (Sociofemme) (G, 49k, wangxian, jiang!LSZ, accidental resurrection, golden core reveal, grief/mourning, WQ lives, NMJ lives, JYL lives, enemies to co-parents)

Lotus Remix by TheAdelaideParade (G, 8k, wangxian, canon divergence, hurt/comfort, slow burn, WIP)

5B)

Arrayed by FirefliesNLightningBugs (M, 5k, wangxian, angst w/ happy ending, LSZ found by LXC, LSZ keeps his memories, alive JYL & JZX, canon temporary character death, WIP)

The Ghost in Our Hearts. by JaenysBloodcourt (T, 13k, NMJ/WWX, NMJ/LWJ, future NMJ/WWX/LWJ, soulmates, soulmarks, soul bond, angst w/ happy ending)

Lotus Remix by TheAdelaideParade (G, 8k, wangxian, canon divergence, hurt/comfort, slow burn, WIP)

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6. Any fics with face blind wei wuxian? Or where his poor memory is specifically a side effect of something else (whether it be due to trauma, his cultivation type, poor nutrition, childhood experiences, an injury, a curse, etc. )

Twitter fic by nyanxian (amnesiac WWX, head injury), also in AO3 as podfic + text (T, modern, social media, pining, podfic 5-6H)

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7. Hi, thanks for your post and fic finders, i love it!. I was wondering if you may know any fic where some Lan (LQR or LXC) and WWX are friends before his relationship with LWJ . Thank you!Hope you and your family stay safe.

Cartwheels In Cloud Recesses by ShanaStoryteller (not rated, 24k, wangxian, series in progress)

CSI: Gusu Edition by Stratisphyre (M, 39k, wangxian, 3 works, series in progress)

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8. Hi! I would like to know if there is any fic where WWX has a twin/sibling? But real siblings, like CSSR and WCZ had more children? Or probably some kimd of deaging/time travel that ends with two young WWX? It would be interesting to see how they deal with everything if there's two of them... (Probably just created my own outline)

MingYu by Fino_Al_Cielo (T, 87k, LWJ & WWX, YLLZ WWX, time travel, fix-it of sorts, 2 x WWXs, PTSD, depression, trauma, slow burn, mind all the tags!, WIP)

worm moon by serein (E, 103k, JC/WWX/LWJ, post-canon, mystery, 2 x WWXs, angst, humor, grief/mourning, PTSD, identity issues, doppelganger)

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9. Do you have any fics that has sick wy where be only have a fee months/years to live? Thanks

anamnesis by lao_you_tiao (T, 5k, wangxian, modern, dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, implied character death, angst, feels, bittersweet)

Entropy by mondengel (Not rated, 1k, wangxian, angst, major character death)

Obvious Progression by Gammarays (M, 21k, wangxian, major character death, modern, childhood friends to lovers, chronic illness, cancer, fabry disease, artist WWX, medical procedures, sick WWX, sick LWJ, angst, hurt/comfort, surgery)

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10. Hi!!! I’m in the mood for bartender!wwx and/or bartender!lwj :) One shots, multi chapters, anything, everything, pls and thank you <3

❤️ together, we’re just enough by lulu_kitty (E, 134k, wangxian, modern, age difference, slow burn, bartender LWJ, single dad WWX, fluff, yearning, bottom LWJ)

i know who i want to take me home by ScarlettStorm (E, 16k, wangxian, modern, bartender WWX, drunk LWJ, caretaking, meet-cute, fluff, comedy, smut, minor angst)

A Lot's Gonna Change by etymologyplayground (T, 5k, wangxian, modern, meet-cute, weddings, humor, banter, slow dancing)

Give me a reason to stay here by danegen (E, 37k, wangxian, modern, bartender WWX, professor LWJ, set in america)

A Suitcase and a Long Red Bottle of Wine by Sunny73 (T, 4k, wangxian, fluff & humor, angst, awkward flirting, bartender WWX, pining, demisexual WWX)

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11. hi! asking for your next in the mood post. can i have any fic recs where A) lwj and wwx fall in love and there really isn't much angst or anything. just want pure fluff where they meet and fall in love, no pining or anything. Maybe something like We Get To Have This from ImTaakofromTV and B) there is specific reference to wwx being very hard to anger and he's angry for a reason and him just being a total bamf. does this make any sense? any help would be appreciated thank you!

11A)

💖sweet chaos by eachandeverydimension (G, 86k, wangxian, arranged marriage, different first meeting, falling in love, getting together, lwj in lotus pier, Chinese culture)

11B)

Four Parts Honey and One Part Vinegar by masked (T, 13k, wangxian, post-canon, 5+1, Mojo’s post)

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12. For in a mood for a fic: Are there anymore fics where it's set in Cloud Recesses Study Arc and WWX either gets wounded, shows any vulnerabilities or trauma (just WWX whump in general) and WWX just laughs it off making LWJ and LQR see WWX in a different light? I really want to read fics where LWJ and LQR would treat WWX as normal person and not just a troublemaker (or for LQR's case, CSSR's spawn). Protective Lans would be great as well, and I don't mind if it's not Jiang Friendly. Thank you for your time. ^^

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13. Hi, do you know of any fics where LBH, HC, and WWX are siblings? It’s getting harder and harder for me to find some. Thank you!

Siblings by Fireefloweer (E, 51k, LBH/SQQ, Hualian, Wangxian, fluff & angst, pining, canon divergence, violence, WIP)

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14. helloooo!!! any (good) new fics where lwj leaves the lan sect, becomes a rogue cultivator after wwx’s death or something like that?

From the beyond series by apathyinreverie (T, 11k, wangxian, LWJ & LSZ, LWJ leaves the cultivation world, cultivation world critical, BAMF LWJ, fix-it of sorts, fluff & angst, ghost WWX)

Xian-gege and A-Yuan series by HeloSoph (M, 17k, WWX & LSZ, wangxian, post-first siege of BM, not cultivation world friendly, not JC & NMJ & JGS & LQR friendly, golden core fix-it, truth revealed, petty LWJ, hopeful ending)

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15. I'm in the mood for a fic where LWJ gets overwhelmed by his duties as Chief Cultivator. Burnout, to put it into modern terms. (I'd especially love long, drawn out ones where all the people who love and know him are traveling/in seclusion and it goes on for far too long because stubborness, but short and sweet with emphasis on the comfort is also great!) Basically, I want LWJ to suffer and then be cared for. Thank you!

brighter than the sun by qinghe (ocheeva) (E, 21k, wangxian, post-canon, hurt/comfort, bottom LWJ, autistic LWJ, sensory overload)

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16. In the mood for fics that showcase WangXian's friendship. Just them doing stuffs for each other, without the context of romance. Its hard to explain, but something that shows the effort put in making their relationship work and thrive. @aeszdjie​

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17. Hii!!! I want to thank you so much for finding a fic for me awhile back. You helped me out so much. I was wondering if you could recommend a fic similar to Hanguang-jun’s Husband - where pre-death wwx meets post-canon wwx in mxy body 

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18. Hello! I was wondering if you had any fic recs for smth where wwx DID take Xue Yang in as a disciple, for better or worse? Just craving some shifu/shizun wwx tbh... Thank you!

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19. dunno if you answered this before, but got any good fics where lan wangji stands up to Madam Yu and Jiang Fengmian on Wei Yings behalf? Both the polite diplomatic way and the full on "your parenting sucks" way? i'm kind of a sucker for those haha

To have and to hold by Moominmammashandbag (M, 78k, wangxian, angst w/ happy ending, major character injury, mind the tags)

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20. Any wangxian bodyswap fics?

come home to my heart by occultings (mishcollin) (M, 30k, wangxian, body swap, mutual pining, slow burn, confessions, getting together, Mojo’s post)

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If you didn’t get an answer to your ask here, don’t forget to make use of @mdzs-kinkmemeand MDZS KINK MEMEon Dreamwidth.  Authors actually do use them for ideas. You may get what you order!   ***Your prompt doesn’t have to be kink!  Fluff, crack, whatever - it’s all good!***

[kiriel123]

Fic recs for MDZS/The Untamed

under my red-valve heart by TooSel

WLW Modern AU lwj grows up knowing who she is and what she wants. A lovely look at lwj from child to adult, and how she becomes more comfortable in herself and, eventually, gets the girl of her dreams

your grave, a garden; a barrow, your bed by twinagonies

WLW Alternate Canon to ensure peace, the dastardly yllz takes the honorable hgj as a hostage into the Burial Mounds. Lwj is a very willing hostage and participant in some very hot dual cultivation to bring the Burial Mounds back to life

some life yet unspent by Fahye

Modern Spy AU lwj is a field agent and wwx is his handler. Lwj’s love language is returning all his gadgets in perfect condition, and they are the ultimate spy team. A really fun Bond-style romp!

Gold Rush by lazulink

A/B/O Alternate Canon lwj collapses in the Burial Mounds overcome with resentful energy, and wwx rescues him out of the goodness of his heart, and feeds him milk right from his own chest. Hilarious and hot, if lactation kink is your thing

i glow pink, blossoming over you

WLW Modern Cherry Magic AU wwx turns thirty, still a virgin, and hears people’s thoughts on physical contact. But she just can’t seem to stop touching lwj and being hit by horny fantasy after fantasy. Super cute and sexy with beautiful art embedded

(im)patience by starknjarvis

Modern AU wwx isn’t allowed to come until lwj gives him permission. He has a very long week of no permission and lots of sex. Tasty and delicious

with you by silverclaw

Modern AU lwj is a prince and wwx is his devoted body guard. But not even the royal class difference can stop their love. Very sweet, lwj’s devotion is, as always, overwhelming

haven | 一片容身之地 by auberjing

Historical AU county magistrate lwj is sent to oversee a village, and beats down the yllz’s gang for harassing the villagers. Unfortunately, after yllz’s men are incapacitated, the real bandits attack with no one to thwart them. Lwj takes his punishment (sexually) as he works with yllz to recapture what was lost. Smutty and fun!

Letterless by diamondbruise

Alternate canon after dragonji helps a wounded foxxian, foxxian, out of the goodness of his heart, repays dragonji by stealing all his proposal letters, so dragonji will need to meet his prospective spouses in person before rejecting them. So funny and cute

take me in your arms and make me by yesmissjane

Modern AU with Cultivation delivery boy wwx crashes right into single dad lwj’s body and his heart. Featuring matchmaker lxc, romantic student oyzz, and 5 accidental on purpose meetups. Very cute and sweet

[allmydokkuns]

Couple things that'd be fun in MDZS modern AU where everyone lives:

Nie Mingjue & Song Lan friendship

Lan Xichen & Xiao Xingchen friendship

Da-ge and his Murder Didi™ collection (NHS, MY, XY, MXY? Wangji isn't quite edgy/goth enough to fit neatly into the group aesthetically but knowing NHS for as long as he has qualifies him as an honorary member. He and MY are the token "preppy looking pretty boys" from a distance. I repeat. From a distance.)

"You like Mianmian, right?" except the misunderstanding here is abt LWJ and A-Qing, XY's adopted meimei and the baby of the Murder Didi Collection. Don't ask if her legal guardian is NMJ or XXC & SL, you won't get a straight answer from anyone :-) OR EVEN BETTER someone thinks LWJ is into MY bc MY exudes a similar enough vibe to both da-ge and er-ge and you get The Face from both of them at once.

There's an ongoing money pool in the Collective (Murder Didi Collection + Gorgeous Gege Gang) that's a holdover from harder financial times. It used to be used for things like shoes and winter clothes but now it's more for things like ordering pizza for movie nights or planning road trips. Song Lan and Meng Yao are the keepers of the vault/records.

Lan Qiren's single dad energy except it's a response to Xichen and Wangji very timidly asking permission for a wider and wider range of friends to come over, stay over with, tutor, etc as they grow older. He doesn't notice some of the very blatant flirtation he gets as a result bc he spends almost all his emotional energy on checking in on his not-nephews/not-nieces. He's a DILF but he doesn't even know it fffff

[jalpari-spouts]

imagine me and you [mdzs fic]

Fandom: Mo Dao Zu Shi, Chen Qing Ling

Relationship: WangXian

Other Characters: A-Yuan, Jingyi

Premise: Single dad Wei Ying brings the apple of his eye, A-Yuan, to the shelter to adopt a bunny. Little did he know, he would find much more than a pet rabbit.

Tags: Modern AU, Single Dad Wei Wuxian, Meet Cute

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/38177719

Preview:

“Alright, A-Yuan,” Wei Wuxian knelt in front of his son and looked him in the eye. A-Yuan straightened up immediately, recognizing his baba’s serious voice. “Remember what I told you, okay?” Wei Wuxian tapped on A-Yuan’s nose. “Listen to the caretaker when you handle the bunnies so you don't hurt them. And once you’ve found the one you want to bring home-” “Listen to all the instructions carefully so I know how to take care of the bunny!” A-Yuan grinned and nodded. “Yes,” Wei Wuxian chuckled and ruffled the boy’s hair, “and if we don't find one today, don't be disappointed…we will keep looking,” he smiled kindly and poked his son’s plump cheek. “I can’t wait, baba!” A-Yuan held Wei Wuxian’s hand as his father stood up once again and opened the door to the shelter. “I want to adopt a bunny just like you adopted me!” He skipped into the establishment eagerly.

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MDZS fics i treasure (3)

parts 1, 2

Bet Your Heart by Vamillepudding

[general, lan wangji/wei wuxian, 14k, completed]

wwx decides to seduce lxc during his stay in gusu. spoiler alert, he seduces the wrong brother. this one definitely made it into my favourite humour fics, it’s lighthearted with the usual mutual pining and some hurt/comfort with an ALMOST bed sharing (you’ll see what i mean). the line that got me cackling over this was “i’ve taken a vow of abstinence”, ugh this fic is just so cute

cloudy autumn heaps the sky by anatheme

[teen and up, lan wangji/wei wuxian, 23k, completed]

DRAGON LWJ AND FOX WWX. GEGE WWX. SCREAMS. oh my god i just read this today and i am in love. this one veers towards fantasy, but the world building isn’t as different as the one in mdzs, there’s just some little additions and they’re well integrated. their first meeting is on the cloud recesses rooftop and they still have a sword fight i’m crying. ugh just strangers to friends to lovers gege wwx and didi lwj, with wwx spoiling lwj, lots of bed sharing and hints of arranged marriage? this baby’s got it all. GO READ.

Covered in Bees by ScarlettStorm

[teen and up, lan wangji/wei wuxian, 8k, completed]

modern beekeeping wangxian au. yes you read that right. bees. THIS IS SO ADORABLE AND FLUFFY, i love meet-cute fics so much and this one’s a fresh take on it. it’s just wwx being cute with all his questions about the bees and lwj indulging him. lots of flirting with bee puns and facts, i really enjoyed this !!

How a Pediatrician Likes His Eggs by yeolinski

[mature, lan wangji/wei wuxian, 7k, completed]

modern wangxian and their hospital shenanigans. i absolutely adore this, it’s so fluffy and the meet-ugly is one of a kind: pediatrician lwj keeps parking his car in head of surgical team wwx’s spot for three weeks and wwx is over it and keys lwj’s car. my favourite part is lwj keeping wwx’s a** p****** (READ THE FIC TO FIGURE OUT THE ASTERISKS)

Lynchpin by @shanastoryteller

[not rated, lan wangji/wei wuxian, 103k, completed]

reader, i am going to marry this fic. this is definitely my favourite time travel fix it fic. IT IS AMAZING. this is written in jiang cheng’s pov and i find that it addresses a lot of our what-ifs: “what if jc knew wwx gave him his core?”, “what if jc and yanli were more assertive towards protecting wwx during the sunshot campaign?”, “what if wangxian realized their feelings earlier?” this fic is an honest to god GEM, it’s just jiang cheng fixing everything through the power of brotherly love and i am sobbing because guys, the three of them really did stay together. just do yourself a favour and read it, also, nie mingjue is everyone’s da-ge confirmed

Children of the River by Achromos

[mature, lan xichen/jiang wanyin, 83k, completed]

xicheng is one of my favourite side ships and this fic is such a slow burn, i highly recommend it ! xichen emerges from seclusion and finds out yunmeng jiang is no longer one of the four greatest sects so xichen decides to help jiang cheng to distract himself from his grief. the found family feels is so good in this one and i find that there’s not enough lan xichen healing fics so i was happy to discover this one

It’s easier to let me go (let me hold you) by Iamthedarkoverlord

[mature, lan xichen/jiang wanyin, lan wangji/wei wuxian, 24k, complete]

this one is so, so heavy. like make you cry heavy and also lots of hurt/comfort. this fic is jiang cheng focused and deals with suicidal thoughts, there is a *suicide attempt* so please be careful reading this. my thoughts? jiang cheng needs to be wrapped in blankets and hugged very, very tightly. the ending is also very hopeful but i guarantee that the other chapters will make you sob

no certainty of doors between us by betts

[teen and up, lan wangji/wei wuxian, 6k, completed]

wangxian are roommates, lwj thinks he despises wwx, keyword: thinks (he’s in love with him but we already know that). i’m such a sucker for roommates fic i will devour any fic with this trope oh and add in some clothes sharing, bed sharing, one-sided enemies to lovers (from lwj’s pov), and lots of hugging... well, i’m sold. also that one scene where lwj’s trying to ask wwx what’s wrong oh my god i love it so much i can relate so hard and when lwj buys chili oil for wwx *sigh* domesticity at its finest

Oh, The Weather Outside is Frightful by feenwitch

[explicit, lan wangji/wei wuxian, 21k, completed]

because it’s winter, i present to you, snowboarders wangxian !!! of course, it’s enemies to lovers i mean what did you expect from me? this centers around coaches wangxian getting together while herding the juniors around in the snow and you can’t forget the classic *drum roll* getting stuck together in a cabin and it’s so cold that they just have to huddle together for warmth, also olympic winner lwj ! i always find myself re-reading this one, it’s so fluffy

paint smears on sunny days by SnowshadowAO3

[explicit, lan wangji/wei wuxian, 53k, completed]

MODERN SINGLE DAD LWJ WITH ART TEACHER WWX? I AM SOLD. or in which dadji accidentally co-parents with a-yuan’s art teacher. the result is me melting, this is the softest thing ever, even the way they pine in this one is the softest. wwx paints lwj + a-yuan a bunny picture, lwj composes wangxian for wwx, there’s also some making out in an art gallery. if you’re looking for a comfort fic, this would be the perfect one

the recluse at the end of the moonlit path by b_ofdale

[teen and up, lan wangji/wei wuxian, 28k, completed]

what if wwx dies of old age after post-canon and gets reincarnated in the modern world? you get this fic. immortal lwj just waiting for his lover to return after all of these years... give me the tissues already damn. also photographer wwx hello? and lwj builds him a dark room? LWJ IS ALWAYS BESOTTED NO MATTER THE TIMELINE.