Summary: He stares at HuaiSang, incredulous “If Second Jade wanted to drift with me, he would have done it when I asked him five years ago.”
“People change, Wei Ying.” Lan fucking WangJi’s voice sounds from behind him.
Pacific Rim AU.
Kay's comments: Loved this Pacific Rim AU! In which Jiang Cheng is no longer allowed to pilot a Jaeger and so, Wei Ying has to look for a new partner. Enter: Lan Zhan, who he knows he's drift-compatible with, but who didn't want to drift with him the last time they had seen each other. Very cute and I like the glimpses into Wangxian's past.
Excerpt: From the front of the room, Marshal Nie looks ready to skewer him alive, so Wei Ying plasters on his best smile and turns around instead of bolting right the fuck out of there.
“Lan Zhan!” He notes that the other somehow learned to emote even less with his face since they last met two years ago. “It’s been a while!”
“Indeed.” Lan Zhan says, bows slightly to him like he did back then, and walks away as if he didn't just use five words to leave Wei Ying with enough shit to process for a year.
“You better put together another fucking list.” He hisses to HuaiSang before grabbing a bo staff.
pov wei wuxian, modern setting, modern no powers, pacific rim fusion, jaeger pilots, drift compatibility, developing relationship, getting together, love confessions, fluff
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I took this prompt so literally but also wanted to be sad about Covenant and Blooming, with a bonus Polyphony. I definitely want to finish this one sometime and paint all those water effects!!
Trio "Susanna, or via, sortite" from The Marriage of Figaro by W. A. Mozart
The countess is hiding her twink lover in the closet. Her husband demands the door be opened but she refuses and claims that it's only hair maid Susanna in there.
The world needs more operas about the struggles of being a cougar.
I love to troll through the bookmarks of those who jumped into the fandom early. Polyphony often shows up on rec lists for A Goose Quill Dipped in Venom, an AU in which Sherlock is a consulting detective investigating the murder of one John Watson. HIGHLY recommended.
However, the story I'm reccing today is The Iceman Cometh (M), and it's an absolute corker. The characters are pitch perfect, the plot is riveting, and the payoff, after 60k words, is utterly satisfying. Intriguing, wrenching, moving.
Get yourself a mug of tea, a handful of biscuits, and settle in.
wow this is some long overdue fanart for this first GLORIOUSLY angsty piece here! @eve-of-halloween cooks up the finest of angst >:]
The first thing Nexobyte learned that day was what it truly means to be the one to call the shots—more importantly that when those same shots blow up in your face, no one is untouchable.
Blasters and bullets don’t care how much you love your family.
In the moment where Nex thought that the world would just collapse from having to chose between his post and his Carrier, Panzer took the mantle of lead defense.
The second thing Nex learned in real-time that day was why his pacifist Sire had always steered clear from battles.
Autobot armor is a beast to pick from the maw.
ANGST. in conclusion: Nex can’t catch a break and hehehe hohoho hmmmhmh big monster
ww, Polyphony lives!!!
Actually even better—I’m positive they are actually having the time of their life after all this drama. drugged out w hefty painkillers, held in beefy arms, AND they just checked off living that bucket list fantasy of a handsome casanova tearing world apart for them <3 gdi Panzer HUSBAND OF THE YEAR