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wishful thinking

Summary:

An incomplete list of things LXC daydreamed about while holed up somewhere in occupied Yunmeng, hiding from the Wen, with nothing better to do. It's the most unstable and terrifying experience of his life but at least his rescuer is life-changingly hot

This is technically MDZS vignettes, but it is rather tonally different from the other stuff I have/intend to put in there, so it's staying on its own. It is, however, quite similar in intent

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(See the end of the work for notes.)

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He has a lot of time to daydream while he heals, and even afterward, useless as he is right now. The fantasies go, roughly, like this:

  • Kissing Meng Yao under the moonlight. Obviously
  • Calling him a-Yao. Also obviously
  • Showing Meng Yao around a fine and normal Cloud Recesses
  • Someone from the Cloud Recesses showing up and LXC introducing them to his wonderful rescuer
  • Nie Mingjue showing up and LXC introducing him to his wonderful rescuer
  • Mentally replaying the time Meng Yao held his hand for 37 full seconds and the expression MY was wearing about being allowed to
  • Meng Yao holding his hand forever maybe?
  • Meng Yao's lips have been a bit dry with the cold lately and he licked them the other day and LXC has been thinking since about what would happen if he'd been like Hhey can I t;ake care o fthat for yuo
  • "Meng-gongzi, I... I've never been at someone's mercy like this before..." "Don't worry. I'll be gentle ^_^"
  • Meng Yao's beautiful dazzling mind means he manages to get some vital information abt the Wen troop movements and this wins them the war and he's legitimized and it's awesome and some idiot says MY would be nothing without LXC's vouch and LXC goes You have it the wrong way around... I would be nothing without him 💗 and then the entire bus claps and cheers for MY yayyyy ☺️
  • Hearing out Meng Yao's miseries and reassuring him and holding him gently. Meng Yao of course tries to bear it alone and with grace but Lan Xichen is honored to hear out Meng Yao's woes and be of any sort of help he can... 🥺
  • "Ah... you've... found a conveniently remote and/or insulated space that one could theoretically play a musical instrument in without alerting unwanted attention...? Would Meng-gongzi mind terribly if Xichen played a song for him....? :looks at you with my sopping wet romantic eyes:..."
  • Seeing Meng Yao's wrists
  • Seeing Meng Yao's collarbones
  • Seeing Meng Yao's... well... let's just say...
  • "[coughs weakly] Please, Meng-gongzi... it isn't your fault... it's only by your kindness I survived as long as I did... Meng-gongzi, the qiankun bags in my effects are the remains of the Cloud Recesses library... you must return them to Gusu when it is safe... tell my didi... tell Wangji I believe in him and I'm sorry..."
  • Actually saying something abt the Cloud Recesses and how fucked up scared he is right now and having Meng Yao actually comfort him. Which is of course the most shameful daydream of all.
  • "Meng-gongzi, with such news of the Cloud Recesses... I... I'm afraid I have nothing to repay your kindness with... whatever shall I do... all I can offer you to settle my debt is..... my body.........."
  • Just straight up unvarnished contextless sex. It's been a minute and he is tired and miserable and scared and horny they can't all have plots

Notes:

A lot of this tracks/is formatted/reads like jokes but I have serious reasonings for pretty much all of these. Look at his damn circumstances. Genuinely the life changing crush was inevitable

And like . Idk I think he isn't usually As Active a daydreamer when he has a job etc – see how a lot of especially the more plot daydreams are abt like materially good outcomes that he would in other circumstances be pursuing – so a lot of this is so prevalent specifically bc he's pretty much unable to do that and he's freaking out and calming himself down. Much to consider.

If you would like to add, contest, or discuss any of these pleeeeease hmu in the comments or on Tumblr at will lmao