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[laughitoff]

[ah, they never made it to speaking of that]

So you did.

[strikingchords]

After Jin Zixuan's death.

The Wens said they had come themselves. How did they convince you?

[laughitoff]

[the quiet stretches...]





They did not.

[strikingchords]

[...nods, as if that confirmed something he expected...]

I had wondered.

[laughitoff]

I left to look for them as soon as I could move. It was too late, of course.

[strikingchords]

[squeezes his hand D|]

[laughitoff]

[he's quiet, again.]

[strikingchords]

Do not wish to be hurt for you. Do not wish you to be hurt for me.

I want to stay.

[laughitoff]

...well, we're here.

[strikingchords]

[squeezes his hand again, quiet.]

[laughitoff]

[slumps back in the water some, until it's past his chin]

[strikingchords]

[yeah, that's fine. sitting in quiet is fine.

how long does Wei Wuxian stay there...?]

[laughitoff]

[A WHILE...]

[strikingchords]

[at some point, if he doesn't resist, Lan Wangji tugs him against his shoulder a bit and pets his ears again.

it's not more uncomfortable, at least, if they have to hold hands anyway.]

[laughitoff]

[sighs, a tired little sound, and turns his face into Lan Wangji's shoulder]

[strikingchords]

[his heart is hammering again.

pauses for just a moment, then goes back to petting, steady. his heartbeat eases.]

[laughitoff]

[he stays quiet, and still, as un-Wei Wuxian-like behavior as has ever indicated that not all is right with him...]

[strikingchords]

[he wants to comfort him somehow, and he can't even say "it wasn't your fault"; it was as much Wei Wuxian's fault as it wasn't. the things that were out of his control won't help to hear about. what he's grieving is his inability to control all of it; that he made an impossible bid to put everything he could see in front of him under his protection, and failed it.

Lan Wangji can relate.




starts humming to him, after a while]

[laughitoff]

[his ears slant back, a faintly relaxing gesture instead of a tensing one]

[strikingchords]

[shhh. shhh.

the tune is familiar.]

[laughitoff]

[maybe he will just drift awhile.]

[strikingchords]

[that's fine...

he's not disturbed.

Lan Wangji has relaxed pretty comprehensively too after that while, to be honest. it's not that Wei Wuxian's and his grief are the same, but it's closer than anyone else's here, he thinks.]

[laughitoff]

[softly]

I'm tired, ah.

[strikingchords]

...

[no louder]

Yes.

[laughitoff]

Is it cheating if we just rest for the rest of the day...?