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[strikingchords]

[he's just walking over to turn the lights off and set up a stick of incense in a makeshift stand...]

[laughitoff]

[the eye closes again.

this is very soft and warm.]

[strikingchords]

[yeah. he'll light the incense with a match before returning to the bed.

the fox is gently lowered to the mattress for a couple moments; there's a rustle of cloth...]

[laughitoff]

[slits an eye open one more time, peeping in complaint at being put down]

[strikingchords]

[he's just folding his discarded outer robes! sits on the edge of the bed again.]

It is late.

[it's like 8:50 but that's just Lan Wangji details.]

...

Will you stay?

[laughitoff]

[yawns expressively at him, eye shutting one more time]

[strikingchords]

[hums assent again and... picks the fox up so he can shift into his blankets...]

[laughitoff]

[it does stupid bunny airpaws.]

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[it's going to naturally end up curled on his chest like this. he's neither abetting this nor stopping it from happening.]

[laughitoff]

[this seems...fine?

they can feel each other breathing. the fox makes biscuits on him, a little]

[strikingchords]

[does another patient careful waiting period, not taking it for granted that this is all right, but when the fox doesn't move or indicate discontent, he'll gently start petting it again.]

[laughitoff]

[makes a soft rrrrr noise under his hand, somewhere between a growl and a squeak and a purr...]

[strikingchords]

[softly, in the near-dark]

It is all right.

[laughitoff]

[it licks his palm, settles again...]

[strikingchords]

[Lan Wangji scritches it patiently until he falls asleep with his hand on its ears

I don't know if it stayed awake for that but if it did, now is its time to do whatever it likes about it]

[laughitoff]

[NO SLEEPING IS FINE ACTUALLY]

[strikingchords]

[oh good '-'

does Lan Wangji starting to stir at 5 am wake it up...?]

[laughitoff]

[a bit! huffy little whine]

[strikingchords]

[there's no Lan Wangji for a little bit :(

but then... someone sits back on the bed, thigh warm against the fox's side, and starts gently petting his ears again, oh no]

[laughitoff]

[heaves a deep sigh and stretches out along that warmth, very relaxed and sleepy]

[strikingchords]

[no he's precious D8

Lan Wangji keeps petting him for a bit, and then Wei Wuxian feels a gentle, familiar-unfamiliar tug on the fur between his ears, something that's not fingers pressing down...

(he's had his hair brushed by Lan Wangji before, but it's not exactly an expected experience, and only as a human.)]

[laughitoff]

[whines and wiggles away from it a little along the mattress...]

[strikingchords]

[pauses and doesn't move or chase after him with the brush, hand still on the back of his neck. softly:]

No?

[laughitoff]

[slits an eye open and looks up at him, adorably considering]

[strikingchords]

[it's hard to see much in the dim light! Lan Wangji is frozen, waiting, not quite meeting his gaze; he hadn't thought it'd be something at all objectionable or he wouldn't have tried it...]