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[strikingchords]

[IT'S SUCH A SHORT JUMP HOW IS IT LIKE THIS

SWOOPS IN AND SCOOPS HIM]

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[he's very little and very unbalanced by all the tails, it's easy to fuck up :(

he doesn't struggle like the human Wei Wuxian would, though, just shivers all over when he's caught and stares at Lan Wangji with big eyes]

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[as soon as he got the little fox cuddled in securely against his chest and remembered himself he loosened his grip, anyway; it could wiggle free if it panicked]

Are you all right?

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[peep...

he's not moving]

[strikingchords]

[...

waits to see if that state of affairs changes...

he's notably not trying to encourage it to. just quiet, like he's letting this "fox being held like a baby" situation settle however it's going to]

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[Wei Wuxian appears to have settled into 'it's comfortable here'...?]

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[all right. scritches between the big stupid ears a little, once it becomes clear that the fox is not leaving and Lan Wangji is not going to make it]

Hm.

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[squeaky little purr '-']

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You are weary.

[soft, soft petting]

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[the dumb little purr gets louder...]

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[sighs and just... stays like that for a while...

he seems pretty relaxed, for Lan Wangji. his breathing and heartbeat are deep and even. his eyes are half closed. maybe petting foxes is good for his blood pressure.

...

when he does eventually get up, he doesn't actually put the fox down, just settles it in the crook of his arm and rises slowly]

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[there are so many tails bundled against Lan Wangji's chest!

the fox's eyes have definitely closed, though one slides open when Lan Wangji rises]

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

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[the eye closes again.

this is very soft and warm.]

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[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...]

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

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[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?

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[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...]

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[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.]

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[this seems...fine?

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

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[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.]

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[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.