time for an h/c comment fest!

[xparrot]

The last couple of days have been rough on my writing (for dumb annoying reasons, why don't we come installed with a "will not be bothered by this thing" button?)

So! In the hopes of getting me to write something, and because this is what I'm feeling most wobbly about: it's time for hurt/comfort comment-fic!

Leave me a prompt/request for h/c, any hurt or any comfort, short or long as you want -- if it's character-specific, Guardian WeiLan please, that's all I'm in the mood to write; if that's not your thing then please leave a more general prompt! I don't promise to write anything (nor do I promise to write an actual commentfic and not some 10K-word monster, knowing me) but I would love any inspiration.

And if one of the prompts happens to tickle your fancy, please post your own comment fic (art, etc!) here (any fandoms, any characters) -- the more h/c the merrier!


The fills! \o/
(as of Nov. 23)

The Sundial goes full Equivalent Exchange. by frith_in_thorns
aftermath of torture by xparrot
Shen Wei is having trouble focusing (and how!) by xparrot
Hypothermia and cuddling for warmth (or: Shen Wei Is The Least Reliable Narrator) by yue_ix
Shen Wei has a weird allergic reaction by frith_in_thorns
Nightmares (and knives) by xparrot
Shen Wei suddenly has the power to hear people's dreams by naye
Fanart: Scars by yue_ix
Comfort tea & hypothermia by marycrawford
Wings, the kind that stay inside until they tear their way out by frith_in_thorns
Scars (AU fic for yue_ix's art) by xparrot
Dragged away screaming by marycrawford
Shen Wei thinking he's minorly hurt, but it's actually a lot worse by wintersoldier77
Zhao Yunlan has a literal healing cock by xparrot
Shen Wei thinking he's only minorly hurt, take 2 by rlyqueer
winter has come by extrapenguin
Shen Wei accidentally (or not) ingests poison meant for Zhao Yunlan by xparrot
muffled screams by duckwhatduck
Like a snowglobe by frith_in_thorns

Comments

[xparrot]

Ahh, eee, waaaah *blushes and hides face*

--From a cut story snippet, ah of course! (which story out of curiosity, or is it not posted yet?) --also putting them in a separate doc is a clever idea. I always just stick my cut lines at the end of whatever doc they're in and then they mostly get forgotten...

Shen Wei using his powers in small personal ways is a headcanon I love for him, just, he's got all that power but the weight of its responsibility is so heavy for him, for him to just get a little selfish pleasure out of them is good for me (...for Shen Wei, of course, "selfish pleasure" is mostly doing nice things for Zhao Yunlan...)

but we can also see from the steels himself that it isn't easy for Shen Wei to hold back like that.

I tweaked that line trying to go for just this, so, yes, I'm very happy to know it came across!

And Shen Wei's POV, ahhh...that he can be brutally honest with himself and yet get so much completely wrong about himself too, ahhh, I love him too much for it! But Zhao Yunlan sees him truly anyway, even if Shen Wei can't always believe that, can't believe that he can be glowing good figure Zhao Yunlan sees.

And it helps me deal with the ending of the show - this is why he looks back.

Yessssssss I am sure of this. Because Shen Wei will always do what needs to be done, what it's his responsibility to do, and Zhao Yunlan knows this, it's one of the reasons he loves him...but Shen Wei does still have his own heart, and it does always wants...

(also I choose to believe this is all Shen Wei's pessimism anyway and they are actually in a proper timeline where they live!! and uh, yeah...I love the angst and knives but not-so-secretly I love happy endings even more, so... ^^;;;)

But thank you -- for the inspiring prompt and for this amazing comment (the repeated edits were so flattering, really, seeing you come back to this just made my morning!)

[xparrot]

Ahhh, Shen Wei using his powers for little personal things (for Zhao Yunlan, because doing things for Zhao Yunlan is also doing things for Shen Wei's own happiness!) is one of my favorite things, he deserves to get some joy out of them! And yeah, Shen Wei would save Zhao Yunlan from everything if he could, but then Zhao Yunlan would save him from everything, so it's only fair...

I hadn't given that much thought to Shen Wei's line about not dreaming, though it interests me...for now at least, this can be my headcanon for it! ("cowardice" though, oh Shen Wei...)

[xparrot]

Thank you, I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

[xparrot]

Ahhhh SHEN WEI WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS is the theme song of Guardian! (okay it's really a duet combined with the counterpoint of "ZHAO YUNLAN WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS")

Zhao Yunlan is going to be slightly on edge about brownouts or just flickering lights for some time after this, unless Shen Wei is like actually right there in front of him...

Re: out of focus (2/2)

[xparrot]

Heeeee -- the Dixing device is maybe the most contrived thing that I've ever come up with for a fic and, uhh, I kind of love it and want to play with it again ^^;; (so does Zhao Yunlan! Shen Wei, well, will have to see how he feels when he wakes up...)

Comedy is so hit-or-miss for me myself -- I have a lot of fun with it but it doesn't come to me on demand, just occasional bursts of inspiration! These guys have such a fun dynamic though, it moves it along.

(also heee that comedy is a rare thing for you -- so that One-Punch-Man masterpiece wasn't your default setting? ^^)

Re: out of focus (2/2)

[xparrot]

Heeee glad to...uh...kill you? (fic is weird! XD)

"Shen Wei's inner slut" HAH I love it! And yeah, I'm pretty sure there's a part of Shen Wei that's like that all the time, he's just...usually better at keeping a lid on it XD

...so how much would we have to crowd-fund to get Zhu Yilong and Bai Yu to shoot this for us, you think?

Re: out of focus (2/2)

[glymr]

It wasn't contrived, it was inspired! Hahaha, I could definitely see Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei having some fun with it in future stories. XD

(Oh goodness! *hides blushing face* Er, no? Not at all my default setting. XD But actually a good example of what I meant - that was such a ridiculous, over the top idea and I just had to go with it, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to write it. Thank you for the kind words - I don't know about 'masterpiece', though! ^=^; )

Fanart: Scars

[yue_ix]

[glymr]

Oooh, I hope you do someday! I think it would be lovely! Just, walking through Zhao Yunlan's dreams until he can start having his own again...*happy sigh* Yes!

Re: Fanart: Scars

[xparrot]

Ayyyyyyyyyyyiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Yunlaaaaaaaann!!! What happened to you?? Shen Wei you have to find your Kunlun fast, look what he gets into before you're there!! ;_;

--This is just a lovely sketch though, it's so expressive without even having an expression...but the cigarette and the bottle and the scars and just...Yunlan! ;_;

[yantantether]

I love them SO MUCH and your writing just perfectly shows everything that's brilliant, and brave, and loving and wonderful about them ;________;

Making sounds in the night...it could be dangerous
AAAUUUUGGHHHH bb Shen Wei.

"You can't take your blade to my dreams, you know."
Such a perfect line!

I would want your face to be the last thing I saw of this world; I would want your voice to be the last thing I heard."
I'm tearing up at this. Owowowowowwwwwww.

Re: 3/3

[yantantether]

This is so, so gorgeous and loving and sweetly domestic and basically everything my id ever wanted re Yunlan taking care of Shen Wei.

He looks slightly ashamed, as if it's somehow his fault he isn't being tormented by a smaller segment of the local population.
This is so sweet and on point - SHEN WEI!!

Apology wars between them have a tendency to escalate
Awwwwww perfect and so true to them <333333

"And anything I said about your butt. That wasn't weird either."
I! love! him!

Also the house buying stuff specifically hit me hard enough that there were tears, because YES they should have a lovely house together that's big enough for the two of them and Da Qing, and be happy there <3333 ;____;

[naye]

Chains.

Re: 3/3

[xparrot]

Waaah this is so ridiculously cute! I love that the hurt and comfort both switch between them, that Zhao Yunlan is insisting on taking care of Shen Wei but then Shen Wei is taking care of him. And Yunlan just taking his filter off because it's the way to get through the night, and also YES THEIR HOUSE!! which they will totally be getting!!

Plus the dream eater blade is cool, and Sang Zan figuring it out -- go librarians!

There is absolutely no good reason why Shen Wei should be asking that question, and lots of bad ones.

...Their lives...

If this is a vision, their future is looking terrifying.

THEIR LIVES!

He looks slightly ashamed, as if it's somehow his fault he isn't being tormented by a smaller segment of the local population.

This is such perfectly Shen Wei guilt...

Zhao Yunlan grabs Shen Wei by the upper arms - always a distracting prospect, because damn those muscles are just - but no.

Zhao Yunlan's train of thought through all of this is passing hilarious, even before he's saying it out loud, but especially when he gets distracted by Shen Wei's assets...

Shen Wei frowns, so - okay, maybe there's no food in the fridge. Or maybe he's listening to someone get eaten by giant spiders, because his face is looking really pale.

Haah, who can say!

Apology wars between them have a tendency to escalate, and redistributing blame to outside targets is a good way of dealing with it.

This is such a true thing and also awwww that they're finding solutions for it...I love in general the picture of their relationship and how it's developing!

"I'm worried about you, you know. If there's something, you'd tell me, right?"

Well. Shen Wei's silence is very telling, that's for sure.

Oh Shen Wei. Of course he can't impose...And Zhao Yunlan knowing what to say to get it out of him...

"It helps to listen to my voice?"

"I'm sorry," Shen Wei says, quietly. "It's unreasonable - it's going to last for ten hours, I couldn't possibly -"

Oh Shen Wei!! And Zhao Yunlan being able to make it better, just awwwwww...I love that Shen Wei doesn't absolutely need this, but Zhao Yunlan needs to make it better for him, so...

"Oh, lemon and ginger? You're making tea! And - honey, yeah. For your honey, of course. You are the sweetest thing to me."

OMG Zhao Yunlan. Filter off and hopeless sap is basically the first thing out of the gate, of course...


"What? You have a glorious ass, and just because I spent five minutes on it when you were cooking - "

"Ten," Shen Wei says.

And the second thing, of course...(how bright red were Shen Wei's ears turning for some of this...!)

"I love all the sounds you make for me," he says, and okay, that send a completely different kind of shiver down Zhao Yunlan's spine.

Meanwhile. Shen Wei just...ruining him. While he can't really take advantage and really, Shen Wei, have mercy!

that's not because he doesn't want to hear Zhao Yunlan humming the intros of his favorite childhood TV shows.

Heeee of course he would...and that is totally the thing one starts humming, when you have to hum something...(the reminder before of his mother though, ouch and aww...)

"You," Shen Wei says, "Are taking tomorrow off. To sleep."

And Shen Wei steps up to the caretaking plate...

"Please? It's so hard falling asleep without you?"

"You fall asleep everywhere," Shen Wei says.

"With you! The only reason you think that is that you see me fall asleep, and that's because you're there."

!!!! THIS IS TOO CUTE !!!!!

I'm sorry if I've said anything too weird?" he mumbles.

Shen Wei laughs softly. "You, Zhao Yunlan? Never."

And Shen Wei fondly teasing is the best for my heart, the best~~~ And then he tucks him into bed and is going to watch him sleep for a while (and maybe sleep himself, eventually, Shen Wei you should sleep too!) And then they can get up and start really house-hunting!

I still don't believe you did this whole thing in one day, heeee you are amazing! :D

Re: out of focus (2/2)

[marycrawford]

"I am dead" and/or "You're killing me" is the highest compliment I can bestow :D

...so how much would we have to crowd-fund to get Zhu Yilong and Bai Yu to shoot this for us, you think?

OH man, can you imagine, we would raise SO MUCH MONEY. Sooooo much thirsty fangirl money. I would be first in line to donate, for sure.

Re: Comfort!tea served by Zhao Yunlan

[marycrawford]

“I have a tea set, you know,” Zhao Yunlan says, and it sounds like a reproach. “A really nice one. And the tea to go with it. Lushan cloud tea, it smells like spring in the mountains.”

Shen Wei blinks into the dark, ice crystals falling off his lashes, and tries to remember. Were they talking about tea, before? He must have missed it. It feels like he missed more than that.

“I know you don’t think I know anything about food, that I only know far too much about alcohol, but—” Zhao Yunlan seems to be having an argument with him that he can’t remember starting. Or contributing to.

“I never said that,” Shen Wei croaks.

“Oh, there you are,” Zhao Yunlan says, and his voice is very soft. Closer than before. Warmer. “Shen Wei?”

“Zhao Yunlan,” Shen Wei says, more or less automatically, and then stops. “I can’t see anything.”

Zhao Yunlan chuckles. “Me either. My phone died about an hour ago, but it’s probably close to midnight. Don’t worry, we’ll make it to morning.”

That’s…not as reassuring as Zhao Yunlan probably meant it to be. “Where are we?”

Zhao Yunlan’s breathing is very slow, steady, and that helps. “Oh. We’re in an ice cave. Do you remember Li Xia, the suspect we were after? She raised an ice storm—you shielded us—”

Shen Wei tries to find his memories, but though ice storm sounds vaguely relevant, everything else is a blank. He tries to shake his head, then realizes. “You can’t see me,” he says, mournful.

“No, I can’t,” Zhao Yunlan agrees. “I wish I could.”

There’s something wrapped around Shen Wei, something that feels heavy, but he’s not sure what it is. It doesn’t hurt, so it probably isn’t chains. “Where are we?”

Zhao Yunlan’s breath hitches, then steadies again. “We’re in an ice cave. Does your head hurt?”

Shen Wei wants to shake his head again, but remembers just in time. “No, I don’t think so.” He tries to take stock of how he feels, but it’s difficult. He must have a body, but he can’t seem to locate any particulars about its wellbeing. “Are you—Zhao Yunlan, are you all right?”

“I’m fine,” Zhao Yunlan says, too fast for Shen Wei to feel reassured. “Can you please focus on yourself, for once? You need to stay awake, just to be safe. I can’t see you, and I can’t tell if you have a concussion, or if you’re just exhausted, or—”

Shen Wei tries to move his arm—he has an arm, that’s a positive, he might even have two—because the distress in Zhao Yunlan’s voice hurts, and he can’t listen to that and not respond. He reaches out into the darkness, or tries to, but his arm seems to be stuck inside something.

“Shen Wei?” Oh, that’s very close, almost as if Zhao Yunlan is talking right beside him. That is good. They shouldn’t be separated: everything is better when they’re not separated.

“Where are you?” Shen Wei asks, and the heavy weight around him tightens. Oh. “Is that you?”

“That’s me,” Zhao Yunlan confirms, and now Shen Wei can feel breath tickle his ear. “Do you need me to move, or—”

“No,” Shen Wei says. That’s one question he can answer. “I—I like to know where you are.’

“I like that, too,” Zhao Yunlan says, and his voice is so soft, and Shen Wei can feel his eyes close, can feel himself drift peacefully away—

“No, that’s not allowed,” Zhao Yunlan tells him, firm, and it feels like something unpleasant is happening. Is the ground shaking? “Shen Wei. Stay here. I’m not done talking to you.”

Oh, of course. “Please continue,” Shen Wei says politely.

Zhao Yunlan makes a sound in the back of his throat. “Right. So. Do you want me to tell you where we are, and what happened, or would you like me to keep talking about everything that’s inside my kitchen cupboards? I don’t mind.”

Shen Wei tries to keep track of so many things at once, like where his feet are, and how many arms he currently has, but anything Zhao Yunlan asks him will always have precedence. Anything he says is important, especially the things he doesn’t say. “You were talking about tea,” he says. “You must be thirsty. I’m sorry I can’t make you any—”

Zhao Yunlan interrupts him. “No, that’s all right. I promised to make you some good tea, do you remember? When we met? And I never did. So let me tell you all about it, because I’m going to do that, when we get back.”

Shen Wei hums a little, because it sounds nice. “You own tea? Not—teabags?” He really didn’t mean to sound so doubtful.

Zhao Yunlan chuckles. “I do. I just haven’t had time to unpack it yet. We never have time to do all the things we want…” He sighs a little. “I went to that little tea store under the museum, the one with all the tea pots in the window, you remember? And I asked them what to buy for a very discerning connoisseur, what kind of tea would make a good gift—are you listening?”

Shen Wei hums, again. He isn’t sure who this elevated personage is that Zhao Yunlan was buying tea for, maybe some connection of his father’s? But he could listen to him talk in that warm, soft voice forever. And it might be his imagination, but everything else around him, everything inside him feels a little warmer, too.

[marycrawford]

I combined the "snow" prompt with "comfort tea" even if there isn't any actual tea because I'm the worst -- here!

Re: Fanart: Scars

[naye]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Well this is both gorgeous and a knife to the feels! Wow. WOW!! I love the composition of this - that we can't see Zhao Yunlan's face, but that his face (well, the cigarette lighter) is where all the light in the image is coming from.

And there are so many stories in his skin...! Owww. Each and every one of those scars look painful - and he's got some fresh ones, too? His wrist is bandaged (WHY?), and his fingers have bandaids on them. He is someone who hurts, a lot. And maybe someone who has hurt, too.

Then there is the bottle...! AHH. ZHAO YUNLAN. NO. ;___; (Though it feels like it'll get better, because if he's smoking now it's before Shen Wei? And then Shen Wei will come! Yes. And things will get better. YES. This is absolutely not after Shen Wei because my heart could not take that..)

Re: Fanart: Scars

[trobadora]

OHHHHH this is gorgeous! The scars, and the smoke, and the bottle, and everything - it says so much. Poor, Zhao Yunlan, he really needs a Shen Wei. ♥

Re: Comfort!tea served by Zhao Yunlan

[naye]

OH WOW this fic just came to my house and gave me a hug???

I LOVE IT SO MUUUUCH. I am a little emotional? OH. This Shen Wei POV - how he's not sure of anything, including where they are or why Zhao Yunlan is talking or how many arms he has, but oh. He knows he wants to be close to Zhao Yunlan, and he knows that he wants to know where Zhao Yunlan is, and he knows he wants to go make tea for him (even though he needs to get the whole...body not moving...situation sorted first) and he doesn't know who Zhao Yunlan could possibly have been buying such refined tea for.

Ajkldsgljsdkjfh SHEN WEI.

Also Zhao Yunlan!! With his calm patience even when he must be completely terrified, and taking care of Shen Wei the only way he can, and having gone to the special tea store to get Shen Wei a gift and then he didn't have time to unpack it hjfgslfhkdj NOOOO it's too soft?!?

I'm just. Wow. ♥

Re: Comfort!tea served by Zhao Yunlan

[xparrot]

Waaaaah this is just -- lovely, in that way it always feels guilty to say, but! Shen Wei is so confused and trying so hard to figure things out, and Zhao Yunlan is so concerned (about so many things) but is keeping it together so well...and he has tea!!

Shen Wei tries to keep track of so many things at once, like where his feet are, and how many arms he currently has, but anything Zhao Yunlan asks him will always have precedence. Anything he says is important, especially the things he doesn’t say.

This is painful and funny and so Shen Wei and just...I am not sure whether to ow or aww but. Yes!

They shouldn’t be separated: everything is better when they’re not separated.

YES THIS FOREVER ;___;

...and they're going to be rescued and then Zhao Yunlan can unpack that tea and make him a cup to warm him up!! ;_;

Re: 3/3

[naye]

I am so happy you think it's cute?! Honestly this was the most random fic and I'm delighted it's not just words but also a thing that's also working?

Sang Zan's research coming to the rescue - well they have that whole library! And Sang Zan spends all his time there and he's got (I am guessing, because that's what research shows from people who come from oral traditions) a very good memory so it's got to come in handy sometime?

Zhao Yunlan is so happy he can help Shen Wei? Even though he hates that Shen Wei is hurting in the first place. And Shen Wei eventually accepting his support - ahhh yes hello this is where I live. ♥

Re: 3/3

[naye]

OMG!!!! This comment!! I am sparkling!! ♥

I'm super happy to hear you like the whole premise, because I was laughing at my own failure to just get to the point, and making up such an elaborate backstory to set the stage when I could simply have jumped straight into the h/c! But yeah, having it be a limited-time thing made it slightly less dire (I was feeling fluffy?), and once they have both the "why is this happening" and "when will it stop happening" it opened up for 100% h/c with no plot distractions...! :D

Oh, and the dream-eater is a baku! A Chinese mythological creature given a twist in Japan to make it a protector from nightmares. The Chinese version looks something like this:



It's kind of cute?

Anyway, yes, Zhao Yunlan being excited to take care of Shen Wei is so sweet, and I'm so glad your prompt set all that up! And that it means soft domesticity with only a little bit of horror at the edges - a kind of creeping darkness that Zhao Yunlan can actually (for once) keep at bay until sunrise.

And Shen Wei gets to take care of Zhao Yunlan, too - mutual h/c is so very my jam, so I'm totally delighted you liked that.

...I will admit I almost backtracked at Zhao Yunlan deciding they were going to start talking HOUSE BUYING? That wasn't something I was expecting, it was just when looking for things to talk about, the things in the apartment was what came to mind. And then the fact that none of them are Shen Wei's things - it felt really unfair? So yeah apparently now they're buying a house. ♥

Ahh and so pleased you liked that little bit of a spark between them, even though they can't do anything about it now!

Thank you so much for the prompt, and for the amazing comment!

Re: 3/3

[naye]

Thank you! I love them SO MUCH and I love Shen Wei needing Zhao Yunlan, but finding it so difficult to express, and Zhao Yunlan being so happy he can help Shen Wei, and just - yeah, them taking care of each other will never not make me soft. ♥

Re: 3/3

[naye]

AAAAH everything your id ever wanted?! That's such a wonderful thing to say, Yan! *basks*

Shen Wei is totally feeling guilty for not being relentlessly attacked by city-wide nightmares. Oh, Shen Wei. But - I love thinking about them being a little more settled in their relationship, a little more to the point where Zhao Yunlan knows they will try to outdo each other in apologies and where he has a strategy to counter that, and then they can just be soft and domestic. (And of course Zhao Yunlan still flirting wildly with Shen Wei, because that's just the best thing in the world to him?)

And, aww, giving them good things always makes me so emotional myself? *hugs* Because yes, they should have a house for two with a big kitchen and lots of windows so Da Qing can have sun, and maybe a garden...