Thread by @s_selene210

Wangxian au where;

Dragonji is thousands of years old. He has lived a secluded life with his brother, content to spend his days meditating in their mountains. Until one day he finds a baby fox spirit.

Who uses his antlers as a teething toy

Dragonji, esteemed and dignified, the picture of composure in perfect robes, calmly continuing to practice his calligraphy whilst baby fox wwx noms on his antlers until they’re covered in spittle

“Do not bite more than you can chew.” He gently chides the small black fox, feeling a pang in his heart when wwx’s nine tails droop sadly.

However he drops the 2m stick in his mouth, so Lwj is happy.

Foxxian is only slightly bigger than a kitten at this age

He plods along happily behind lwj on his daily walks, tripping over himself with excitement whenever lwj shows him a new sight.

After these walks lwj always spends a long time picking out the grass and twigs from foxxians fur where he’s taken a tumble through the bushes

lxc greets him with a raised eyebrow the first time lwj comes out his room, his hair sticking up on one side where it appears to have been licked by a small, overeager tongue

foxxian is asleep in his arms, mouth open and snoring

dragonji raises the young fox, as he grows from being barely larger than lwj’s palm to nearly hip height.

He is a beautiful thing, sleek black fur that shines in the sun, evidence of a life filled with love.

Lwj cares for the young fox. Deeply.

That is perhaps why is hurts so much when wei ying comes to him one day and tells lwj that he has to go.

He does not explain much, and lwj does not push.

He watches from the base of the mountain wei ying’s figure grow steadily smaller, finally disappearing past the swell of a hill.

For the first time in years he is alone, walking back up the mountain

Lwj would be lying to himself if he said he did not follow wwx.

He does. But only to ensure he is safe.

Despite his size, lwj moves silently in dragon form. it is this that allows him to track foxxian as he leads a wild path through the heavy forest surrounding their mountain

lwj is confused. foxxian’s path seems almost like he is trying to throw someone off his trail, but from whom could he be running?

Lwj hoped it wasn’t him.

It is late at night, long after lwj has gone to sleep when he is awoken by the sharp crack of a twig breaking from someone stepping on it.

He is at once alert, shifting to a low crouch with his eyes trained on where foxxian sits curled around the embers of last nights fire

The hunters step out from the trees slowly, creeping towards the sleeping fox.

Lwj is at once enraged, his chest hot with a fierce anger that he struggles to temper lest he drown this entire forest

The hunters do not notice him. That is their first mistake

Their second mistake is believing that wwx was truly asleep

Continue in the morning ~~ 💙❤️ g’night or good morning or good afternoon wherever you are 😘😘

lwj watches the way the hunters draw out their weapons, wicked looking things that glint in the moonlight.

But lwj knows wwx’s bite is worse.

The first scream comes from the hunter closest to wei ying. Shrill and pained, it sends the rest of them into panic

It does not take long for chaos to descend entirely. These hunters were foolish, hunting wei ying at night.

Against the inky blackness wwx is near invisible, the only indicator of his presence the screams of the men he fells, one by one, until only a single man remains

He is clearly the strongest one, to have remained alive this far. Wei Ying lunges at him but the hunter bats him away, sending wwx down with a yelp.

“Dirty fox.” He spits, and lwj decides that is enough.

One moment he is alive, the next, well...

Tossing the body away, lwj moves over to where wwx is curled up in a heap on the floor, unmoving.

“Wei Ying?” For the first time in his life since his mother passed, lwjs voice shakes

wwx does not respond.

lwj closes his eyes, a guttural sound rumbling in his chest. He was too late, if only he’d —

“Hey!” A hard bonk on his snout, shocking lwj enough that he fell back on his rear with a crashing sound

“I had it gege! Why did you eat him??”

“I —“ Lwj falters, stunned.

Wwx is on his feet in front of him, fur poofed up from adrenaline.

“I was just pretending to be hurt!”

Wei Ying is a righteous ball of fury, scolding one of the two twin dragons of gusu

He bats lwjs snout again, and lwj blinks, stunned. He remains this way even as wwx plods up to him, licking lwjs dragon cheek and whining when the scales irritated his delicate tongue.

“Why the long face, gege?” wwx giggled at his own joke

When I say about Wwx batting lwjs snout this is what I’m thinking of btw

“Wei Ying.” Lwj’s tone conveys his irritation, a hard thing to maintain when you have nine fox tails in your face.

“What’s wrong, gege? Did you not trust me?” Lwj gets a paw in the face as wwx finally succeeds in clambering to the top of his head, settling there like a hat

“You and Da-ge trained me yourself, Lan Zhan! You should have known that I would be fine against those hunters. What are a group of men against two dragons?! You worry too much.”

“I always worry about Wei Ying.”

wwx makes a sound like lxc sat on hiim (it happened once, long ago. lxc had misplaced his cushion and mistook a sleeping foxxian for said pillow) causing lwj to look at him in concern.

wwx’s head was in his paws, hiding like he did when he was barely larger than lwj’s palm

“Are you hurt?”

“I am embarrassed, Lan Zhan! My gege says all these sweet words with a straight face, and I’m expected to be able to handle it ?? Preposterous.”

Lwj cannot hide the way he preens.

Literally.

His tail wags

Fast forward to them arriving back at the top of the mountains, where they are greeted by a very worried lxc. And...

“Uncle.”

wwx nearly shifts back into fox form in his surprise. “You have an uncle?!”

“We have an uncle.” Lxc pats wwx’s head and lwjs eye twitches

“Who is this, Wangji?” LQR gestures to wwx, and lwj does not know what possesses him to say “my spouse”, only that he does and this time wwx really does shift back into his fox form with a tiny *poof*

Idk where I’m going with this now but lxc somehow organises a wedding

The end.

wait no I need to tell you that Wangxian get married and being a fox spirit Wwx can get pregnant 🥰

They have lots and lots of babies that look like a mix of them, and they all nom on lwjs antlers much to wwx’s amusement