Tonight, I'm thinking of a modern-cultivators AU where Alphaxian is trying to woo Omegaji through Traditional Methods and it's...not going well. 😬
He tries to show off what a great hunter he is!
But it turns out LWJ is a vegetarian and loves small fluffy animals, and he recoils in horror and disgust when WWX presents him with his latest kill.
WWX tries to display his prowess in cultivation tournaments and night-hunts!
But he comes in second...right behind LWJ himself, who managed to take down one (1) more yao than WWX did.
WWX tries to offer the very finest in nesting materials!
But LWJ has sensory issues, and that expensive and handcrafted blanket is Too Scratchy for his liking.
I just like to imagine WWX running around frantically, trying to impress LWJ and woo him PROPERLY, while his schemes keep blowing up in his face.
...I don't know what finally works.
Half of me says, "Obviously, he finds a nest of abandoned baby bunnies and brings them to LWJ."
If so, WWX doesn't even intend it as a courting gesture! It's not even a present! He just found these little orphaned bunnies, and he doesn't know what to do with them, and maybe LWJ knows how to save them???
He's very surprised when LWJ goes 😍🥰💘
The other half of me says, "WWX just snaps one day and pounces on LWJ, or vice versa."
If the former, I'm sure WWX feels incredibly guilty and ashamed afterward. His plans are ruined forever! LWJ would never want such a disrespectful alpha! 😔
(Surprise: LWJ is into that shit!)
If the latter, I think LWJ is just horny and tired of these inept attempts at wooing, and he wants to move this courtship ALONG.
FEWER grand gestures! MORE kissing and groping! NO scratchy blankets or deer carcasses, ONLY [redacted]! Let's get this show on the road, WWX!
He doesn't want WWX to beat him in the next tournament. He only wants WWX to hurry up and put a baby in him. >:(
WWX, when he realizes his courting gestures failed but he's still gonna get it:
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I like to think that A-Yuan is also an omega, and he and LWJ sometimes nest together! As he grows up, he mostly stops doing that. But sometimes, particularly after WWX's return, LSZ joins his parents in their nest for Cozy Family Time.
I also think that sometimes (particularly when LSZ's heat is coming up) LWJ gets a bit Feral and Overprotective.
He even boots WWX out of the nest! (Temporarily!)
ONLY nest with baby. ONLY protect baby. No one else allowed. No alphas. Go away. Don't touch Baby or he will bite!
WWX and LJY have to mope around the courtyard together for a few days.
LWJ no care them. :( He kick them like the football. :( They're not allowed to poke their heads in the room to say hi to LSZ. :( If they try it, they'll get bitten by Omegaji. :(
Thanks to several big-brained folks on the timeline, I am currently OBSESSED with the idea of a modern AU where LQR is desperately trying to get LWJ married to WWX.
LWJ brings home his friend from college for a visit. LQR asks a few questions and takes one look at WWX. He goes through a whole mental checklist:
✅ Chinese
✅ Speaks fluent Mandarin
✅ High school valedictorian
✅ Third-year student at MIT
✅ Studying to be an engineer
And he immediately start pestering the two of them to get engaged.
Bonus points if they're not even dating, so they both do a spit-take when LQR asks when they plan to marry.
I am thinking about NieLan having a baby (LJY), and NHS and LWJ having an all-out WAR to determine who will be the Favorite Uncle.
LWJ wins...at least with LJY. Maybe NHS becomes the favorite with the next baby.
But even so, NHS holds a grudge against LWJ until his dying day. LWJ stole the position of Favorite Uncle to Da-ge's eldest child! Some crimes are simply unforgivable, you know.😡🔪
NHS: A-Yi, come here! Don't you want me to teach you painting?
LJY, clinging to LWJ's leg: No! I want to learn martial arts!
NHS, incurably dramatic: ...My Own Flesh And Blood Has Betrayed Me.
...Anyway! I really do think that when WWX and LWJ have a baby, their various family members just casually abduct the baby whenever they please.
WWX goes to pick the kid up from daycare, and the daycare provider is just like, "Umm...but his uncle picked him up four hours ago??"
WWX whips out his phone, and sure enough, there are Instagram pictures of JC and JYL at Disneyland. A-Yuan and A-Ling are both wearing Mickey ears. The picture was posted twenty minutes ago.
Or, LXC comes over for a visit while A-Yuan is napping. He excuses himself to use the restroom.
Ten minutes later, LWJ gets confused and goes looking for his brother. Both A-Yuan and his brother have vanished!
LWJ, texting furiously: You said you were using the bathroom.
Man...I was just bodyslammed with a thought...about LQR taking baby LWJ to visit his dad in seclusion.
I don't remember if we ever get confirmation about how often the Twin Jades actually saw their dad? We know it was monthly visits to Mama Lan, but I don't remember about QHJ??
Was this ever specified in any version of canon...? I don't remember.
I just headcanon that it wasn't that often, maybe once or twice a year. Awkward stilted visits where the Twin Jades mostly just sit there, while LQR tells QHJ about their education and accomplishments.
Anyway. I just have this mental image of baby LWJ crying during one of the visits, and QHJ awkwardly reaching out for him.
But Babyji only cries HARDER because he doesn't know this guy!! And he doesn't stop crying until LQR picks him up and puts him on his lap.