Thread by @raeinthe

HS sweethearts Wangxian eloping literally as soon as someone will grant them a marriage license, aka on LWJ’s birthday.

(Let’s just pretend there’s no such thing as waiting periods or whatever, it’s just like… you’re a legal adult, you can get married.)

It’s getting close to his birthday and a few of their friends are poking fun at straight-laced LWJ: what kind of cRaZy sHeNaNiGaNs is he going to get up to once he’s an adult? Is he going to get a pack of cigarettes lol?

LWJ on the outside: 😐 ridiculous. I suppose my brother and uncle will want to have a quiet birthday dinner.

LWJ on the inside: 😈 I’m going to skip class and marry the love of my life and no one can stop me

When LWJ proposes the idea (and, as a side effect, um, proposes) WWX is hesitant. Not because he has any doubts about marrying Lan Zhan or because he was hoping for a big fancy wedding!

(Nope, they’re both 100% on board that being married is a great idea, never mind they both still live with their families. They’ll figure that part out later. Details!)

But WWX knows the blessing-slash-curse of sharing his birthday with a holiday.

He asks, wouldn’t LWJ like to wait a bit? LWJ’s birthday should be all about him!

But LWJ is very stubborn. He insists that the only thing he wants for his birthday is for Wei Ying to be his husband, and for his birthday every year after to be a reminder of that.

So WWX caves & marries him, obviously, & every year for the rest of forever LWJ’s birthday becomes an arms race between the two of them, WWX trying to keep the focus on LWJ since it’s *his special day*, and LWJ relentlessly determined to romance his husband on their anniversary.