AxB or BxA is olden days tagging system to make it extremely easy for people to filter when they have a certain preference of dynamics to their ship. if they switch? tag both. or ABA BAB.
pushes up glasses.
oh you want the ship but maybe not explicit? check out A/B or B/A
oh you want the ship but just as fluff? and maybe more platonic? check out A+B or B+A
though tbf i’m not too clear on the / slash use, but that’s how my olden fandom viewed it vs using the X as explicit
thinking about a time where maybe while they didn’t reconcile completely, it’s at least awkward polite conversation between WWX and JC, and that’s good enough for JC. he tries not to care too much about it when he’s still trying to help JL stabilize his foothold as a sect leader
but of course, nothing is ever smooth sailing for JC, it’s just a curse on his family it seems, because a curse hit his nephew during their nighthunt together. JL had the nerve to protect him?! (he ignores the fear that choked him at the sight of JL covering him from the attack)
it’s at least, not the worst curse, he sighs as he picks up the very familiar wriggling bundls
JL, squealing: jiujiu!!!
yes, his teenaged nephew is hit with a deaging curse and now he’s 5years old again
JC: i’m too old for this
JL, squealing:
beauty&the beast concept but it’s little JL getting lost in the forest and getting rescued by a monstrous canine looking beast more than eager to keep the child out of his estate by the lake
lumbering giant beast swathed in furred robes that blends with his own coat, cradling a tiny boy in his arms, finally setting JL down again with a gruff, “for the last time, go home, i will not be held accountable for your safety.”
“but what should i call you?”
“you will not return here.”
“i’m jin ling, in the future it will be jin rulan!”
“...”
“thank you for saving me, i’ll return with a proper thank you gift!”
“that won’t be necessary—“
“until next time!”
...sigh