Lan Zhan is five when he first meets Wei Ying in the streets of Yiling. It is love at first sight, or so his older brother will tell everyone who asks later on.
((His Shufu will say it is an unhealthy obsession borne from the recent loss of his mother, but by the point he finds out it is far too late to break the attachment. And really, what does he know? He has never been in LOVE!))
Jun 29, 2022 • 24 tweets • 4 min read
#DarkLanZhan Day 4, because once again I have no time for a full fic 🥲:
Love at first sight is a Lans biggest curse.
That is why when they are on the cusp of adulthood, on the eve of that years' Qixi festival, any child born to the main Lan bloodline has two choices:
Give up their sight forever, so they will not fall victim to the curse, or leave their family, clan and all that they have ever known behind.