Yuanqingyuan Week 2023
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But all at once Yanqing was not so young after all, and it was no longer quite so easy to rationalise the way he would approach Yanqing’s bed, or the way he’d fall to his knees beside it as he let his eyes linger on Yanqing’s face with an intensity he would never dare in the light of day.
He should have stopped. He didn’t.
YQY Week Day 1: Sleep/Somno
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- Part 1 of Yuanqingyuan Week 2023
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and so he plays his part by issu (Issushaim)
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
12 Dec 2023
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As long as the General was proud of him; as long Yanqing had his approval, he told himself it was enough. Even though he craved every scrap of attention and affection Jing Yuan gave him, he was determined not to show it.
It helped, in time. He’d already discovered at six years old that if you pretended for long enough, you could fool even yourself into believing it true.
YQY Week Day 2: Fake/Pretend
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- Part 2 of Yuanqingyuan Week 2023
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It was endearing the way the smallest words of praise affected him so deeply - and they always had; Jing Yuan had noticed it from the very first day they’d met. In particular he remembered Yanqing’s introductory assignment, and the faint blush that had stained his cheeks when Jing Yuan had called him up to give him feedback. The way he’d shuffled awkwardly, eagerly accepting the constructive criticism even as he basked brightly in the approval, almost glowing.
Of course, that had been an innocent pleasure because it was clear Yanqing genuinely longed to feel as though he had done well, and to have his efforts acknowledged by those he looked up to - something painfully lacking in his home life.
There was no innocence in this, though, Jing Yuan having warped that desire into something perverse that now coloured their every interaction.
But he could not say that he didn’t like it.
YQY Week Day 3: Praise Kink
Side fic to Breaking Point.Series
- Part 3 of Yuanqingyuan Week 2023
- Part 2 of Exigency
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ask with feeling, and you shall receive by issu (Issushaim)
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
17 Dec 2023
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“Thoughtful as always, Yanqing,” Jing Yuan said kindly, accepting the flowers and studying them for a moment before speaking once more, glancing up to take in the resolute set of his student’s jaw, “but may I ask the occasion?”
Yanqing looked at him directly, lifting his chin slightly as he said with the simple confidence of a child, “because you’ll be my wife.” Jing Yuan felt his lips part, voice failing him though he was never one to find himself lost for words. Perhaps his expression said it all, because Yanqing then seemed to rush to continue, the words spilling out all too fast. “I promise I’ll protect you, and, and—”
“Yanqing,” Jing Yuan interrupted gently, “I cannot be your wife.”
Rather than looking upset, Yanqing looked back at him uncomprehendingly, mouth now downturned in a small confused frown. “Why not?”
Once he'd set his mind to something, Yanqing was nothing if not persistent.
YQY Week Day 4 & 5: Flowers & Gentle Sex
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- Part 4 of Yuanqingyuan Week 2023
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Just You, Like This by issu (Issushaim)
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
18 Dec 2023
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“I don’t want to talk to them.”
Yanqing was rarely so forthcoming on this topic and once again Jing Yuan was struck with the urge to hold him - but instead here he was on the opposite side of the table, uselessly far and words uselessly clumsy. “And you do not have to,” he said, studying the shadows under Yanqing’s eyes and the pale brush of his eyelashes against them as he stared down at his near untouched food. “But they say it will help.”
For a while Yanqing did not respond, picking at his short nails absently as he stared blankly down at his hands. One of them started to bleed.
A mission gone wrong, and everything changed.
YQY Week Day 6 & 7: Disability & Cat
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- Part 5 of Yuanqingyuan Week 2023