silvysartfulness: Chapter XXXII - Still Breeze And Quiet Waves of Heaven Has A Road But No One Walks

silvysartfulness: Chapter XXXII - Still Breeze And Quiet Waves of Heaven Has A Road But No One Walks It is up! :D He first woke up to the sound of singing.A distant voice, only half-familiar, humming quiet lullabies, the sound soothing and pleasant. He was warm, comfortable, his mind just barely hovering somewhere above sleep, and Song Lan allowed himself to drift.He awoke properly again some time later, thoughts somewhat clearer, that soft voice seemingly talking to itself somewhere nearby. He felt rested, as though he had finally had a good, long night’s sleep after going too long without, and he opened his eyes, frowned thoughtfully at an unfamiliar ceiling, painted orange by warm afternoon light.“…and I know it’s stupid, it doesn’t fix anything. But he said you needed to hear it. That it’d make you hurt less, and I don’t want you to hurt, I don’t, I didn’t, didn’t mean for you to…”A pause, a short shaky sigh, forcing the tone back to sweet.“You just rest for now, Daozhang, I’ll take care of you. It’s fine, now. Everything will be fine. See? You clearly wouldn’t last a week without me.”Song Lan turned his head, took in the unfamiliar room, small and simple but neat and clean. There was another bed under the window letting the afternoon sun in, and bathed in the golden light he could make out Xue Yang’s silhouette, sitting up against the headboard, and then – his dead heart lurching in relief - he recognized Xingchen, asleep with his head rested on Xue Yang’s lap.The demonic cultivator was bent over him, his gloved hand gently carding and petting his hair, smiling softly, reverently as though Xingchen was the most precious thing in the world, which of course he was.———-The calm after the storm. Things are oddly… at peace. ♥(Also shameless reminder that my birthday’s coming up in two weeks, July 19, and if you want to make me really, really happy, any gift or gesture to do with this story would mean so much! Fanart, metas, gif-sets, comission-slots or commissioned arts, writing a rec, going back and leaving extra comments on your favourite bits… Anything! I’ve lived this story for a year now, and your encouragement and feedback means everything. ♥) -- source link

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