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He would have been wary to ask, once, afraid to receive an honest answer, or worse, a palatable lie. But Lan Xichen has been the exception to most of his rules from the moment they met, and so it requires scarcely any courage to shift his head on Lan Xichen's shoulder until he can take in his profile. Lan Xichen's features are peaceful, smooth, and if it wasn't for the contentment shaping his mouth into a distinct smile Meng Yao might have mistaken him for no longer awake.
For a long moment he simply luxuriates in his husband's effortless beauty.
Then, he quietly murmurs, “Do you ever mind?”Series
- Part 6 of happy xiyao AU
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implicitly safe, daw
While Lan Xichen excels at reading his fragmented insinuations and half-hidden cues Meng Yao concedes that he may need a little more to go off of than what he has been given so far. He tilts his chin into Lan Xichen's shoulder, his gaze slipping down, and searches for the right words.
They read each other so well. Somehow reminds me of the 3zun cavefall fic, although that's really quite the opposite.--
“When I trust someone,” Lan Xichen begins, his tone low, “I don't need to be in control. For you, it's different.” He shrugs lightly with the shoulder Meng Yao isn't occupying. “I don't mind.”
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He lifts his hand, the backs of his fingers glancing over Meng Yao's cheek in the barest of touches and with little regard to how fragile Meng Yao is already feeling he continues, “It doesn't mean you don't trust me, or love me less.”
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“A-Yao,” he sighs, “you must know by now.” A kiss is pressed into Meng Yao's hair. “It is my unadulterated pleasure.”