#4. maybe if lan zhan’s taste is bad enough to go for the peacock then he might...?

[sashabarkov]

wangxianxuan?

oh i LOVE me some good wangxianxuan, it’s one of my favorite rare ships

the “unhealthily” and “unrequited” circles are situational; it entirely depends upon when in time we’re talking about. in the gusu days it would probably be (or at least start out as) either unhealthy or unrequited (possibly both!), with a fair amount of repression, jealousy, denial, and hate-makeouts that are definitely based in more than hate—in short, Very Messy. after all, wwx and lwj already have their thing going on, and the wwx vs jzx rivalry is well known; it’s not that much of a stretch to throw in lwj’s famed vinegar-drinking abilities and center the jealousy around wwx having a rivalry with someone other than him. maybe that’s where the hate-makeouts come in! maybe lwj tries to stake a claim (thus giving jzx an eye-opening “mark me down as scared and horny” moment). maybe lwj accidentally stakes the wrong claim! cue a furious lecture from lqr about how “you can’t kiss people who’re already betrothed! i expected better from you, wangji!”, and an engagement cancellation from jfm bc “evidently the current engagement was not to jin zixuan’s tastes”, and a Whole lot of artwork from nhs bc “eligible bachelors #2 and 3 kissing each other? hot!”, and most importantly a whole mess of complicated feelings and emotions from wwx. which he’s not gonna think about right now. or maybe ever. just like he’s not gonna think about lan zhan kissing the peacock!

...oh no, now he’s thinking about lan zhan kissing the peacock. oh no, why can’t he stop thinking about lan zhan kissing the peacock?!

and i’m gonna stop there before i plot a whole fic on this post but you get the idea