choayako | SOFT AS NIGHTFALL'S GLOW

Fandom: Mo Dao Zu Shi

Pairing: NieLan

Rating: Explicit

Summary: There’s something sacred about early mornings. Nie Mingjue And Lan Xichen intend to put theirs to good use.

Lan Xichen in the morning is a beauty to behold.

Not that he isn’t usually, because the first jade of Lan attracts attention in any environment - but there’s something about the way the soft light gently washes over his complexion that is simply mesmerizing. Even for a man like Nie Mingjue, whose fields are not art and poetry, when Lan Xichen lazily opens his eyes and gazes up at him from his lap, he feels like the air in his lungs just vanishes.

He is softer, in a way. Less controlled, less a sect leader, and more a man. Nie Mingjue knows that Lan Xichen treasures the time that they can only share behind closed doors from the way he tries to prolong it, allowing his rules and routines to slip.

Warmth wells up in his chest at the thought.

“Mingjue-xiong.” Lan Xichen greets in a sweet murmur as he stretches with a grace that shouldn’t be humanly possible. Nie Mingjue can’t really help but trail his eyes down the expanse of his chest to where the loosely tied robe shows the white of his thighs. He doesn’t really have a reason to hide it either, and so he is not surprised when Lan Xichen’s lips stretch into an amused smile.