anonymous mimi · 4mo
established jr + pre-jrh hc!! when ren feels agitated (but not like, full-on episode, just some every day edge that he needs to take off), he braids jing yuan's hair to calm down. no thoughts head empty just his beloved and his soft, thick mane that yields to his shaking hands, proving that they're not completely useless and they're still capable of gentleness. jing yuan of course doesn't mind; he's glad to be of help (and the caresses feel good, too. full of love and devotion). and dan heng - well, he's kind of baffled the first time he sees them like that. this ren is too silent, too peaceful. he doesn't try to attack dan heng the moment he enters the room; in fact, he doesn't spare him a glance, engrossed in the task on his hands. as for jing yuan - while his calmness is rather a given, dan heng still can't believe the general would let someone as dangerous as ren this close, entrusting him his back so easily. the scene before him is unexpected and slightly troubling, but, at the same time, domestic. his heart flutters and dan heng once again finds himself yearning for things that he can't have (he can; he just doesn't know it yet)
aaaaAAAAAAAA dan heng seeing blade's gentle side for the first time.... like genuinely blade is so kind still when he's not marastruck (have u seen that one chart that someone made of like "insanity of blade" vs "proximity to dh" LMAO i can't find it again but ITS OUT THERE SOMEWHERE)
but anyways omg do you think ren ever gets like frustrated when his hands won't do what he wants and the braid comes out uneven and lopsided and jing yuan just like takes his hands and presses gentle kisses all over them bc to him even though blade has become this, he's still the same gentle soul that was once yingxing and jing yuan cherishes what he can create, even though his hands have become scarred and disfigured...
and dan heng is like, "this is so familiar... but are these feelings my own? or are they remnants of dan feng's ghost living in me??" and he wrestles with that for a long time until he eventually figures out that, yes, he would like to get to know the jing yuan and ren of the present..... thank u anon ;-; this is so cute and tender and i love it so much
