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The moment before Zhao Yunlan knocks. The moment before Shen Wei opens the door. The moment before they know.

In which Zhao Yunlan is inexperienced, and Shen Wei is not.

Shen Wei's polished shoe skidded and nearly turned on a patch of ice. Neither of them were at all dressed for the weather, which had transformed from cool spring to deep arctic winter less than an hour ago.

[A recording of a fic by frith_in_thorns]

Something is wrong. That's not the same Zhao Yunlan he kissed goodbye only minutes prior.

“What the fuck?” Zhao Yunlan rasps out.

His own eyes stare back at him, but they’re not his. They’re so different, their natural playful spark entirely gone, replaced by steel and cold. Shen Wei, with Zhao Yunlan’s hand and arm and body, stretches out a cup of coffee in front of himself, offering it to Zhao Yunlan.

“We need to talk.”

Author's summary: “Why can't you ever just obey?” Shen Wei says, more fierce than frustrated, hands fisted at his sides, and Zhao Yunlan’s mouth goes perfectly dry.

Zhao Yunlan adapts to the sudden return of his memories. All of them.

On a Friday evening in July, Zhao Yunlan shuts off his computer with glee and shouts to the office at large, “Date night! Call at your own peril!” to which Chu Shuzhi replies, “Who would want to call you?”

Zhao Yunlan merrily turns his desk into a shrub, and the moment Chu Shuzhi’s pens drop into the branches, it changes back into a desk.

Enjoying a cruel little grin, Zhao Yunlan heads to the annoyingly expensive restaurant where Shen Wei is waiting.

It was no secret that the most sought-after bachelor on campus was Zhao Yunlan, 22, senior, criminology major, a brazen flirt who smirked at every person that looked his way, and - yeah, you get the idea. It was also not a secret that one of the top performers on Haixing INC’s “broadcasting” site happened to be, you guessed it, Zhao Yunlan, username: lollipop_boi, who consistently ranked in the weekly top 5, and the webcam favorite with a devoted following of hardcore fans. Oh, and one last thing: he pins for the TA of his forensic pathology course like it was his full-time job.

Or: the mandatory Camboy fic

Please note the teacher-student relationship tag!!

“Shen Wei,” Zhao Yunlan stops, and thinks about how best to phrase his question. “Have you ever been high before?”

“Never this pleasantly. Is that a problem?”

Kunlun seduces Ye Zun and fixes the timeline. It's not exactly a hardship.

The nightmares start after it's all over.

“I have an idea of how I can help you,” Zhao Yunlan says. “It’s a little . . . unconventional.” Or a hell of a lot, for Shen Wei. “Do you trust me?”

Shen Wei manages a smile. “With my life.”

Zhao Yunlan didn't know what made him realise that something was wrong. But something definitely was.

Sha Ya winds up running into a flower shop owner after a drunken incident, and she can't think of anything else after that.

Shen Wei isn't used to kindness. When he hurts his wings, Zhao Yunlan steps in to help. Can Shen Wei's heart heal along his wings?

It’s been six weeks since Ye Zun’s attempt to take over Haixing was squashed. In a move he had never seen coming, Shen Wei had destroyed his powers, using his own as the catalyst; he’d let himself burn in order to bring Ye Zun down with him. And then he’d found himself here, in Haixing, alongside Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan, living in their house. He didn’t want to be here but he had no where else to go.

Zhao Yunlan, upon coming home, throws his coat over the couch arm and stares at Ye Zun. “Have you not moved from that spot all day? How did you go from trying to destroy the world to being the laziest person I ever met? The cat gets more than you do – when he’s in cat form!”

Zhao Yunlan watches over injured Shen Wei.

Excerpt from Guo Changcheng's notebook, year 1, "Map of the SID".