Summary:
Cang Qiong Mountain Sect AU - no Binghe and no Shen Yuan, just the original sect siblings being fundamentally dysfunctional without any outside help.
“Shidi.” Yue Qingyuan breathed. He would burn cities for him. Only he never did.
Yue Qingyuan makes the mistake of inviting Shen Jiu back to his house for tea. Tea and emotional torture. Nothing is said. Nothing will ever be said.
➤ hello I am murdered by how on point this fic is, it's perfect and I adore it
➤ svsss au qijiu fic from og!sqq's pov
➤ (trans sqq, for those to whom that's enticement!)
➤ no lbh or transmigration, so the complex relationships between the various peak lords keep marinating over decades
➤ I love how the vibes are so much older, more grounded and more ground down at the same time. and still sqq and yqy are full of all their Problems
➤ I loved the evolving beliefs sqq had about what must have happened to fill yqy with endless guilt towards him!
➤ and the ways sqq treats yqy, before and after the reveals...how things do & don't change
➤ and the beautiful physicality the narrative has in details like the tea, and the hair, and how both yqy & sqq use clothing to hide things about their bodies they don't want noticed
➤ and of course the sharply perceived characterisation!
➤ LOVED IT
➤ 23k words
