the heart's reasons seen clearly (1/?)

Title: the heart's reasons seen clearly
Chapter: 1/?
Fandom: The Untamed (TV), MDZS
Characters/Pairings: Jiāng Yànlí & Wēn Qíng, Wei Wuxian & Wen Qing, Jiāng Yànlí/Wēn Qíng
Rating: T
Warnings: No archive warnings apply
Wordcount: 4,582
Additional tags: Chronic Pain, Bechdel Test Pass, eldest sister solidarity, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, pre-wen qing/jiang yanli, Dubious Medical Science, htf does a golden core even work
Summary:
For all she has always thought of herself primarily as a healer, lately Wen Qing feels like she never actually heals anyone. Everything is palliative care. Everything is triage.

Jiang Yanli goes with her brothers to Nightless City. Wen Qing finds herself making choices she never thought she’d make.

Dear Just Married Author

Hello! This is my first experience with this exchange and I'm very excited to be participating! I hope I've done everything right and given you some latitude in what you write. I'm sure I'll love the result!

I've got a bunch of different pairings/OT3s with different preferences for each. The one thing that I most want for all of them is that the requested pairing/OT3 fall in love by the end of the story (if they aren't in love already) and a reasonably happy ending. By "reasonably" happy, I mean, things can be kind of dark, but they're together and that's what matters.

The first most important DNW is: infidelity. I am just not here for that.

I'm totally fine with people having pasts in which they loved/were with/were married to other people but by the time the characters get together, I want them both to be single. Or, in the case of an OT3 where two thirds of the characters are married to each other, they both need to be enthusiastic about inviting a third member into the relationship.

The one exception to this is the OW Ace Lady Bluestocking/Gay Male Aristocrat, where it is totally fine for Gay Male Aristocrat to have as many male lovers as he likes, since this is a lavender marriage and by definition an open one.


Some other DNWS:

+ PWP. Porn is fine, I just don't want the porn to be the focus. And porn is in no way necessary--you can write the most rated G fic ever if you like. I love all ratings equally.
+ Instalove/love at first sight. As an ace person, it's super important to me that characters actually know each other before they fall in love.
+ Modern AUs of historical/fantasy fandoms. Canon divergence/what ifs are amazing, though, and if you want to twist the setting a little bit (giving Winter magical powers or have Dasey dealing with the apocalypse or something), go for it. I just do not want to read about any of these historical/fantasy characters working in a coffee shop.
+ Major character deaths (unless someone comes back to life à la Wei Wuxian)
+ Character bashing
+ Unmitigated fluff (some fluff is fine! But I'd like some deeper feelings to dig into.)
+ Onscreen noncon
+ Focus on babies/children (exception: Seraphina)
+ Watersports/scat/rimming
+ BDSM outside the bedroom

General likes: angst, especially if it ends happily; getting together; hurt/comfort; mutual pining; in character characters; complicated relationships between women; good worldbuilding; longfic; outsider povs; location/setting as character; political intrigue; forced proximity; good people trying to do the right thing; bad people trying to do the right thing; found families; siblings; porn with feelings; character A having to rescue/defend character B; total devotion/us against the world dynamics. I also love the other characters in these canons, so bringing them into the fic in large supporting roles is great!

Now onto the requests.

( Fiddler on the Roof )

( Seraphina )

( Shadow of the Moon )

( Spinning Silver )

( Life with Derek )

( Original Work )

( The Queen's Thief )