#mermay #wangxian Wei Wuxian who works part time at his adopted...

Wei Wuxian who works part time at his adopted family's aquarium as a professional merman while finishing up his marine biology degree.
He loves it! It's the perfect job for him until he wakes up one morning with a tail where his legs once were.
He's flapping like a, well, like a fish when his roommate Wen Qing bursts through the door with a cowering, worried Wen Ning behind her.
"What the fu—"
"Wen Qing! Help!! I'm a fish!!!"
"I can see that! A-Ning, help me move him!"
At least in the water his scales are shiny, not dull like they were before. They also look just like the costume he wears at Yunmeng Aquarium, with a pattern of burgandy and scarlet scales with the stray pop of pink.
"Stop that!" WQ chides while WN checks the temp of the bathtub water and adds more hot water. "Thats your skin now."
"But why, /why/ is it my skin? Where are my slender pretty legs??"
WWX has to take a second to ponder. Yesterday he'd finished TA-ing a class and went to work for the evening shift at the aquarium.
"Um. I think i might have pissed off Lan Zhan?"
WQ blinks. "How could Lan Wangji possibly have anything to do with this?"
"Um, I think... Lan Zhan might be a witch...."
He gestures to the tail currently wagging agitatedly in WN's direction. "Mermaids aren't suposed to be either so!"
WQ concedes.
"How the hell did you piss Lan Wangji off bad enough he would curse you?"
LZ arrived late in the evening, close to closing time, the way he always does after work every other day. By then, the bridal party had already consumed enough shots to make even the filthiest sailor impressed.
And that was when he heard Lan Zhan's light inhale and looked up to see him wide-eyed and frozen.
WWX isn't sure what startled LZ so badly, but right then, another bridesmaid barreled into his side as she came to help her friend, while another joined soon after. The trio was so loud and exited and really quite inebriated, that WWX was preoccupied.
By the time he found LZ, he was huddled on the other side of the tank with his arms held straight and his frownlines deeper than the Mariner's Trench.
"Lan Zhan you're not jealous are you? Did you know one of them? Oh, maybe you have a little crush?"
Evidently, Wen Qing agrees.
"What? What was I supposed to do?! He didn't say anything, just walked off in a huff before I couldn't even get changed. Do you think I know why he did it?"
"Oh A-Ning, you and your cute little head." WWX smooshes WN's cheeks between his wet hands, which WN tolerates as part of their friendship.
"You are a colossal, mega-idiot. A-Ning, help me get this fishface into the car."
They cart WWX over in one of the carts that are basically a fish tank on wheels to the office.
Well, action that means JYL coos over WWX sparkly tail and tuts at the bloody ones, while JC starts screaming.
"What the fuck did you do!?"
"Hey! I didn't ask to be cursed! Why is it my fault!"
WQ fills them all in on the morning's events and WWX's theory, by which time WWX's scales are no longer bleeding and have grown back at a frankly alarmingly fast rate.
"You weren't there in high school, A-Jie," JC grumbles with his arms crossed and glaring at WWX's tail like that will bring his
WWX retaliates by splashing water at JC with his tail, enjoying his sputtering offence.
WWX pouts exaggeratedly. "Will JieJie still love XianXian even though he's a fish?" This time, he waves his tail like its a hand, which turns JYL's frown into a smile. Success.
"Let's just hope the sharks keep her extra busy on her business trip, A-Cheng."
Lan Wangji is in trouble.
He's in major, dangerous, awful trouble.
"Lan Zhan! Hi! You don't normally come on Saturdays, but hi! Can you give me my legs back please?"
Lan Wangji is fucked.
LWJ would know. He has imagined doing many things with WY and his costume. Many things, many times.
This is no costume.
WY has always been astute. LWJ is not surprised he figured out the Lan family secret. He's alluded to it often enough in the past.
LWJ is simply shocked because he recognizes his magic register.
The issue is LWJ did not consciously cast this spell...
Whatever happened was clearly an accident.
He is fucked.
WY does not belong to LWJ. If WY would like to flirt with women who are more fun than LWJ could ever be, he would accept that.
The Lan magic is ruled by precise and structured rules that have been handed down the line of their clan since they first mingled with the dragons that gave them their abilities.
The number one rule is intention.
LWJ doesn't think he intended for WWX to become a real merman, but evidently his magic disagreed.
"Wei Ying, I...I apologize... I do not know..." he cuts himself off, too ashamed at his own mistake.
Really, the only thought he had last night as he ran from the aquarium was the selfish wish that if WY could not be his, he would be nobody's...
...Fuck.
"Ha! So i was right! Lan Zhan, you are a witch! Take that everyone! I knew it!"
LWJ blinks as WY fistbumps himself and his tail splashes.
"...Wei Ying?"
He laughs. "I was 50/50 on it, really. More like 60/40 honestly, but the point is I wasn't completely sure you were a witch,
WY's tail wags happily the way a dog might if LWJ was callous enough to mention the beasts in WWX's presence. The effect is extremely adorable, or would be if not for the fact that this tail is LWJ'S doing.
WY's smile softens.
"Lan Zhan ah, Lan Zhan, you worry too much. Being a merman isn't so bad. I saved time getting ready this for my show,
Though LWJ does not entirely believe him, WY does appear to be his usual self, though physically altered.
WY takes one of his hands between his. They watch as wrinkles sprout on LWJ's fingertips as water seeps slowly from WY's skin.
"Lan Zhan, why were you so upset last night? What did I do wrong?"
LWJ swallows painfully.
"Xian-gege!!!"
"A-Yuan! What are you doing here! It's bedtime!"
LWJ can't help but be impressed.
A-Yuan's bottom lip juts out as he frowns. "Xian-gege. Ning-gege said you you're not sleeping with us anymore..."
LWJ is amazed by WY's composure because as soon as he hears A-Yuan's sullen tone he decides he will give him everything
WY gasps. "Wen Ning! You snuck out? You!"
WN waves WWX off and promptly collapses onto a nearby bench and may or may not pass out.
WY sends LWJ a sheepish smile. "Just give me a minute, okay?"
A-Yuan sits obediently with the air of someone who's done this a thousand times. But he looks at
WY winks up at LWJ. "Don't worry A-Yuan, Pretty-gege here won't tell anyone, will he?"
LWJ manages to shake his head even though it feels as though his heart has stopped beating.
A-Yuan tugs on a lock of WY's wet hair and begins messily braiding the strands, though he doesn't appear to know how and it quickly turns into a tangled mess.
"Ning-gege doesn't do the voices right. It's not the same."
"Ah, I see, I see. Why don't you make the voices inside? You've heard me do it a thousand times"
"Alright, alright. You drive a hard bargain. One story." WY's gaze slides slyly over to LWJ. "How about this gege, A-Yuan? Do you think he can do some good voices for your story?"
LWJ is unsure if he should be offended or honored. He clears his throat, preparing to make adjusted voices.
WY begins telling a tail of a cursed merman and the
Only, LWJ freezes. How is he supposed to save the merman if he has no idea how?
At last, A-Yuan rolls his eyes and takes pity on LWJ.
"Silly Pretty-gege. The prince needs to kiss the merman! Duh!"
With an impressive shout that seems to be too loud for such a small person, A-Yuan shouts, "No! Prince-gege kiss to save the merman!!!!!"
Until finally, LWJ cuts in.
"I will do it. Prince-gege will kiss the merman."
But it's not just another story, LWJ doesn't say.
I do not mind, LWJ doesn't say
What he does say is this; "I will do it."
LWJ watches WY's throat move up and down as he swallows.
A-Yuan watches with wide-eyed excitement, his small hands clasped together beneath his chin.
before LWJ's foot slips in a puddle of water and he finds himself overbalancing, until he careens over the railing and into the tropical fish tank.
With WN's help, WWX is able to fish (heh) LZ out of the tank with little harm except for some stray kelp caught in his hair and his expensive work outfit only slightly damaged from when LZ's arm crashed into the rocks.
All while WWX sits dumbly on the other side of the railing, stuck in the water
"Wei-ge?" WN grabs WWX's attention.
LWJ, with his wet hair and towel, drip-dripping onto the aquarium floor, is watching
Really. He looks so innocent and scared like this. Like a cute little bunny rabbit that just escaped the rain
WWX shakes his head with a quiet chuckle and waves WN off with a quip, leaving only himself and LWJ under the blue aquarium lights.
He trails off. Theres not much he can do really.
Heat floods his cheeks. Yes, no. Best not to think that way.
LZ was willing to kiss him. For a story, because a-yuan asked him, yes....
But he almost did. So close.
Lz sits himself down on the floor beside wwx, legs crossed neatly and the towl wrapped loosely. The ends of his hair are slowly drying.
"Me? Oh I'm just great! Got to see all my favorite people today, cant beat that."
He winks and LZ's ears turn an adorable pink that makes wwx laugh. It drifts with the currents, the patterns reflected on the walls around them.
He never quite understood why madam Yu demeanded the aquarium be open this late, but her rules rarely made sense to him. Most rules didnt.
"I do not have anywhere else to be. I will stay with you."
"You dont have to."
Then he quietly says, "I want to."
But it sounds like he's answering something else.
Wwx laughs and laughs and almost misses when lz turns around and gravely announces, "I will fix this, Wei Ying. No matter what. I will see you tomorrow."
JC scoffs at wwx and mutters goodnight before he retreats for the night. And wwx hardly even cares, even though he should probably
But hes too busy remembering how lz listened so intently to him these past few hours, how he never looked away, didnt even look tired.
Wei Wuxian spends the night sleeping with just the fishes, but he doesn't feel alone at all.
Much of the info is about application, but if what lz says about his magic is true, this spell didnt follow any of the rules like it
"Intention," lz repeats for the 50th time that hour. "Our magic requires intention."
wwx waves his hands in exasperation. "Well what were your intentions then, lan zhan???"
And wwx has realized he really, really likes when lz talks.
Hes always like lz, ever since he sat behind im in 10th grade lit and tugged on lz's braid everyday for months until lz
And even then, wwx switched to blowing hot air at the back of lz's pale skin instead.
So he's always like being around lz, he just didnt onow he could like it this much.
And wwx is sure lwj would be able to carry him without. He disnt struggle at all even with a cart full of
He even offered to fill in as TA for wwx's classes. Apparently, spending all that time with wwx when he gave those tours has given lwj quite an impressive amount of marine knowledge. The way he talks about the complexity of a whales
And wwx is thinking he might not actually mind this whole being a merman thing. It really is fun, and everyone comes to visit him. He gets to swim, his most favorite. He and lz are growing closer than ever. Its all so great...
Its nice, but its not the same. Not really.
I //think// theres not much more to this maybe hopefully please)

Wei Wuxian who works part time at his adopted family's aquarium as a professional merman while finishing up his marine biology degree.
He loves it! It's the perfect job for him until he wakes up one morning with a tail where his legs once were.
The more wei wuxian thinks about it....
He thinks he //was// supposed to kiss lan zhan.
But also...
Intention can also mean a wish. LZ yasnt said what his intention was, but did he have a wish? A wish that led him to accidentally curse WWX? A wish that might reverse it?
Shiny red lips, honey-brown eyes that reflect the shimmering water in the tank. Blue lights thst bring out the colors hiding in soft black hair.
WWX has a wish, and he has intention. would that he enough?
He really didn't need to explain since wwx can clearly see jyl hovering in the doorway with a sly smile and waving at him to "go on go on"
Go on with what?
His mind is full of half formed currents circling the others, each carrying a vague thought or idea but cruising away beforw he can bring them together.
Intention. Lan Zhan. A wish. Lan Zhan.
But...
"Wei Ying?"
Intention. Lan Zhan. Wishes. Lan Zhan.
"...Try what?"
"Lets see if a kiss from the prince could break the curse."
"...Excuse me?"
WWX leans up on his arms and over the railing, his tail only jusr skimming the waters surface.
LZ's brows draw together in thought.
WWX grins. "Lan Zhan....why were you really upset. When I was with those girls?"
WWX almost hesitates, but then he remembers.
LZ leaning in, shiny red lips, fluttering lashes, followed by endless nights side by side.
"But you werent jealous of me. You were jealous of those girls, right?"
LZ inhales but stops, breath catching in his throat. As if drawn by some unseen force, his gaze strays
The answer is written clear across his face. Technically wwx doesnt need to ask...but...
The collar of lz's dress shirt is folded over uneatly like he was in a rush to get here this morning.
Without thinking, wwx's hand reaches over to straighten the collar, the palm of his hand smoothing the wrinkled fabric.
"What were you wishing for, lan zhan? That night, your wish....what was it?"
In a moment of insanity, wwx imagines leaving a permanent mark there. A brand that says, 'wei ying is here. wei ying is always right here.'
Finally, like the light at the top of a lighthouse slowly scanning the horizon, lz's gaze returns back to wwx.
"lan zhan, dont you know? I already am."
"i get it now, i do," he continues before lz can open his mouth.
lan zhan nods and quietly admits, "...to see wei ying."
but lan zhan stays right where he is. he holds onto wwx's wrist, steady over his pulse. an anchor keeping wwx from drifting away.
"your tours are very informative"
if wwx laughs anymore, he worries he might disappear into bubbles.
"let me finish lan zhan!" he reprimands, squishing his cheeks so his lips purse like a fish.
if wwx wasn't holding him in place, he's sure lan zhan would look to the side in shame.
"...wei ying is well-loved and admired."
all those nights, with lan zhan staying late.
"those people, they come here for a show. lan zhan, you come here for me."
"you cursed me because you thought i couldn't be yours?"
lz tracks the movement and his lips part in awe.
they're charting a course.
and finding their way home.
"only to you."
Really, this kiss is more like when he's done cpr courses and had to kiss a mannequin.
Oh
Then the kiss turns real.
And wwx's hands slip into lz's short hair, undoing the style as lz's other hand slides down and down wwx's lower back, where the skin meets his scales and
"Wei Ying, Wei Ying," lz repeats again and again as he trails along the skin just below wwx's waist.
With the lightest touch, he skims his fingers down in a line along the fin of wwx's tail, sensitive enough that wwx loses his grip and nearly slips.
At the front of his tail, where his dick would normally be, the smoother scales part, revealing a slit.
But right now, with lz kneeding the part of his tail where wwx's ass would be as he swallow wwx's tongue, wwx grinds his front against the ledge
Its good. It feels good, the rough stone against his scales, just missing the sensitive skin beneath his slit.
Its good. But its not enough. Not enough at all.
"Yes, yes. Mn."
"I need it."
"Yes, Wei Ying, anything."
"I need you to fuck me, please."
wwx slips a hand down towards this newly discovered slit, using two fingers to pry it open. There are no scales near the opening and he moans
Water laps against the tank's walls, but the slick sounds of wwx fingering himseld drown it out entirely.
Lan Zhan's pupils are blown so wide, leaving only a sliver of golden yellow at the edges.
Lan zhan nods but says nothing, glued to the motions wwx is making.
He slips another finger inside, the stretch searing even as it enhances his pleasure. Deep inside, something else is hardening, growing painfully thick.
"Lan zhan," he whispers with nonsensical giggles, "do you think i can even get pregnant?"
The grind of lz's zipper against the sensitive skin of wwx's slit. Great. Wonderful, but no where near enough.
The currents they kick send them into a whirlpool of limbs and tail scrabbling for purchase against the other.
He drags lz up and up out of the tank and onto a ledge on the far side of
"Lan Zhan," wwx gasps. He cuts off with a moan when lz latches onto the space beneath wwx's gills, useless when he can breathe on both land and water but to his delight sensitive to the way
lz's tongue slides across them. "Lan Zhan wait, wait you— not here. You cant here."
But lz's hands have already left wwx's hip. One grips both of wwx's wrists and twists them behind his back, the twist and strain of wwx's muscle making him hiss.
"Ah!!!" wwx spasms as lz's hand tightens and twists and suddenly hes coming, his release flooding the space beneath his slit, tiny pearly white beads
lz rips his mouth off of wwx's neck and examines his handiwork. He flexes his hand and wwx moans at the overstimulation around his sensitive walls. Seeing this, lz repeats the motion.
"Er-gege, slow...slow down. Please let this one rest."
Finally, lz's hand slips out of wwx's slit. wwx sighs at the relief, though feeling strangely empty now.