✧𝔻𝔼𝕍𝕆𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ~ 𝒶𝓃𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃~✧

✧Lan Zhan- Abducted✧

A/N- For some reason that pose looks so beautiful but also sad because I can imagine him with an arrow struck through his heart like that... because I've seen a K-pop choreography (I think it's Dreamcatcher's BOCA) with one of the members, I think it was either Yoohyeon or SuA, in that position with an arrow through them and imagining Lan Zhan with an arrow through him is not an image I want to see... regardless of that, the fanart is beautiful as usual!

AFTER WEI WUXIAN'S death, Lan Zhan was seriously affected. He would barely even socialize with anyone except his brother and you, and even then, you rarely saw him. You had been friends since childhood, and it hurt you to see him in such pain.

As months passed, you managed to coax him out of his shell, and make him feel better. He had been forever weakened from his experience with depression. He hadn't eaten in a long time, so his body was weak. Now he was eating again, but it would take a long time for him to regain the strength he had in the past. All his muscles had been eaten up by his body to keep energy. He looked like a stick, and felt like one as well. When you touched his hand, you could feel his brittle bones and the dryness of his skin. It scared you.

As Lan Zhan recovered, his enemies moved in on him. They knew that now was a good time to try and attack him, when he was just regaining his strength. One of them, a man named Wen Xu, the son of Wen Ruohan, who despised Lan Zhan with a great hatred, snuck into the palace under the guise of a hopeful disciple. Lan Xichen, Lan Zhan's brother, was impressed with Wen Xu's combat skills and took him as his student.

This was perfect for the scheming Wen Xu. Xichen was very close to Lan Zhan, his intended target. All he had to do was gain Xichen's trust, and then he could see Lan Zhan for himself and accomplish his goal, which was to abduct him and bring him to Nightless City, his home. Envisioning Lan Zhan, the famous younger Twin Jade of Gusu, pressed under his body and begging for help made him smile- a scary, hideous, toothy smile.

Over the following weeks, Wen Xu excelled in his studies and made Xichen pleased. When he asked Xichen for permission to ask Lan Zhan to train him, Xichen declined and said that Lan Zhan wasn't strong enough to fight yet, but soon he would be.

"I'm so sorry to hear that," Wen Xu said. "Do you mind telling me where he is right now? I want to give him my well-wishes, and introduce myself to him."

Xichen was suspicious of this, but he told Wen Xu that his brother was sleeping and where he was asleep, in his room. Wen Xu thanked his teacher and rushed to Lan Zhan's bedroom, which was coincidentally where you were as well. He threw the door open and put a sword to your neck, ordering Lan Zhan to come with him or he would cut your head off.

"Lan Zhan! Don't listen to him! Stay where you are! He's trying to trick you!" you cried out, wincing as the movement of your neck made the blade cut you. It was a thin cut, only skin deep, but it still hurt quite a lot.

When Lan Zhan saw your blood, he began to panic. He began to hyperventilate, imagining Wei Wuxian's blood covered body falling off of the cliff over and over again in his head. He reached out for you, but Wen Xu struck him across the face hard, making him fall down to the ground, where he lay in a crumpled, crying, anxious mess.

You wanted so badly to run to him, hold him in your arms, and caress him until he stopped crying, until he stopped worrying. But you couldn't move, or Wen Xu would slit your throat. so you just stood there, crying for your friend, and crying for yourself.

"Get up, Little Jade. March!" Wen Xu said.

Lan Zhan couldn't move. He was terrified. He didn't want to lose you like he had lost Wei Wuxian.

He couldn't lose you like he lost Wei Wuxian.

He wouldn't let it happen.