Serendipity [WangXian FF]

Chapter V

You know when you finally notice something, it's always been there but you were too caught up in everything else to see it before, but now you have and it becomes the only thing you can think about?

That's Wei Wuxian since that morning on the living room floor. It's been weeks and he can't seem to bring himself to do something about it.

Sure, since their first kiss and the more constant PDA, he's noticed Lan Zhan in a different light. Well, he let himself see him in a different light. But now that "light" has taken a turn because he's started to crave his boyfriend's touch. Not just kisses, not just hugs and the occasional hand just above his knee with the perfect grip that was starting to drive him insane. No, he wanted those hands to explore his whole body, he wanted Lan Zhan's mouth all over him and he wanted to do those things to his boyfriend as well.

"I think he wants that too." Wei Wuxian mumbled to himself, recalling how Lan Zhan's eyes would roam his body and get that dark look of desire in his gaze. He didn't even need to be doing something particularly provoking, it happened when he was lazing about in sweatpants or just woken from a nap, simply existing.

"It has to mean something."

"What does?" Lan Zhan startled him out of his very not platonic thoughts.

Wei Wuxian shouldn't be contemplating all of this in his office, but his thoughts just kept running towards Lan Zhan.

"Ah, I'm going over some essays. Trying to figure out what they meant." he lied, closing the laptop he hasn't been paying attention to for the past half hour.

This was starting to become a problem, he couldn't even focus at work because he kept thinking of Lan Zhan all over him, in-

"Mm." Lan Zhan halted his thoughts, staring at him for a minute and deciding to let the lie go. "I brought lunch."

"You truly are my savior!" as if prompted, Wei Wuxian's stomach growled.

Watching Wei Wuxian eat shouldn't make Lan Wangji want to throw caution to the wind and finally have his way with his boyfriend on his office floor. Desk. Maybe even the chair... Wei Ying against the bookshelves, gripping them as-

"Are you okay?" Wei Ying frowned in concern at him. "Is it too hot? Your ears are flushed."

"Just a bit. I can handle it." Lan Zhan cleared his throat and started mentally naming every single tea he could think of.

Wei Wuxian noticed the subtle way Lan Zhan's ears flushed deeper at the mention of "handling it." He smirked, leaning back in his chair with a teasing glint in his eyes.

"You know, I never thought eating would be such a... complicated activity with you around," he said, winking as he shoved a bite of rice into his mouth.

Lan Zhan's brows furrowed slightly, a small frown tugging at his lips as if he was trying to decipher the exact meaning behind Wei Wuxian's words. The way he said "complicated" made something stir in his chest. Though it wasn't exactly discomfort, it was a sharp, thrilling sensation he wasn't sure he knew how to handle.

"I am not sure what you mean," Lan Zhan replied carefully, as though weighing his words in his mind before speaking them aloud.

Wei Wuxian laughed, his gaze dropping to the food in front of him as he deliberately took another bite. "Nothing, nothing, don't worry about it. Just—" He cleared his throat, biting back the next line that almost slipped out, the words that had been lingering on the tip of his tongue all day. "Just... enjoying my meal. And your company, of course."

There was something in the way he said it that made Lan Zhan's gaze linger on him longer than necessary. His expression softened just a fraction, but only Wei Wuxian would have noticed, the way his usually stoic face betrayed just the smallest hint of warmth.