Echoes of jade [Sun wukong × Reader]

Y/N was never just ordinary. There was always something ancient in her soul-an echo of something greater, older, and heartbreakingly beautiful. Her eyes gleamed with a wisdom she couldn't explain, her laughter carried a melody that made even demons pause, and her presence? It stirred something in the immortal Monkey King himself.

Long ago, in the era of legends and celestial wars, there existed the Jade Princess, The only daughter of the Jade emperor, known for her unmatched beauty, fierce compassion, and a spirit wild enough to rival the Great Sage Equal to Heaven. She and Sun Wukong were fire and wind-chaotic, passionate, and inseparable. But fate, as it often does, was cruel. She died during a trial, sacrificing herself to protect her true love by taking his place in the trial, leaving Wukong shattered, swearing never to love again.

Centuries passed. Wukong moved on-or at least, pretended to. But when he met Y/N, his successor's friend,a mortal girl with that same infuriating smirk, that same habit of getting into trouble, that same look-his world flipped. He tried to deny it. But the more time he spent around her, the more fragments of his past clawed their way back.

Memories he'd buried began to surface. Her touch felt familiar. Her voice haunted his dreams. And when she instinctively summoned celestial energy she shouldn't have had, he knew.