Yuan shrugs awkwardly, about to try and explain himself when suddenly all coherent thought is robbed from his mind and his eyes get as wide as dinner plates. Did Ling actually just...???
"A-Ling..." he says breathlessly "I- Of course I want- But you're...." the leader of one of the most influential clans in the land, the single most eligible bachelor on the market right now, someone with allies, relatives and friends in almost every major clan...
Someone who can do what the hell he wants, really, when you think about it. Oh, there are limits, and it's going to have to be handled well to be looked upon favourably, but he has a lot of power, and Yuan... Yuan is a disciple of the Lan clan, the heir to the Lan clan, the Chief Cultivator's son. If he keeps repeating it to himself maybe one day he'll actually believe it, because despite his beginnings - no. Despite where he spent his childhood, that's who he is now, and he is a perfectly worthy match.
"I want to. I- could we really?" the self doubt that threatens his resolve struggles to hold up against those words. I still love you. If he has Ling's love, does anything else really matter?
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Yuan shrugs awkwardly, about to try and explain himself when suddenly all coherent thought is robbed from his mind and his eyes get as wide as dinner plates. Did Ling actually just...???
"A-Ling..." he says breathlessly "I- Of course I want- But you're...." the leader of one of the most influential clans in the land, the single most eligible bachelor on the market right now, someone with allies, relatives and friends in almost every major clan...
Someone who can do what the hell he wants, really, when you think about it. Oh, there are limits, and it's going to have to be handled well to be looked upon favourably, but he has a lot of power, and Yuan... Yuan is a disciple of the Lan clan, the heir to the Lan clan, the Chief Cultivator's son. If he keeps repeating it to himself maybe one day he'll actually believe it, because despite his beginnings - no. Despite where he spent his childhood, that's who he is now, and he is a perfectly worthy match.
"I want to. I- could we really?" the self doubt that threatens his resolve struggles to hold up against those words. I still love you. If he has Ling's love, does anything else really matter?