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A Jumble of Guardian Fic Recs

Here we go again. With the 2018 drama Guardian this time. Same rules apply. These are all Weilan with no regard for theme or rating. I shifted a bit away from this fandom over the last year, so most of these are older. If anyone has recs for the newer fics in the fandom, feel free to send them my way.

when the light goes out by janonny

“Shen Wei…” the lantern says, and for a moment, his tone sounds fond, almost longing. Then the lantern continues in a jovial tone, “That is a good name.”

For some reason, Shen Wei starts at that, feels an odd jolt of deja vu.

Shen Wei stumbles across a lantern in the library that is always lit, sitting wholly out of place next to a window that allows in neverending Dixing light.

down comes the night by egelantier

Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei, trapped in the darkness under the mountain together while investigating a dangerous case, finally share some secrets and reach a new understanding.

Discidium, Reparandam by galaxysoup

The corner of Professor Shen’s mouth tightens slightly in the specific way that means he’s embarrassed but too reserved to show it, but it does put a halt to his efforts to make sure Zhao Yunlan has his gun, a backup gun, a warm enough jacket, a snack, and a willingness to preserve himself in the face of danger.

Call Me Maybe by Jo Lasalle (Jo_Lasalle)

A story in which Zhao Yunlan is good at paperwork, Shen Wei is an unreliable borrower of clothes, and the Black Cloaked Envoy needs better occupational health and safety provisions.

Get You A Man Who Can Do Both by marycrawford

The first time Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei met was while they were both petting Da Qing, so it was only reasonable that Da Qing got invested into their relationship right from the start. Also, Shen Wei’s first words to Zhao Yunlan were “This is a very intelligent cat,” which was the best and most appropriate come-hither line anyone ever used on anyone about anything, end of discussion. Da Qing just prayed that Zhao Yunlan wouldn’t fuck this up.

Put Him In The Longboat 'Til He's Sober by galaxysoup

It’s not that Shen Wei is intoxicated, it’s that the world has lost structural integrity at a molecular level.

wavelength by synonemous

If this was a movie, Zhao Yunlan knows this is the moment when the video would freeze and they’d play a clip of his voice saying the ever cliché, “So I bet you’re wondering how I ended up here.”

When it snows in summer by yantantether

In Zhao Yunlan's apartment, Shen Wei ushered him to the couch and stood over him as he slumped down. Zhao Yunlan threw his head back with a groan, exposing the line of his throat broken by the bulge of his Adam's apple. Looking up through half-closed eyes, he said, "Well, doc? What are you going to do with me now?"

Just gotta know by yantantether

'I'm not dumb,’ Zhao Yunlan says. He puts his right hand around Shen Wei's bicep, indulges his curiosity, squeezes gently. As he suspected, there's hard muscle under the rich fabric. Shen Wei hadn't been damaged by a fall from the roof, hadn't even been ruffled by Wang Yike's attack; he's letting Yunlan touch him now, but he doesn't have to.

He crowds closer still, keeps his hand lingering on Shen Wei's arm.

'I know humans, Prof,’ he says. 'And you're not one.’

Kite by Xparrot

Shen Wei is very confused (it's all right; Zhao Yunlan is there to catch him.)

Silence sharp as blades by frith_in_thorns

There's something I need to take care of this morning, Shen Wei had said, two days ago, and then had neatly removed himself from Zhao Yunlan's apartment and whatever this relationship was that they had been building together, without saying any more about where or why.

Every ridge hand-picked by the late sun’s slant light by wildestranger

Zhao Yunlan hasn’t been this happy and this angry at the same time since he was nine years old and his best friend broke his Nintendo when Zhao Yunlan beat him after a three-day tournament.

He wakes up on the office couch to see his team, mildly concerned but mostly bickering, and the Black Cloaked Envoy, standing calmly to the side as if he wasn’t secretly Shen Wei and probably sweating nervously under his ridiculous costume. Shen Wei, who has been lying to him for weeks about coincidences and being a normal if unusually enlightened professor; looking at Zhao Yunlan like he’s about to take up the invitation in all his sideways smirks and shameless hands without ever quite doing so; responding to Zhao Yunlan’s outrageous flirtation by consistently stepping closer but never close enough.

Zhao Yunlan gets up to greet this man, his destiny – who is currently scowling behind his fancy embroidered mask – and smiles as filthily as he can make it. Whatever else they might be to each other, Shen Wei has been taunting him for weeks. Zhao Yunlan is going to take him home and fuck him until he cries and he wants Shen Wei to know that.

“Long time, no see,” he says.

The Black Cloaked Envoy blanches.

soften endless nights of wind and rain by wildestranger

Zhao Yunlan is new to managing a partnership of equals, but it is clear that his understanding surpasses Shen Wei’s. There are debts that can be exchanged, but this one is too heavy for Zhao Yunlan to ever pay back. And the Black Cloaked Envoy is too used to taking care of himself; he is not used to thinking that someone else ought to take the trouble.

However, Zhao Yunlan is getting good at getting around Shen Wei. He knows his weaknesses, and where they can be weaponised to strike at long-held beliefs about himself and his duties in the world.

There is no necessary conflict between saving the Black Cloaked Envoy for the sake of the good he can do in the world, and saving Shen Wei for himself.

Dare to Hold by Trobadora

Zhao Yunlan lifts an open palm, his smile turning into a grin. "Welcome to the SID!"

And then, because his brain-to-mouth filter is plainly broken, and upsetting Shen Wei to a previously unknown degree apparently calls for an encore, he adds, "Though I'm wondering, why do I get the impression you'd have been less upset if I'd asked for a kiss?

Proof of Affection by laireshi

Fortunately, Zhao Yunlan stumbles upon a locked box that might contain information on the Hallows. Unfortunately, he doesn't know how to open it. Good thing that the Black-Cloaked Envoy is there to help.

"Oh," Zhao Yunlan says after a moment. "Wait, so, does this box want us to kiss?"

I Call 'Do Over' by Muzu

The Hallows have one final trick to play, and Zhao Yunlan is going to grab it with both hands.

when we reunite, the world will tilt on its axis by kyrilu

Zhao Yunlan tries to figure out how he should approach the matter of young Shen Wei.

Everything's not lost by frith_in_thorns

"Yes," says the man in the white coat, "Yes, all right," which is a bit rude — no one is forcing him to stay and listen to Zhao Yunlan; no one's got him strapped to a bed.

Small Arrangements by Thevetia

One of his braids had come undone and was falling across his face. He batted at it, resigned. He was untidy and disheveled, which was just so wrong for Shen Wei that Zhao Yunlan couldn’t help himself.

“Let me,” he said, and reached out to tuck the strands back.

Zhao Yunlan gets to take care of Shen Wei, and gets a little more back than he was expecting.

Makes Me Feel Sad for the Rest by Tethysian

"If Shen Wei wants romance he can have it some other time."

Set between episodes 14 and 15 when they obviously banged.

Quantum Immortality and the Timeline Convergence by china_shop

The other him tensed, eyes narrowed. “Hologram, clone, robot doppelganger, evil twin, or face-stealing Dixingren?”

“Time traveller. The Hallows brought me from the future to set things right, and I haven’t eaten in days, so you should give me that.” He pointed at the bowl of noodles. “You’ll thank yourself later.”

The Way Home (Forever for a Miracle) by starandrea

The Envoy takes Sha Ya and Hua Yuzhu back to Dixing, only to find hostile streets and a palace overtaken by rebels. They tell him to flee, and he does… but at the Lord Night’s pillar, he rages. The result may or may not be an amnesiac Ye Zun, one who claims no memory of the last ten thousand years and no Dixing abilities at all.

Shen Wei finds himself forced to choose between his brother and his home. No matter which path he takes, the SID will have to deal with the consequences.

which a minute will reverse by nightwalker

Shen Wei watched the young field agent wring his hands, and the realization of what was happening came over him like a shroud.

'Twas Brillig by Xparrot

Zhao Yunlan's job is to save a few kids. He's got that. He just has a few questions. Like where are they, and how do they get out of here, and why does his head hurt so much?

And who the hell is this guy in the black cloak and mask?

I'll Dream of You (I'll Never Be the Same) by umadoshi (Ysabet)

A story cycle for my take on two of the evergreen joys of (drama) Guardian fic: the idea that Zhao Yunlan spent (a lot) more time in the distant past than the drama showed us, and how the time loop results in there being no time in his and Shen Wei's relationship when one of them wasn't already in love with the other.

Bonus: fun with Dixingren biology!

if I kiss you (kisses will end) by umadoshi (Ysabet)

Shen Wei let his hands slip under the hem of Zhao Yunlan's shirt, finding bare skin. "Do you think I'm some shy virgin?"

"Nah, but you seem like you might be more of a romantic than me."

"I'm not so sure." Shen Wei ran a thumb firmly along Zhao Yunlan's ribs, felt the heave of his chest as his breath hitched. "But 'slow' isn't what I'd like."

Set after episode 14.

Flesh from Bone, Soul from Flesh by ratbones

A couple months after their return from the 'dead', Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei are finally getting something of a much-deserved break. Then the SID gets called in on a case: a triple murder of government officials on a public street. Zhao Yunlan knows one of the victims way too well.

Ice and Shard by frith_in_thorns

Zhao Yunlan didn't know what made him realise that something was wrong. But something definitely was.

Five Times Home by marcicat

Five times Zhao Yunlan ran away from home.

All the Boundaries Between by frith_in_thorns

In Dixing, expecting to have died after lighting the Lantern, Zhao Yunlan wakes up.

Like you're running out of time by frith_in_thorns

Zhao Yunlan is stuck in a time loop. Shen Wei is stuck on the outside.

war-worn by kyrilu

After his trip to the past 10,000 years ago, Zhao Yunlan attempts to adjust to the present.

he listens to you (to his heart) by sobsicles

Zhao Yunlan stares at him for a very long moment, and Shen Wei is helpless to do anything besides stare back. They gaze at each other for too long, and then Zhao Yunlan's face cracks into a smile he never seems to be able to stop.

"You look like a sad puppy," Zhao Yunlan comments, his gaze fond.

"And yet, you're the one who needs a leash," Shen Wei replies, inwardly satisfied when Zhao Yunlan jolts in surprise at his boldness.

Or, the one in which the whole SID team knows Zhao Yunlan only listens to Shen Wei, and they're not afraid to request his assistance.

A Name You Make Your Own by starandrea

Zhao Yunlan has known Shen Wei's name for a long time.

Once More from the Top by Muzu

With the power of the Hallows at his fingertips, Zhao Yunlan decides to make a few changes before he burns out.

Tonight Will Be Fine by laireshi

"Professor Shen?" Zhao Yunlan asks. "Shen Wei? Is there something—"

"I think the sword was poisoned," Shen Wei admits very slowly.

The Hourglass Runs Both Ways by Piplover

Zhao Yunlan was entirely out of his depth and he knew it.

Travelling back in time may have made for some amusing movies and TV shows, but the reality was far from glamorous or fun.

Nightmares Are Over by laireshi

Shen Wei seemed to be frozen in place, still as a statue. His eyes were open but unseeing; tears were running down his cheeks.

Flu-like Symptoms by Aythli

The Dixing woman sneezed in his face. Twelve hours later, despite the fact that Zhao Yunlan was assured that Dixing viruses weren’t contagious to Haixingren, he woke with a raging fever and bone-wracking cough. A Dixing illness, his feverish brain pondered, needed a Dixing expert. Although Shen Wei was the obvious answer, Zhao Yunlan was virtually certain his expertise came from actually being Dixingren, and he wasn’t about to risk infecting him. No, he needed someone unlikely to catch it, or at least probably safe from being affected. So he summoned the Black-Cloaked Envoy instead.

The Blood I Bleed Is Red by Anonymous

“The professor’s okay, then?” Da Qing joins him in watching the professor walk away. Zhao Yunlan takes out a lollipop and plays with it, but doesn’t unwrap it yet. Shen Wei’s gait is perfectly even, each footstep in perfect rhythm. Perhaps too perfect. “Apparently.” “Huh. You don’t think—” He stops and sniffs, stepping closer to Zhao Yunlan. “Eh? Chief? Were you injured?” “What? No. Why?” “You stink of blood.”

Collared by nightwalker

The cat took mercy and moved his bony elbows, crawling across Zhao Yunlan until he could sprawl on the far side of the bed, with his head on Shen Wei’s pillow and his legs on Zhao Yunlan’s knees, effectively pinning him in place. “When are you going to buy Shen Wei a new collar?”

Weighed Against Each Other by syriala

“Fortunately, I am used to getting injured,” Shen Wei says, as he heals the cut on his wrist.

Zhao Yunlan isn’t looking at him, but he sees Shen Wei smiling from the corner of his eyes.

Zhao Yunlan finally turns towards Shen Wei again, hoping that the cursed smile is gone from his face, but it’s still right there on his face, if faint, and he wants to put a genuine expression on Shen Wei’s face. Wants him to look after himself.

He wants him to be okay.

Etched Into Bone, Into Heart by Trobadora

Zhao Yunlan clears his throat. Leans towards the stranger, makes an effort to mix earnestness with his best blithe voice, hopefully projecting a self-assurance he's not feeling. "Sorry, but who are you?"

Instead of losing his sight, Zhao Yunlan loses his memory.

We're Not Bound To Break by starandrea

“You were my friend and protector. Now it’s my turn to be yours.”

Kunlun brought him forward. Shen Wei has every intention of bringing him back.

Forty first times (and the forty-first time) during the reunion of Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan.

The Once & Future Emperor by Kakushigo

Five thousand years ago, Emperor Kunlun walked the earth with Hei Pao Shi beside him. Together, they united the lands of Zhōngguó and brought back magic. Then, in one horrific night, Shen Wei lost his Emperor and his will to live.

It was said that one day Emperor Kunlun would walk the earth again, but after so long waiting, Shen Wei begins to doubt. When he finds the reborn Emperor, Shen Wei wants nothing more then to stand by his side, but wonders if he'll be welcome once all his secrets come to light.

Let Me Read Your Lips with Mine by Kakushigo

Zhao Yunlan had become Lord Guardian at 18, taking over Guardian Bookshop and the hell gate contained within. His normal day consisted of pretending to know how to run a normal bookshop and teasing his cat, until a local professor swept in and swept Zhao Yunlan off his feet.

a token of devotion by Cross_d_a

Ten thousand years in the distant past, Zhao Yunlan unknowingly begins to court a young Shen Wei.

Truth Serum (side effects include) by whatisthesoulofaman

AU where Shen Wei doesn't immediately pass out after that drink and we see Zhao Yunlan put him to bed.

A constellation of two by naye

"You know, I thought about you a lot," Zhao Yunlan said. "Back when I first met you."

All-Consuming by ratbones

Zhao Yunlan is the chief of an organization that definitely is not the secret police. Shen Wei is an ordinary biology professor. They've never met. The strange events taking place in Dragon City are being addressed by the proper authorities and pose no danger to the citizens. Anyone displaying symptoms including headache, high fever, and disorientation should seek prompt medical attention for the best prognosis.

Black Scales by ratbones

There's something lurking in the hills around the Alliance headquarters. Something big, fast, and deadly.

Also, General Kunlun is suspiciously bad with a dao.

Prince of Thorns by Sylvia

Steel was the only thing that had a discernible effect on the rose thicket. Dark energy splashed uselessly against it, absorbed without a trace. Cold that would slow molecules ghosted across the fresh green leaves as a harmless frost, melting away easily in the afternoon sun. Fire… Shen Wei had not dared to try fire.

A rose thicket encages the SID, Zhao Yunlan is trapped in unnatural sleep, and Shen Wei is forced to rely on Zhao Xinci’s assistance.

like dating a brick wall by china_shop

“Tell me what’s wrong,” said Shen Wei, and the injustice of it took Zhao Yunlan’s breath away.

Le beau au bois dormant by Xparrot

When Shen Wei falls victim to a mysterious Dixing attack, the SID is on the case, and Zhao Yunlan is going to save him, no matter what.

filled my lungs with oxygen by egelantier

Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei are enjoying their happily ever after together. But there's a price Shen Wei has to pay, over and over again, for both of them staying alive. Zhao Yunlan is prepared.

Now Lie in It by Xparrot

Ten thousand years before he's even born, Zhao Yunlan falls in love, all over again for the first time.

#fic recs #镇魂 guardian #guardian fanfic #weilan #I had forgotten just how many talented authors hung out in the Guardian tags back in the day #so many good fics there

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