the_clumsy_assassin



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    The woman’s eyes widened, and her hand reached out, not quite touching Rumi, but close. “Not that you’re not beautiful, because wow, you-” She stopped, a look of realisation crossed her face “-I mean, no, wait, no, you are beautiful, but I wasn’t hitting on you, I have a girlfriend-” 

    Rumi ignored her chest squeezing.

     “-A stunning girlfriend, Mira. I mentioned her, right? My girlfriend Mira-” The woman stopped abruptly and lowered her head down into her arms. “Jeez, Zoey, stop rambling at the deaf woman.” It was muffled, but Rumi heard it.

    Silenced by grief, Rumi’s world is transformed when she crosses paths with Mira and Zoey, who guide her toward a voice she thought was lost forever.

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    Mira with Zoey holding her arm in a death grip: Hey, my girlfriend saw you from across the record shop, and we really dig your vibe. Can we buy you a vinyl?
    Rumi, with selective mutism: 👁️👄👁️

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    Lan Zhan had moved out of his brother’s apartment only eight months ago, and he was already failing. He’d felt like a can of compressed air at his brother’s. Now he felt like a grenade with the pin pulled.

    He hated that he knew what compressed air and grenades were.

    He hated so much. It didn’t seem possible to be filled with this much enmity. It felt as if resentment oozed from his pores these days. If only he could cultivate with it. Maybe then he could figure out how to pay his rent.

    But that had all been left behind. Golden cores, cultivation, swords and righteousness and the beauty of a world that had a place for him. Gone.

    No, not just gone. Destroyed.

    He would never move back in with his brother.

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    “Lan Zhan…”

    “I can drive A-Yuan to daycare and pick him up on the days you’re too busy. In addition to sharing meals.” She lifts a pacifying hand when Wei Ying’s eyes widen. “It is no trouble to me.”

    Wei Ying sputters. “Of course it is—”

    “Then trouble me.” Though Lan Zhan doesn’t raise her tone, there’s a ring of exasperation to her words. She pauses for a recentering breath. “My life is spotless. Perhaps I could… Use a little trouble. The good kind.”

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    "And what do I get if I behave?"

    "Mm..." Lan Zhan murmured, his eyes dropping to Wei Ying's lips. He absently wondered if he looked just as wrecked as he felt. If his lips were as bruised as Lan Zhan's. "If you deserve it...Then I'll fuck you."

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    The one where best buddy Wei Ying helps Lan Zhan move and finds something he shouldn't...

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