520 Day Reverse Exchange collection is live!!

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The First Annual Interdimensional Haixing-Dixing 520 Day Reverse Exchange collection is live (and it's AWESOME)!!!

So much thanks to everyone who participated!

Your gift should be visible in the collection or at your own AO3 profile page under your gifts.

Please remember to comment on your gift and thank your creator! And if there are any problems, let us know ASAP.

Feel free to re-date your entry: Edit the work, tick "Set a different publication date" and choose today's date. That way, your work will appear on AO3 as if posted today, rather than when you actually posted it.

Now go forth, read, look, watch, admire and enjoy! Happy 520 Day!



Note: We compiled this list about 15 hours ago. If you've changed the title or summary of your work since then, let us know, and we'll update the entry here. :-)

ART & ICONS

12 Guardian Icons (12 words) by Green
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Shěn Wēi, Zhào Yúnlán, Yè Zūn, Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: Banners & Icons, actually just icons
Summary:

12 100x100 icons.

Always stay here and never leave me (0 words) by abyss_valkyrie
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: kunlun/shen wei, Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Zhào Yúnlán, Shěn Wēi
Additional Tags: Fanart
Summary:

Zhao Yunlan loves his Shen Wei but that doesn't mean his heart doesn't hurt at the thought of leaving this Shen Wei behind.
Title is from Grace Vanderwaal's 'Moonlight'.

Fanart - Kiss (0 words) by goss
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Zhào Yúnlán, Shěn Wēi
Additional Tags: Fanart
Summary:

Watercolour painting for tinnydw, who requested "Zhao Yunlan kissing Shen Wei as the Black Cloaked Envoy".

[Icons] Shen Wei + clothing (0 words) by demitas
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Shěn Wēi, Zhào Yúnlán
Additional Tags: Banners & Icons, sleeve garters
Summary:

Shen Wei's suits and sleeve garters, for the 520 exchange.

Art: A spell of rest, and quiet breath (0 words) by mekare
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Zhào Yúnlán, Shěn Wēi
Additional Tags: Fanart, Watercolors, Established Relationship, Music, Traditional Media, Cuddling & Snuggling, Non-Sexual Intimacy
Summary:

A quiet evening in Yunlan's apartment. Zhao Yunan takes great pleasure in introducing Shen Wei to music he thinks he'll enjoy. Title from the poem I Am In Need of Music by Elizabeth Bishop.

Ties (19 words) by spaceAltie
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Shěn Wēi, Zhào Yúnlán, Dà Qìng
Additional Tags: Zhao Yunlan likes Shen Wei's Tie, Shen Wei can't resist Zhao Yunlan, and Da Qing doesn't care, Canon Compliant, Domestic Fluff
Summary:

Zhao Yunlan volunteers to help Shen Wei fasten his tie, but he’s more in the mood to undress him.

Meanwhile, Da Qing eats dried fish.

A Warm Gift (235 words) by Chitsuu
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV), 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán, Shen Wei/Zhao Yun Lan
Characters: Shěn Wēi, Zhào Yúnlán, Zhao Yun Lan
Summary:

Zhao Yunlan took up knitting.

Weilan Manips and Icons for Naye (386 words) by tinnydw
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV), 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Zhao Yunlan/Shen Wei
Additional Tags: Fanart, Manip, Banners & Icons
Summary:

My Guardian Reverse Exchange 2019 contribution

Wherever the tide takes me (6995 words) by Kitshunette
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV), 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Zhào Yúnlán, Shěn Wēi, Dà Qìng, Yè Zūn, Zhù Hóng, Wāng Zhēng, Lín Jìng
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Pacific Rim Fusion, Art, Digital Art
Summary:

PACIFIC RIM AU || Art & plot elements

***

At age 19, Shen Wei shook the world and gave a new breath to the Jaeger program.
At age 25, Ye Zun and their Jaeger Dixing disappeared beneath the waves.
At age 28, Shen Wei took command of the rising Longcheng Shatterdome, and became the youngest Marshall in the world.

And at age 30, Zhao Yunlan's smile welcomed him on board of the Kunlun.

VID

Bury a Crown (0 words) by lolachrome
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Shěn Wēi, Zhào Yúnlán
Additional Tags: Fanvid, BAMF Shen Wei
Summary:

Shen Wei is not your baby.

FIC - DRAMA

astringent, spicy, sour, sweet (6960 words) by china_shop
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Shěn Wēi, Zhào Yúnlán, Zhào Xīncí
Additional Tags: Control Issues, Politics, Unethical Experimentation, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, First Kiss, Intimacy Is Hard
Summary:

Zhao Yunlan laughs unhappily. “You know, I thought once you’d admitted the truth, we could stop playing those games.”

“It’s not a game.”

Bits of this and that (410 words) by qwerty
Chapters: 3/3
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán, Kūn Lún/Shěn Wēi
Additional Tags: Fluff, Humor
Summary:

Various things done for the 520 challenge.

The Black Lotus Club (16962 words) by MistressKat
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Additional Tags: Undercover, Light BDSM, Manhandling, Competency, Power Dynamics, Feelings, Emotional Edging, Power Exchange, Mutual Pining, It's For a Case, Gift Exchange
Summary:

Shen Wei understood power. It was, he thought, why he was here. Why Zhao Yunlan had asked him. Because he understood power, not just as some abstract concept, but concretely, intimately, the heavy cloak of it a familiar weight he’d carried for centuries. Shen Wei knew how to wield it, like a weapon, like a caress, and he knew how easy it was for that use to turn to abuse.

Tonight, Zhao Yunlan needed him to wield that power on his behalf. And that was the easiest thing of all. The easiest and the most dangerous.

Call Me Maybe (10563 words) by Jo Lasalle
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Zhào Yúnlán, Shěn Wēi, Zhù Hóng, Chǔ Shùzhī, Dà Qìng, Guō Chángchéng, Lín Jìng
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, First Time
Summary:

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.

A Demon-Friendly Guide to Happiness (15731 words) by ZairaA
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Shěn Wēi, Zhào Yúnlán
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Demons, Romantic Comedy, Humor, Fluff, Angst, Kid Fic, Getting Together, Sexual Tension, First Time, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Shěn Wēi Is A Bad Liar, Shěn Wēi Doesn't Know How To Human, Zhào Yúnlán Is A Slut, But Also Has Squishy Feelings
Summary:

Shen Wei is a demon exasperated by humans, until he accidentally acquires a human child and turns to Officer Zhao Yunlan for guidance. Zhao Yunlan meanwhile has no idea that he has the hots for a demon.

Every Cloud And Ray Of Sun (996 words) by geckoholic
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Zhào Yúnlán, Shěn Wēi
Additional Tags: Morning After, Sexual Content, Cuddling & Snuggling, Developing Relationship
Summary:

The sun's rising early on their first morning after.

越界 (Yue Jie - Crossing a Border) (3571 words) by shirasade
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Shěn Wēi, Zhào Yúnlán
Additional Tags: First Time, Missing Scene, Episode Related
Summary:

Zhao Yunlan was so gone for Shen Wei, it wasn’t even funny, no matter how amusing Damn Cat found it. And that was before he figured out that the mild-mannered Professor and the powerful Black-Clad Envoy were one and the same.

Human Courtship Rituals, As Witnessed By A Member of the One and Only Cat Tribe (3830 words) by anecdotalist
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Shěn Wēi, Zhào Yúnlán, Dà Qìng
Additional Tags: POV Outsider, Da Qing pov, Canon Compliant, spoilers for the whole series, which means that yes there is a bit of angst in this, but there is a happy ending, I swear, so it's, Angst with a Happy Ending, and mostly, Fluff, and the character death is fixed, I just checked the warning in case anyone wants to avoid any mention of it, Ye Olde Haixing era
Summary:

Da Qing has seen many things crumble in his ten thousand years of life but the courtship between his human and his human’s Dixingren mate has withstood time, Hallows, and a megalomaniacal brother.

In Vino Veritas (3275 words) by galaxysoup
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Zhù Hóng, Shěn Wēi
Additional Tags: Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Episode Tag
Summary:

After the lie of the dreamworld and the trauma of Dixing, Zhu Hong and Shen Wei find a little truth.

It’s the little things that make the world (2813 words) by maggie33
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Cheng Xinyan, Shěn Wēi, Zhào Yúnlán, Dà Qìng
Additional Tags: Post-Finale, Grief/Mourning, POV Minor Character
Summary:

A year later Doctor Cheng Xinyan remembers.

justice gave me an amber necklace (3143 words) by Raven
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Shěn Wēi, Zhào Yúnlán, Lǐ Qiàn, Zhù Hóng
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Case Fic
Summary:

Shen Wei isn’t teaching in pyjamas or giving everyone an F. He hasn’t started crying in the street or taken up juggling. It's just... something.

What happened afterwards; or, Zhao Yunlan worries.

Lean on me (9014 words) by kaminikaku
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Shěn Wēi, Zhào Yúnlán
Summary:

Shen Wei asked him to stay behind, to wait for him, to take care of things on the surface. When he called for help, he went to him. Finding Shen Wei chained to that pillar, bringing him home - now Zhao Yunlan knows for sure. He belongs beside Shen Wei, and the first step will be convincing him to lean on him when he needs support.
Spoilers up through episode 33 of the series.
Warning for: after effects of violence, some profanity and heavy on the angst.

Living Well (4392 words) by 020104isme
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Chǔ Shùzhī/Guō Chángchéng
Characters: Guō Chángchéng, Chǔ Shùzhī
Additional Tags: Friends to Lovers, Team as Family
Summary:

Guo Changcheng figures out what (and who) he needs to truly allow him to live his life well.

Make a Gamble, Take a Gamble (7551 words) by Trobadora
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Shěn Wēi, Zhào Yúnlán
Additional Tags: Episode 23, Episode 24, Missing Scenes, First Time, Episode Related, secrets (and how to live with them)
Summary:

What does Shen Wei see when he looks at him? It's not Zhao Yunlan; it can't be. It has to be someone else, something else, some secret Zhao Yunlan doesn't know. Something that makes him think Zhao Yunlan should be okay with Shen Wei being hurt.

(Set during episodes 23 and 24, after the kitchen confrontation and during the video game case.)

Prince of Thorns (6888 words) by Sylvia
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Zhào Yúnlán, Shěn Wēi, Zhào Xīncí
Additional Tags: Case Fic
Summary:

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.

OR:

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.

Ren (1892 words) by Teaotter
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Shěn Wēi, Zhào Yúnlán
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Gender Changes, Established Relationship, Alternate Universe - Magical Realism
Summary:

Ren: the Confucian virtue of benevolence, charity, and humanity.

Shen Wei (4375 words) by daroh
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Shěn Wēi, Zhào Yúnlán
Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Alternate Universe - Canon, Porn with Feelings
Summary:

Shen Wei loves Zhao Yunlan, and there is only so long he can feign otherwise.

Something Sacred We Found (6740 words) by Blue
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Zhào Yúnlán, Shěn Wēi
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Everybody Lives, Hurt/Comfort, mostly comfort, Exposed ankles, Shen Wei's Long Hair
Summary:

In which the past, good and bad, revisits the present.

Text to Taste (2829 words) by lynndyre
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan & Ye Zun
Characters: Zhào Yúnlán, Shěn Wēi, Yè Zūn
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Fix-It
Summary:

Zhao Yunlan and Ye Zun bond, slowly

The Throne of Dixing (1225 words) by riventhorn
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: An Bai (Guardian)
Additional Tags: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Angst, Aliens, set during episode 23
Summary:

An Bai ascends the throne of Dixing.

To fall but in your arms (16049 words) by naye
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Shěn Wēi, Zhào Yúnlán, The SID Team
Additional Tags: First Kiss, Hurt/Comfort, Cuddling & Snuggling, Unresolved Sexual Tension, During Canon, Specifically Episode 9
Summary:

It isn't even a choice. It is simply the right thing to do. He has let himself fall away from Zhao Yunlan once before, from a rooftop in Dragon City. He can do it again here.

The Touch of Your Mouth (your heart's truth tells me) (3524 words) by Rana Eros
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Additional Tags: First Kiss, Episode 36 Missing Scene, Episode 15 Missing Scene, Episode 8 Missing Scene, Episode 40 Missing Scene, Several first kisses actually, Ye Olde Haixing era, Reincarnation
Summary:

Four first kisses, and one that's not the last.

Touch Starved (2370 words) by mabyn
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Zhào Yúnlán, Shěn Wēi
Additional Tags: Touch-Starved, Alternate Universe - Canon, Episode 35 Coda-ish, Time Travel
Summary:

Shen Wei watched from the wormhole while Zhao Yunlan and his younger self fell in love in Old Haixing. Now that they're back in the modern world, would Zhao Yunlan want this version of him?

Under Rusted Skies (14339 words) by ExtraPenguin
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Zhào Yúnlán, Shěn Wēi
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Space, Science Fiction
Summary:

Zhao Yunlan, Chief of the SID, got a call that tells him there is potential Dixing activity on Huoxing, one planet outwards from Haixing. Never one to waste a chance, he dangled the chance of a Huoxing trip in front of the hot professor. It went much better than the attempt with the old books, and now Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei are tumbling through the void towards Huoxing.

When it snows in summer (8909 words) by yantantether
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, First Time, Zhao Yunlan doesn't know
Summary:

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?"

You Had One Job (take off your mask and smile) (5532 words) by starandrea
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi & Yè Zūn, Kūn Lún/Shěn Wēi, Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán
Characters: Yè Zūn, Shěn Wēi, Zhào Yúnlán, Fú Yóu, Má Guī, Dà Qìng
Summary:

Allied Dixing turned a blind eye to any and all indiscretions committed by the foreign General Kunlun. The Black Robed Envoy owed Kunlun his life, so the Dixing forces would never speak against him. The Envoy defended his people with every power he had, and they followed without question.

They followed both the Black Robed Envoys, not that everyone believed there were two of them.

FIC - NOVEL/DRAMA BLEND

Not All Those Who Wander (23476 words) by Xparrot
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV), 镇魂 | Guardian - priest
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Shěn Wēi/Zhào Yúnlán, Kūn Lún/Shěn Wēi
Characters: Kūn Lún, Zhào Yúnlán, Shěn Wēi, Dà Qìng
Additional Tags: Drama, Angst, epic fantasy, or else scifi?, Old Haixing Era, Post-Apocalypse, canon AU, Show-Book Fusion, Fix-It of Sorts
Summary:

The god Kunlun is as old as the mountain range that bears his name, if not older. Or so they say. He was here before any people were, as eternal as the mountains — moreso, in truth. The mountains might change, but Kunlun remains Kunlun.

FIC - RPF

fledgling (5678 words) by bonibaru
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV) RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Alternate Universe - Dragons, Mythical Beings & Creatures, First Kiss, Feelings, Friends to Lovers
Summary:

His kind are not easily swayed in any aspect of life. In all the relationships he’s ever had with humans - including the family, friend, and miserably-failed, barely romantic kinds - Zhu Yilong has been the immovable object. If he doesn’t want to do something, he simply plants himself solidly in one place and waits patiently for the human instigator to tire of pestering him and go away. He’d expected his usual coping strategy to work this time, too, but it turned out that he hadn’t encountered a truly irresistible force before - until Bai Yu stumbled into his orbit.

A Heart Made To Be Broken (5302 words) by Tanndell
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 镇魂 | Guardian (TV) RPF, 镇魂 | Guardian (TV)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bai Yu/Zhu Yilong
Characters: Bai Yu (Actor), Zhu Yilong
Additional Tags: Explicit Sexual Content, Hurt/Comfort, Character Bleed
Summary:

A first scene, a last scene and everything in between