Flashfic: Xixi's Haixing Adventure (gen)

[china_shop]

3500 words, G-rated, post-canon AU, sequel to All the Colours of the World. OFC pov, illegal immigration, female friendship, epistolary. For the fan_flashworks Cloud challenge. Many many thanks to mergatrude for beta and trobadora for read-through. <3

Xixi'a Haixing Adventure on Dreamwidth | on AO3
Summary: If I don’t like it, I’ll just go back—that’s what I told myself. But I don’t want to go back. I’m going to get a job. I wish I could send you this. I wish you had come with me.

The Dixing / Haixing / Dragon City (de)population question

[jo_lasalle]

I'm curious how other people approach questions of size and population density of Dragon City and Dixing, both in general and from a ficwriting POV, if anyone wants to chime in!

Fic: Metamorphoses

[no_detective]

Metamorphoses (11505 words) by no_detective
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, Lín Jìng, Chǔ Shùzhī
Additional Tags: Porn With Plot, Porn with Feelings, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Royalty, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Dom/sub Undertones, Here there be switches, Chekhov's bathing pool
Series: Part 10 of The Crimson Lotus
Summary:

The thing was, Zhao Yunlan wanted to blame it on the opera, except he’d found himself genuinely enjoying it. The first part, that is, before the attempt on his life.

(Takes place after Exit Through the Pleasure House; contains spoilers through Chapter 18 of the series.)