Iteration

[laireshi]

Title: Iteration
Pairing: Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan
Rating: Teen
Word count: ~2300
Tags: Angst, Happy Ending, Temporary Character Death, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Time Loop (Groundhog Day style, not the canon one)
A/N: This is set in some nebulous post-canon where Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan both survive. I considered tagging "Dixing powers and the Hallows do what I want", because, well, yes. There is a happy ending, but please mind the tags.
Summary:

Shen Wei jolts awake. He blinks with confusion. He's in his office, grading his students' term papers—he's never dozed off before—

Memories rush back. Two sets of identical memories. It's not a vision; it's a time loop. He knows it with a cold awareness, proven further by a newly learnt power coursing through him—the Dixingren's explosions. Which means Zhao Yunlan . . .

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