mfl challenge #2

[presumenothing]

*brings out the shovel*

Today's MFL reads:

out past the shallow breakers (3148 words) by taizi
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín & Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Lán Yuàn | Lán Sīzhuī & Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn
Characters: Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín, Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Lán Yuàn | Lán Sīzhuī, Jīn Líng | Jīn Rúlán, Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī, Lán Jǐngyí
Additional Tags: Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín & Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn Reconciliation, Good Kid Lán Yuàn | Lán Sīzhuī, Jiāng Chéng | Jiāng Wǎnyín Needs a Hug, Families of Choice, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Mending Bridges, sizhui can go a little bit feral....as a treat, Minor Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn
Summary:

Jiang Cheng is still staring at the place Lan Sizhui had stood.

The last living remnant of a persecuted clan, so much an amalgamation of his two fathers that it didn’t make sense that one of them had been dead for most of his young life—holding a grudge and bowing his head at the same time. Lan Wangji, in Jiang Cheng’s experience, has never once let something go that he could nurse icy resentment for instead. Wei Wuxian has always choked down hurt like it was second nature, no matter that it must feel like swallowing nails every time.

It was a normal conversation, but perhaps that’s exactly why Lan Sizhui couldn’t bear another second of it.

“He died,” Lan Sizhui had said, as raw as a fresh wound, or one that kept getting torn open again before it could heal. “What more do you want?”

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The Ground Underfoot is Colder Here (4496 words) by sonnets_and_snowdrops
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Bleach
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kyouraku Shunsui/Ukitake Juushirou, (if ya squint), (but lbr I'm never gonna write canon compliant content where ShunUki isn't a thing), Hitsugaya Toushirou & Ukitake Juushirou
Characters: Hitsugaya Toushirou, Hitsugaya Toushirou's Grandmother, Ukitake Juushirou, Kyouraku Shunsui, Shiba Kaien, Matsumoto Rangiku, (mention) - Character
Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Pre-Canon, Think Piece, or - Freeform, sorta - Freeform, it's ~introspective~ anyway
Summary:

Finding the place where Hitsugaya Tōshirō lived was an easy matter. Energy sparked from the little, wooden home, and Jūshirō had followed it like a beacon. He'd known developing souls to leak reiatsu before, but never like this. He's powerful, Jūshirō remarks to himself. Especially for one so young.

Jūshirō has always been hopeful by nature, but when he truly chooses to be realistic, he understands that there probably isn't very much he can do for the boy. Still, he feels he needs to try. Trying, after all, is better than doing nothing - especially if he truly can make a small shred of difference.

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Invisible Machinery (3277 words) by altschmerzes
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Mentalist
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Patrick Jane & Teresa Lisbon, Kimball Cho & Patrick Jane, Patrick Jane & Grace Van Pelt, Patrick Jane & Wayne Rigsby
Characters: Patrick Jane, Teresa Lisbon, Kimball Cho, Grace Van Pelt, Wayne Rigsby
Additional Tags: Team as Family, Hurt/Comfort, Episode: s01e16 Bloodshot, Friendship, Protectiveness, Touch-Starved
Summary:

Patrick Jane doesn't know what's stranger - the way they've been touching him since his sight was compromised or the fact that he thinks he's going to miss it when it stops.

(jane loses his sight, the team gets protective, and jane has a little trouble processing this)

Comments

[cortue]

MFL clearance sale is a great name for this :D. And I am intrigued by anything marked ‘lan sizhui can go a little feral as a treat’

[presumenothing]

My favourite kind of clearance XD

I'd give Sizhui a get out of jail free card any day, the poor kid…

[brokenhighways]

It's so nice to see you making progress with the MFL challenge! And I'm going to add that Mentalist fic to my to read list - I love that episode! :D Thanks!

[presumenothing]

I have to admit, mostly I only remember to do it after seeing one of bonibaru's posts cross my page! But yes it's a nice feeling to know I'm chipping away at it, bit by bit.

And it's been a while since I saw that episode but it's definitely a good one <3

[nnozomi]

Oh, that fic by taizi is a favorite of mine!