Lwj gets wwx out before he's dropped in the Burial Mounds but is under the impression his core was melted rather than freely given away. Wwx doesn't correct him. Until lwj sees his scar.

Wwxs core is incredibly strong. The stab should not have affected him so much.... unless.... lwjs eyes slide over to the core melting right hand. Unless his core had been melted.

[please, never do something like this in your own life. This is an AU and everything goes right in it] Stay safe, don't be like LWJ; don't let strangers into your home. Even the hot ones.

Before he can even form a second thought his mouth is moving, "there's nothing in the B+B but I have a spare room.... if you'd like."

Ok, we're circling back to this - picture: It's early, lwj just woke, marveling at his WY's sleepy face when he's sees it; a spider. Crawling on the wall by the bed. His choices are as follows: gtfo of there and leave WY with the beast, wake his WY, or deal with it himself.... what will he do?

(There was a spider at work last night and I had to relocate it when I got there)

Huaisang's smile was absolutely deadly, "it /is/ interesting considering shes wearing your shoes and those pants I lent yo- hey! Let go!"

Holds a special place in my heart 😌

WWX, being WWX, follows him until he's cornered, then has the audacity to laugh when LWJ tries to give him his wallet. LWJ holds a grudge, because of course he does, but WWX eventually wins him over And that the story of how a field study ended in marriage ANYWAYSS,,,

LWJ would eventually notice his stalker and start acting 'oddly.' WWX gets worried and breaks the rules, deciding to engage with his loner subject. LWJ, socially awkward, sees his unreasonably hot stalker approaching and fuckin runs away