deepestbluesky

so for absolutely no reason whatsoever ~~definitely not related to the last episode of the mdzs donghua coming out~~, i wanted to put together a list of jiang cheng+lan wangji fics! i'm absolutely obsessed with their relationship, and what am i here for if not to provide fic recs? i'm going to include both shippy and non-shippy fics. for gen fics, i've tried to include only fics where they respect each other or work together if not actual friendship (which means i didn't include some of my favorite fics with them, where they're much more antagonistic). for ship fics, i've included some hate-sex fics, but i tried to stick with ones that have at least moments of shared understanding. also, for ship fics, i think i remembered to note when they have another pairing (usually jiang cheng/lan wangji/wei wuxian, since a lot of these do have that).

jiang cheng & lan wangji

Summer Haze
staringatstars
https://archiveofourown.org/works/26151574
2,452

Jiang Wanyin accidentally overhears Lan Wangji defending him at a discussion conference and honestly doesn't know what to do with this information.

nothing you confess
PorcupineGirl
https://archiveofourown.org/works/29127213/chapters/71504748
31,083

Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian have both been told since childhood that if you are lucky enough to have a soulmate, a red string will appear on your wrist the day you meet them. This is common knowledge.
What nobody ever told them, likely because nobody knew, is that if your soulmate loses their golden core, you can feel it happening.

Standing Engagement
x_los
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25789930
18,013

Lan Wangji believes he and Wei Wuxian are essentially engaged. While they search for his missing betrothed, he accidentally reveals as much to Jiang Wanyin. Now everyone in the cultivation world knows about the imminent marriage, except for Wei Wuxian himself.

proof by contradiction
chinxe
https://archiveofourown.org/works/21063752
2,024
notes: also has a podfic by GodOfLaundryBaskets

Jiang Cheng and Lan Wangji cannot stand each other on the best of days, which is why them being forced to work together can only end in disaster and/or attempted murder.
Right?

drawn to the blood
darkredloveknot
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22321612
5,085
also has a podfic by raitala

Jiang Cheng pondered for a moment if he felt worse about having to save Lan Wangji, or if Lan Wangji felt worse about having to be saved by him.

ceasefire
cafecliche
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24963526
1,130

They hold the engagement party at their own apartment. Wei Ying declares, halfway through the night, that it’s the ‘best and worst decision they’ve ever made.’

An Unlikely Friendship
westiec
https://archiveofourown.org/works/26017852
1,308

Sandu Shengshou and Hanguang-Jun had, infamously, long since mastered the art of existing in the same space without ever acknowledging one another directly, and Wei Wuxian, having never in either of his lives met a delicate social situation he didn't blithely barrel through if it suited him, happily chattered enough to fill what might have been awkward silences in any other company.
But in the end it was not Wei Wuxian who ultimately prompted the cessation of the cultivation world's coldest and most famous feud.
or: The Badass Teamup of Jiang Cheng and Lan Wangji

Song
WithBroomBefore
https://archiveofourown.org/works/26004406/chapters/63225859
41,215

Wei Wuxian almost does not catch the name of the song.
In which the aftermath of the cave battle involves just enough communication to make a difference.

until we meet again
infinite
https://archiveofourown.org/works/18107927
1,369

“I have a request,” Jiang Cheng says. He looks uncomfortable. Lan Wangji imagines that he is not used to asking for help from others. “I have heard that there exists a song, passed down in the GusuLan clan, that allows one to speak to the dead.”
“Mn.”
“If you were to play this song,” Jiang Cheng begins, voice trembling slightly. Lan Wangji’s hand stops briefly, before setting the brush aside. “Would I be able to speak to my father?”

jiang cheng/lan wangji

you live like that, you live with ghosts
nu_breed
https://archiveofourown.org/works/29533230
14,106

Acid drips from every syllable that falls out of Jiang Wanyin’s mouth and if Lan Wangji is not careful it will sear his skin. He bites his bottom lip, his teeth sharp against the soft flesh. If he can just shut them all out it will be easier. He concentrates on his breath, eyes closed, just listening to the slow in-and-out of it. It is not quite a meditation but it’s the best he can manage. It does not calm him. All he can see in front of him is Jiang Wanyin’s face, murderously angry, and Sandu so close that he can feel it slice through the air next to him. He picks up Bichen and runs his fingers over its hilt.
or;
Lan Wangji waits for Wei Wuxian for sixteen years. He does not wait alone.

In Your Room, In Your Bed
giraffeter
https://archiveofourown.org/works/30105531
24,591
notes: this is jiang cheng/lan wangji/wei wuxian

After Wei Ying is disowned, Yu Ziyuan forbids Jiang Cheng from letting Wei Ying live with him. Jiang Cheng lets him stay anyway because Fuck That. He tells his parents Lan Zhan is his new roommate instead.
OMG, they were fake roommates.

we alone can see the specter
an anonymous author
https://archiveofourown.org/works/30243642
2,561

Jiang Cheng makes a frustrated sound, torn from his throat, rough and feral like an animal. There’s this horrible look on his face; those sharp, cold features pulled into a scowl, jaw tilted up obstinately like he thinks he has something to prove, frosty blue eyes narrowed — Lan Wangji hates him. He hates him.
So: he turns away from Jiang Cheng, walks towards the bed, and begins to disrobe.

unburdened
grimdarkfandango
https://archiveofourown.org/works/26651539
1,225
notes: also has a podfic by KeeperofSeeds

It is not the first time. Nor the second, the third, the fourth - they do not count, or if Lan Wangji does, he has never shared the number with Jiang Wanyin. They do not pretend it is other than it is, what they do.
Both have spent enough time doing things for reasons other than they want to. Here, there is nothing but want.

The Lie Between Your Teeth
tiniestawoo
https://archiveofourown.org/works/27563596
10,380
notes: this is jiang cheng/lan wangji/wei wuxian

Jiang Wanyin smiles. It hurts them all. “I’ve already lost my sister, a-Xian. We lost our sister.” Jiang Wanyin pauses, a shudder wracks his chest. “We made bows, a-Xian. Three of them. I knew what they meant. You may be willing to give up on them, on me, on Wangji. I am not.”
Jiang Wanyin steps back, still smiling that painful smile. “Keep him safe, Ji-ge.” He kicks Bichen closer to Lan Wangji.
Lan Wangji still does not understand. Jiang Wanyin brings Sandu down, a two handed swing at the ground. The earth beneath them shudders, shakes, groans. He does it again.
Somewhere, in the distance, Lan Wangji hears Xichen cry: “Jiang-zongzhu, no!”
Or, the one where three men love each other enough to outrun fate itself.

all that burns
ma_malice
https://archiveofourown.org/works/27711821
9,730
notes: this is jiang cheng/lan wangji/wei wuxian

Like this, it feels as though they’re cradling Wei Wuxian's memory between them. Like this, they keep a fire burning.
Wei Wuxian is dead.
Lan Wangji and Jiang Cheng sleep together about it.

Would you have me, would you love me?
pandibicth
https://archiveofourown.org/works/27780085
1,273

“Lan Wangji,” Jiang Wanyin says suddenly, turning onto his side to face him, and Lan Zhan has a sudden burst of need erupting in his chest, to hear him use his given name, to know how it would sound in his voice, said in the quiet way you say things when it’s dark. “Tell me a secret."
Lan Zhan and Jiang Cheng sleep in an inn.

Tercet
DachOsmin
https://archiveofourown.org/works/31303226/chapters/77392196
15,215
notes: this is jiang cheng/lan wangji/wei wuxian

"You and Lan Wangji taste different,” Jiang Cheng mumbled as he pulled himself away from Wei Wuxian's mouth.
Wei Wuxian’s eyes grew wide as saucers in the moonlight. “You’ve kissed Lan Zhan?”
Or: Lan Wangji and Jiang Cheng fall into each others' bedrolls while searching for Wei Wuxian. Complications ensue.

all the time in the world (& i'll spend it loving you)
oh_fudgecakes
https://archiveofourown.org/works/26355247/chapters/64187620
5,263
notes: this is jiang cheng/lan wangji/wei wuxian

The first time Lan Wangji had come to him, it had been a rainy day, just like this one. It had been pouring that morning when Lan Wangji had appeared out of the storm, drunk and drenched, grabbing him by the collar with shaking hands.
“How could you?” he had hissed. “How could you?”
Lan Wangji had lowered his head, letting out a sob. If there had been tears on his face that night, they had been lost in the rain.
“You killed him.”

Convergence
astrophyllite
https://archiveofourown.org/works/32240779
32,554
notes: also contains lan wangji/lan xichen

Lan Wangji regains consciousness in a crashed spaceship on an unfamiliar planet. He is not alone; Lan Xichen is there. He is not alone; Jiang Wanyin is there.
But never both at once.

this is just pulling from what i've read, of course! if you have other fics you love about jc+lwj, i'm always open to more recs :D