Thread by @moxaunyu, what about an au where lwj lost his golden core during the [...]

what about an au where lwj lost his golden core during the burning of cloud recesses but was brought to the indoctrination anyway and wwx notices something isn't right when, during the small fight against the wens lwj is essentially useless... he assumes it's because of his

leg injury and in the end it's lwj, wwx and jc left in the cave because jc decided to stay, and they're sitting around their makeshift campfire drying off their clothes and lwj is shivering so wwx is like, "here, let me help you." and goes to start transferring spiritual

energy to him and lwj rips his hand out of wwx's reach, but wwx, as relentless as he is, doesn't give in until lwj admits, "it would be a waste." and wwx is stupid or doesn't want to get it and asks why, why... why? and keeps trying enough times for

lwj to snap, "i no longer possess a golden core." and thus everything comes tumbling out about cloud recesses, xichen, his father.... lwj falls asleep on wwx's shoulder that night.

twin prides defeat the xuanwu of slaughter and manage to keep lwj in a stable condition

and even start treating his leg a little. everything else happens. lotus pier, running from wen soldiers. lwj has no idea where his family are and so wwx.... takes care of him as best as he can and then at some point (dont judge me i just want to get to this part) they

run into the wen siblings again and wwx formulates the same plan, the same lie, the same sacrifice he made for his brother he makes for lwj. because lwj is brilliant and bright and deserves it. he's hanguang-jun. he needs it more. wwx can live an easy life with a happy heart

knowing that, if it works, lwj will be the best cultivator of their generation.

so it happens. lwj is a little more hesitant to believe baoshan sanren is really on this mountain, but he trusts wwx and really, although he's ashamed, he doesn't know what he'll become without

a golden core.

this time jc is in on the plan, though, but even so, when they're waiting at the foot of the mountain for lwj to return, they get separated by wen soldiers and where jc manages to outrun them, wwx can't, and so the timeline continues.

and when wwx back after his 3 months in the burial mounds to see lwj practically glowing again, as he should always be, he knows he made the right choice.

and thats why it hurts more for his new method of cultivation to be questioned and insulted. and that's why he

can't go back to gusu with him, because if he does, he'll know, and he can't escape the idea that maybe lwj would hate him for it, or be disgusted by it, or somehow feel indebted to him, because that's not what he wanted.

haha lwj in the cave trying to pass a dying wwx spiritual energy and wondering why, why.... why isn't it working...? and why is wwx pushing him away like that....? and lwj is smart and more inclined to the nature of the situation this time so..... after wwx's death i think it

wouldn't take him long to piece it all together and learn that actually, wwx sacrificed his golden core for him, and that fact would be devastating. knowing that he did that wordlessly, gave that much away, too him..... lwj would curse himself even more for

a) not figuring it out sooner and b) "abandoning" wwx when he needed him most, not taking his side when nobody else would

a scene, if you will: lwj pieces it together all on his own not long after his wounds have healed, and maybe this and the branding is all on the same occurrence, but lwj clawing at his own skin because he doesn't want it, he feels he doesn't deserve it, after everything he did

and everything he DIDN'T do, he doesn't deserve this kindness, he doesn't deserve the sacrifice wwx made for him and isn't worthy of it. a debt he can't repay but was never asked to

the stand-off between lwj and jc is just so much worse. firstly lwj holds a grudge against him for the cliff, jc holds one against him for essentially being the reason wwx was ever in that position, lwj holds another against jc for allowing wwx

to to give up his golden core in the first place..... it's never ending for the both of them and they both just can't accept they BOTH didn't do enough when they had the chance.

a cool thought is that lwj didnt notice the minor shift in power.... we all know lwj and wwx are almost the same level cultivation wise, but i do think lwj's cultivation was definitely a few tiers above wwx just slightly..... but the fact he barely noticed..... we.

upon wwx's return lwj doesn't let him know that he's aware of what he did for him, maybe because he thinks wwx will tell him, and again because wwx is intent on pretending he isn't really, you know, himself.

but he can't ignore the way wwx's eyes

light up whenever he sees him doing, anything, because he knows wwx must not be regretting his choice, not at all, and that seeing lwj in his element is all he could have ever wanted.

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