what about a modern au where wangxian’s friendship is reversed. wwx sits next to lwj once in class, and after this lwj decides they are now friends. he shows up at random intervals to somberly press a takeaway cup of coffee into wwx’s hands.
he will sit down at the table where wwx and his gang is sitting, making the table fall quiet bcs isn’t that THE lan wangji? lwj, meanwhile, greets each of them and asks a delighted wwx how his day has been and has he tried the new chai latte they serve
like. it’s the first year in uni and lwj has made the firm decision that he shall make friends, so he imprints like a duckling on the first smiling person he sees
wwx meeting his siblings for coffee, lwj tagging along w a deadpan expression like he always does, and jc pulls him aside to hiss “YOU befriended lan fucking wangji?? HOW?” and wwx just shrugs with wide eyes
lwj approaches friendship with the same diligence and seriousness as any other project in his life, and concludes that he rather likes it. in fact, he might have fallen in love. brother had also mentioned it might be time to get into dating, so, he doesn’t view that as a setback.
instead, he analyzes and observes the situation: the way wwx seems pleased whenever he sees him approach—one might even say thrilled, excited, elated.
wwx....does seem rather charmed by him. lwj has never had a friend before, so he’s not certain how fondly they’re supposed to watch you nap, but he feels confident enough to begin the next stage of his university socializing plan: get a cute boy on a date.