Ghostkingsupreme - What Matters Is You

Mu Qing always took long baths. The Heaven’s always said it’s befitting of the man, so cynical and self absorbent, of course he would take pleasure in soaking in a long bath rather than attending to his duties as a God.

He would soak in the warm soapy water, the faint fragrance of fresh cherries filling the air of his Palace’s bath.

But the smell was never quite right, always too strong, too luxurious, too sweet. It would attack his senses relentlessly, a bitter reminder of what was lost.

But only here when he’d close his eyes, only here when he would hum to himself a long forgotten song of Xianle, only here would be be able to forget himself.

Only here, in the warm embrace of the baths water, would he be able to remember what it felt to be held.

Only here, in the empty, echoey chamber of his bath, would he remember how it felt to be seen.

He hadn’t felt the squeeze of his mother for over 800 years, slowly forgetting her warmth, her scent — her love.

Only here, could he imagine what it felt like to be loved again.

Imagine if Xie Lian made friends with whatever demonic street dogs roam Ghost City

There's iridescent medium on the lanterns and Xie Lian for that heavenly aura, and silver ink on Hua Cheng and the butterflies

12 x 9" water, ink, salt, iridescent medium

Quick sketch

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 天官赐福 | Heaven Official’s Blessing (Cartoon), 天官赐福 | Heaven Official’s Blessing (Webcomic) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Hua Cheng/Xie Lian (Tian Guan Ci Fu) Characters: Hua Cheng (Tian Guan Ci Fu), Xie Lian (Tian Guan Ci Fu) Additional Tags: Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Nightmares, Fluff and Angst, Hua Cheng and Xie Lian Invented Love, God i love them so much, Singing, a bit at the end there, Established Hua Cheng/Xie Lian (Tian Guan Ci Fu), Xie Lian Needs a Hug (Tian Guan Ci Fu), luckily his san lang is there to give him as many as he needs, mxtxtober 2024 day 9: embrace, Hua Cheng’s Ashes (Tian Guan Ci Fu), Hua Cheng’s Culture (Tian Guan Ci Fu), a bit at the end Summary:

“San Lang…”

Hua Cheng jolted awake. In his arms, Xie Lian stirred and mumbled his name.

Xie Lian has a nightmare. Hua Cheng helps him through it.

This is my first time writing Hualian, I really hope I did them justice because they mean so much to me. For some reason I chose to write from Hua Cheng’s pov even though I relate more to Xie Lian but. I challenged myself I guess. He’s lovely to write in any case though.

Shoutout to @qifreyplushie for rambling with me the other day which is what gave me the inspiration for this fic (and it was also so fun, you’re welcome to ramble about hua cheng with me anytime). seriously, i have such a hard time coming up with plots and structures and the rambling allowed me to get the thoughts out of my brain enough to build a fic, so thank you fr <3