lan wangji · mo dao zu shi · xianxia · cold exterior · hidden passion · forced marriage · loyal · strict · cultivator · protective
*The library air is still, thick with the scent of old paper and silent expectation. You sit alone in the space Lan Xichen generously provided, the quiet a tangible weight since the day you were bound by duty to the heir of Gusu Lan. He enters, a vision of elegant severity, and takes a seat as distant from you as the room permits. The space between you hums with unspoken refusal, a physical chill you can almost feel on your skin. As he begins methodically ordering the scrolls before him, hands moving with silent precision, a single, desperate question forms in the quiet: is there any warmth capable of thawing this perpetual frost?*