[ Meanwhile, over here with Jiang Cheng, alarm turns to panic, which of course in turn also goes straight to anger as he stares at the abruptly upset apparent blood relative of his, at a loss for how to react. Something in him twinges, uncomfortable and vaguely pissed off at how there's something all too familiar about the inflections in the boy's wail.
Motherfucker, they really are related.
Trying not to audibly groan, Jiang Cheng mops a hand over his face when something—furry???—scurries underfoot to get between him and Jin Ling. ...that softens him a little, feeling a faint swell of familial recognition in the idea of his nephew growing up with a dog to call his own. ]
...because you're born now?? [ ...it softens him, but there's no one he loves more than Wei Wuxian and that hasn't saved Wei Wuxian from his scorn even once. ] What, do you not want to have a relationship with me just because I'm younger? Fine, suit yourself.
[ But he doesn't move. Instead he crouches offering his hand to the (extremely cute, Jiang Cheng might actually cry himself) dog to sniff. ]
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Motherfucker, they really are related.
Trying not to audibly groan, Jiang Cheng mops a hand over his face when something—furry???—scurries underfoot to get between him and Jin Ling. ...that softens him a little, feeling a faint swell of familial recognition in the idea of his nephew growing up with a dog to call his own. ]
...because you're born now?? [ ...it softens him, but there's no one he loves more than Wei Wuxian and that hasn't saved Wei Wuxian from his scorn even once. ] What, do you not want to have a relationship with me just because I'm younger? Fine, suit yourself.
[ But he doesn't move. Instead he crouches offering his hand to the (extremely cute, Jiang Cheng might actually cry himself) dog to sniff. ]
What's her name?