If Alex Came Back We'd DEFINITELY Be The Local Power Couple [open post]

[summerdude]

Magnus has come to realize that nobody else in this entire place is presently in a relationship that has lasted nearly as long as his and Alex's. Shen Yuan's concept of "communication" "with" "Luo Binghe" is continuing to horrify him every time he thinks about it. What if there are other people who could use the advice of a sixteen-year-old twenty-five-year-old virgin who has been in a committed relationship for nearly seven years with someone to who he is probably widely known to have never verbally declared the undying depths of his love? (Gods, he hopes Alex figures out a way to do another little visit for their rapidly-approaching anniversary)

To that end, he posts an announcement sign over the welcome table, in the café, and on the door to the kitchen. It reads:

NEED RELATIONSHIP ADVICE OR FEEDBACK? Local Long-Term Relationship Expert Magnus Chase Offers His Aid.

He even lists office hours — an inoffensive parlor (meaning he can tolerate hanging out in it, and the door can close if people want privacy for their conversations) every other day for an hour, immediately following his Drosera hand-off to Galahad.

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[summerdude]

"I sure think so."

[lightbearinglord]

"Then we will begin there," Lan Wangji assures him. "You have also expressed interest in calligraphy, painting, and meditation."

[summerdude]

"I still got it," Magnus says, immediately. "The interest. I wanna learn calligraphy first, I think. It looked really cool when you were doing it when the translator broke."

[lightbearinglord]

Lan Wangji nods again, giving him another somewhat soft-around-the-edges glance. "Calligraphy is cool." He has also agreed to teach Crowley, but he will not attempt to combine those lessons.

[summerdude]

Except - "Will the translator working again get in the way, do you think?"

[lightbearinglord]

The thought of Lan Wangji's painstakingly beautiful and precise characters being reduced to twenty-six letters, no more, is disheartening. "Occasionally, certain rooms here will fail to translate the written word. I was able to demonstrate some characters to young mistress Nina that way."

[summerdude]

"Oh! Good." Magnus grins. Hey, maybe he can learn a little Chinese this way, too, in case the translator fails again! Gratitude suffuses him as he directs his grin at Lan Wangji -- he's just really glad that he knows the guy, that's all, and that he's able to play around with him and learn stuff from him. "Thank you."

[lightbearinglord]

"You're welcome," Lan Wangji says dutifully. The more heartfelt answer comes as he scoops Magnus up into a real hug, privately relieved to be hugging him not as an expression of extreme heights of emotion but simply as an impulse born of quiet tenderness.