A-Cheng. [xichen says it softly, whispers his husbands name into his hair.
he wishes in this moment that he could go back, change the course of time. save this hurt. while he knows the hurts have shaped jiang cheng into the man he is, the man that xichen loves, he still wishes he could have spared him this.
there is value in the truth, in knowing, yes. xichen still believes that. but still he does not like to see his husband so hurt, so torn apart.
he presses another kiss to his hair, then moves so that he can cup jiang cheng's cheek and tilt his head up so that he can look at him. so that the man can see he's serious about the words he needs him to hear.] A-Cheng, you did so much. You were the one to do it. The core may once not have been yours but it has been for nearly two decades, you've grown it.
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he wishes in this moment that he could go back, change the course of time. save this hurt. while he knows the hurts have shaped jiang cheng into the man he is, the man that xichen loves, he still wishes he could have spared him this.
there is value in the truth, in knowing, yes. xichen still believes that. but still he does not like to see his husband so hurt, so torn apart.
he presses another kiss to his hair, then moves so that he can cup jiang cheng's cheek and tilt his head up so that he can look at him. so that the man can see he's serious about the words he needs him to hear.] A-Cheng, you did so much. You were the one to do it. The core may once not have been yours but it has been for nearly two decades, you've grown it.