into the light of a dark black night
by dragongirlG
T, 3k, madam lan & lan wangji & lan xichen, lan wangji & lan xichen
Summary: The night that Wu Yuhua, formerly known as Madam Lan, plans to escape from the Cloud Recesses, she runs into an unexpected complication.
That complication comes in the form of her younger son A-Zhan running up to her door and kneeling in front of it, hushed whimpers escaping from his throat.
Wu Yuhua knows it’s not the full moon, knows that it’s not the one day a month she’s allowed to see her children—but like hell is she going to leave her six-year-old son out there trying to stifle sobs in the snow.
She opens the door. “A-Zhan,” she says, bending down and reaching out a hand. “Come in, my sweet boy.”
On a snowy night in the dead of winter, Wu Yuhua, formerly known as Madam Lan, unexpectedly spends one last night with her sons before escaping from the Cloud Recesses.
My comments: Oh, how I love stubborn recalcitrant lan zhan, he’s the cutest. And Mama Lan, oh, how it breaks her heart to be leaving her kids. But… one must fly. (I gotta say I was hearing ‘Blackbird’ singing in the back of my head for this whole story.)
I really hope Author continues (although it’s fine as a stand-alone). I’d love to explore more of this world.
canon divergence, angst, kid fic, madam lan, madam lan lives, madam lan nopes out of the lan sect, child lan wangji, child lan xichen, parent-child relationship, abusive lan sect, mother-son relationship, captivity, escape, bittersweet ending, @dragongirlg-fics
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