I read a bunch more fics this week! Here are the ones I liked enough to rec.
G/T-rated fluff:
basically an art date by #orro (Hua Cheng and Xie Lian go together to look at statues people have made of them; T, 2,282 words)
A Gift of Silver by #KingfisherPrince (Xie Lian wears a wraith butterfly as a hair ornament and scares Heaven; G, 3,008 words)
devotion instead of air in my lungs by #Linisen (postcanon, Xie Lian thinks about how he’s loved now; T, 1,214 words)
G/T-rated hurt/comfort:
spin something out of nothing by #sundiscus (a pre-ship fic where Hua Cheng hosts a celebrity cooking show and Xie Lian is an assistant; G, 4,857 words)
Other G/T-rated fics:
another chance (to make better mistakes) by #LadyMerlin (Hua Cheng and Xie Lian are transported back into their 10/17-year-old selves and have to find each other; T, 3,890 words)
M-rated fluff:
red like maple, red like wine by #PotatoButt (Xie Lian gets drunk and wants to have sex, but Hua Cheng is responsible and just takes care of him; M, 2,033 words)
Such selfish desires by #gusutianzixiao (postcanon, Hua Cheng thinks he wants more than Xie Lian is willing to give, but he’s wrong; M, 3,080 words)
Smut:
Top!Hua Cheng only:
ghost king, afore God is bare-ass, in all his religion by #PotatoButt (soon after canon ends, after they’ve been together for a little bit, Xie Lian initiates sex; E, 2,890 words)
splinters by #Linisen (postcanon, Xie Lian has a now-rare mishap, and when Hua Cheng takes care of him afterwards, it turns into sex; E, 2,932 words)
Bottom!Hua Cheng only:
(al)lure by #stickpenalties (a sweet gender play/wife kink fic with M/M Hualian where Xie Lian fucks Hua Cheng while wearing a dress; E, 1,854 words)
Your body is my hallowed ground by #Linisen (postcanon, Xie Lian gently fucks and praises a slightly insecure Hua Cheng in his true form; E, 2,474 words)
Tending to Ghosts by #a_hamster (postcanon, Xie Lian sweetly teases and tops Hua Cheng, and Ruoye helps; E, 2,018 words)