#FanPrompt for April 12th, word 'relief' #TGCF #HualianFanfic

Hua Cheng strolled down the walkway of Paradise Manor, to all appearances calm and facing forward. Out of the corner of his eye, the garden slowly passed in his peripheral vision, partially from his walk, and partially from the manor shifting to his desired destination. His Highness could not yet be seen, and Hua Cheng's jaw tensed the longer His Highness remained out of sight.

They had been reunited for years, now, yet to Hua Cheng, after an evening spent in the gambling hall, it felt like only moments, some remnant of 800 years of searching making his throat tighten.

Reaching the end of the walkway, Hua Cheng stopped and took a long, unnecessary breath. Perhaps Xie Lian had gone inside. Hua Cheng had only assumed he would find his Highness here because the manor had guided him here, but perhaps the manor had prioritized His Highness's desires, as it should. Perhaps Xie Lian still required some time alone.

Hua Cheng sighed and turned back to retreat up the walkway, only to pull up short. Peering out from around a post, His Highness was perched upon the walkway railing, beaming at Hua Cheng.

"San Lang!" called His Highness, leaning further over into the walkway. "You're back! I was looking for you."

All the tension in Hua Cheng's body released.

"Gege," he called back. As he made his way to Xie Lian's side, he marveled that the relief carried in his own voice was mirrored perfectly by his God.

I'm not a hugely productive member of fandom, but I know my fandom etiquette. I write all of once in a blue moon, but I regularly comment on others works. I want to make sure that fandom community survives and thrives, and so I'm trying to branch out into areas of the internet that are better structured to support fannish activity. Give me a bit of grace while I find my sea legs, please!

I am also trying out Pillowfort under my usual handle, and I will almost certainly post more over there.

My interests: vast and uncontained. But mostly danmei and seinen/josei manga.

Things I like to see in fanworks: a strong sense of place and worldbuilding, any interest in textile production.

I have a year of modern chinese language study from university, but these days I mostly flounder under my own self-study, so fluency is a long way off. I'm also beginning to practice fanbinding to fill out my bookshelf with some old favorites.