favoriteShip: Jiang Cheng / Nie Huaisang

Part of MDZS Modern AU Collection

Masterlist of all the MDZS Modern AU posts on Tumblr, plus some other useful links for other works in the series.

General
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Space bounty hunter Jiang Cheng is kinda-sorta dating that cute singer at his favorite bar, forgets to ask important questions, and gets roped into space politics shenanigans, as you do. It’ll be fine. Probably.

Or: The (Syfy) Killjoys-inspired AU.

Teen (13+)
Chapters: 5
Complete
Words: 56,265

an easy recipe

31 Dec 2022

A year after they finished the con that took down Jin Corp, Nie Huaisang gets suspicious calls from his quartet of teenage vigilante do-gooders.

Or: A lil sequel to the lil Leverage-inspired AU!

Teen (13+)
Complete
Words: 7,580

Armageddon Blues

14 Jan 2022

Or: The vague dystopia au one, where Wei Ying’s cavalry is a stabby Jiang Cheng and a trigger-happy Nie Huaisang

General
Complete
Words: 3,969

for old time’s sake

31 Dec 2021

The juniors decided it’d be cool to be online vigilante hackers, but they’re getting into very risky territory.

Jiang Cheng is a tired & worried uncle, and the only person he can turn to is… his ex.

(A Leverage-inspired AU)

Teen (13+)
Complete
Words: 18,185

“Is Jiang Cheng my boyfriend?”

Nie Mingjue looks at his brother, and just looks at him. He waits just a bit longer for Nie Huaisang to crack – to whine that he’s not answering, or even to laugh at the joke-

He doesn’t.

(Or, Nie Huaisang missed a very important memo.)

General
Complete
Words: 10,561

beads and blues

06 Jul 2021

Jiang Cheng and Nie Huaisang babysit little Jin Ling. Bead bracelets happen.

General
Complete
Words: 4,282

up on melancholy hill

06 May 2021

At any other time, Nie Mingjue would have teased his brother relentlessly and given Jiang Wanyin the worst terrifying talking-to of his life. But they’re in hiding and on the run, being hunted by both their own people and the rest of the world – and this is such a painfully normal teenage thing to experience in the midst of all the bullshit they’re dealing with.

Nie Mingjue figures that he can let his brother have this much, at least.

(Snapshots of some quiet moments during a war)

General
Chapters: 10
Complete
Words: 21,652

intermission

06 Mar 2021

Almost a year after he disappears, Wei Wuxian turns up at Nie Huaisang’s and Jiang Cheng’s doorstep, with a kid in tow.

General
Complete
Words: 11,003

Soft Around You

10 Feb 2021

A companion fic to “Homemade“, in Jiang Cheng’s POV

Teen (13+)
Complete
Words: 9,771

favorites

01 Jan 2021
Part of MDZS Modern AU Collection

(Most of) The Juniors Approve of SangCheng

Teen (13+)
Complete
Words: 11,879

homemade

29 Nov 2020

Then: Jiang Cheng was trying to find himself after his band took an unexpected break. Nie Huaisang was trying to prove he could be independent doing his art. They were roommates.

Now: An incident with someone who claims to be their fan leaves them shaken and second-guessing their choices.

Teen (13+)
Complete
Words: 23,923

far from home

21 Nov 2020
Part of MDZS Modern AU Collection

Snapshots of Lan Wangji’s year-long stay in Yunmeng

General
Chapters: 6
Complete
Words: 13,636

level 50!

11 Nov 2020
Part of MDZS Modern AU Collection

Lan Wangji and Nie Huaisang are Friends™

General
Complete
Words: 9,353

lucky

28 Sep 2020
Part of MDZS Modern AU Collection

Jiang Cheng and Nie Huaisang Try To Make Wangxian Happen, It Doesn’t Happen

(Something else Happens tho)

General
Complete
Words: 5,933
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