X Fire/X Nine RPF FIC: 裂流 | Riptide (Xiao Zhan/Peng Chuyue)

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Okay. Yes. I wrote and finished a fic.

I fell down a Xiao Zhan side project hole recently, and thanks to
stickmarionette extolling its virtues, binged X Fire, his boyband competition show from 2015/2016 and really, surprisingly, fell for it. I came for Xiao Zhan and as always he is *chef's kiss* but I love a number of the other contestants too, especially Peng Chuyue, Bai Shu, and Xia Xhiguang.

This fic has the auspicious privilege of being the only English language fic on AO3 for this pairing and as a result the end notes are basically a primer for the fandom.

Title: 裂流 | Riptide
Pairing: Xiao Zhan/Peng Chuyue
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 8713
Summary:
Riptides, or rip currents, are long, narrow bands of water that quickly pull any objects in them away from shore and out to sea. ... People often become exhausted struggling against the current, and cannot make it back to shore. Do not swim toward shore. You will be fighting the current, and you will lose.

Xiao Zhan is a riptide and Peng Chuyue is definitely going to lose.

I mean, look at them! How could I resist?!












And this gifset which is... quite something