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GENSHIN IMPACT FIC RECS ★ XINGYUN ★ #22

fics that have an asterisk (*) in front of them are my personal favorites! also, all of the fics listed are completed unless otherwise stated.

this list was last updated on 4/17/21.

NOTE: these fic recs contain the ship xingqiu/chongyun.

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*heart of clear water • one-shot, (1/?) of a series

SUMMARY: “xingqiu tries cheering up his bestie but just ends up flustered and embarrassed.”

TAGS: fluff, pining & flustered xingqiu, oblivious chongyun, friends to lovers, slow burn, wow they’re so cute, soft fic!!

NOTES: i highly recommend this series! it’s so good and i honestly consider all of this to be canon ^^ but please note that the series is currently a wip!

*strength in numbers • one-shot, (2/?) of a series

SUMMARY: “after the events of last week, xingqiu tries getting back at his dearest friend chongyun, aiming to trick and scare him a bit. little does he know that it ends up going very, very wrong.”

TAGS: fluff, humor, xingqiu tries pranking chongyun but it backfires, but in a good way, flustered & pining xingqiu, soft,,,,

NOTES: read after “heart of clear water”!

*weaver of verses • one-shot, (3/?) of a series

SUMMARY: “in which xiangling tries to get xingqiu to confess to chongyun.”

TAGS: fluff, humor, xingqiu is whipped for chongyun, attempts at confessions, this time chongyun is flustered, no actual confessions though :(

NOTES: read after “strength in numbers”!

*evilsoother • one-shot, (4/?) of a series

SUMMARY: “when chongyun finds out that xingqiu has come to fall ill after all, he makes sure to look after his friend as much as possible. but who would’ve thought that looking after a sick xingqiu would be this unpredictable?”

TAGS: sickfic, fluff, light angst, some misunderstandings, cuddling, xingqiu being very very affectionate, chongyun pining, unresolved romantic tension, wild hu tao cameo at the end

NOTES: read after “weaver of verses”!

*frozen skies • one-shot, (5/?) of a series

SUMMARY: “he doesn’t want to assume, doesn’t want to make up assumptions, but he truthfully can’t stop his own mind from doing so.”

TAGS: angst, misunderstandings, arguments, hurt no comfort, seemingly unrequited love, pining, confessions

NOTES: read after “evilsoother”!

*xiangling, local expert in all things love and spice • one-shot

SUMMARY: “xiangling takes it upon herself to offer romantic advice to two clueless boys. luckily, xingqiu knows better than to take the food enthusiast at face value. chongyun, unfortunately, is a tad too gullible.”

TAGS: xiangling is the #1 xingyun stan, xiangling also gives questionable advice, fluff, humor, mutual pining, chongyun’s congenital positivity, kisses

*like all the stories you’ve read before • one-shot

SUMMARY: “six years ago, chongyun sat with xingqiu in the fields off the beaten path to the north of liyue. from where they sat, they could see the entire harbor. it had become a favorite destination spot for them. they met there often; sometimes they brought a picnic, sometimes just books, sometimes nothing at all. that day, chongyun had news that he’d be setting off to travel teyvat with aether. that was the last time they’d seen each other.”

TAGS: time-skip, reunion after 6 years, mutual pining, fluff, angst, childhood friends, friends to lovers, misunderstandings, confessions, first kiss, prose, bisexual!xingqiu, background chili

NOTES: words cannot describe how much i love this fic,,,,like the writing is so poetic im??? and the way the author conveyed xingqiu’s yearning and anxiety is just so well-written!

(also i am here to push my long-haired adult!xingyun agenda)

*chonghua’s layered frost • one-shot

SUMMARY: “in modern liyue, the age of the adepti has long passed; even the archons are growing obsolete. they live on only in dilapidated shrines of worship, few and far between – or otherwise, fantasy novels. fortunately, despite being an avid atheist, it so happens that xingqiu is as avid of a reader.”

TAGS: modern au, adeptus!chongyun, reincarnated xingqiu but he has no memories of his past life, they meet again in this lifetime, flustered xingqiu, xingqiu is also a closet fanboy, fluff, humor, bittersweet ending

NOTES: i love this au so much…omg…

*the world doesn’t end in liyue harbor • one-shot

SUMMARY: “xingqiu is smart, can hold his own in battle, and has his wits about—which is another way of saying he’s smart, but besides being a huge book nerd and a martial arts enthusiast, chongyun can’t really think of any other words he can use to describe him right now. but, well, the fact still stands that xingqiu is someone he could rely on. xingqiu is, after all, the son of the owner of the feiyun commerce guild. of course he could navigate any sort of situation. so in case anything does go wrong like his gut feeling is very eagerly telling him it would, he has xingqiu. what more could he possibly ask for?”

TAGS: xingyun going on a missions together, friendship, xingyun very obviously pining for each other, shit goes down bc of childe, attempted love confessions in the face of death, smug chongyun, flustered xingqiu

*an exercise in luck • one-shot

SUMMARY: “chongyun winds up teaching xingqiu his exorcism practices after it becomes his newest fixation. they inevitably get into some shenanigans that push them a little closer to love each time.”

TAGS: sparring, friendship, xingqiu being a little shit, falling in love, pining, fluff, first kiss, getting together

*imperial matters • one-shot

SUMMARY: “xingqiu stared at him, eyes roaming over his face, down the sculpted line of his cheeks, over the bridge of his nose. god, he was so beautiful. he wanted to kiss him.” or: a prince and a scholar, brought together by the fates (or lack thereof), and how they find joy in each other.

TAGS: royalty au in which xingqiu is a prince and chongyun is a scholar, fluff, pining, xingqiu is a little shit, happy ending, first kiss, i am here to push my long-haired xingyun agenda…

*5 times that xingqiu kissed chongyun • one-shot

SUMMARY: “xingqiu keeps coming up with more and more ludicrous reasons to kiss chongyun.”

TAGS: 5+1 fic, xingqiu making up the most bs excuses, chongyun is just like yeah that totally makes sense, mutual pining, happy ending, fluff, humor, kisses, getting together but make it stupid, xiangling is like how are you two NOT already dating????

NOTES: this fic is so cute and funny everyone should read it!! also the extra at the end is just *chefs kiss*

*turnabout is fair play • one-shot

TAGS: serious chongyun, flustered xingqiu, congenital positivity, supposedly unrequited love, read to find out more yall

frozen glimpses • multi-chapter (16/16)

TAGS: anthology of drabbles for xingyun month, lots of fluff, relationship study, they’re so soft, featuring flustered xingqiu + whipped chongyun

i’m no fictional parallel • multi-chapter (4/?)

SUMMARY: “after taking a hit from an unusual abyss mage, chongyun finds himself in a liyue he doesn’t recognize. as he struggles to navigate the modern world while looking for clues back to his own, xingqiu meanwhile couldn’t help but wonder what sort of budget fiction he’s become a part of.”

TAGS: reverse isekai, fluff, humor, angst, hurt/comfort, modern au, chongyun lands in a parallel universe, modern!xingqiu is just like ???? what is happening

NOTES: this fic is currently a wip!

heartburn • one-shot

SUMMARY: “chongyun notices that he’s been running warm of late, especially when he’s near xingqiu. naturally, this raises a few concerns with relation to his congenital positivity, so he sets out to determine the root of his problem…which turns out to be much easier said than done.”

TAGS: developing relationship, friendship, fluff, flustered chongyun, mutual pining, comfort, chongyun’s congenital positivity, soft fic!!

roundabout methods • one-shot

SUMMARY: “xingqiu goes great lengths to arrange a one-on-one with his friend.”

TAGS: xingyun going on adventures together, humor, fluff, hand holding, xingqiu’s cave shenanigans, both of them running for their lives, friendship, developing relationship, flustered xingqiu

you’re beautiful • one-shot

SUMMARY: “in which chongyun accidentally speaks what’s on his mind.”

TAGS: mutual pining, both xingqiu and chongyun getting flustered, idiots in love, they’re so cutee

go with the flow • one-shot

SUMMARY: “in which being chongyun is suffering, it wasn’t actually xingqiu’s fault for once, and things get a bit heated.”

TAGS: chongyun’s congenital positivity, bold chongyun, mutual pining, humor, first kiss

NOTES: despite how the summary may sound, nothing explicit happens in this fic!! they just make out lol

straight to the heart • one-shot

SUMMARY: “recently, chongyun has begun to notice that his congenital positivity would act up whenever he was around xingqiu, no matter whether xingqiu was fighting enemies, or engrossing himself in his newest book, or just laughing at something he said. it would make his face feel hot and his chest would start to have a tingling feeling. chongyun really hopes it isn’t something to be worried about, because he enjoys being around his best friend, even when said best friend enjoys teasing him a bit too much.

TAGS: xingqiu taking chongyun on a date but chongyun doesn’t find out until the end, oblivious chongyun, obviously pining xingqiu, both of them get flustered, fluff, confessions, dates, soft fic!!

you’re like gold in my eyes • one-shot

SUMMARY: “as if destiny listened close, a flicker of gold and white struck the sky in a line and quickly vanished. chongyun opened his mouth and closed it again, not able to muster up what he wanted to say. he wanted to say his feelings perfectly, wanted to make sure that instead out of impulse from the rising heat in his face, it came from his heart.”

TAGS: its chongyuns birthday and xingqiu wants to make the most of it, mutual pining, confessions, first kiss, fluff, light angst

glaze lilies in moonlight • one-shot

SUMMARY: “chongyun thinks xingqiu is really, unbelievably cute. xingqiu thinks chongyun is much, much cuter.”

TAGS: secret/established relationship, friendship, they’re literally so sweet to each other omg, fluff, they’re soulmates your honor!

the little things • one-shot

TAGS: short drabble, fluff, friendship, xingqiu realizes he’s in love

heart be pure, evil be erased • one-shot

SUMMARY: “chongyun just cares about his boyfriend a lot and always protects him, when the situation calls for it. he would never use that as a cover up for his actions, either. (just ignore the blush dusting his cheeks, it was never there.)”

TAGS: 5+1 fic, established relationship, lots of fluff, humor, hurt/comfort

still beautiful • one-shot

SUMMARY: “three years ago, chongyun left liyue harbor to travel the world. three years later, xingqiu is still as beautiful as he remembers.”

TAGS: timeskip, both xingyun are adults now, separation and reunion, fluff, yearning, kisses

CW: implied sex but nothing explicit

coffee and serendipity • one-shot

TAGS: coffee shop au, modern college au, lots of fluff, mutual pining, getting together, super cute!

my heart is buried in venice • one-shot

SUMMARY: "could you kiss me? i need it for writing purposes.”

TAGS: modern au, flustered chongyun, pining xingqiu, seemingly unrequited love (unless…? 👀)