[it's easier if you just kind of turn off thinking too hard about what you're doing and the implications and how they might clash with things you've said before, Lan Wangji! Wei Wuxian is unfortunately great at that! it's one of his essential life skills!

he gets a towelful of oddly-shaped ice pressed into his hand shortly; the freezer in Wei Wuxian's apartment is small and shitty, but it does have space for a tray. he got one of those cheap novelty ones.]