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"If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more."
"What is grief, if not love persevering?"
"You kept me like a secret but I kept you like an oath"
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Minghao + Ocean Vuong
The most beautiful part of your body
is where it's headed. & remember,
loneliness is still time spent
with the world.
Ocean Vuong - night sky with exit wounds
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Thinking about these two quotes together and the idea of on/off-stage personas:
"Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful we tremble before it. And what could be more terrifying or beautiful, to the Greeks to to our own, than to lose control completely?" - Donna Tartt, the Secret Histories
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Any ship; "It's been so many years"
Hello, hello there, is this Martha?
This is old Tom Frost
And I am calling long distance
Don't worry 'bout the cost.
'Cause it's been forty years or more
Now Martha please recall
Meet me out for coffee
Where we'll talk about it all.
Tom Watts - Martha
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all of this is temporary
Major Tags: N/A
Additional Tags: insecurity, the looming specter of the breakup
Do Not Wants: None
Prompt:
[FILL] Time and time over
Major Tags: N/A
Additional Tags: established relationship, insecurity, the looming specter of the breakup, mature, just mingyu going through it.
Permission to remix: Please ask
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I don't think I've done full justice to the plot but I hope ya like it!!
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Mingyu has had a good day at work. He runs a cafe next to minghao's art gallery, it guarantees customers and he even offers catering services to them if the gallery holds any events. He has his own regulars as well, people who live around, some of them his own neighbours. The cafe is homely, comfortable and most of all his own.
He mechanically locks up, simply following his daily routine. Usually he'd visit minghao after but he's at his rapper boyfriend's concert. He was baffled when minghao first talked about him but he's come to know that he's just as invested in art as minghao.
He walks down the road, his apartment is just a 10 minute walk from the cafe. He passes by various shops, resisting the urge to stop, when something catches his eye. It's a baby onesie. He chuckles, of all things, he shakes his head. Minghao and his boyfriend have been going through a bit of baby fever these days, clearly all the baby talk has gone to his head. He doesn't dare think any further.
He reaches his apartment, ignoring the name plate that says 'mingyu and soonyoung', it can be soonyoung's apartment too when he spends more than 6 hours a day in it.
Mingyu admits that this job is a great opportunity for his boyfriend of 5 years. He also admits that he is angry and resentful. It's no secret that he is clingy, especially to soonyoung, it's something he was teased by their friends their entire college life. He never minded then, his puppy like tendencies were embraced by soonyoung. He always confidently boasted about his perfect relationship, he wonders if he'd be able to do that ever again.
He almost cuts himself, lost in his thoughts while chopping, a rookie mistake. His grandmother always said, " minggu yah, if you want to cook, learn to keep your heart big. The more love you pour into your food while cooking, the more delicious it will taste."
Mingyu plays some music, if he has no love to put, he'll put nothing at all.
+++
Mingyu's lying down in the bedroom when he hears the sound of the front door open, he's almost too familiar with it now. The lights are switched on but mingyu pretends to be sleeping. By the time soonyoung finds food laid out for him on the dining table, he forgives himself for wanting to make soonyoung feel guilty.
Soonyoung enters the room. Mingyu anticipates his next move, for once he has greeted him with silence instead of an argument and hurt. He walks till he's right in front of him and bends down, squatting till they're eye level. Mingyu tries his best to level out his breathing but he knows he's caught, he could never remain calm this close to the love of his life.
He slowly opens his eyes and the light in the room reflects the stars in soonyoung's eyes, those small eyes that hold Mingyu's galaxies within them. He smiles out of habit and adoration, internally cursing his puppy tendencies. For his loyalty and for smelling wonwoo's perfume along with the alcohol smell that surrounds soonyoung.
His smile doesn't disappear. Jealousy and despair doesn't mean the absence of love. Soonyoung isn't smiling back, he prefers it this way. He wouldn't know what to do if he stopped wearing his emotions on his face. Soonyoung cups his face gently and gives him a kiss on the forehead. Mingyu wants to ruin him.
Mingyu's scrolling through his phone, settling for playing a random game, Instagram is worst enemy right now. Picture perfect lives, when he can't even think to admit that his is falling apart.
Soonyoung joins him in bed and they're snuggled under the covers. " How was your day at word?" Mingyu starts the conversation. Soonyoung lies with his back pressed to Mingyu's chest so feels the sigh he lets out,"we don't have to talk about it mingyu~ah I know you hate it"
That's not true, it's not that mingyu hates soonyoung's job. He loves that his boyfriend is a lawyer, and is so proud of him for having the strength to pick himself up after his injury. Mingyu thought soonyoung would die the day he had to stopped dancing, he would have if he had loved anything the way soonyoung loved the stage.
He was surprised the day soonyoung announced that he would strive to become a lawyer. He wondered where this sudden decision came from but never got anything beyond a mumble of 'wonwoo looked cool in the courtroom' from soonyoung.
Fast forward to today, after much struggle, soonyoung passed the bar and landed a job in wonwoo's firm. So no he doesn't hate his job but he does hate everything that comes with it.
" Tell me" he says simply, maybe the twinkles in soonyoung's eyes will make him feel better. Soonyoung tells him funny instances from interactions with his colleagues, the interesting clients that he met, rambles off about he once again got lost in the big place.
" And then we had a welcoming thing for the new employee and so the junior partners joined us. The hierarchy is so strict in this field. It's super weird calling wonwoo sunbae but he told me it would be disrespectful to do otherwise. Everything's going so well, I owe him so much honesty." Soonyoung continues to tell him about the other partners but this is where he gets stuck.
Jeon wonwoo, his roommate from college. He could wish he'd never met him but with that he would have never met soonyoung either. He wonders often whether it's him, whether it's his guilt that brings out this jealousy, this insecurity.
Wonwoo was a well known nerd, he always had his nose in a book. The only time he looked up was when Kwon soonyoung was around. Mingyu remembers following wonwoo's gaze and immediately falling in love. Soonyoung was giggling with a friend, eyes disappearing into lines, he was the cutest person mingyu had seen on campus. Looking at the honey dripping out of wonwoo's eyes he understood quickly he wasn't the only one who thought so.
He didn't want to be the asshole who stole someone his friend was pining for, so he waited. He waited an entire year but wonwoo didn't move an inch, soonyoung didn't even know about his existence and even had a relationship within that year with someone else.
After convincing himself that he wasn't a jerk, he asked soonyoung to be his partner for a class and the rest is history.
And now he has that adorable guy in his arms sleeping. Mingyu leans down to borrow his nose in soonyoung's neck and ignores the tightening of his arms as he once again is greeted by wonwoo's scent.
+++
Mingyu wakes up at 11am, something which he rarely gets to do. Soonyoung must have turned in the middle of the night because he's currently lying on his chest. It's absolutely cruel that he doesn't wake up like this everyday.
He must have moved because he soon feels soonyoung stretch and yawn.
"Good morning love" he is sure anybody could hear the smile in his voice. Soonyoung hums back, clearly still sleepy and rubs at the slight skin exposed at his waist. Mingyu's skin tingles at the simple contact and remembers how he's been starving for his beloved.
Soonyoung's wide awake when mingyu flips them over so he's hovering over him. He's always enjoyed their size difference, something about knowing that he is at the mercy of this man, despite how big, he'll always melt for his soonie.
He kisses him everything, tries to pour in how he's been feeling these days, how his absence is drilling a hole in his heart, how fearful he is that one day he won't be soonyoung's person, how much he hates that wonwoo gets to see soonyoung everyday and how much he's hates that stupid scent that he hasn't had to put up with since college, until now.
His hands find purchase at soonyoungs waist. He rakes his nails up and down his sides. He wants to be gentle but he knows he's not, soonyoung moans into his kiss that spurs him on further. He wants to draw out every sound possible out of him. Every moan, every whimper he wants them all. He pushes down his thigh as he snakes a hand to his lower back to pull him closer.
" Mingyu " soonyoung breathes in between kisses. "Mingyu. Gyu. Hold on" his hands grip at his shoulders.
He stops immediately worried, waits for soonyoung to continue as he catches his breath. " overwhelmed. Just slow down " A thousand thoughts run through his head as he does what soonyoung asked. Right now he doesn't have the ability to comprehend much more than the alarm signals that blare in his head. He doesn't know what he did wrong, just that he's been bad.
He nuzzles into soonyoung's neck, dropping kisses and licking, hoping that sucking hickeys into his skin would calm him down. He takes the skin within his teeth, alternating between sucking and licking. The skins barely become a light red when he's pulled up by this hair back to soonyoung's lips, he goes easy. Anyone could guide him to the ends of the earth by pulling on his hair.
The kisses start desperate and slightly slow down. Soonyoung cups his face lovingly and he feels more at peace. "what do you want darling" he says peppering kisses all over his face.
Soonyoung doesn't say anything but looks down and that's all that mingyu needs to understand. Mingyu pulls up his shirt and circles his nipple before blowing on it. Soonyoung arches his back and what a sight he is to behold.
He continues his way down his chest to his stomach, gives his belly button a smooch and lowers down his boxers.
Soonyoung's cock is just as pretty and cute as the rest of him. He takes him in his hand, a familiar weight and brings his mouth to his inner thighs.
Soonyoung still hasn't lost his dancer thighs and mingyu thoroughly enjoys them as he licks and sucks at them. He feels his earlier possessiveness in the pit of his belly and bites into his thigh hard enough to leave a mark. Soonyoung groans " mingyu! Marks!"
Mingyu turns his attention to the other thigh and litters a whole galaxy of marks all over them. " And who's seeing your inner thighs except me huh."
Soonyoung looks like he's going to say something when his phone rings.
" Don't you dare soonie. It is your day off and anyone else can wait." Mingyu take the head of his cock into mouth not waiting to hear soonyoung's response.
The ringing stops for a minute before it starts up again. Soonyoung checks the caller id.
Mingyu pulls off," I have vampire teeth and I am not afraid to use them."
" It's work, mingyu please." At least soonyoung looks as pained as mingyu feels. He rolls off him and he leaves the room to prepare breakfast instead.
He's cracking eggs as soonyoung comes in and sits in front of him instead of standing beside him. Clearly he's about to receive bad news. " They need me to come in," he says quickly. Bad news indeed.
"It's our first day off together in ages" mingyu says as if soonyoung doesn't know.
"Who called?" Mingyu spits out, burying his hurt with anger when soonyoung doesn't respond.
"Wonwoo." Mingyu turns away from him and digs his nails into his palms. The silence hangs in the room for the next 5 minutes till soonyoung gets up and goes back to their room.
He comes back out fully dressed and mingyu doesn't feel any calmer. " Don't go, " he pleads.
"Mingyu. It's just work" soonyoung sounds annoyed. That's just the thing though. It's not just work. Is he going crazy, can soonyoung not see how everything is falling apart, how they are falling apart.
"It's not work. It's wonwoo, you're going to him" Mingyu's tone is accusatory now, he knows this is going to spiral but god he can't stop himself.
" Mingyu what??? Do you even hear yourself ?? Wonwoo is a senior at the firm. He is our friend mingyu what the hell." Soonyoung's so close to shouting.
" Why are you being so defensive then huh?" He's angry, at himself, the situation, soonyoung.
"You're being so childish." Soonyoung's eyes narrow. The last time when those eyes were pointed at him, he was in the audience witnessing his last showcase. "You're so clingy and needy sometimes, mingyu , I can't stand it." And there it is. The tiger eyes that kill in one blow.
Mingyu knows that his face is an open mirror to his heart showcasing all his hurt but he also sees how soonyoung just doesn't care.
"Soonyoung" mingyu breathes.
"I'm sorry, I was harsh. That was wrong of me,"Soonyoung says, looking anywhere but at mingyu.
"You meant it" mingyu says with horror.
"I'm late, I gotta go, I'll talk to you late" and he leaves as if he hasn't shattered Mingyu's world.
+++
Later he opens Instagram and the first thing he sees is jeonghan's story of hoshi and wonwoo. They're having lunch together. If he was an outsider he would have said they looked good together.
Mingyu doesn't leave his bed for the rest of the day. Soonyoung doesn't come home that night.
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