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did someone say pain?
Major Tags: N/A
Additional Tags: yearning, you me against the world but they say our love is doomed, basically if cql were played by svt members lol
Do Not Wants: None
Prompt:
- Episode 25, The Untamed
- Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
- Saturn, Sleeping At Last
- Xiao Zhan & Wang Yibo, Wuji
***
I'm sorry if this is a lot but feel free to just hand-pick whichever quote speaks to you the most!!! Also, if you need more brain worms for the first quote, read at the very end of this post for a different reinrerpretation of it: https://hunxi--guilai-tumblr-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/hunxi-guilai.tumblr.com/post/612161034673946624/all-right-guys-lets-have-a-conversation-about/amp?amp_js_v=a6&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQKKAFQArABIIACAw%3D%3D#aoh=16407405172354&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fhunxi-guilai.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F612161034673946624%2Fall-right-guys-lets-have-a-conversation-about
[FILL] did someone say pain?
(Anonymous) 2021-12-30 01:09 am (UTC)(link)Major Tags: N/A
Additional Tags: references to being stabbed? and dying?
Permission to remix: Yes
i don't know how closely this fit the prompt but it's cql and it's soonwoo so. here we are
***
Mask ripped off, Soonyoung’s freed hair flutters in a gentle breeze. It feels wrong, somehow. How can the wind be timid in the middle of such a storm? The entire cultivation world surrounding them with swords drawn, everything unraveling in slow motion and Soonyoung and Wonwoo, alone in the center of it.
Soonyoung looks to Wonwoo, expecting to see the storm around them reflected there as well. But there is no swirling indecision, no guilt or doubt. Wonwoo looks at him with warmth and calm and something Soonyoung has only glimpsed so rarely he isn’t even sure what to name it, but it looks like happiness.
“Are you smiling?” Soonyoung asks, incredulous.
Wonwoo nods.
And Soonyoung likes to think of himself of an optimist. Dying and coming back again tends to do that to you—you either find a way to still have hope or you might as well still be dead. But despite that, a flicker of worry does still cross his mind. Is this the end for them?
Soonyoung knows they’re friends now, or something like it. But Wonwoo has been faced with this choice before—Soonyoung or the world—and Soonyoung buries the part of himself that wants Wonwoo to change his mind as deep as he can, down with the memories of everyone he’s lost. Because the world isn’t kind to people who are against it. Wonwoo can still leave, claim Soonyoung blackmailed him or tricked him and go back to his real life, the one he’s built in all the years Soonyoung was gone.
But Wonwoo’s smiling like he knows something Soonyoung doesn’t. Soonyoung tries to shake Wonwoo’s grip on his wrist, tries to tell him to go, and Wonwoo just keeps looking at him.
“Why?” Soonyoung doesn’t qualify the question. Wonwoo knows what he’s asking, probably even better than Soonyoung does himself.
“I’m glad,” Wonwoo whispers. “To get the chance to do what I couldn’t before.”
The smooth sound of Wonwoo’s sword being drawn, the gasps of the crowd of onlookers, the pounding of Soonyoung’s heart in his ears.
“To stand by you this time,” Wonwoo says.
There are scenes in life that can only make sense when the whole story is over. Soonyoung likes to think that maybe that’s wisdom, to know when such a scene is playing out. And he certainly hasn’t been wise for most of his life. Countless times he’s stood here like this, staring into Wonwoo’s eyes while the busy world around them stills, and Soonyoung has blinked first. He’s looked away and made a joke, he’s snapped and turned away Wonwoo’s kindness. He’s bitterly spat out words he regretted until his dying moments and then some. But now he finally sees the whole story, sees Wonwoo’s patience and concern for what it was.
To be fair, Wonwoo could have just said he loved Soonyoung. He clearly hadn’t intended to leave Soonyoung a puzzle he’d have to die to put together, but sliding the pieces together now, it’s obvious. The whole story plays out differently now in Soonyoung’s mind now that he knows what to look for.
And it’s still a little scary to let himself accept this but isn’t it also the least he can do, as long as Wonwoo has been offering? It must be scary for Wonwoo too but he stands strong and beautiful as ever, lips quirked and sword ready to fight with Soonyoung. They always have made a great team.
Soonyoung nods. “Let’s do this then.”
***
And with as much as Soonyoung has gained today, a stab wound feels like a pretty good trade.
Wonwoo would scold him for saying that, if he said it aloud. Maybe that’s why Wonwoo keeps quiet so often.
“Sorry,” Soonyoung says when Wonwoo enters the room and sets a tray by the bed.
Wonwoo’s brow furrows until he notices the blood stains in the sheets that Soonyoung is gesturing to. “It’s fine,” Wonwoo says. “Some of us know how to do laundry.”
“I’m also sorry about the, um,” Soonyoung clears his throat. “The years of totally misunderstanding you and your feelings.”
Wonwoo blinks. “My what?”
Soonyoung pats the narrow space left in the bed and waits for Wonwoo to join him. Once he’s sat down, Soonyoung takes his hand and watches the blush spread up Wonwoo’s cheeks. “In my defense, you were a little hard to read. But still, even after I rose from the grave—”
Wonwoo coughs at that, looking offended on Soonyoung’s behalf at the phrasing, and wow, Soonyoung loves him a lot.
“I was still an idiot. I was being oblivious while you spent all this time pining and longing—”
“No, I did not,” Wonwoo interjects softly.
“Oh. Okay, cool, guess that was just me then? Wow, this is awkward, uh—”
“I have spent all this time loving you.”
Soonyoung shuts his mouth.
“To long for would imply I… expected something different. Was unsatisfied with the way things are between us. That is not the case. I simply loved you. I was happy with whatever I had with you, and would continue to be, so long as it is what makes you happy too.”
Soonyoung starts to protest, but this might be the longest he’s ever heard Wonwoo speak at once, so he kind of wants to see how long he can last.
“I could never be less than satisfied with whatever form of relationship I have with you,” Wonwoo continues. Amazing. “Because that would imply there is a way to be unsatisfied in your presence. And there is not.”
“Wow,” Soonyoung says.
Leaning in to tilt their foreheads together, Wonwoo sighs, soft but deep.
The corners of Soonyoung’s eyes crinkle, staring back at him. “You know, I talk so much… I say so many words, I mean. It still amazes me, sometimes, when you catch on something I’ve said. That you can still pay attention to all of them.”
“I have a finely tuned Soonyoung filter,” Wonwoo says mildly. But his eyes are too soft, too focused intently on Soonyoung’s, for either of them to believe it.
Soonyoung laughs, swatting at Wonwoo’s arm. “Good! You’re gonna need it!” He scoots backwards onto the bed so that he can sit up properly. “Because I intend to stick around for a long time, so you’d better get good at it,” he continues, looking up at Wonwoo.
Wonwoo closes the distance between them, leaning down. A hand in Soonyoung’s hair, his lips on Soonyoung’s, a knee firmly planted in their bed.
The way I realized I was in love was that I realized what a weight it would be off my shoulders to spend the rest of my life with you, Soonyoung thinks. “Kiss me again,” is what he says.
Wonwoo does.
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Oh wow, where do I even begin? First off, it fits the prompt perfectly!!! I've always craved for works that mixed together my two favorite interests and I honestly was blown away with how everything turned out with your writing.
Second, OHHHHHHH how I loved the way you wrote the opening scene and how it was so clear in my head. So vivid and commanding and I was honestly clutching my chest as I read every line.
But there is no swirling indecision, no guilt or doubt. Wonwoo looks at him with warmth and calm and something Soonyoung has only glimpsed so rarely he isn’t even sure what to name it, but it looks like happiness. I'M SCREAMING, this is such a beautiful line! I could feel the rawness in their emotions and I could see it all in my head how the scene played out!
But Wonwoo has been faced with this choice before—Soonyoung or the world—and Soonyoung buries the part of himself that wants Wonwoo to change his mind as deep as he can... This is one of my favorite lines, too! It's so beautifully frustrating to see Soonyoung think like that when hello ?? Sir do you know there is no difference between the world and you because you are his world!!!
“I’m glad,” Wonwoo whispers. “To get the chance to do what I couldn’t before.”
The smooth sound of Wonwoo’s sword being drawn, the gasps of the crowd of onlookers, the pounding of Soonyoung’s heart in his ears.
“To stand by you this time,” Wonwoo says. Plsss this brings back the memory of drunk LWJ regretting how he couldnt stand by WWX before and its so bittersweet to read and I love how you incorporated all these elements into this scene!!!
“I have spent all this time loving you.”
Soonyoung shuts his mouth.
“To long for would imply I… expected something different. Was unsatisfied with the way things are between us. That is not the case. I simply loved you. I was happy with whatever I had with you, and would continue to be, so long as it is what makes you happy too.” This is so!!!! ㅜㅜThe honesty, the rawness of the confession, the way he tells him he loves him without cost...so selfless!!!
“Because that would imply there is a way to be unsatisfied in your presence. And there is not.” What emotions could I even express to describe how much I loved this line ㅜㅜ Truly such beautiful work ㅜㅜ
The way I realized I was in love was that I realized what a weight it would be off my shoulders to spend the rest of my life with you, Soonyoung thinks. “Kiss me again,” is what he says. Just wow, you brought my prompt to places and I am so, so delighted by how you wrote everything. The storytelling was so commanding, so vivid, and I loved every second of it!!!
Thank you so much for filling my prompt, your words are beautiful. ❤
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“I’m glad,” Wonwoo whispers. “To get the chance to do what I couldn’t before. To stand by you this time.” BARKING. THE NEIGHBORS ARE FILING A NOISE COMPLAINT.
To be fair, Wonwoo could have just said he loved Soonyoung.wailing.
“To long for would imply I… expected something different. Was unsatisfied with the way things are between us. That is not the case. I simply loved you. I was happy with whatever I had with you, and would continue to be, so long as it is what makes you happy too.” throwing a tantrum. rocking back and forth on the floor, feet kicking and everything.
“Good! You’re gonna need it!” He scoots backwards onto the bed so that he can sit up properly. “Because I intend to stick around for a long time, so you’d better get good at it,” this is the happiest moment of my entire life.
haha yeah that was pretty nice! good job! feeling Extremely normal now, like maybe this somehow fixed me? you should consider a career in psychology