#624: The Imperial Garden

[lordchen]

Prompt: #624
Title: The Imperial Garden
Pairing: Chen/Lay
Rating: PG 13
Warning: mentions of past abuse
Word count: 21,200
Summary: The imperial garden of China is full of wonders, magic clinging to every surface, waiting to be discovered. Something that has yet to be discovered is the battle happening right under its visitor's noses.
Author’s note

Comments

[zyxisagod]

hello, prompter here! i haven't finished this yet, i'm still just at the part where jongdae's being introduced (and the imperial garden) but i already have to tell you i'm really so impressed with how you adapted the setting of the original novel. i'm really extremely excited to see how you've fleshed this out. much love, red.

[zyxisagod]

ok I'm back and I'm just smiling widely jsjshshskxf I really enjoyed this so much! I loved everyone's characterisations and how they all fit in in the grand scheme of things. I adored chanyeol and junmyeon out of the side characters but maybe I'm biased bc they're just below laychen in my bias list lol

[sugaryandsalted]

Hello, author here~ ♪

First of all, I'm really glad you like this, even though it's a partly unbeta'd mess - this type of style is the toughest for me, seeing as I'm not a native speaker (but the Night Circus is my 2nd favorite book, so I had to take the challenge!)

I should thank you for prompting this - after all, you chose Lay to kind of resemble Marco, and I feel like the two roles suit them very well!

Unfortunately, I was lacking the time to elaborate on the whole soulmate-like situation, but I'm glad you picked up on it. Many soulmates are more bound than actually in love, so Lay held himself back to let Jongdae develop actual feels on his own; even though those are not of sexual nature per se.

Again, thanks for reading, thanks for prompting, and see you again in the next round, maybe? ♥

P.S.: I think we can agree on being Chanyeol-biased, with how big his role became. *no regrets*

[ailiblue]

I stayed up late last night to finish this and even though I'm tired now, it was definitely worth it

[sugaryandsalted]

Hello~
I'm glad you enjoyed this! I purposefully didn't name the Night Circus in order not to scare people off - since I hoped to make this enjoyable for anyone, no matter whether they know the source or not.

The Sound Bubbles... might be my favorite, too. Though I actually had a few more attractions which didn't even make the cut. Still, Jongdae's attractions are all about expression and music is their common ground, so it was the perfect setting for a first kiss ♥

Right next to Chen stands Chanyeol in my books, so he kinda developed a life on his own - good to know it wasn't a bother~

I can assure you I'm not scared at all~ thanks for reading and taking your time to comment ♥

[kim_dajung]

I'm not good with words and apologize for that because i cant express how good this was.
I truly loved the story. Thank you for writing this😚😚😚😚😚😭😚😚 i hope you keep on sharing your work with us because you write so well 😭😭😭😭

N also thanks to the prompter too!!

[sugaryandsalted]

Aww, thank you!
You don't need to be good with words, knowing that you liked this is more than enough ♡

[anonymous]

Everything about this fic is just beyond beautiful. Every characterizations, the flow of the story, the magic, everything just make me drawn more and more.
I love it so much. I adore how beautifully you describes anything here... so elegant and graceful.
I'm sorry i can't praise you enough. I don't have beautiful word like you do. I just can hand over my sincere comment here. I really love this story. Love love love

I really enjoy it. You have done a fantastic jobs. Thank you so much beautiful ( ˘ ³˘)❤

Añd red!!!! Thank you so much for prompting this beautiful idea. Love you too

[sugaryandsalted]

Thanks a lot for your kind words~
This slightly abstract style was super tough, so I'm happy you acknowledged it ♡

No need for fancy words, we can also just sing "Love Love Love" together ♪

Thanks for letting me know you enjoyed this ♥