fic: a heavy heart to carry [beast/block b; junhyung/jaehyo; nc-17]
a heavy heart to carry
beast/block b; junhyung/jaehyo; nc-17; 4000
cube was his dream. jaehyo wonders when that dream grew to include junhyung as well
( Jaehyo’s lungs are burning, burning with so much more than just exhaustion... )
beast/block b; junhyung/jaehyo; nc-17; 4000
cube was his dream. jaehyo wonders when that dream grew to include junhyung as well
( Jaehyo’s lungs are burning, burning with so much more than just exhaustion... )
"They leave practise on time for once, instead of staying behind to go through the routine once, twice, the fifth time over, body already aching in protest." - second paragraph of the second section. i'm pretty sure 'practise' is the verb and 'practice' the noun in all places except america. but maybe i'm wrong!
"Sometimes it’s still too cold for him, up on the roof, in his thin, little t-shirt but now Junhyung just wraps his arms around Jaehyo when he shivers, tucking him in." - this was beautiful. it made me think of being tucked into bed and the air of protection that that engenders. really lovely, nav.
"But underneath the stars, Junhyung’s teasing laughter rings like bells, makes Jaehyo forget for a second that life isn’t just about Cube and dancing and making it. Jaehyo wouldn’t mind if life was just about the jut of Junhyung’s hips, the beginning of his smile, the scrunch of his nose." i am just ;____; only about 1/7 into this and already feeling it. NAV, YOU HAVE SUCH A POETIC TURN OF PHRASE AND <3
this has the same feel to it that nbt had, and nav, that is an incredible thing to recreate. fuck, this is magical. i also don't know what 'cube' is all about, but i'm assuming it is a music prize or some big concert or something?
also, haven't read enough to ascertain this yet, but: in the beginning, jaehyo was running from junhyung, but then the bit directly following that had jaehyo get all nervous about junhyung metaphorically running too far ahead of him - is there supposed to be a crossover in the metaphor?
you know, one of the things i think you're best at, bb, is conveying doubt and insecurity in characters without it being overpowering or fake. you can really believe it when your characters feel something.
tbh, i thought it was a bit of a shame their kiss turned into sexings and such, since it lost a lot of its romance in doing so, in my eyes, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS A BUILD-UP TO PORNZ, SO I WILL KEEP SCHTUM FOR NOW.
LOL, BB. DOES EVERYONE WEAR JOGGERS IN YOUR IMAGINATION?
"Jaehyo doesn’t even care because it’ll be a hickey from Junhyung, who Jaehyo was wanted for far too long." - halfway down the page: assume you mean 'has' not 'was'?
my only real concern so far is that, and i don't know whether this is intentional or canonical or not, but in most cases, when intercoursing, your characters do slot into the seme/uke thing a bit too easily D: i know it's a big thing, particularly in japan, to have one character dominating another, and there's nothing wrong with that, but i think it might be interesting to try sex that isn't about one character begging for it and the other being a bit leery in return D: I'M NOT TRYING TO SAY I THINK THE SEX IS BAD. BECAUSE IT IS NOT. this is just a personal thing, and you know i'd only say it if i thought it might be something useful to think about. also! while the sexlets are diverse, i do feel like it's all about the blowjob/anal sex sometimes D: it's like everything else is just foreplay to the bum-sex that is to follow. and ok, that's fine. penetration is a major part of sex acts, but you can have sexlets where the only thing that happens is a handjob or idk. maybe just voyeurism or something. admittedly, alternating between these things applies more to longer works, but it's worth a thought, anyway.
also, it's quite possible for the 'bottom' to be the one in control during sexings, btw.
"Their pity is open, bleeding through their voices, dripping from their eyes and Jaehyo has half a mind to just turn around and forget it." - very aptly put. a clever use of bleeding imagery, bb!
"“Hy-hyung,” Jaehyo replies, being quickly and when he rises back up," - about 3/4 the way down. 'being'?
"What was twenty stories?" - bit further down. what were* and storeys*
bb, this was. man, this was sweet. i know i probably shouldn't, but i read quite a lot into it and ;_____________________; ily bb ;_; and this whole thing has been permeated by an air of nostalgia and sadness and beauty and <3 you write the most stunning things, nav. i'm so proud of your writing, bb. you've come such a tremendously long way and you haven't changed at all =)
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