In Silence

[marchleaf]

Title: In Silence
Rating: PG
Length: 2k
Side pairings: Suho/Chen
Notes: I want to apologize to my recipient/prompter for straying so much from the prompt; the Persuasion quote is mostly from Jongin's point of view (with a bit of Minseok) and the obstruction to the marriage is not the parents but rather Minseok's personal crisis

Comments

[jeynebesterling]

SPOT
im working all weekend but i'm so excited someone filled this prompt
I promise to return and leave a proper comment once I have time to read it

[jeynebesterling]

please don't apologize for not following the prompt exactly, your fic captures so much of the longing and growth that I adore in that novel. I love this fic so much it's the best kind of almost hurt comfort, human faults at their worst and best and ahhh YOUR MINSEOK AND JONGIN I'M SO IN LOVE THESE KIDS. This is such a beautiful fic, thank you so much for writing it and being inspired by my favorite austen quote.

[bluedreaming]

First of all I'm terribly sorry for replying so late; all I can say in my defence is that I've been swamped with exchanges (ㅠ_ㅠ) but I really appreciated your comment!

I'm glad it was okay that I twisted the prompt a bit; I'd somehow remembered it wrong and I was half done before I checked again and realized that I'd started off on the wrong foot prompt-wise, but it was too late to go back by then, so THANKS SO MUCH for liking it anyway because I really did adore this prompt. I love literature and the themes and language and I tried to capture a tiny piece of that in this story, while writing a Jongin that was strong enough to let go and then strong enough to hold on, and a Minseok that was so convinced of his guilt that he shut everyone out.

♡ thank you so much for reading and please forgive the tardiness of this reply

[jinwann]

this was so wonderfully written and i absolutely enjoyed it ;;u;;
plus pianist!minseok asldfk;jas;ldkfdflk (´；ω；`) <3

[bluedreaming]

I'm really sorry for the late reply but thanks so much for reading! Yes, when I think of Jane Austen I somehow think of the piano so...it had to be ♡ imagine cute Minseok, fingers dancing over the keys ☆彡

[bluedreaming]

Hello Irene! Thanks so much for reading! And I'm really sorry about the late reply. This story was all about relationships and the fact that they can't be so easily severed, no matter what happens. Family is family and blood is thicker than water and sometimes people are more forgiving than we think they can possibly be. Definitely credit Jongin, though, for being the wise one in this equation. While Minseok was out, succeeding and yet hiding from his past, Jongin was using the separation as a time for personal growth and he definitely came out as the winner in that regard ♡

thanks so much!

Minseok's old demons are the fiancé he left without explanation and the family he is convinced is disappointed in him; they are not the demons themselves but his perception of them is. personal demons is an expression ^^

[canadaphile]

This was beautiful! I don't think I've ever read such pretty angst, which is an odd way of describing it, but I like to think of it like a Romantic sort of poetry.

Kids set up together, futures already determined, and they don't know anything different until they're older. It's very childlike, and it's great that there's progression, emotionally, even in such a short fic. (I don't know if I could sit through a longer one, honestly.)

As always, I adore and hate how dumb these boys can be. Rather than talk anything out, they inevitably make things worse, but it turned out okay in the end. Even Mom forgave Minseok; she saw the bigger picture. Jongin saw the bigger picture. Poor Minseok was just kind of stuck in an open cage he closed around himself.

Very well done. (uwu)b

=^..^=~

[bluedreaming]

Hi Amanda! (I'm not sure if you know me? but you're friends with some of my friends) Thanks so much for reading this and I'm sorry for the late reply (ㅠ_ㅠ)

Yes I did write this as a kind of poem in prose form (blame Austen!) and angst can be very romantic in a kind of mono no aware way...

You're right, the story is child-like, because Minseok is childish and hasn't really grown up, only older, running away from a future that was only set in his child-like perception of the world and his family. Jongin was the one who grew up without him, and the one who swings the balance at the end.

Minseok was just kind of stuck in an open cage he closed around himself - exactly! So often parents only want what's best for their children; but Minseok still had this childlike idea that it was him against the world. Jongin had to open his eyes and finally speak the truth.

Thanks so much!

[canadaphile]

Hello~ Your reputation proceeds you; I know of you in passing. Friend of a friend.

I enjoy Austen's works, so this was nice to read. That mindset of Minseok's is what made it frustrating, but Jongin helped him see the light. UwU I'm all for hopeful endings.

[quiescentme]

oh myyyy this is written so prettily with the extended metaphor of the ocean. knowing that jongin didnt just let minseok go again a second time, ah, heart be still.

lovely piece~

[bluedreaming]

thanks so much for reading ♡ and I'm really sorry about the late reply.

I read the prompt and somehow the ocean and cliffs and crashing waves and piano and Jane Austen just came together to propel this story onto the page. And of course Jongin couldn't let Minseok go; he did once but only he grew up so it was time to tackle Minseok to the ground and shove all the love that he couldn't comprehend into his brain.

thank you ☆彡