Sunday Six: Guardian snippet (you don't even want to know the filename for this one)

[xparrot]

Originally found on Tumblr, Six Sentence Sunday is:

a writing thing where, on Sunday, you post six sentences from an unfinished work. It can be a new fic, a new chapter of a WIP, or even something you’re not sure you’ll ever post.

Shen Wei’s voice was even, calm; but his hand at his side was curled into a fist, just visible under the hanging sleeve of his bathrobe, and pressed tight against his thigh.

"Shen Wei,“ Zhao Yunlan said, and the way Shen Wei snapped to attention, the slight bow of his body towards Zhao Yunlan, as his too-dark gaze locked onto him–it was almost as usual, but not quite; at once appealing and disturbing. Zhao Yunlan cleared his throat, said, "If my being here makes this harder—if it’s really going to be better for you to go it alone, if you really want me to leave, then I’ll leave. I’ll clear out now and keep my distance until it’s all over.”

"It…“ Shen Wei swallowed. "It would be—you have your duties as Guardian, and this is hardly among them.”

"Not what I asked,“ Zhao Yunlan said gently.

Comments

[mecurtin]

I don't know the problem they're dealing with, but I know "perfectly in character" when I see it!

[xparrot]

<333

[ranalore]

I may not know the filename, but I'm in.

[bonibaru]

SAME

[xparrot]

Hee, well, guess I better get cracking on it then!

(in all honesty this is the kind of pure self-indulgence that may not work for anyone outside of my head. Depends on whether you like h/c, and in what flavors ^^;;)

[xparrot]

Heee (that icon is...influential to this story...)

[ranalore]

...You are killing me here.

[xparrot]

...to be totally honest, the story itself is likely to get me killed, it's...it's very likely going to be, simultaneously, exactly what people are hoping for and then not that thing at all. ^^;;;;

[ranalore]

Yeah, but I like having my expectations overturned. I blame too much narrative theory at a tender age.

[naye]

AAAAAHHHH!!

WANT MORE. :D