Sunday Six: more Guardian
Aug. 18th, 2019 02:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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After a thoroughly unproductive week, I managed to eke out a bit of writing yesterday; fingers crossed that this is back on a trend rather than an exception?
After a thoroughly unproductive week, I managed to eke out a bit of writing yesterday; fingers crossed that this is back on a trend rather than an exception?
"Okay, then," Zhao Yunlan said with a careful nod. "Let's get them there and figure it out from there."
He started to turn back to collect the kids, only to realize that the Envoy had gone still--frozen, looking at him with such unalloyed focus that it sent a frisson down Zhao Yunlan's spine. "What?" he snapped, quelling that shiver.
"You trust me?" the Envoy asked, quiet but intent.
Zhao Yunlan could've lied, could've told him they were best friends, comrades for life; but the sharpness of that gaze would cut through any glibness as easily as the guy's blade through that monster. It wasn't worth the effort. "If you wanted to kill me now, you would've already." He shrugged. "So come on--" He couldn't say it aloud; giving it as a name was one thing, but actually addressing the guy like some lord in a historical drama, with a straight face...not possible. "--Hei-Laoge."
The Envoy's shoulders jerked under his bespoke suit jacket at that insolence, but he didn't say anything.
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Date: 2019-08-18 10:22 pm (UTC)And Shen Wei here, ouch. "at that insolence" NO THAT'S NOT HOW HE'S FEELING ;__;
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Date: 2019-08-18 10:32 pm (UTC)Yep! Which is...kind of meandering a bit, need to hammer down the plot (such as it is) more. But yeah poor Shen Wei, this is just all kinds of difficult for him. He thought he was used to Zhao Yunlan not knowing who he is but turns out that doesn't get easier with repetition...
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Date: 2019-08-18 10:41 pm (UTC)The Envoy's shoulders jerked under his bespoke suit jacket at that insolence, but he didn't say anything.
Yunlan nooooo. D:
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