Sunday Snippet: Guardian fic

[xparrot]

Things have been stressful lately and I haven't been writing, which really doesn't help my stress levels. I started this and then haven't gotten back to it but I'm posting it here in hopes of prodding myself.

...And yeah, stress means self-indulgence, which means...I believe the formal term is "back on my bullshit." :P

"Shen Wei?" Zhao Yunlan tilted the flashlight up toward his face, and Shen Wei raised his free hand to shade his eyes.

"Shen Wei, why aren't you wearing your breathing mask?" Zhao Yunlan demanded.

Shen Wei blinked back the momentary sparkles to look at Zhao Yunlan's face--his eyes were narrowed, echoing the inexplicable alarm in his voice. "My what?"

Zhao Yunlan reached to the annoying encumbrance hanging around Shen Wei's neck, gave it a tug. "Oh," Shen Wei said, "that--I couldn't properly smell the fragrance with it on."

"Yeah," Zhao Yunlan said, "wasn't that the point?"

Shen Wei tried to think. He had a vague memory of Lin Jing explaining something while giving them the masks, but the details slipped his mind now. But Zhao Yunlan was looking at him expectantly, so he hazarded, "Yes, that was the point."

"But then you took off the mask to better smell the murder flower's poison pollen."

"Yes, I did," Shen Wei confirmed, relieved to be on more certain ground.

Comments

[frith_in_thorns]

Baaaabies :D Zhao Yunlan is SO PATIENT.

[clevermanka]

Oh, Shen Wei. /o\

[sakana17]

Well, I'm hooked...

[umadoshi]

*screams quietly* SHEN WEI.

I'm sorry things have been stressful. :( I hope they improve.

[yantantether]

Shen Wei!! UGH I love him so much.

you took off the mask to better smell the murder flower's poison pollen
Oh nooooo (except oh YES) Zhao Yunlan's life is hard.

[marycrawford]

I so love this kind of "Zhao Yunlan is BEING VERY PATIENT and NOT FREAKING OUT" situation. I am sure he's very calm about everything, yes. Given the murder flower's poison pollen and all. (I love that description, too, it's so very ZYL and it's making me grin.) What could possibly go wrong?

[michelel72]

Silly Zhao Yunlan, asking such confusing questions! (Oh Shen Wei, lol.)

[rheasilvia]

I haven't been writing, which really doesn't help my stress levels

This sounds so familiar! I mean, of course writing can be stressful in itself, too, but it can still be so... equalizing. Stabilizing? Something in that ballpark. ;-)

Oh, and on being self-indulgent: YES! DO IT! And please do not be self-conscious
about it at all, because it is a *good* thing - both for you as the author and us as the readers. Fanfic is best when it is self-indulgent - that's what makes it so lovely and satisfying. :-)

The snippet is intriguing and beautifully done - I confess my mind immediately went to "sex pollen", but there are so many other wonderful options. I can't wait to see where you go with this!

[naye]

OH SHEN WEI. I love this. I love this all so much! ♥

[yue_ix]

Your BS sounds positively excellent. Can’t wait!

[galaxysoup]

Ahahaha omg that's amazing! :D