celegant
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acquaintance, n.
Donghyuck first meets Mark when they’re thirteen and fourteen respectively, Mark’s glasses still far too big for his face and easily tongue-tied behind the silver of his braces.
It’s the smile that gets to him first. A rotating array of baby blues and dark turquoises strung in-between glinting metal.
Mark’s favourite colour, he comes to learn.
(or: mark and donghyuck's love story, as defined by the 26 letters of the alphabet)
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It would've been nice, Donghyuck muses, if he could live the rest of his life like this—with this unfamiliar but kind family that loves ‘him’ unequivocally, living comfortably with the newfound wealth that now flows freely from the tips of his fingers.
A second chance, he’d thought at first. A new lease on life after his last one was cut too short.
But this is a world inside a novel, he reminds himself, and the character named Lee Haechan—
Donghyuck looks down at his plate, appetite waning as the sound of his younger siblings' laughter echoes on in the background.
—is destined to die young too.
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"Does this happen a lot?" Donghyuck asks flatly, arms coming up to cross in front of his chest. "You getting thrown out of windows?"
Mark hesitates for a second before giving him a half-hearted shrug, smile turning a little sheepish. "Occupational hazard?"
(Soulmates, it turns out, work a little differently when you have superpowers. Sometimes, it’s obvious. Other times, though—
Well.
Let’s just say that Mark’s track record with time hasn’t always been that great.)
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- Part 2 of beginnings, becomings
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It started to become common knowledge among them—spend enough time around Lee Donghyuck and one way or another, come hell or high water, you walk away with a piece of your heart invariably missing.
He thinks back to then, and regrets not taking the others’ warnings seriously enough.
Because if there’s one thing any SM trainee knows, it’s that Lee Donghyuck has never given anybody a second glance, always armed ready with an apologetic grin and an empathetic, ‘I’m sorry, but I’m interested in someone else.’
(Or: Sungchan walks out of his first official practice with flushed cheeks, the soft echo of melodic laughter ringing in his ears, and the beginnings of what he knows is going to be a heartbreaking crush on NCT’s resident troublemaker.)
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“One day, Donghyuck, you’re going to find someone,” his mother used to say, back when he was a kid. “And they're going to need you and your powers just as much as you’ll need them.”
(Soulmates, it turns out, work a little differently when you have superpowers. It’s common knowledge growing up, the fact that your soulmate’s abilities are meant to be complementary to your own. Sometimes, it’s obvious.
Most of the time though, as Donghyuck comes to learn, it isn’t always so cut and dry.)
Series
- Part 1 of beginnings, becomings
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a list of things to do; a list that's just for you by painttheworldinpastels
Fandoms: NCT (Band)
20 May 2020
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"You want me to choose your verse?"
"You've done that lots of times before though?" Mark is equally as confused as Donghyuck is, but Donghyuck is sure they're not talking about the same issue.
"Yeah, but those were for the I'm-Mark-Lee-I-rule-the-world songs. This one's a love song."
"Is that a problem?"
Yes. Donghyuck smiles brightly. "Nope, not at all."
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19 Oct 2021
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“You trying to run away, love?”
On any other occasion, Donghyuck would spit something sarcastic back at him. Mark is well aware that Donghyuck won’t be running anywhere any time soon.
Because right now, Donghyuck is fully naked, wrists and ankles laced with rope, attached to the hooks on Mark’s wall.
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- Part 1 of painting us in gold
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19 Oct 2021
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There was nothing that upset the balance of the universe quite like falling for your best friend when you were thirteen and never managing to move on.
Other than you know, being cursed to have to be physically touching said best friend at all times.
[or: In which the universe takes "being stuck like a sticker" a bit too seriously, and literally glues Mark and Haechan together.]
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Bookmarked by celegant
19 Oct 2021
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Hold Mark up to the light. Look at him from an angle. Don’t flinch.
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15 Oct 2021
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“C’mon, let’s get you cleaned up. Then we can make out without risking both of us dying from sunscreen ingestion.”
And really, who is Mark to turn down such a tempting offer?
(Mark and Donghyuck spend a day at the beach and Mark gets the difficult job of dealing with a very horny, very persistent Donghyuck.)
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22 Sep 2021