Shang Qinghua gets snowed in at the office. With a dead phone and no way to get home, his best option for the night is the one presented by a rather prickly boss.
“How are you getting home?” Mobei Jun asks, and Shang Qinghua shrugs.“Walking?” He suggests, and Mobei Jun narrows his eyes. “Well, no, it's too far and there are no cars nearby. So I was thinking I’ll just stay at a hotel…”
Shang Qinghua trails off as he is met with silence. Mobei Jun simply stares at him, his icy blue gaze pinning Shang Qinghua to the spot. Shang Qinghua thinks he can see an idea percolate behind the man’s eyes, but it is most likely a trick of the light. After all, what could he—
“I live a ten minute walk away,” Mobei Jun states more than says. “It may just be easier to stay the night at my place.”
Podfic of an agreeable offer by tagteamme.
Author Note: I’ve always wanted to write a snowed-in fic and I also just love sticking as many tropes as I can in one fic so I wrote this one as a stress relief over the past month hehe please do not think too much about the logic in this fic as there is none to be found ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ
Reader Note: So... funny story. This was actually the first fic I recorded. I was like "I want something short-ish, oh, I like this one!"... and then immediately misread the word-count as 8000 words instead of 18000. I did end up taking breaks at the section breaks, but I was like "why is this recording so long??!! Is that really how long it takes to record 8k?"
So yeah. I was a lot more careful checking word counts after that :D But it means you all get a longer fic than I'd intended to start out with!
cover art by kitsuneden, using the photograph "Eroded Snow Angel" by Joseph D. Jachna, from the Art Institute of Chicago collection
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Text: an agreeable offer
Author: tagteamme
Reader: kitsuneden
Length: 1:51:13
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