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Title: One Way Ticket
Fandom: Snowdrop
Author: [personal profile] rodo
Length: 367 words
Rating: 0+
Genre: introspection, episode-related
Pairing: Lim Soo-ho/Eun Yeong-ro
Disclaimer: Everything belongs to JTBC and Disney+
A/N: Snowflake Challenge #6: In your own space, Create something. Since my only talent is fic writing and I'm strapped for time during the week - have a little introspective oneshot I wrote at work today.

Summary: A look at Lim Soo-ho's feelings during his meeting(s) with Eun Yeong-ro in episode 1.


A touch was all it took. Soft fingers brushing against his, out of the blue. They turned towards each other and froze. Then the moment was gone, and Soo-ho felt as if he’d been knocked off balance in sparring match.

During the rest of their group blind date, Soo-ho felt as if he was two person at once. There was the spy who knew the danger a pretty face posed, who was keenly aware of how his heartbeat had accelerated. He was looking for a way to extricate himself from the situation before it became a problem. Then there was the young man who yearned for an excuse to get to know her – Yeong-ro. In the end, her friend took the decision out of his hands, and he was both glad and sad at once. That had been it, he thought – until he heard her in the record store.
When he saw her again, the spy was gone, chased away into the recesses of his mind, and for the first time in years, Soo-ho could forget everything: his father, his mission, even his country. For a moment, he could revel in the feeling of being young and in love, impossible though it was.

He bought the tape on impulse. If his comrades ever learned of how he’d wasted their money, he wouldn’t hear the end of it for years. But he liked her, and he liked how the world seemed to brighten around her. It was money well spent. For one moment, he fantasized about stealing away to meet up with her, about going on dates, hanging out like normal people.

Then the police patrol brought him back to reality. She saved him. She wanted what he did. Of course, Soo-ho knew better. He liked her. That was reason enough to let her believe he’d be at the café the next day. He was a spy, after all. And the only thing he could do to protect her was protect her from himself, from being associated with him. So he never did, and broke her (and his own) heart in the process.

Still, it would be weeks until he could get the song out of his head.



Fin

Date: 2022-01-12 09:04 pm (UTC)
enemytosleep: [Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist] colored image of a teen boy adjusting his tie, looking serious (Snowflake)
From: [personal profile] enemytosleep
I don't know this fandom, but I do love the way this private thought almost yearns for privacy; space to explore feelings and affections away from public, prying eyes.

Date: 2022-01-13 02:10 am (UTC)
cornerofmadness: (Default)
From: [personal profile] cornerofmadness
I don't know the fandom but I did enjoy your story

Date: 2022-01-13 04:28 pm (UTC)
cornerofmadness: (Default)
From: [personal profile] cornerofmadness
You're welcome

Date: 2022-01-18 02:14 pm (UTC)
spikedluv: (summer: sunflowers by candi)
From: [personal profile] spikedluv
the only thing he could do to protect her was protect her from himself, from being associated with him.

This was really lovely!

Though your comment about the upcoming clusterfuck made me chuckle.

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