lily of the valley
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The maid that brought Hyunjin up would always speak in common-people’s proverbs. The straw that broke the camel’s back, would be apt for Hyunjin’s latest drunken shenanigan. The last hit to reputation that his father could take.
People talk. Party prince. Royal whore. Disgrace to the bloodline. Hyunjin is all of it and more. In their eyes he’s soiled the Hwang name, made himself good as useless. Someone like that couldn’t stick around. He thought they’d lock him up for some months. Have him guarded around the clock, wait out the rumors fading to nothing, until everyone forgot about him.
Hyunjin never expected to be married, but he never expected his father to pawn him off as a wartime penance either.
(OR: A rebellious prince, a closed-off king, the end of a war, and the beginning of a great love.)
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- Part 1 of lily of the valley
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Sometimes Jisung will say things like that, separating them into two; Jisung and Minho. Twin circles in the dirt that never cross. Minho understands, though he wishes it were different.
“Like, I don’t know,” Jisung mumbles, looking down at where his toe pushes pine needles around in the dirt. “You’re powerful and wealthy and beautiful,” the final word comes as a whisper.
Minho’s heart picks up without permission, without him expecting it. “I’m just a man, Jisung. You may not be as wealthy as me, but you’re powerful in your own right, and just as beautiful, if not more.” Minho can feel blood rush to his face, painting him in shades of his innermost thoughts.
This fickle thing. Casual compliments, red cheeks. Minho doesn’t know what he’s doing, but he likes it.
(OR: A burdened king, a pretty stable boy, the weight of expectation, and the sacrifice of love.)
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- Part 2 of lily of the valley