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    The marble figure is perfect. Too perfect. Snow-white ivory masks the blemished skin – the sunken, uneven eyes displaced by faultless hollow circles, the tired bones and slanted posture replaced by a towering physique.

    It is so perfect it becomes imperfect. That is not his Viktor. His Viktor is so much more beautiful. His Viktor is real.

    And a part of him cracks – the thought that Viktor, Viktor, is trying so hard. Trying so hard to create something, love something, other than himself.

     

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    Viktor is a renowned sculptor, obsessed with creating some perfect version of himself. Jayce wants nothing more than to cherish the real him as one breathes air.

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    27 Dec 2024

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    San’s parents were soulmates. Before he learned anything about soulmates in elementary school, he knew what it meant. Soulmates were fated, born for each other, to be with each other. Soulmates were beautiful. He remembers the pit in his stomach when his teacher explained that most people didn’t have a soulmate. He watched his mum and dad every day, saw the way they moved around each other, worked together, and loved each other from the depths of their souls.

    He couldn’t imagine not having that for himself, and for a long time, he looked to the sky every night and hoped that someone out there was born to be with him, born for him.

    This wasn’t what he thought having a soulmate would be like. Not what he pictured. He had to remind himself that he and Wooyoung didn’t fit the mold of typical soulmates. They were idols. Cursed to be with each other nearly every waking moment, day and night, but forced to maintain distance.

    An incredibly ironic tragedy.

     

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    San wakes up with a soulmark; It’s going to change everything.

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    27 Nov 2024

  3. Public Bookmark 64

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    He has missed Wooyoung more than anything, even if it’s just been a few weeks without seeing each other. Their separation began a lot earlier. Almost three months ago. San knew Jihoon was behind it but he could only smile and tell Wooyoung it was okay if he couldn’t meet, that they would see each other another day even if he could see that from Wooyoung’s mouth only came out excuses. Truth is that San didn’t like Jihoon from the very beginning. When Jihoon started asking Wooyoung to distance himself from other alphas - also read, his pack -, San could see the red flags waving from miles away but Wooyoung insisted it was okay - it wasn’t -, that it wasn’t going to change their relationship (it did) and that Jihoon was treating him well - he wasn’t. Now, San regrets not punching Jihoon the moment he met him.

    Or: how Wooyoung leaves his shitty boyfriend and how San has to realize he's in love with his best friend.

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    19 Sep 2024

  4. Public Bookmark 54

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    Wooyoung is a renowned photographer who has won many awards, as being the most sought-after photographer in Korea. He is the one who always has the best shots, and his photos are always the most talked about. This time, Wooyoung is going to be the photographer at the Wedding of the Century-an eternal knot tied between billionaire fashion designer Kim Hongjoong and top model Park Seonghwa. Wooyoung knows his skills, he knows he's talented, and he's pretty sure he's going to love working with Seonghwa and Hongjoong. What he doesn't know is that while he's busy with work and trying to find true love, someone is going to come out of nowhere.

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    12 Aug 2024

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    “So, we’re going on an adventure that will most likely claim our lives,” Wooyoung spoke up, giving his captain a rather cocky expression. “Is the treasure even worth it?”

    At that, Hongjoong’s face instantly mirrored the young spy’s own look. The smirk that took over his face was intimidating and reminded Seonghwa that Hongjoong was indeed wild, his eyes sparkling with a dangerous fury. He leaned over the desk and slammed his palm into the map that lay there, the sound echoing through the candle-lit cabin, and licked over his bottom lip with a firm nod of his head.

    “Aye, it’s eternal life.”

     

    Or: After being promised the adventure of a lifetime, Seonghwa had found himself wondering if this grand adventure was for him after all. With a combination of heart-wrenching guilt and the feeling that the crew doesn’t like him, Seonghwa does his best to forget who he was and tries to fit in with this rogue pirate crew who are chasing after a treasure no pirate has ever dared to retrieve before. With a firm promise that this adventure could claim their lives, the outcast pirate crew who roams the vast seas under black sails finds that their loyalty will both hold them together and split them far apart.

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