Sugar

[lotusk]

Pairing: kaisoo (with side chanhun)
Length: ~16k
Genre: bakery!au, fluff, romance & a pinch of magic
Rating: PG13
Warning: one brief mention of nudity involving OCs
Summary: Kyungsoo is the cranky pâtisserie owner who refuses to eat sweet things and Jongin is the “gifted” pâtissier who’s determined to change his mind. Vibrant waiter Chanyeol is infatuated with tsundere assistant pâtissier Sehun. Vaguely inspired by the manga/anime Antique Bakery.
A/N: Written as part of the Kaisoo Valentine's Project but this has two additional scenes. Many thanks to Jenni, Addie, Ansa, Ren, Shanti & Bunny for giving me the push I needed to add another 4k of story. Love you guys! Originally posted as a 12k fic on KVP but this is 4k longer with two new scenes.


Kyungsoo pulled the door open and a gust of winter chill blasted into the store, tiny flurries of lacy white flakes pirouetting and floating around the stranger in a graceful ballet that was almost magical.

Comments

[bluedreaming]

I left you a comment on the kaisooproject post on the original version so here I'll just respond to some of the things we've talked about - first of all I really liked what you added, like the conversation in the kitchen (you added that right?) and everything just made their relationship that much more gradual and organic - it was really good! Also you fleshed out chanhun a LOT and they're such a dynamic pairing here - it's delicious. And I just really can't understand at all why people call this fluff. It's not fluff. It's magical and romantic and sad and textured and delicious. But it's not fluff. And I don't think it's just because I'm reading it with the visual palette of the movie in my head. There's a lot of darkness here, tucked in the corners, with Jongin's golden hope to light the way.

[lotusk]

I'm so glad you found it magical with bits of darkness here and there, Ansa. I feared I'd gotten it all wrong since most people who commented seemed to think it was just sweet and fluffy - which it is for the most part - but I wanted people to glimpse the slivers of sadness and emotional tragedy too. So thank you for sniffing out the angst - I knew you would ;-;

Bless you for this beautiful comment ansabear /cries all over you again