Shape of My Heart

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Title: Shape of My Heart
Author: lattelotus
Betas: daestruct, exollent
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Jongin / Kyungsoo
Length: 40k
Summary: Jongin is an assassin who leads a quiet, isolated life until his terrified neighbor Kyungsoo forces his way into his apartment and into his desolate heart.
Genre: Romance, mild angst, action
Warnings: guns, mild violence, blood, bullet wounds, murder (mentioned), outdoor sex, minor character death, language, kidnapping

Notes: Written as part of the Exordium Challenge 2015. This fic is inspired by Luc Besson’s Léon: The Professional and the title is derived from the movie's theme song, Shape of My Heart.


He'd usually be sitting on a perch, looking bored, jaded and done with life. More often than not, he'd have a smoldering cigarette between his fingers and translucent mauve shadows beneath his large, moody eyes. Electric red hair with a brutal black undercut. Black helix piercings along his cartilage and seething tattoos on his pale forearms—

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and i lied about the dumb tattoos of course i did bloody hell brought a fucking tear to my eye what a brat that asshole kyungsoo HOW COULD YOU make your parents slog out designing and painting the mural then making them paint over it in teal a mere two years later TEAL ISNT EVEN AN APPROPRIATE COLOR FOR A WALL okay no that isn't true either teal is a great color BUT I AM TRYING TO MAKE A POINT HERE and that is that baby kyungsoo was an asshole but i'm glad that he at least /knows/ he was a spoilt little brat and made the brave and poignant decision to get it tattooed on him. it's like the mural that could have been IF YOU DIDNT CHANGE YOUR MIND YOU SPOILT LITTLE BOY i sound angry but i'm not angry i'm just upset because he could've had it all /sobs

idk what i'm saying anymore so that's a good sign to stop saying things now.

thank you for writing and sharing this!!!