Soul of the Rose

[lotusk]

Title: Soul of the Rose
Author: lattelotus
Rating: PG
Fandom: EXO
Pairing: Jongin/Sehun
Length: 3174 words
Summary: Jongin is trapped in his house and garden with no one for company but his middle-aged parents. His life is an endless stretch of monotony until he meets Sehun, the new milk boy.
Notes: This fic is inspired by John William Waterhouse's painting Soul of the Rose. It was written as part of the ateliers fic challenge project, which seeks to bring together multifandom fics inspired by literary works of art, prose, poetry and film.


Jongin's body is almost healed and yet he's still caged here. It's a beautiful prison cell, but a cell nonetheless.

Comments

[durianparfait.livejournal.com]

WHY YOU END THERE T-T I was looking forward to their walk and some drama from the mum. THE MUM aiyo why she liddat her son is lonely leh, talk to the help also cannot meh!!! Why is Sehun so educated? Did J manage to sneak out to meet Sehun successfully? Did he get sick again?? Do people really have milk in their porridge? Questions questions~~ thank you for writing this, I enjoyed reading this!♡

[lotusk]

I ran out of time ofc! There wasn't going to be any drama with the mom. You know me. Idk how to write drama lol. And she's over protective of Jongin -- doesn't want him to grow apart from her.

Questions -- literary stories are full of questions so I was trying to leave a few since this is supposed to be literary-ish kind of fic project lol. But since you asked, yes j snuck out and they walked and talked. Repeatedly. No, Jongin didn't get sick again bc the exercise was good for him anyway (and kisses are nice too). And porridge in the UK usually refers to oatmeal!!

As for Sehun, his family used to be rich and he went to a posh boarding school for boys. But the family went bankrupt when he was 17 and so he has to work a few jobs so he can get by and also save up money for university. That's basically it ^^