Angel of Mine
Title: Angel of Mine
Author: aelisilea
Type: One-shot
Pairing: OnTae
Rating: PG-13 (suicidal!Taem and abusive!Minho)
Description: When it seems like the only way out is to end it all, an angel comes down and saves your heart.
00:01:05 before
The breeze gently caressed his hair as the biting fear ate away at his heart. Onew’s ears were filled with the sound of his heart pounding and his heavy breaths. The platform had a few groups of people scattered around, but Onew didn’t even have to look for the one he so desperately needed to see.
00:02:05 before
Wincing as the wind nipped at his cheeks, Taemin squinted off into the bleak city line. Standing on top of one of the most famous structures in the world, a place where so many people’s dreams have come true, where he was about to slip into his eternal blissful dream. His breaths forming clouds before his face, the boy gulped hard as he cleared his mind for the last time.
02:25:05 before
“What the hell is this, Taemin?” Minho’s voice was cold and piercing, and Taemin curled up further from his corner of the sofa. When he didn’t receive a reply, Minho asked again. “I said, what the hell is this, Taemin.”
Taemin felt his whole body tremble as he fixated his gaze onto the coffee table, repeating the same line again and again in his head, as if it was a magic spell that would make the whole situation go -
SMACK.
Right across Taemin’s thoughts resounded the echo of the stinging mark on his face. His eyes started to brim over with tears, and he bit his lip hard to stop them, knowing they would just make things worse.
“WHY AREN’T YOU ANSWERING ME, HUH? YOU USELESS PIECE OF CRAP…” Blow after blow impacted on his frail body, and after a while, it stopped hurting so much because there wasn’t anymore pain that he could feel. Taemin felt his bruised ribs crack and with a final punch across his cheek that drew blood from his split lip, his head finally thudded to the floor. The only thing in his ears was the ringing from the hits to his head, as Minho slammed his way out of the apartment to look for more booze.
00:00:05 after
Onew looked up and gulped, hard. There wasn’t any crowd around because everyone had already left for safer places. It was either him, or nothing. This is crazy. Spreading his arms wide and bracing himself, he tried not to close his eyes.
01:00:05 before
Taemin bundled up every piece of clothing that he owned, making the smallest movements possible. There’s no way I’m going to let him earn more cash for his devil even after I’m gone. Slowly, like the thousand year old man awakening from his slumber, he shuffled out of the apartment into the deserted freezing streets.
As he passed a food stall in the process of closing up, the news from the radio caught his attention. “All citizens are advised to return home as soon as possible, as the blizzard is expected to hit tonight…” Huh, maybe I’ll freeze before I reach the ground, wonder what that feels like…
Just as he passed by, the last customer in the stall finished his drink and got up to leave, bumping hard into Taemin. The boy cried out in agony, falling helplessly to the icy ground. Startled, the stranger immediately dropped to his knees to help him up, but no matter where he tried to support made Taemin wince.
Finally, Taemin managed to stand up again, and the stranger stood in awkward silence staring into his eyes. When the throbbing ache resided slightly, Taemin started to shuffle off again, but the stranger followed. Taemin turned to him, frowning.
“I’m Onew. I know we just met, but you seem to be seriously injured, you should be going to a hospital. I get into accidents often, and as much as it hurts right now, I promise it’ll feel better if you get it seen to.” Taemin didn’t know why, but he felt and impeccable need to trust this guy and do whatever he said, but he managed to clear his mind and shook his head, trying to move off again. Onew sighed.
“Alright, but I’m going to follow you anyway, just to make sure nothing happens.” Taemin shrugged.
00:35:05 before
“The Eifel Tower? There’s a blizzard approaching and you want to go to the Eifel Tower? They’re probably closed -” Taemin mutely pushed open the glass doors with effort, and Onew fell silent. For the past 40 minutes he had been trying to make conversation, even resorting to singing songs, hoping to induce some kind of reaction from the boy, but Taemin just continued trudging forward without a sound.
The lobby was almost deserted, with a small handful of tourists bundled up with hot drinks, preparing to move on to their lodgings. Just as he was about to head for the lifts, Taemin paused and turned towards the drink counter. Onew glanced back and forth for a moment, before asking “Do you want a hot drink?”
Taemin nodded ever so slightly, but that tiny response delighted Onew, who ran off immediately, calling over his shoulder “Just stay there, okay!”
But by the time he turned around from the counter with two steaming cups of hot chocolate, Taemin had disappeared.
00:00:01 after
Taemin forced his eyes wide open even as the wind tried to force them close and he couldn’t catch his breath. The slipstream was whipping his hair across his face and he finally felt the hot tears escaping his eyes before they got snatched away by the wind as he let his eyes close.
00:03:05 before
Onew had spent the last half hour running all over the tower, grabbing random strangers by the shoulders and demanding to know if they’d seen a boy shuffling around. Most of them stared at him like he was crazy, but finally someone directed him towards one of the platforms.
Why am I doing this for someone I just met? I’ve never even heard his voice before, neither do I know his name - but somehow…I just know…I have to do this.
00:00:11 after
Somehow, by some crazy miracle, instead of meeting with the solid concrete below, Taemin felt himself impacting upon a thick duffel coat. Their heads slamming onto the hard metal floor of the platform, both of them cried out in pain, but as they passed out, their hearts were beating as one.
Onew: “When I first saw you I already knew there was something inside of you; something I thought that I would never find: angel of mine”
Taemin: “How you changed my world, you’ll never know. I’m different now, you helped me grow. You came into my life, sent from above. When I lost all hope, you showed me love. I’m checking for you boy, you’re right on time: angel of mine”
I thought up this suicidal!Taemin when helping doongie think of drabble ideas, instead we came up with tango and I just felt like writing this at 3:00AM in the morning, having to wake up at 8:30AM for work later. Idek what I'm writing in the description, I'm sorry. I meant for Taem to already know Onew before, and not just be a random stranger who fell in love at first sight, but idk, it just ended up that way and I was too tired to beta.
just a random question, do people usually get depressed around new years? I have like at least 5 people on my t-list (twitter) who are depressed/pissed about something. oh well.
anyway, comments (good or bad) are loved.
-aelis
Author: aelisilea
Type: One-shot
Pairing: OnTae
Rating: PG-13 (suicidal!Taem and abusive!Minho)
Description: When it seems like the only way out is to end it all, an angel comes down and saves your heart.
00:01:05 before
The breeze gently caressed his hair as the biting fear ate away at his heart. Onew’s ears were filled with the sound of his heart pounding and his heavy breaths. The platform had a few groups of people scattered around, but Onew didn’t even have to look for the one he so desperately needed to see.
00:02:05 before
Wincing as the wind nipped at his cheeks, Taemin squinted off into the bleak city line. Standing on top of one of the most famous structures in the world, a place where so many people’s dreams have come true, where he was about to slip into his eternal blissful dream. His breaths forming clouds before his face, the boy gulped hard as he cleared his mind for the last time.
02:25:05 before
“What the hell is this, Taemin?” Minho’s voice was cold and piercing, and Taemin curled up further from his corner of the sofa. When he didn’t receive a reply, Minho asked again. “I said, what the hell is this, Taemin.”
Taemin felt his whole body tremble as he fixated his gaze onto the coffee table, repeating the same line again and again in his head, as if it was a magic spell that would make the whole situation go -
SMACK.
Right across Taemin’s thoughts resounded the echo of the stinging mark on his face. His eyes started to brim over with tears, and he bit his lip hard to stop them, knowing they would just make things worse.
“WHY AREN’T YOU ANSWERING ME, HUH? YOU USELESS PIECE OF CRAP…” Blow after blow impacted on his frail body, and after a while, it stopped hurting so much because there wasn’t anymore pain that he could feel. Taemin felt his bruised ribs crack and with a final punch across his cheek that drew blood from his split lip, his head finally thudded to the floor. The only thing in his ears was the ringing from the hits to his head, as Minho slammed his way out of the apartment to look for more booze.
00:00:05 after
Onew looked up and gulped, hard. There wasn’t any crowd around because everyone had already left for safer places. It was either him, or nothing. This is crazy. Spreading his arms wide and bracing himself, he tried not to close his eyes.
01:00:05 before
Taemin bundled up every piece of clothing that he owned, making the smallest movements possible. There’s no way I’m going to let him earn more cash for his devil even after I’m gone. Slowly, like the thousand year old man awakening from his slumber, he shuffled out of the apartment into the deserted freezing streets.
As he passed a food stall in the process of closing up, the news from the radio caught his attention. “All citizens are advised to return home as soon as possible, as the blizzard is expected to hit tonight…” Huh, maybe I’ll freeze before I reach the ground, wonder what that feels like…
Just as he passed by, the last customer in the stall finished his drink and got up to leave, bumping hard into Taemin. The boy cried out in agony, falling helplessly to the icy ground. Startled, the stranger immediately dropped to his knees to help him up, but no matter where he tried to support made Taemin wince.
Finally, Taemin managed to stand up again, and the stranger stood in awkward silence staring into his eyes. When the throbbing ache resided slightly, Taemin started to shuffle off again, but the stranger followed. Taemin turned to him, frowning.
“I’m Onew. I know we just met, but you seem to be seriously injured, you should be going to a hospital. I get into accidents often, and as much as it hurts right now, I promise it’ll feel better if you get it seen to.” Taemin didn’t know why, but he felt and impeccable need to trust this guy and do whatever he said, but he managed to clear his mind and shook his head, trying to move off again. Onew sighed.
“Alright, but I’m going to follow you anyway, just to make sure nothing happens.” Taemin shrugged.
00:35:05 before
“The Eifel Tower? There’s a blizzard approaching and you want to go to the Eifel Tower? They’re probably closed -” Taemin mutely pushed open the glass doors with effort, and Onew fell silent. For the past 40 minutes he had been trying to make conversation, even resorting to singing songs, hoping to induce some kind of reaction from the boy, but Taemin just continued trudging forward without a sound.
The lobby was almost deserted, with a small handful of tourists bundled up with hot drinks, preparing to move on to their lodgings. Just as he was about to head for the lifts, Taemin paused and turned towards the drink counter. Onew glanced back and forth for a moment, before asking “Do you want a hot drink?”
Taemin nodded ever so slightly, but that tiny response delighted Onew, who ran off immediately, calling over his shoulder “Just stay there, okay!”
But by the time he turned around from the counter with two steaming cups of hot chocolate, Taemin had disappeared.
00:00:01 after
Taemin forced his eyes wide open even as the wind tried to force them close and he couldn’t catch his breath. The slipstream was whipping his hair across his face and he finally felt the hot tears escaping his eyes before they got snatched away by the wind as he let his eyes close.
00:03:05 before
Onew had spent the last half hour running all over the tower, grabbing random strangers by the shoulders and demanding to know if they’d seen a boy shuffling around. Most of them stared at him like he was crazy, but finally someone directed him towards one of the platforms.
Why am I doing this for someone I just met? I’ve never even heard his voice before, neither do I know his name - but somehow…I just know…I have to do this.
00:00:11 after
Somehow, by some crazy miracle, instead of meeting with the solid concrete below, Taemin felt himself impacting upon a thick duffel coat. Their heads slamming onto the hard metal floor of the platform, both of them cried out in pain, but as they passed out, their hearts were beating as one.
Onew: “When I first saw you I already knew there was something inside of you; something I thought that I would never find: angel of mine”
Taemin: “How you changed my world, you’ll never know. I’m different now, you helped me grow. You came into my life, sent from above. When I lost all hope, you showed me love. I’m checking for you boy, you’re right on time: angel of mine”
I thought up this suicidal!Taemin when helping doongie think of drabble ideas, instead we came up with tango and I just felt like writing this at 3:00AM in the morning, having to wake up at 8:30AM for work later. Idek what I'm writing in the description, I'm sorry. I meant for Taem to already know Onew before, and not just be a random stranger who fell in love at first sight, but idk, it just ended up that way and I was too tired to beta.
just a random question, do people usually get depressed around new years? I have like at least 5 people on my t-list (twitter) who are depressed/pissed about something. oh well.
anyway, comments (good or bad) are loved.
-aelis