Step inside the Storm (for prompt 112)

[cuddlybros]

Prompt: #112
Author: ANONYMOUS until reveals

Title: Step inside the Storm
Rating: PG
Length: 2,977 words
Summary: There's another reason Junmyeon comes to this particular restaurant every Friday for dinner, and it's not the food, though it is excellent, or the view, though it is beautiful.

Notes: Thank you to everyone who keeps me going. This one

Comments

[lotusk]

SPOT SPOT!!!

[lotusk]

Hi hi! This was my prompt (with a little help from my friends A & R) and you have taken it and crafted it into such a masterpiece! I LOVE IT TO BITS AND PIECES!

The snapshot of the life of a mangaka was so interesting, and you added all these details and real conversation between real people with real lives
(okay, exceptionally beautiful, real people but real people all the same). I like how they’re so much a unit and they all look out for Junmyeon and take care of him in a way. It’s such a lovely dynamic.

And then there’s the boy from Vanilla - I LOVE THAT BOY BECAUSE WAITER!JONGIN IS ONE OF MY THINGS OKAY??? I love that they have this routine, this pattern that they follow because they’ve grown so familiar with each other the months. and it’s not just about being used to seeing each other, it’s about Jongin being that lifeline he clings to even if the latter has no idea. You said it so beautifully here:

Jongin is the person Junmyeon looks forward to seeing, the light at the end of the deadline tunnelOkay, imma apologize

[eoryndal]

Ahhh, I want to wrap myself in this story like in a sleeping bag outside as I watch the stars.

Reading as the story unfolds itself felt like following lines and watching a manga being drawn and coloured in, so beautiful and so easy to picture *_____*

He's used to drawing people on paper, playing god with his characters, not trying to figure out the intricacies of human interaction in the flesh, where words sting and glances burn.
I have to quote the same line, too, because I love you, author

[cairistiona]

manga artist joonmyun!!!! i didn't even know i wanted it until now. so cute!! :D and fanboy waiter jongin is just precious ♥

[shinealightrose]

Wow, how did you create such a beautiful little world in this many words- I can almost see it drawn and not written. I LOVED the dinner scene, awww Junmyeon and his casual winks that are actually so nerve-wracking, and all his habits, carefully created so that he won't feel so awkward. I wanted to squeal and screech when Jongin discovered his work- can just Imagine what it must be like to see all those sketches floating by.

He's used to drawing people on paper, playing god with his characters, not trying to figure out the intricacies of human interaction in the flesh, where words sting and glances burn.
Aww, the real world. But this was the loveliest fic. <33

[misszhangyixing]

This is so so beautiful, very well written and the descriptions are so vivid!