ISS 2012: for okami_kaoru

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Title: all that glitters
Pairing/Focus: Woohyun/Sunggyu
Rating: PG
Word count: 4617 words
Summary: Sunggyu spins dreams into children’s sleep, fills their nights with hope and wonder, and lets himself crumble apart for Woohyun because the dreamsand isn’t made for mending hearts. Sandman AU.

To: okami_kaoru
From: Your Secret Santa

Comments

[saracupcaked]

this premise is lovely! i'm always fascinated with themes/plots centered around dreams and i've never seen someone write about it in this way before. it really reads like a fairytale - your descriptions, especially with the sand, and the way woohyun's past unfolds and most importantly, with the idea of sacrifice. my favorite part is probably the ending, because it made me tear but nothing less would have worked because it really makes it clear that this is the ultimate sacrifice

[akaanee]

me too!! i love writing about ~dreams~ as well! but this was based on the sandman legend so i didn't really have to add much to it :D

thank you! <3

[okami_kaoru]

Dear Anon,

After reading this story (and re-reading it several times) I still don't know how to put all my feelings into words and how to thank you for the magnificent masterpiece you've written. Honestly, that's not just what I wished for - that's even more. Both the plot and your writing style are extraordinarily beautiful; these descriptions, these feelings, how you portray and convey them to the readers... I'm speechless. And when it comes to plot, even though you didn't know that (probably, you might be some kind of mind reader), I totally love the character of Sandman, be it in fairy tales or in popculture. That's why when I saw Sandman AU in the description I felt my heart skip a beat. The whole idea of making Sunggyu a Sandman is fabulous!

The dreams he creates for Woohyun and the world in it drains him of all the energy he has, exhausts him until he is left empty and hollow every night because the dreamsand isn’t made for adults. The dreamsand isn’t designed to mend the souls of grown-ups but to ensure that children won’t

[akaanee]

cries please don't exaggerate this is hardly a masterpiece (written in three days because i scrapped the original one i wrote lol whoops)
/flails because don't know how to deal with compliments
;A;
oh well what a coincidence! i finished watching rise of guardians just before i thought this up, tbh, and that's where i got the idea from hehe

is a voluntary sacrifice an undoing?
omg i- i never thought of this y______y
but personally, i think it's not? i guess it's more of a.....quiet destruction, a descent to nihil, i suppose

i'm so glad you like it ;w;
i kept worrying over it for many days because i thought you hated it huhuhuhu
and thank you for reading and commenting and being lovely ;w;

[akaanee]

thank you sooo much ;w;

<3

[hoaegi]

i-- i cried while reading this on a bus. i don't even regret it.

;;; depressed woohyun and curious sunggyu and the desperate attempt to fix woohyun turning into such a trAGEDY I HATE yOU
and it was really sad that sunggyu got him back on his feet and yet he has to watch woohyun roll back to myungsoo UGH

and the fact that woohyun doesn't even remember sunggyu in the mornings i just

santa why

why

[akaanee]

cries don't worry i do that all the time y______y

OTZ
TRAGEDY IS A WONDERFUL THING THOUGH, DESPITE THE PAIN IT BRINGS ;n;
........well he didn't really roll back to myungsoo rofl they just became friends again because woohyun loves sunggyu, even if it's only in his dreams and he doesn't......remember........the next morning......

;________;

i'm sorryyyy my prompt was heavy angst s-so ;m;

thank you for reading and commenting ;n;
<3

[novatardis]

Wow... It's so pure, so beautiful and i'm crying?
I love Sandman, I love Neil Gaiman so i loved this so much. Thanks for writing <3