#I totally meant to write something for this yesterday but then I took an antihistamine

[rhysiana]

For the angst prompts:

“I’d be lying if I said I didn’t love you.” For @roncheg, Seonho/Hwi, MCTNA (where we are both currently dwelling). A tiny scenelet that could fit in any setting for them, frankly, because I couldn't decide whether it should be canon or AU or...

Hwi straightens his back, squares his shoulders like he’s preparing for a fight. He’s so tired of this, of never talking about anything directly. “I’d be lying if I said I didn’t love you.”

The impassivity of Seonho’s expression cracks at the edges, and then collapses like a landslide. He shows true emotion so rarely Hwi always forgets the way he cries with his whole face.

“Then lie to me,” he begs.

“No.”

“Please, please. Lie. I can’t be him if you don’t.”

Hwi gathers him close, mindful of fresh wounds. (Will they ever get to talk to each other again without one of them being injured?) “No. I don’t want to lie to you anymore.”

“Please…”

“No.”