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Nostalgia over the Horizon (Yoonho Baek x Reader)

𝗔/𝗡: 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲!! 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲!

𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗶𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 (𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝘀) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 (𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗜'𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁). 𝘀𝗼 𝗶 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗶𝗳 𝗶 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿, 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴!!

𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿/𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮, 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗯𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀. 𝗼𝗸 𝗯𝘆𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘆'𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆!

𝙒𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚? ⇒ 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩

𝙟𝙤𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙧?

𝙗𝙪𝙮 𝙢𝙚 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙚?

It felt like you had just closed your eyes mere seconds ago when you felt a hand on your shoulder, gently shaking you awake.

It’s intrusive. Too rough. Too mean. Too much for you to keep on sleeping. It breaks you out of your dreams and pulls you out of your mostly peaceful sleep. And so, out of instinct, you turn your head away as your hand comes up to swat at the offending person who just can’t seem to let you sleep. But before you can make contact, you feel your wrist being snatched up in a startling quick motion- one that you barely have time to process- as you hear a deep voice above you, rumble a near silent complaint that your ears fall just a little too short of being able to understand.

But you know that voice. You know that voice from anywhere.

“Mmm…Yoonho…?” Your lips move on their own, parting softly as you ask for confirmation if it’s really him. If it’s really who you think it is. At the same time, you turn your head back and try to face the person standing over you. It takes a longer time than you would have thought to blink your bleary eyes open. You must have been sleeping more soundly than you had realized. But the person before you is patient and kind when they’re not stealing away moments of sleep from you. So they don’t rush you as you try to have your gaze adjust to the sudden change in scenery. Instead, they just watch and wait. And let you figure out who’s here for yourself. “Oh, Yoonho!”

The face of your husband, exhausted but warm greets your vision when you’re finally, finally adjusted enough to see and recognize the figure in front of you. Fiery, orange hair styled wildly. An intense pair of eyes of a similar shade and color. And a handsome face that almost anyone could fall in love with. And so the sight of him makes your heart flutter still, as you watch him take in your appearance. Eyes still full of the same love and kindness and care that you saw in him the first time the two of you met, all those years ago. Although there’s something different clouding expression at the moment. Something that furrows his brows and tugs his lips downward in a frown despite, the smile he’s obviously trying to keep up.

But before you can question him, you find that he already has a question waiting for you.

“Why are you out here?” His question is pressing and his tone is both serious and concerned. You can tell he’s not mad at you. He never gets mad at you. But there’s a look of utter relief in his eyes that tells you that in moments that you were asleep, he must have faced something extremely stressful. You try to think back if it could be at all work-related, but your mind moves too slowly. And it seems like at the moment, Yoonho doesn’t want you thinking about anything else except providing him answers. Because the moment he sees your mind start to wander and your lips start to hesitate, he continues pressing and looking for an answer- a response to what he needs to know. “I was looking for you for a while. I thought you’d be in bed, but I couldn’t find you for the longest time. I thought something had happened.”

There’s a sting in your heart when he says that. You know the risk that comes with being the spouse of a major guild leader and S-rank Hunter. You know his fears of something happening to you whenever he or your security detail isn’t around. But it’s that very sting at your heart that does manage to startle you awake enough to remember where here is exactly.

It’s the balcony attached to your shared bedroom. The one with the beautiful view- overlooking the mountains in the distance. But you’re not just on the balcony- you’ve created your own little set-up. He found you sleeping on one of the lounge chairs in the far corner with a blanket on your body pulled up to just before your chin. A bottle of water, your headphones, and your phone are on the side table right next to you, with your phone’s screen blinking an unfriendly symbol that shows you that your battery has long since died.

It’s not far from where you’re supposed to be at the moment, you realize as your eyes narrow in at the watch peaking up from the sleeve of your husband’s suit jacket. It’s a little below your eye line since he’s kneeling right next to your chair. If you tilt your head in the right direction, and squint really hard in the dim lighting of the balcony wall lights, you find it a bit easier to tell what is there. Just a little past seven in the morning if you’re reading it correctly. That must mean that it’s not far from where he must initially look for you too. You suppose you would be worried too if you found the bed that your spouse who is seldom awake before nine empty and cold two hours before they usually wake up.

But as you take in the deep etchings of your husband’s frown and dark circles starting to build under his eyes, you start to think about how he found you. Or rather, the state that he’s currently in. His suit jacket is still on his shoulders. His tie just barely loosened. His watch was still tight around his wrist. It makes you ponder for a moment. It makes you hesitant once again. And then you recall the time you had just read from the very same watch on his wrist. And what that must mean for his state of appearance…

“Did you…just get back?” The words slip off your tongue quietly, almost as if you were scared to say them. Because saying them might make them true. Might make your husband, who already works so, so hard for his guild and for the world, confirm with you that yes, he did just get back from the office. After being there bright and early nearly twenty-four hours ago.

But Yoonho just smiles. A smile that is a little too sad and exhausted for your heart to take.

“I did, sweetheart.” He confirms with a small sigh, his favorite term of endearment for you slipping and falling from his mouth effortlessly. But a second later, he dismisses that train of thought as he starts to lean in towards you. His lips are gentle as he presses them against your forehead. Once. Twice. Three times. And when he leans back, you find that his expression looks a little softer. More relaxed. Energized even. Almost as if just a little bit of contact between the two of you eased the pain- the burden of whatever he was feeling moments ago. “But that doesn’t answer my question.”

“I- um…” For a moment, it almost feels natural to give an instant answer. But then, you find yourself cutting yourself off and stumbling around your words quick as you recall the reason you’re out here in the first place. “...I wanted to watch the sunrise.”

Instantly, that earns a raised eyebrow from your husband. The man who knows you far too well to just accept that at face value.

“You wanted to watch the sunrise?” He echoes back to you, once again pressing you for an explanation. To be fair, it’s true. You do want to watch the sunrise. The sunrise is about to happen in probably twenty or so minutes if you read the time on his watch correctly. But you know Yoonho isn’t giving you that look because he thinks you’re a liar. He’s giving you that look because he knows how much you hate it when he accidentally wakes you up at six while he’s getting ready for work. So to find you like this? That means that there’s more to the story. More than you were letting on originally.

And so you nod at him, a certain bashfulness creeping in. Your desire to catch the sunrise for this time comes because of a specific reason- or rather, a specific tradition. It’s the first sunrise of Seollal, something you haven’t found yourself celebrating seriously in the past couple of years due to the craziness of gates and your husband’s awakening as one of the strongest hunters in the country. But this particular night, you found yourself up later than you usually would be, thinking about how different life used to be.

Seollal had snuck up on you this year. Though to be fair, Hunters are rarely able to take traditional holidays off. And with Yoonho always being on call for the more dangerous and random gate openings, even the holidays that his job as a firefighter used to honor had fallen wayside for your husband’s new career. Still, thoughts of what Seollal used to be like for your family made you feel nostalgic. The food, the family visits, the gifts. You don’t even if you could find your old hanbok- it’s been so long since you’ve had an occasion to wear one.

But as your eyes slid over to the arm clock on your husband’s side of the bed after losing track of time scrolling through your phone, you realized that if you just waited a few more hours, you’d be able to take part in at least one tradition you used to do for Seollal. One that you could technically pull off without family members to share this moment with. Even if you truly did wish it didn’t have to happen alone.

But Yoonho was a busy man. And you were his not-so-busy spouse at the moment. So at three in the morning, you found yourself dragging a blanket and your phone and everything you’d need to stay warm and entertained before the sunrise onto your bedroom’s balcony. And four hours later, you were found on the very same balcony, by the man you had hoped would have spent this time getting the rest he truly needed and deserved.

But even though you must have gotten much more sleep than your husband has managed to get in these past couple of days, you found yourself a little too tired to explain all this to him. What would he think anyway? Would another reminder of his inability to slow things down and take time for himself hurt him? Would he find it a little childish to hang out with something so reminiscent of the past? You know it would be completely unlike him to think that way- especially when it comes to you. But you’re sleepy and you’re tired of thinking too hard when it’s way past your bedtime and way earlier than your alarm is set to ring. So you opt for a simpler answer. One that requires less explanation. Yet one that you hope can explain everything you need.

“It’s the first one of Seollal…” You begin slowly, still feeling a little shy. But when Yoonho’s eyes start to light up in understanding, you feel a bit more compelled to continue on. Just enough to drive the point home. “And I wanted to watch…since it’s been a while.”

It truly has been.

“Ah…I see…”

That’s what the look on his face reads to you. It truly has been a while. Since for you. For him. And as you look closer into his eyes, you find that naturally, all of your little fears were completely unfounded. There was no need to worry about what he would think. There was no need to worry about the chance of hurting him or the chance of him growing resentful at the reminder of the fact that you have time to do things like this while he really doesn’t. Just like there was no need to worry about him thinking that you trying to do this was dumb or childish or just an excuse to needlessly cling onto the past. Because it’s out of his character. Because it’s not what he does, and certainly not what he does to you. And most of all?

“Then…could I join you?”

It’s a chance to turn back the clock. A chance to relax and take things slow. A chance to engage in a tradition he has long since forgotten. A chance to sit back and watch the sunrise. The first one he can truly appreciate in a long, long time.

“I’d like that.”

And it’s a chance to do it all with you.

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