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Not their third
quiet moment in hyunmoo team 1 waiting room
[AU] Taking the hoobae out for a horror movie date (he doesn't know it's a date)
Established ryuchoi with a new third!
i can imagine shipping ryu jaekwan with soleum but i cant imagine shipping choi and soleum without jaekwan, he needs to be there or else they'd invent sacrifice olympics
I was thinking about external factors which prime the agents to be so attached to a spy they barely know (besides him saving their lives and being a Good PersonTM, which, to be fair, weighs a lot), and my friend @stierhai mentioned the fact that they probably don't ever get people back. You lose someone to darkness and they're gone forever, you rarely even get a body to bury. So Grapes returning feels like a miracle that must be held onto. And I think that's probably the biggest factor.
But in addition... this is my more romanticized/indulgent take than a serious one, I think of Kim Soleum as someone who is a lot of first for Jaekwan and a lot of lasts for Choi.
Even tho Jaekwan seems like a pretty experienced agent, he still holds on to a lot of naivety. And at the beginning you can tell he really struggles with what to make of KSE. KSE is someone who proved him wrong about his preconception for Daydream employee. Heck, it might be the first time Jaekwan was saved by a civilian (from committing murders at the Lodge), or be so indebted to someone he was meant to take care of (at Looky Mart). And KSE kept making miracles at each turn, creating situations where everyone lives while disregarding bureau standards. That must have been eye-opening.
On the other hand, Choi has lost a lot of people over the years and you can tell he has doubt in how the bureau has changed. In DER timeline he lost Jaekwan at the lodge and then, like, died not too long after at Looky Mart. Maybe he got reckless without someone to take care of. When he thought KSE was still loyal to Daydream he went on a bit about futility of trusting people. It really seemed like he was at a pretty shaky place in terms of faith in both people and the system. So I feel like his hoobeas really are the last straws for him. He really can't stand to lose anyone anymore.
I mean... to be fair... the reasons which applies to jaekwan does also apply to choi and vice-versa. So my framing is cherry-picking. Still I like to think of it that way cause I think it's cute...
Cute first date idea: you try to convince me to stay and rebuild my home with you but there's nothing I want more than to actually go home so I resign from our job and disappear for months only for us to be reunited while I'm something distinctly barely human anymore and cannot communicate with you verbally. And also I've been lying to you for as long as we've known each other
please bless us with more ryuchoisol 🤲 mwah
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go read sour grapes by mishaeiou on ao3!! it’s peak ryuchoisol workplace comedy
otter hybrid choi holding jaekwan and soleum's hands when they sleep so they don't drift away