top 5 lines/passages/extracts in any of your writings! - solcheeky
1. “Then you both break the surface, and the rush of the world returns like being awoken from an extraordinary dream. You glance at Mark, who is still holding you up in the deep water. Water droplets race down his forehead and settle in against his eyebrows, or down the slope of his nose to his cupid's bow where he absentmindedly darts his tongue out to catch them before the fall back into the sea. He crinkles his nose at the salty taste, chuckles, and gives you an innocent smile. Innocent, but it knocks your breath out for a moment. Because, weirdly enough, that gratitude-slash-attraction is back in your chest, beating loudly like a base drum. For a moment you wonder if he can hear it. "Mark?"” — from little surfer girl.
2. “(Mark thinks about the waves. He thinks about the frequency of your voice when he splashes you. He thinks of how your smile seems even prettier at this time of day. He thinks about the way you pulled back when he asked you to stay. While he knows this isn't exactly the time to fall for someone, he can't help but feel like he's starting to. He watches you fall asleep in the sand. Your cheeks are red. Your eyelashes flutter against the tops of your cheeks. Your lips are chapped. Mark finds that he wouldn't mind kissing you. Or just simply being by your side. For a few solitary moments, he doesn't even think about the end. Just the now.)” — from the world is ending and i’m with you.
3. Jaemin drifts over to the beside table, where a pitcher and dish full of water are waiting. He begins to untie the front of his shirt, even though he doesn't really need to, as the neckline is too big for him anyway. He yanks the garment over his head, rolls it up, and dips it into the dish. He begins to wash his face, leaning down so that you can see just how taunt his skin is stretched over his vertebrae. He's far too skinny. Not even just from rationing food — letting his crew eat before him. This is the kind of skinny one gets from losing their battle with life. Losing their will to whatever haunts them. Jaemin's skin is as tan as his shoulders are broad. When he straightens up again, you can't help but notice how small his waist is. That despite his large clothing, his belt tapers him at a small measurement most pirates don't have after days of hard work in the sun. Jaemin looks like he's still a noble from the Eastern Kingdom. Maybe in his heart, he still is.” — from a flame that still burns
4. “And so explains the paper crown atop Jaehyun's head, nestled within his chocolate curls. He looks adorable as always, but more radiantly so, and you wonder if it's his family that brings this out in him, or the mulled wine. I want to kiss him, you think, and it's not the thought that scares you. He's an attractive man, and it's been bound to cross your every now and again. What scares you is the thought that comes after. I could fall in love with him.” — from i’ll be home for christmas
5. “And you’re the only tutor I care for,” he says with a flippant sort of tone. “I don’t know what I’d do if I saw you less. I already wish I had more time with you.” You’ve spoken to nuns and monks and those who swear off love in servitude to the one they worship. Most admit that it’s a lonely existence, and a torture to make up for their sins. You also understand that true love must be as sacred as an old god, and to worship another person would be the greatest act of devotion. For how else do you serve a creator than by worshiping the created? You don’t think kings are meant to be worshipped. No one with that much power should be revered with such ignorance. But a prince is different. To worship a prince alone, in secret, for just yourself... perhaps that is the most spiritual devotion of all. Perhaps it is the most torturous.” — from libertas futura, which is not yet finished lmao