Sunday Snippet

[frith_in_thorns]

Chapter 4 of All the Boundaries Between is now up! Things are Happening.

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This week I have been obsessively working on the sky-ship AU. I started it last Sunday and have not written anything today yet. It is currently 18,033 words in seven chapters. I don't think I have written anything this fast ever.

I don't think I'm yet at the half-way point. But things it has so far: secret identities, floating islands, developing relationship, murder pterodactyls, flirting, awful decision-making from both our leads, sword fights. I am having A BLAST writing it.

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Zhao Yunlan nodded agreement. "Hey, you want a go at the wheel?"

"What?" Shen Wei asked, alarmed.

"It's fine!" Zhao Yunlan said, laughing. "We're sailing in a straight line right now. You just need to hold her steady. Here, look." He took Shen Wei's far hand and guided it onto the edge of the wheel, then pushed Shen Wei's shoulder gently until he moved to stand directly in front of it. "See? Easy."

Shen Wei didn't know what to say. Zhao Yunlan took Shen Wei's other hand and placed it on the other edge of the wheel. He didn't take his own hands away, so his body remained close against Shen Wei's back, his breath warm on Shen Wei's neck.

"Ready to try on your own?" Zhao Yunlan asked, into Shen Wei's ear, and Shen Wei still couldn't manage to say anything. He stood, rigid, while Zhao Yunlan laughed again and then stepped away to lean on his elbows against the railings to the side. "Just hold her still. You're doing great."

Comments

[wrote_and_writ]

Ooooooooooooooooh *grabby hands*

[frith_in_thorns]

Developing Relationship and Flirting are in this fic! Which are things I usually claim not to write, so I have no idea what's going here. Murder pterodactyls are more my comfort zone :D

[wrote_and_writ]

Murder pterodactyls are an option?! *intense grabby hands* (I clearly skipped right to the snippet.)

[frith_in_thorns]

I mean, this story has lots of plot and h/c and all my usual stuff too :D

[wrote_and_writ]

cool cool cool, but all I can think about are Murder Pterodactyls now. 😆

[clevermanka]

Not that I wasn't already on board for this AU (snort) but BOY HOWDY I sure am, now. Yay for words coming freaky fast!

[frith_in_thorns]

Thank you! Um, I don't want to overstate the relationship-stuff though, I am still much more comfortable writing the plot and h/c bits and the rating will only cover fade-to-black :P

[clevermanka]

That's just fine! I'm just digging the image of ZYL as a skyship captain. I hope you'll go into outfit descriptions at least a little bit? I ask as longtime fan of the aesthetics in Treasure Planet. XD

[xparrot]

\o/

[frith_in_thorns]

I am writing very slowly today, though, they are having TOO MANY EMOTIONS.

ETA: Um, sorry if you just got a new subscription notif from me, I mouse-overed your icon and accidentally unfriended you! /o\

[xparrot]

Ahaha I was thinking that might be it, as I was pretty sure you were friended already! 😆

Am not surprised by the surfeit of feels, things got moved along and now they have to deal!

[yue_ix]

Weeeee this sounds extraordinarily fun!

[umadoshi]

I'm delighted that you're having so much fun and writing so many words! *^^* And I'm also excited for the result!