#chaerji au

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Those soft eyes have grown more mature as her responsibilities grow and life takes her on its winding course. Yet, Yeji has never lost that edge of innocence. How she never forgets to find joy in the simple things in life: fireworks, the sound of wood crackling in a fire, an unexpectedly good meal, the beauty and sounds of nature, the colours when the seasons change, the first snowfall of winter, on and on the list goes.

Here she is, looking at Chaereyong like she’s another wonder in the universe. Like she’s a part of what fuels Yeji through life.

“I love you.”

chaerji greek mythology au, pirate yeji x siren chaeryeong, strangers to lovers | 12.4k words

“I’d like to show you what I mean,” Yeji says, “If you’ll have me.” Chaeryeong has been alive for centuries, but having Yeji in her nest with her warm smell and her large hands and her gentle eyes is like nothing she’s ever experienced. This shouldn’t be happening to her, she thinks, but Yeji is so confident in the way she holds her, so warm in the way she looks at her, that she realizes it couldn’t be happening to anyone else.

OR two lonely souls find one another in sea and song.