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curves in all the wrong places ([personal profile] littledust) wrote in [community profile] chenqing_1002021-04-07 08:40 pm

the light exchanged challenge: endure

Title: endure
Author: [personal profile] littledust / [archiveofourown.org profile] littledust
Word Count: 100
Character: Nie Huaisang
Rating/Warnings: None
Summary: Nie Huaisang paints a landscape and mourns.

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Nie Huaisang dips his brush in ink and sweeps it across the page, tracing the outline of mountains. More brushstrokes add texture and shadow to the rocky outcroppings. Humming, Nie Huaisang dips the brush again. He softens the harsh face of the mountains: here with a tree, its leaves turned toward the sun; there with a patch of moss, lush and inviting. Nature balances itself even in the starkest environments.

Nie Huaisang knows the mountains of Qinghe Nie as well as he knows his own brother's face. But Nie Mingjue is gone, and the mountains are left to endure alone.

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[personal profile] hhimring 2021-04-08 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
I like what you are doing with the mountain image here.
peachpai: (wen qing)

[personal profile] peachpai 2021-04-08 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh!! This is really poetic, very nice.
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[personal profile] ehyde 2021-04-08 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, this is a beautiful glimpse of the process of mourning. I'm not sure if this is what you intended, but I get the impression revenge hasn't entered the picture, yet.