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Eliza ([personal profile] elizacake) wrote in [community profile] chenqing_1002021-04-09 04:54 pm

Family letters are worth ten thousand pieces: Unintended Consequences

Title:Unintended Consequences
Author:Eliza
Word Count/Drabble Type:100
Character(s)/Ship(s):Nie Huaisang, Nie Mingjue
Rating/Warnings:G
Author's Notes:Unbetaed

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Huaisang would never admit this to anyone—anyone—but the best thing about coming to Cloud Recesses is reading Da-ge’s letters. They sound exactly like him. Not like Chifeng-zun, not like his perpetually disappointed brother, they sound like the Nie Mingjue that Huaisang would love to have as a friend.

Da-ge’s brush strokes speak as clearly as he does. They get smoother when he’s feeling sad or fond, messy and a little cramped when he’s excited. Today he has used formal precision for a Qinghe idiom and his dimple practically leaps from the page.

Huaisang considers failing again this year.