Been toying with a Secret Forest x Worm crossover for a very long time so: here is a Changjae snippet of them flirting while fully aware of each other’s identities and their diametric opposing stances
The Cape known as Paragon was an unyielding force of good in the South Korean prosecution. Holding so much power, both superhuman and in the justice system itself shouldn’t be as oppressive and terrifying but Paragon, civilian identity Lee Changjoon, would probably have found it funny to see people try to assassinate him.
His powers involved conjuring blue flames and the manipulation of electronics, but why he was codenamed Paragon was most well-illustrated in the fact that he could compel anyone - even the most hardened of Rogues - to tell nothing but the truth before him, at all costs. To that, he had swiftly climbed the prosecution’s ranks when he could so effortlessly make people crack from his presence alone, and his civilian name was spoken through gritted teeth or mutters of fear.
Of course, rumors abounded of his status in marriage to Lee Yeonjae, the owner of Hangjo (just one of South Korea’s biggest economical giants, no big deal). After all, her father Lee Yunbeom had been a powerful Rogue in his prime, but when he passed abruptly from rumored overuse of his mind-controlling abilities, it was stated that his son Lee Sungjae had inherited his power and mantle to become next-in-line for Manifesto, the Rogue that was both rich and unparalleled - until Paragon had put him away into The Cage, and won supposedly-powerless Yeonjae’s hand the same way.
Yeonjae liked reading speculation articles about Manifesto, actually. In truth, both she and Sungjae were Passengers to her father’s abilities, and they had been trained from a young age to harness them: Sungjae was just too impetuous for his own good and had to show it off publicly, compromising his identity and freedom in the process. It annoyed her at times that she couldn’t quite turn off what others were thinking of her in their minds (and she had the anxiety disorder to prove for it), but her husband...she didn’t need to read his mind to know what he was thinking.
“Remember when you saw me at the courtroom, that one time,” she teased, cuddled up snugly in one of his arms as she sighed into his chest, “I thought it was so funny that all you could think of was how my smile lit up the courtroom and my dimples, like you weren’t putting my brother away.”
“It’s the truth,” Changjoon traced a hand down her cheek, lifting her chin up slightly, “But what would the rogueish Idealist think of herself sleeping with the Paragon, the unrelenting blade against all evil?”
“Idealist thinks she got a steal, thank you very much,” Yeonjae scoffed, burrowing into his arms, “You should feel relieved that you’re one of the only people alive to know about her identity, and here you are giving me lip about the matter. I could arrange for you to disappear, too.”
Changjoon planted a kiss on her lips, pulling away before tilting his head with a quietly fond expression. “Of course I do know. It’s difficult not to notice that every tongue that rises against Paragon meets mysterious falls, yeobo,” he commented, though there was a tiny amused smile that had quickly formed over his face, “You either buy them out publicly or they disappear from existence. I needn’t win any prizes to know what you’d done.”
Yeonjae huffed again, closing her eyes. “Awful old man,” she complained, humming quietly to herself, “I could just make you do whatever I want though. Dance to my beat like the puppet you are.”
“I believe it,” Changjoon casually arched Yeonjae’s head back with a coy smirk, “You know I’d let you. If I didn’t, would I have married you?”
“That’s too easy. I like it when my prey squirms and scream,” Yeonjae let her grey hair cascade down her back, indulgent at her husband’s worship, “One day the other capes will find out that their Paragon isn’t all that cracked up to be.”
“Perhaps so,” Changjoon turned away, and Yeonjae could feel her husband’s thoughts get shrouded from her - she respected his privacy with certain governmental secrets to avoid putting her in danger, but the fog still bothered her from time to time, “If that happens, I’d need a new Cape name.”
“Mmm,” Yeonjae’s smile felt forced now, her worry seeping back in, “Let’s not dwell on such unhappy hypotheticals. Shall we rest?”
Changjoon nodded, comforted in Yeonjae’s words. He didn’t need to compel her to speak truths when she would always bare her heart to him. “Of course, yeobo. We have to see how Soojung’s training is going too at the private school. Has she picked a name yet?”
“Mmm. You’ve seen the way she fights...efficient and elegant, the best of both our worlds,” Yeonjae’s subtle exertion on Changjoon’s mind had started to recede as she relaxed, “She still wants to be known as ‘Penguin’, though. Who caused this fixation? Was it that plushie I made her as a baby?”
“That ugly beanbag?” Changjoon too had laid down, allowing his aura to recede into himself while he drifted off, “Perhaps. She was conjuring ice blades based off that hideous little thing. Do you know what she was thinking when she made those? I’m just glad she didn’t need to Trigger. It came to her naturally.”
Yeonjae’s eyes lowered, her grip tightening ever slightly. “Yes,” she replied, short and sharp, “She didn’t Trigger. She just received hers naturally from us both. I couldn’t be happier...our Soojung doesn’t need to suffer to get to where she currently is now.”
Changjoon snuffled Yeonjae’s hair, before lowering his arm, allowing his wife to rest. He cast his eyes out towards the night sky, contemplative until he had finally drifted off, thinking of his apprentice who would eventually catch up to him and the almost-non-Cape he had as a new friend.
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(Twinkling Watermelon ep 13)
YICHAN STRUGGLING TO SEND CHEONGHA A FAX?? FALLING TO THE FLOOR IN FRUSTRATION WITH ALL HIS CRUMPLED UP PAPERS? THE FIGHT, THE WATCHING, THE SKETCHBOOK CONFESSION, THE SONG ALL FOR HER 🤧🤧🤧 AND HE FELL FOR HER BEFORE SEKYUNG EVEN CHOSE EUNGYEOL AH I'M SO EMO 😭😭😭😭😭
the absolute cutest part for me was in the original past, Yichan chased after Sekyung, got rejected, lost his hearing, and THEN dated Cheongah. i was really worried about the butterfly affect (or, in Eungyeol and Eunyoo's case, the bull in a china shop affect) making it so if those things didn't happen, he wouldn't have ended up with Cheongah, but here he goes still choosing her 🥺 here he goes punching abelists for her 🥺 here he goes learning sign language and teaching his friends to greet her 🥺🥺🥺 here is Yichan, who fell in love with Cheongah dispite them being in "diffrent worlds", and immediately showed her off. AND THEY DID ALL OF IT basically by themselves 😭💔💔
+ 5 bonus points for Eunyoo getting happy when Eungyeol told her he started liking "Sekyung" after she came back from the US, so he truly only fell for Eunyoo and not her mom
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Things to Never Say to People Who Just Came Out
Bit: I'm gayer. (It’s not a competition.)
Wonchul: You still owe me $45. (They do, but give them a minute.)
Dongjae: I knew you were gay the second you told me you were gay. (Although not wrong, there's no need to repeat what they just said to you, as everyone gets the point now.)
Yeonjae: In that outfit? (Not everyone comes out as stunningly as you.)
Sahyun: Hi gay, I'm dad. (Actually, this one is fine. Everyone loves a classic.)
Taeha: Would you like to go on record stating that for our organization's diversity initiative? (Come on. At least wait a week before swooping in with corporate requests.)
Gun: I was planning to come out this very moment, and you just stole my thunder 🙁 (Just wait a few days and come out some other time.)
Sewon: This has been so obvious ever since I started stalking you.
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