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imagining the integration of our images by fourthquartet
Fandoms: 악마판사 | The Devil Judge (TV)
11 Jul 2022
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On the one day that Gaon is late to class, it happens to be the day they’re picking their practicum names. Supposedly, as Soohyun tells him later, they had picked based on their standings in the class. Gaon, at third, would have had nearly any choice in practicum. Instead, he trudges up the steps to the penitentiary with reluctant acceptance of the failure from the course.
It’s his luck, he thinks, to be assigned the singular criminal to not yet answer any of the questions posed to him, whether by professionals or by students trying to loosen him up. “Don’t give him anything, Gaon-ah,” Jungho had said, resting his hand on Gaon’s shoulder with a worried expression. Gaon knew, if it had been up to Jungho, if the practicum wasn’t overseen by the department as a whole, that the man, practically his father, would have found a way to give him anyone but Kang Yohan.
Kang Yohan. The man’s name itself was barely spoken aloud now, six years after he had been sentenced to life in prison. He had been such a rare case, of a smart and ambitious young man snapping. Gaon had stayed up late, reading on the case, well past when he likely should have gone to sleep.
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- Part 1 of plot bunnies
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The monster—Yohan calls him Gaon—cocks his head but reaches around, picking up the boy to cradle in what would be his arms, if he had arms. Yohan calls them his arms, he supposes, so they must be arms. “Gaon?” Yohan asks. He stammers through the tears, through his attempts to try to catch his breath. Gaon tugs down on the sleeve of the shirt Yohan had given him and dabs away the new tears. He’s careful to dab, not wipe; he doesn’t want to hurt Yohan, and humans are so fragile, especially the young ones.
Yohan is a young one, nine or ten years old. Gaon doesn’t have a good grip on how their time passes; he spends most of his time in the shadows of the basement, feeding off of the fear that seems to thrive in the house. The few times he has stepped out of the shadows has been to care for the little boy named Yohan, who looks at him with wide, curious eyes, without fear, and asks him to tuck him into bed. (Yohan, then, has to explain what that means, to the best of his four-year-old ability, but Gaon appreciates the effort nonetheless).
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- Part 2 of plot bunnies
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The next time they met was for dinner. A private room, at a restaurant nearly out of the city, though no less nice than Sunah would expect for a man of Yohan’s wealth. She’s done her research and, in turn, he’s clearly done hers. She doesn’t back down during the dinner, pushing him for anything he’s willing to give. She notices the line on his hand, where his wedding ring should be. He notices her noticing.
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- Part 3 of plot bunnies
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dancing with death before dawn by fourthquartet for killerandhealerqueen
Fandoms: 악마판사 | The Devil Judge (TV)
27 Apr 2022
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He knows who Kang Yohan is. Both in that he, like the rest of the country, has watched the Court as it’s aired, and in that he has fought alongside Kang Yohan before. Not as Kang Yohan, but instead someone like him. Someone who wielded his wits and fists alone to take down some of the worst of the city.
Kang Yohan, in a black hoodie, in black joggers, in black boots that Gaon has silently wanted for after catching sight of them for the first time in the neon lighting of an alley. Kang Yohan, in a black mask covering most of his face, and his hair covering his eyes. Kang Yohan, holding a metal pipe, who had taken one look at Gaon’s jacket and own mask and nodded and shifted, so that they could fight together, against the growing number of thugs coming after Gaon. “Duck,” he’d said, and his voice had been undoubtedly Kang Yohan’s, and then Gaon had stopped thinking and let instinct take over.
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- Part 4 of plot bunnies
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my lifeline to keep from being buried amidst it all by fourthquartet
Fandoms: 악마판사 | The Devil Judge (TV)
27 May 2022
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Slowly. Everything was slowly, with him. Slowly, Yohan looked down at the papers, as though it had only just occurred to him to look. Slowly, he raised his hand and went to grab the pencil. Slowly, he missed. Yohan blinked at the empty air and tried again. He missed again, his finger curling instead around Gaon’s wrist.
“I’m not crazy.”
His voice was so quiet, hoarse, that Gaon would have thought he heard it wrong, had Yohan’s eyes not focused, sharp, on him, his grip tight on Gaon’s wrist. “What?” Gaon asked, heart pounding in his chest.
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- Part 5 of plot bunnies
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the recurring deaths of innocence by fourthquartet for xxcaribbean
Fandoms: 악마판사 | The Devil Judge (TV)
21 Jul 2022
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Gaon had almost forgotten how striking Yohan is, when he wants to be. He’s grown so used to seeing Yohan at home, teasing him when they’re both dressed comfortably, that he’s forgotten how Yohan wears his suits like they’re armour. He’s forgotten how confident Yohan is in his mask; as Yohan turns away from the window to look at them, the morning light hits the window behind him and almost makes him glow. Yohan's eyes focus directly on him and Gaon sees the second Yohan processes his appearance, the way his eyes widen minutely and he recoils, if only for a split second.
“Kim Gaon,” Gaon says before Jinjoo can speak, stepping forwards into Yohan’s personal space to offer his hand. It’s the second thing, Gaon thinks, to throw Yohan off kilter. Gaon took his intimidation tactic and used it before he could. Yohan takes his hand slowly.
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- Part 6 of plot bunnies
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Isaac loses all respect for the man who calls himself his father when he watches Kang Jisang leave a newborn baby that Isaac can only assume to be his little brother, to die. Isaac doesn’t think twice about it as Jisang walks away, stepping into the prayer house and picking the baby up. Yohan, he names him in his head, stops crying almost immediately and looks at him with wide brown eyes and Isaac’s heart stops a moment in his chest.
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- Part 7 of plot bunnies