Behind Facades
Description
“Well, appearances are just that. Appearances.” Jaehyo’s eyes open, looking at Jiho when he continues, “If it’s any consolation, I’m constantly assumed to be nothing more than a pretty face. But think of it this way, if people can’t get past the initial appearance, then they’ll never get to know who we are on the inside. And that’s their loss, not ours.”
Foreword
Cross-posting from ao3.
Jiho-centric one-shot. Architectural students AU. Metaphorical facade but also literal architecture facade (but not that much architecture lingo, don't worry).
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This started as an attempt to use the word facade as a metaphor for people's appearances vs who they really are because I'm fascinated by how Jiho seems to be quite different when he's not being Zico, and some interviews along the way also suggests that Jaehyo isn't just all he appears to be either ("visual" of Block B/tangerine hyung). But then my architecture school knowledge crept in, telling me it'll be a good idea to bring in architectural facades, so this happened.
This is like the longest one-shot I have ever written, and I'll like to know what you guys think of it, if you liked it or not, because honestly I got stuck a lot while writing, and I really considered scrapping it and not publishing it, but I don't know. I figured I should just put it out there anyway. Anyway, if you've read the whole thing, and my rambly author's notes, thank you :) I really appreciate it.
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