Snowfall
"Meet me in the snowfall, and I'll come back to you."
Genre: BL, Drama, Yaoi, Tragedy, Romance, Danmei
"Loving is so short, forgetting is so long." -- Pablo Neruda
At twenty-seven, Jeong Dan is barely holding himself together. A recent biochemical adjunct-professor in New York City who once had a purpose, and a love, now drifts--adrift in grief after losing his partner, Jayden Haert, in a tragic subway explosion. The winter that follows is colder than any before, and Dan is left trying to survive a world that continues without the one person he can't live without.
Then in the following fall of the new school year he meets Donovan—twenty-three, reckless, and emotionally unreadable, a rum-and-coke-loving snarky undergraduate with a past far darker than his ridiculous smile lets on. Donovan inserts himself into Dan's quiet, grieving life with a persistence that feels almost foolish... until it isn't.
When Dan is diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor—one that slowly steals his memories—he finds himself caught between two timelines: the fading warmth of a lost love, and the strange new comfort found in someone who refuses to leave. But Donovan has secrets of his own, and Dan isn't sure if he's ready to let go of the past long enough to find a future.
As the snow begins to fall, memory and reality blur.
Love, after all, is a kind of remembering.
And maybe, just maybe, Donovan can hold on to Dan long enough for them both.
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CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS 🎀
Dan:
Last name: Jeong
Real Name: Dae-won
Height: 4'11,
Sexuality: Gay, (bi-romantic though)
Age: 27
Born in: Seoul, South Korea ; Raised in: NYC
Profession / Education: A Pre-Med Drop out, Biochemistry Major from Boston U, Adjunct instructor (professor) in Molecular Biology and General Organic Chemistry at Columbia.
Description: Dark brown, almost black, wide-almond shaped eyes, pale translucent skin, jet black hair, curtain middle part, soft-boy / preppy academia coquette aesthetic. Large round, wire frame, glasses. Quiet, sarcastic, hopeless, non-confrontational, extremely smart, borderline misanthropist (due to severe social anxiety and being an introvert) so he can come off as cold or stand-off-ish.
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Donovan:
Last name: Rydell
Height: 5'10
Sexuality: Bi
Age: 23
Born in: Chicago ; Raised in: South Haven Michigan
Profession / Education: General Chemistry Major. Unemployed. Undergraduate Sophomore at Columbia
Description: Warm coffee brown eyes, white slight-freckled skin, fluffy brown hair, front fringe, starboy/acubi aesthetic (black cat). Metal rings on both hands. Pretty smart. Loud, traumatized, protective, secretive, perhaps an alcoholic. (Girls and Gays, I know you want him to be cold but he really isn't, he's more of a silly goober but not a dorky goofball in the way that Jayden was)
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Jayden:
Last name: Haert
Height: 6'2
Sexuality: Gay
Age: 29 *Deceased*
Born in: Boston Massachusetts ; Raised in: Boston / New York
Profession / Education: Business Degree from Fordham University. Administrative Manager at an Insurance Service company. Previously an Insurance Salesman.
Description: Percy Jackson / Annabeth Chase eyes (blue sea green with icy grey) Dirty blonde hair, smooth tanned skin, faux hawk haircut, cozy athlete aesthetic (nike hoodies). any 2000s sitcom apparel (gilmore girls, the office, etc.). Joker, peace-maker,
and really wanted to be a dad.
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Lily:
Last name: Rodriguez
Height: 5'3
Sexuality: Lesbian
Age: 26
Born in: Maryland ; Raised in: New York
Profession / Education: Whittier College (Private Liberal Arts), Fine Art and Fashion Design double major. Free-lance artist and a co-owner of a cafe. Considers taking care of ducklings as a job too.
Description: High cheek bones and bronze skin, black wavy hair, shoulder length middle part, elevated indie look (refuses to say 'aesthetic' cause it's too girly for her) crocheted cardigans and thrifted jeans from women-owned stores.
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Stevie:
Last name: Kidd
Height: 5'5
Sexuality: Bi
Age: 19 almost 20
Born in: Miami Florida ; Raised in: Miami then Vermont / New York
Profession / Education: Unemployed. Biochemistry Major. Freshman at Columbia (had taken a gap year, so she's one year older).
Description: Golden green doe eyes, Spray-on freckles, white warm-pink-toned skin, cherry clear lip gloss from target, heart shaped face, strawberry blonde red curls, wannabe vsco girl. Really fast talker. Mainly flirts with guys but wouldn't mind dating a girl. Hot girls are crazy girls. The epitome of ADHD and failed skincare trends.
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Umma and Appa: pretty obvious for their styles I guess. They look like normal basic middle class old asian parents T-T in their 50s / 60s :) no photos needed
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A/N Hey! No, this isn't about 17 year olds and no there's no 'teen parties' with the cliche of alcohol and 'sweaty bodies' they're not 'sworn enemies' or rivals with benefits, no childhood best friends and high school cliques; no 'dramatic coming out' or 'straight turned gay' jocks- i apologize, this is not the story for that, there are plenty of those here on wattpad! it's just the pure heartbreak of a man.
(side note: also, i wanted to say, please don't be turned off by how there aren't that many chapters, don't worry, the chapters are kind of long lol most chapters on wattpad are like 7-10 minutes which is at or less than 1,000 words---i try to make each of my chapters around 3,500 words or more every time for you guys! so the chapters take a while, unless they're prewritten drafts and just need editing, and there's not too many of them at one time. for example, if my chapters were the average length at 1,000 words then you'd have a lot more chapters at once, but i'm a big believer in long chapters! thanks, love you.)
hi! this story is what inspired my poetry and in turn the poetry inspired the story <3
i really hope you fall in love with jayden, dan, and donovan as i have...and i hope u fall like snow for this story too! (that was cringe, don't judge) Please add to your reading lists, vote, and COMMENT!! I love comments. they're the best. <3