the very unnecessary thread of breaking down the process of writing ‘love, we’re going home now’ the sakuatsu heist fic... here you will will learn how to sort of write a heist fic.. and me just breaking down the writing process and figurative language used

Feel free read along!

These are sort of more of my personal less obviously needed to be in the carrd thoughts but let’s start with a heist... I know there were definitely some inaccuracies in terminology but here articles which I will link on how to write a heist https://litreactor.com/columns/the-8-keys-to-a-good-heist-story

With following the basis of those articles that I used, I had to next think about the roles. Now a lot of characters weaves into more than one role, is sakusa and atsumu and it sort of showed their years of experiences and versatility.

Next was what the hell are they stealing:

At first I thought, perhaps a diamond, of the sort then realized I wanted there to be a backstory, esp revolving one of the characters and so I chose meian and gave him this wall of mysterious that only atsumu could barely shatter and those the necklace to be significant to him

So spoilers//

I made the necklace meian’s late wife...and sort of set up this ambiguous background that only atsumu and Barnes knew of. And only in the end is it slightly revealed, then when I moved onto the characterization and role of each character contributing to the heist

Firstly as for the minor but important characters like Inunaki and Thomas... they are sort of the duo, inunaki becomes the humor and sort of has a silent friendship with sakusa... and is the hacker I made him sort of witty and smart, and Thomas was pulled along for the ride

As for Barnes who is v minor. I wanted there to be a deep connection to him and sakusa making him who he is, but it’s left unresolved and silent but like everyone’s pasts.

And Akaashi, well, you don’t rlly know his role. He has connections, but is he rlly apart of Meian’s team?

As for hinata and Bokuto, there obviously close, and I think they joined close to the same time. Hinata is more of the new kid, who’s quick to learn and Bokuto is this guy, who’s also v sharp, but sets up this nice comedic friendship w sakusa, who lets him into his house

Writing process of the actual fic +figurative language:

In the first few paragraphs I sort of set up the dynamics of the team and the exposition of meeting sakusa

“ Here, no one asks questions, and no one provides the answer.

It works out for everyone.”

Next I wanted to set up a short sneak peek of Meian’s personality and his relationship to sakusa.

And then we kinda move along to see Bokuto’s and Sakusa’s dynamics and then he runs an errand for meian where he indirectly meets atsumu

When creating atsumu I had had this character profile for him that sort gives him a bit of canon and au personality I wanted to take into this fic, he is v annoying, and likes to creep into Sakusa’s life despite his own past being tightly sealed

It’s supposed to be dubbed as enemies to frienemies to not so lovers?!? But ao3 don’t got a tag for something as complicated as that rip..

But u can see the development in their relationship as the heist grows closer and they open up a bit to each other. Esp atsumu

“He wears gloves in hopes that he will create space, space will stretch between vast mountains across unmarked land, unseen territory and destroy the bridge that links them. And then maybe, just maybe, Kiyoomi can breathe.“

Here I wanted to convey the mysophobia and his gloves

At the scene where atsumu expertly breaks into Sakusa’s apartment I wanted to sort of show the impact atsumu is starting to have w sakusa, every touch and linger.. it forces him to step back and compartmentalize what he knows to do.

And then atsumu willingly takes sakusa
To a place filled with childhood memories and his past, and begins to open up abt his brother I believe that was the breaking point of their dynamics

And then there’s their sparring scene. Mostly for self indulgence and tension... bc they’re sort of constantly at war with each other and this was a test of strengths to each other

And then the night before when atsumu is at his door, I wanted to write him raw and fleshed out

Sometimes, he would hold the bag and wait for it to stop swerving and cling to it. Maybe he cries, or maybe he thinks about the two-hundred ways you can pickpocket a tourist at Shiretoko National Park.

The park is not v touristy so it shows range to his emotions figuratively

“ Atsumu stands in the mist, ah, is he the answer? Is he the one you’ve been looking for? ”

I sort of like to do this interactive monologue thingy with second person where it’s typically the tip of the iceberg as the character sees another in new light— sakusa

Now the dance scene. I had written that abt a week before I started writing, bc it was fun and a test. I wanted to capture the intimacy and tension. And when Atsumu lifted Sakusa’s gloves, the only shield he had against the rest of the world, it broke everything.

“Death may come to him in the form of Miya Atsumu, but right now, he appears to him a renaissance painting, a fallen knight sitting on black beauty.”

I sort of created this image of atsumu being in those beautiful colorful renaissance painting, in juxtaposition of his past

As for the aftermath. Now being truly the heist only benefited meian, their lives didn’t change too much, only that atsumu stole more than he should’ve and they got a lil richer. I wanted to show everyone’s life, and what they were going after the heist. It was sort of neat hehe

And there’s still this hanging mystery of why atsumu was asked to come and more of his past as well as Meian’s. And through the fic sakusa is hellbent on revealing it. But now he is content in waiting for how ever long it takes. He is sort of at peace.

“Heya stranger” I wanted to dwell on repetition with these two.

“Atsumu laughs, the fallen knight with blonde, tousled hair rises, and his laugh is so clear that Kiyoomi can see the future and he closes his eyes. “

And there’s the illusion of a knight bc it describes him well

And the tension... as for when they were about to kiss was improvised and last minute. Because I wanted it to repeat to the time at sakusa’s apartment. And there would be tension but the loving kind, that things changed between them.

Then atsumu steals his watch, just like last time but sakusa is one step ahead of him and lifts the knife, an important significance to which we still don’t know much abt. And he’s happy with the way THEYLL perhaps flirt and yell at each other

Lastly I wanted to circumference around the “ home” part of this title

“A boy, made of gold, wears a crown and leads you astray. Where you may ask, does he take you?

He finally takes you home.“

And I like the way it ended. It’s ambiguous if they’re together but satisfying.

And so yeah. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE SUPPORT OF THIS FIC..I don’t know what I would’ve done or been able to finish it w out all the love. It truly means a lot... and if anyone wants to drsw from this fic PSSPSPS... BUT YEAH I ADORE U ALL

thank you so much for reading <3