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jaemsljn · 1 year
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just wanted to let you guys know i’m working on a few diff full length fics rn so i haven’t forgotten about you guys!!! i hope to have those done and posted soon!!! sorry for disappearing lol
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jaemsljn · 1 year
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Snow on Concrete | LHC
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SUMMARY: You and Donghyuck had been on bad terms for many years now, even though you share a friend group. Your opinion of him is thrown of its axis, however, when you pull his name for Secret Santa. It seems your friend group had finally gotten sick of the tension between the two of you. Can you both get over your pride for the sake of Christmas? Or does it run too deep?
A/N: this is part of a series of fics I'm going to release leading up to Christmas!! I'm very excited its gonna be each nct dream member in a different christmas/winter scenario.. and I'm going to post a prompt list so you can request for other non dream members as well!! I hope you guys enjoy!!
PAIRING: haechan x gn!reader
WORD COUNT: 7121
GENRE: kinda angsty? enemies to lovers vibes, fluff at the end
WARNINGS: cursing, mark refers to reader as man and dude but that's just bc it’s mark reader isn’t actually gendered, mentions your grandma passing in childhood, I think that’s it let me know if I missed anything!
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You weren’t quite sure the exact moment your years of not quite silent dislike for Donghyuck began, all you know is that it’s been lingering in the air for what seems like forever now. It didn’t help that you shared a friend group, meaning you had little to no chance of avoiding him.
You tried to like the boy, you really did. There was just something about how cocky he was, that stupid smirk he was always wearing, the color of his dumb eyes, and the way his voice sounded like a melody everytime he spoke that made you annoyed by his presence.
That’s why when Renjun informs you that Donghyuck’s going to be present when you guys hang out tonight you’re half tempted to say no.
“You’re being dramatic. It’s not gonna be that bad.” Renjun scolds as he practically drags you out the door to his car.
“Jun, I know you think it’s not that bad but the whole time we’re in a room together I can feel him quietly simmering at my very existence.”
Renjun chuckles at your dramatics, well used to this weird rivalry between you two.
“It’s not like he’s the only one! You give him nothing to work with, y/n. Do you expect him to be nothing but kind and friendly to you when you clearly don’t like him? Besides, he’s really not as bad as you think he is. You just have to give him a chance.”
You fight the urge to roll your eyes at your far too optimistic friend and instead elect to just take pause as you hop into his passenger seat, closing the door behind you. When Renjun is in the car and beginning to start the ignition you continue the conversation.
“I’ve tried to like him I really have! There’s just something about him that irks me. And it’s not as one sided as you guys make it seem he’s said shitty stuff to me too. Even when he doesn’t say anything to me he’s always glaring at me like I just took out his entire family and burnt down his house.”
“I think you just take everything he does too personally if i’m honest with you, y/n. He doesn’t have this vendetta against you that you seem to think he does. Seriously. He’s never once said anything bad about you when you’re not around.”
You laugh sarcastically at his words, “I find that very hard to believe.”
Renjun sighs at your stubbornness and seems to give up on the conversation. He turns the radio up and you silently look out the window, feeling a little guilty.
The drive passes by somewhat quickly, not another word being exchanged between you and your friend.
When Renjun has finished parking you take a deep calming breath and get out of the car. You begin slowly walking towards Mark’s apartment, leaving enough time for Renjun to catch up to you before you make it to the door.
He rings the buzzer for Mark to let you in and sighs, yet again, before turning to speak to you.
“Will you please just try to get along with him? It’s almost christmas.”
You consider for a moment before relenting.
“Fine. But if he says something rude to me I’m not gonna just take it.”
“That’s fine. I’m not asking you to let him walk all over you. I’m just asking you to attempt civility for the sake of the holiday.”
As Renjun finishes his sentence the door buzzes open and you both begin your ascent up the stairs to Mark’s apartment.
The moment you knock at Mark’s door it swings open to reveal Donghyuck. Speak of the devil and he shall appear.
“Hey Hyuck.”
Donghyuck and Renjun pull eachother into some sort of bro hug and exchange greetings. You stand there, admittedly slightly uncomfortable, as you wait for the two boys to finish their moment. 
When Donghyuck and Renjun turn to you you have to physically suppress the urge to frown at the aforementioned boy. Instead, you give him what hopefully looks like a polite smile. 
He, in return, maintains a completely stoic expression and turns to walk into the apartment. So much for civility.
You look to Renjun with an eyebrow raised as to say Do you see what i’m fucking talking about? 
But he just shakes his head and turns on his heels to enter the apartment. You let out one more self pitying sigh before quietly closing the door and walking into Mark’s apartment.
Mark’s place isn’t the biggest but it’s quite cozy. It’s in the middle of all of your guys’ places so you always end up hanging out here. 
You walk further in and are met by the man in question standing in the kitchen grabbing a large amount of cups to assumingely get drinks for everybody.
“Oh shit! Hey dude! I’m glad you could make it. You mind helping me with all this?” 
“Of course. I’m glad I could make it too I haven’t seen you in weeks.”
Mark smiles at your response, nodding sympathetically.
“Exams have been rough, man. We all missed you though! Why didn’t you come hang with us last weekend?” You silently begin helping mark pull down cups for the drinks as you continue your conversation.
“I was finishing up an essay for my english class. I missed you guys too though.”
Mark makes a face of realization where he stands at the fridge grabbing a diet coke for Donghyuck.
“Oh shit, yeah I think Hyuck mentioned that. Aren’t you guys in the same english class?”
You nod awkwardly. You did have the same english class, but, you’d never actually spoken to him in it.
“Well that sucks, man. I don’t know why she gave you guys an assignment so close to break. Uh, can you just grab those few drinks and i’ll carry these ones?”
You respond affirmatively and grab the few drinks Mark couldn’t carry and follow him towards the living room. As you walk in you overhear the end of a conversation. 
Jeno is saying something about how who you assume is Donghyuck is “completely hopeless” based off the fact Donghyuck mutters a quick “fuck off” before they hear you and Mark enter and they suddenly get quiet.
“Hey! Look who the cat dragged in.” Jaemin is the first to speak. Jumping up to help you with the drinks before pulling you into a hug. 
When you pull away Jeno is right behind him pulling you into another hug, greeting you as he does.
Then comes Chenle and Jisung doing so as well. When you’ve finally been passed around the room to all the boys that hadn’t greeted you yet you grab the free seat in between Chenle and Jisung on Mark’s tiny loveseat. Jaemin and Jeno are squeezed together on an arm chair that’s definitely made for one person. Jaemin is sitting more so on Jeno than the chair in a very typical Jaemin fashion.
Renjun and Donghyuck are on the couch, Mark coming to sit next to Donghyuck, handing him his coke as he does.
Chatter immediately fills the space, everybody lamenting about the exams they had just finished.
You get sidetracked in a conversation with Jisung about the newest Marvel movie that’s just been released when suddenly Mark is standing up and clapping his hands to gather everybody’s attention.
Donghyuck scoffs, “What is this a middle school assembly?”
The fact you have to hold back a laugh makes you somehow hate his presence even more. It seems the boy notices the fact you found him amusing because when you look up at him, barely contained giggle still present on your lips he simply smirks and looks back at Mark.
“Shut the fuck up, Hyuck. Anyways, i’ve made the executive decision that we’re gonna do secret santa. Nobody has the money to buy everybody gifts so this’ll be way easier on our wallets. I already have all the names ready so everybody come up one at a time and i’ll give you a random name.”
Jaemin is the first to stand, making grabby hands at Mark, who had at some point gotten out a bunch of folded pieces of paper from god knows where. 
Mark gives Jaemin a slip of paper and announces that everybody should wait until we all have a name to look at them.
One by one everybody receives a name. You’re the last to go. You get your paper and sit back down at your spot on the loveseat. 
Mark takes his spot back next to Donghyuck and tells everybody to look at their paper.
You slowly unfold the slip.
Motherfucker.
Written in black inc on the paper is the name you had wanted to avoid the most.
Donghyuck <3
And to add insult to injury Mark had put a little heart next to his name, almost as if he knew you’d be the one receiving it. That asshole.
You look up at the owner of the name on your paper and are shocked to find him already looking at you, an unreadable expression on his face. You avert your gaze embarrassed that you were caught looking at him and instead choose to pester Jisung to tell you who he got, trying to ignore that the entire time you can feel  Donghyuck’s gaze burning into the side of your head.
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“Jeno seriously! Just trade me! Just this once! I’ll do whatever you want!” You whine at Jeno from the passenger seat of his car. Renjun was staying late at Mark’s so Jeno offered to give you a ride home.
Jaemin laughs from the backseat clearly amused at your suffering.
“Jaemin… please… remember when I wrote your english essay for you? Remember that? Remember how kind and generous I was for doing that for you? Hm?”
Jaemin laughs even harder when you turn your begging to him.
“Neither of us are gonna trade you, y/n. This is kinda hilarious.” You almost hit Jeno for his love of your misery but decide not to just incase it made him accidentally crash the car you were all in. Well. On second thought, maybe that wouldn’t be so bad.
“Why did I have to pick his name? The universe hates me. What am I even gonna get him?”
Jaemin cannot seem to stop laughing at your misery. You throw a sharp glare at him which only doubles his clear glee.
“We’re not even supposed to know who you picked, yet you want us to also help you find a gift? Seems a little fucked up don’t you think, babe?”
“First of all, don’t call me babe when you’re laughing at my agony, Na Jaemin. Second of all, I know nothing about Donghyuck’s interests I seriously need help guys.”
The last time you’d heard Donghyuck talk about any of the things he likes it had been years ago and he wasn’t event talking to you. You’d just happened to hear him mention to Mark that he wanted this new playstation game that was coming out. There was no way he still wanted it or didn’t already have it.
“Um, I think he’s into music right now? He’s been mentioning this one band a lot but I don’t remember what they’re called.”
God bless Jeno for giving you something to work with.
“Okay, I can do something with that. Lemme check his social media.”
You pull out your phone and open twitter. You quickly locate his account in your recently searched.
You begin scrolling through his tweets desperately looking for anything mentioning a band or singer.
“Got it!” you pause, sending Jeno a wry glance, “Michael Jackson? Seriously, Jeno? You couldn’t remember Michael Jackson? And you thought he was a band?”
Jeno just shrugs at you and looks back to the road.
“Wasn’t he into collecting vinyls for awhile? Does he have Michael Jackson ones? That would be a good gift, right?”
“Oh yeah and you know nothing about his interests, right?” Jaemin responds with a teasing lilt to his voice.
“Ignoring Jaemin, yes he is still into collecting vinyls and no I don’t think he has any Michael Jackson ones.” Thank the lord.
“He doesn’t. He gave me a quote unquote vinyl haul at the apartment the other day and he didn’t have any Michael Jackson ones.” Jaemin answers, finally deciding to be helpful.
“Alright. I can work with that. This will be fine.” You say more to yourself than to the boys.
“Yeah you definitely don’t care what he thinks of you.” Never mind. Jaemin is never helpful.
“I don’t care what he thinks of me. I just don’t wanna be the grinch of the friend group.” Nobody in the car seems super convinced.
As you end your sentence Jeno pulls up to your apartment. You say goodbye to the boys, giving Jaemin a quick hug when he gets out to take your spot up front before waving them off and walking up to your place.
Alright. Michael Jackson vinyl. You got this.
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You stop by a record shop the next day and pick out a few vinyls for Donghyuck. You get a couple really early ones, a few of his later works, and one that has his greatest hits on it for good measure.
On your walk back to your apartment you stop by the store to get some wrapping paper and tape and head back home.
Maybe this wouldn’t be as much of a shit show as you thought it would be.
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The date you’d set to exchange your gifts approaches quickly. Chenle had told you he’d had to scramble to get his secret santa gift the day before and you’d laughed at him telling him you’d gotten yours the day after you’d hung out. You felt bad for whoever was receiving the gift Chenle had bought.
You’d gone a bit over the spending limit you’d all set, not even really knowing why. Maybe it was the christmas spirit.
Jeno and Jaemin pull up to pick you up, blasting obnoxious christmas music that you could hear from the stoop of your apartment. 
You pull your coat tighter around you to combat the biting winter air and walk to his car as fast as you can.
The minute you’re settled in the back of the car Jaemin is turning to you and speaking with a teasing grin.
“So, did you get his gift?”
You roll your eyes at him before responding.
“Obviously I got him a gift, Jaemin. I wouldn’t just not get him anything i’m not that much of a dick.
Jeno mutters something under his breath along the lines of only to Donghyuck but you choose to ignore it for the sake of Christmas.
The car ride is spent with all of you loudly singing along to Jaemin’s holiday playlist.
When Jeno pulls up to your destination you begin to feel almost nervous. What if Donghyuck absolutely hated the gift? What if he already had all of these vinyls? 
You pause for a moment.
Why do you care what Donghyuck would think about the gift? It’s not like you like him all that much anyways. You shrug it off as the holiday spirit getting to you once again. 
Your thoughts are interrupted by Jeno opening your car door, clearly exasperated that you were taking so long judging off the sudden burst of chivalry.
The three of you make your way up to Mark’s apartment and the nerves begin to build again. 
Why were you so anxious?
Jaemin knocks on the door, cutting the silence. This time Mark is the one to usher you all into the house. 
He’d given all of you the same cheesy Christmas bag to put your respective gifts in so people couldn’t figure out who their giver was based off the wrappings. Pretty smart on his part in all honesty.
You three take off your winter gear and make your way into the living room. You find that all of your friends had beaten you there.
In the week you hadn’t been to his apartment Mark had decked it out in a shit ton of christmas decorations. He even had a small tree decorated in the corner of the room.
The room was dim and lit by christmas lights lining the corners of the walls and adorning the tree. He had his TV quietly playing christmas music, it was amazingly cozy and cute.
Everybody stands up to greet the three of you, Mark taking your gifts to set them with the rest of the ones sitting under the tree. You hug all the boys until you’re left staring at Donghyuck. You’re taken aback by how… well… adorable he looks. 
He had a red sweater on that has “Merry Christmas” written in loopy letters on the front. The sweater is tucked into a pair of black skinny jeans that look absolutely amazing on him. His dark brown, almost black hair is parted in the middle, a few strands falling onto his forehead. 
The boy just smiles awkwardly at your staring and you swear you can feel yourself begin to blush at the fact you’d been caught ogling the guy you supposedly dislike. You give him a strained smile back and move to sit next to Renjun and Jeno on the loveseat.
When you sit Renjun gives you a look. You don’t have the energy to decode what it means so you simply ignore it. 
“Can we get on with the gift giving? I wanna see what my secret santa got me. As a fair warning though, if it’s another korean textbook i’m seriously hurting everybody in this room.” Chenle says, giving everybody a pointed glance.
He’s obviously still upset over last year’s gift exchange. You weren’t sure who got it for him because they’d never owned up to it. You have a suspicion that’s it was Jaemin because of the note that read “Our baby Chenle needs to study a little more. help jisungie too while you’re at it <3” that was included with it.
Mark agrees and makes quick work of beginning to pass out the gifts.
Your interest in your own gift is outweighed by your nervousness for Donghyuck to open his. You try to ignore the feeling but it gets the best of you and you glance over at the boy perched on the arm chair only to find that, once again, he’s already looking at you.
You notice the way he’s picking at the skin around his fingernails but quickly look back to your gift, not wanting him to notice you staring.
Mark finishes passing the presents out, not without a few comments from your friends, before he’s taking a seat next to Jisung and Jaemin on the couch. Chenle, who had been standing by the arm of the couch takes a seat on the floor in front of Mark.
Mark gives everybody the go ahead to open their gifts and your nerves double. You look over at Donghyuck for a moment before realizing you need to actually open your own present.
You reach into the bag and pull out a small box neatly wrapped in wrapping paper. The paper is covered in cartoon cats wearing santa hats and you almost coo at the sight. Jeno notices as well and comments on how cute it is. You begin to open the gift deliberately, careful not to rip the poor kittens to shreds. 
You swear you hear Donghyuck let out a huff of amusement but don’t pay it much mind.
You finally get the wrapping paper undone and open the box housing your gift.
You gasp at the sight in front of you.
It was an exact replica of a pair of gloves your grandmother had made you when you were little. You absolutely loved them and had been heartbroken when you outgrew them. Your grandmother had passed when you were young so you couldn’t ask her to make you another pair so you simply kept the gloves in a drawer next to your bed, sad that you could no longer use them.
You’re in complete shock. You slip one of the gloves on to find they fit perfectly and your amazement doubles. The gloves were a shade of a darkish sky blue with a white heart on the wrist, accompanied with your name sewed into the right glove next to the little heart. 
They were exactly the same as your last pair. You then belatedly notice a note in the bottom of the box.
“The only picture I had of them was the one you posted on instagram so i’m sorry if they’re not exactly the same. I really tried to match the colors as best as I could and told the lady to make them as close to the original as she was able to. Even if they’re not perfect I hope you like them. I know the last pair meant a lot to you. and i hope you don’t think it’s weird or anything for me to have these made…”
You don’t notice the tears leaking out of your eyes until Renjun is bumping his shoulder with yours and whispering to you. 
“Are you crying?”
You nod shakily and turn to fully show him the gloves. Renjun having known you when you received the original pair, knew how truly adoring you were of those little things.
His eyes widen almost comically at the sight.
“Woah! Those are almost exactly the same! That’s insane!”
You sniffle a little and whisper back to your friend, “I honestly never thought of having somebody make me new ones. I cant believe somebody thought to do this… It really wasn’t you?”
Renjun shakes his head.
“I honestly wouldn’t have thought of that either. That’s amazing though. Makes me feel like my gift giving sucked.”
You let out a soft laugh and go back to admiring the glove on your hand. You stroke a soft finger over the embroidery of your name. It looks exactly the same.
Renjun nudges you once again and points to your bag, there was another box inside.
You smile gratefully and glance up at the others in the room, hoping they weren’t paying particular attention to your emotional outburst. You wanna immediately ask who got these for you so you can tell them how truly touched you are but you decide to wait until everybody’s done.
You look to Mark and find him holding a cheetah stuffie wearing a little snapback, clearly meant to look like him. Jisung next to him has a game for some sort of console, and Chenle below him is holding what looks to be a stuffed animal of a dog.
You then look over at Donghyuck. In what seems to be a new habit for him he’s already looking back at you. But, what shocks you is the soft, almost adoring smile on his face and the fact that his gift sits untouched in his lap. You widen your eyes at him in surprise and he immediately seems to snap out of his stupor and looks down at his gift, awkwardly scratching at the back of his neck, before beginning to unwrap the square shaped present in his lap.
You ignore the way your chest lights up at the smile directed at you and move your attention back to your own gifts.
You carefully remove the glove from your hand and set the pair back snugly into the box, along with the hand written note. You place the lid on top and gently set it back in the bag, scared to somehow damage them. 
You pick up the next box and unwrap it with just as much care as before. You almost laugh when you open it and find a pack of pens and pencils sitting inside. It’s accompanied with a sticky note that says, “Since you always lose yours ;)”
The complete shift in mood from your two presents almost gives you whiplash. You did have a habit of constantly misplacing your pens and pencils. But, it confuses you even more about who your gift giver could be. You didn’t necessarily announce your constant missing writing utensils so it had to be somebody you share a class with.
That means it had to be Donghyuck who you share an english class with, or Jisung and Chenle who you share a history class with.
Before you can give it much real thought you remember that Hyuck is opening the gift you got him and look over to see his reaction.
The boy is excitedly flipping the assorted vinyls over in his hands one by one. A barely concealed eager smile adorning his face.
You feel a weight being lifted of your shoulders.
“Should we show off what we got and guess who got us what?” Jaemin asks the group.
Everybody gives various murmurs of agreement and Jaemin takes this as a cue to show off his gift.
“Okay I got this $50 starbucks gift card. Which is literally the price limit. So whoever got this for me I love and adore you. I also got this film for my camera. My guess is… My little Chenle baby?”
“How did you know?” Chenle’s response is almost immediate and very loud, earning a laugh from you and your friends.
Jaemin walks over to the seated boy and grabs at his cheeks, Chenle swatting his hands away.
“Because it was just thoughtful yet distant enough for it to be you.” Jaemin drags his words out and uses that cute voice he does in a typical Jaemin way that has everybody laughing yet again.
Chenle simply scoffs but can’t hide the smile on his lips.
“Alright, since Jaemin guessed you right you go now Chenle.” Mark announces.
Chenle stands from his spot on the floor and looks around at all of you almost… suspiciously?
“I got this plushie that looks like Daegal. My baby. Mark’s sister. The light of my life.”
“Okay Chenle we get it you really love Daegal.” Jeno cuts the boys praise off with a chuckle lining his words.
“It’s important for me to remind you all, Jeno. They also put this collar on it that has her name which is cute. My guess is…”
Chenle looks around yet again narrowing his eyes warily at everybody.
“My guess is Mark.”
Mark smiles at the boy and shakes his head lightly. Jisung then speaks up.
“It was me. I thought you could take it with you when you have to be away from her. So you don’t miss her and stuff.”
Chenle smiles and pulls Jisung into a bro hug, albeit a bit awkwardly because Jisung is still seated on the couch.
Having had his gift revealed Jisung is the next to stand, Chenle taking his seat, cradling the Daegal stuffed animal in his arms.
Jisung holds up the game he’d received.
“I got this game I’ve wanted for weeks now but didn’t wanna spend my money on because christmas was coming up. Renjun’s the only one i’ve really told about it so I’m guessing it was him.”
Renjun gives an affirmative nod and Jisung lights up with a smile.
“Thanks. I’m really happy I got this. You’re the best, my universemate for a reason.” 
Renjun stands and gives Jisung a side hug, laughing as he speaks.
“Yeah, now I just have to listen to you play it all night.”
Jisung laughs a little bashfully and comes to sit next to you on the couch. 
He leans over to show you the game he’s gotten, clearly ecstatic about it. You smile and tell him how cool it looks, not actually having any interest in the game but you know he’s excited.
“Okay, I got these really nice paints. I’ve mentioned them a few times but honestly they’re so expensive I thought i’d have to save up for them for awhile. I’m not really sure who got them but i’m just gonna guess… Jeno?”
Jeno lights up in that eye smile of his and stands up, telling Renjun it was in fact him.
Renjun, in a rare show of true unadulterated affection, pulls Jeno in for a tight hug and thanks him, which Jeno just laughs and brushes off.
Renjun once again sits next to you on the loveseat, this time in Jeno’s spot.
“I got biking gloves. Also, a new strap for my guitar which says my name. So fucking cool. My guess is Jaemin? No wait Mark. My guess is Mark. Final answer.”
Mark laughs and nods pulling Jeno in for another infamous bro hug. 
“I’m glad you like them, man. I was so scared you were gonna think it was lazy or something.”
“What? No, these are so cool. Seriously, dude, thank you.”
Jaemin yells something about how cute the two boys are and with that Mark grabs his little cheetah and begins his presentation.
“It’s a cheetah stuffed animal with a snapback. I’m assuming it’s supposed to look like me? Super awesome. He’s like my son. I’m gonna guess Jaemin?”
“His name is Cheetah Lee. He is your son.” Jaemin says with a smile.
“Bro, how did you get this tiny little hat for him? It’s so tiny! I didnt know they made little hats!”
Marks amazement at that fact a tiny hat for stuffed animals exists is truly adorable and you know your friends agree with the fond smiles filling the room.
“I ordered it online. It wouldn’t be your son without a little snapback.”
Jaemin’s already found his gift giver so he gestures for you to stand up and show yours.
As you grab the little boxes you come to the realization that there’s only one possibility left for who gave these to you. 
You stand there, eyes wide, staring at the boy in question trying to make sense of it all in your head. Donghyuck seems to be avoiding your gaze, keeping his eyes locked on his fingers that he continues to pick at.
You suddenly feel a little ill.
“Uh, y/n? You gonna go?” Jeno asks.
“Um, yeah. Yeah. Sorry. I got- I got distracted. Yeah, I’ll go.” Your friends seem a little confused at your sudden change in emotion but you try to ignore their questioning stares and attempt to swallow the emotion rising in your throat.
“Um, Okay so I got- Well when I was little I had these gloves my grandma made me. They were my favorite things in the whole world especially after she passed. At some point I outgrew them. And she was- Well y’know she passed so she couldn’t make me new ones. So i’ve just kept them in my bed side drawer all these years. I guess I posted them on instagram? And somebody had new ones made.” 
You pause and try to blink away the tears filling your eyes, opening the box to show the the gloves.
“It seems dumb but i don’t know… those gloves meant so much to me and for some reason I just never thought of getting new ones made. And it’s crazy because these look exactly the same even down to the color of the thread that says my name.” A small hiccup leaves your mouth as tears begin to steadily flow from your eyes. This is… humiliating.
“I think I need a second… Just… give me a second.”
You’re immediately booking it to Mark’s front door, slipping your shoes on, and walking as fast as you can down the stairs to get outside.
It’s not until you’re outside that you realize it’s the middle of winter and your forgot your coat.
More tears leave your eyes as you look down at the gloves clasped in your shaky palms.
You distantly hear the apartment building door open and shut rather harshly. You turn and expect to see Renjun or even Mark but instead you’re met with Donghyuck standing in front of you.
His shoes are obviously hastily thrown on, he hadn’t even bothered to tie the laces and his heel was sticking out of one of them.
His coat was crooked on his body and his chest is rising and falling in rapid breaths.
You have no idea how to start. Before you can decide he’s sticking his arm out towards you. You’re confused for a moment before you realize he’s clutching your coat in his hand.
“You didn’t- Sorry I really took those stairs too fast.” He pauses to take a breath and you would’ve laughed if you weren’t fighting the urge to cry and maybe throw up.
“Okay, I think i’m good now. You left your coat. And your scarf. And I grabbed this hat but now that i’m actually looking at it I don’t even think this is yours.” 
That manages to pull a teary laugh out of you. 
“That’s Jisung’s hat.” You tell him through a few weak giggles. Of course Donghyuck would find a way to make you laugh through all of this. You wish it didn’t make you feel worse.
The sound of your laugh makes his face light up in a grin. He suddenly looks almost proud of grabbing the wrong hat. 
“Well, wear it anyways. It’s cold.”
He hands you your coat first and you slip it on, followed by the scarf, and Jisung’s hat that is way too big for your head.
You look at the ground. Still not entirely sure how to say everything you’re thinking without it coming out as some sort of incomprehensible word vomit.
“Did you… Did you not like them? Because I’m sorry if i crossed a line I just thought-“
You cut him off before he can finish his sentence. 
“Are you serious, Hyuck? I fucking loved them. It was so insanely thoughtful. These are probably the most meaningful gifts i’ve ever gotten and I just-“
The tears are back.
“I was such a dick to you. I was so mean to you for no real reason. And I told myself it wasn’t one sided but then you get these gloves made and how did you even know? That these gloves meant so much to me? I didn’t say it in the post.”
Donghyuck looks nervous to tell you but speaks nonetheless.
“I uh overhead you and Renjun talking a couple years ago. It was winter and you said something about the gloves and how every winter you think about them and your grandma… then you posted that picture recently and I kinda put it together. I guess i didn’t really know how meaningful they were but I assumed? You sounded so sad when you talked about it so I just… I don’t know I thought it would be a nice gift.” He’s scratching the back of his neck and shifting on his feet uncomfortably and you seriously think you’re gonna be sick now.
“I thought you hated me…”
Donghyuck’s eyes are wide when he looks up at you. 
“No I never hated you. You just- well I knew you didn’t like me. And it’s embarrassing but I would get so nervous around you. i’m not usually like that. I just didn’t know how to deal with it… so i just avoided talking to you. And then at a certain point I guess you decided you really didn’t like me and honestly… it kinda hurt my pride,” He chuckles dryly before continuing, “It sounds so egotistical but it’s true. I didn’t think i did anything to make you hate me so much and it kinda pissed me off so I started being a little short when we did talk. But, seriously I never hated you. Never.”
You don’t even know what to say at this point. 
“I’m sorry. I’m sorry i was so mean to you when you didn’t do anything to deserve it. It was just- I don’t even know honestly. You would get so quiet around me that I just assumed you didn’t like me or something. God, Renjun was right I took everything you did so personally. Like whenever I caught you looking at me I assumed you were judging me and it hurt my pride so I just decided I didn’t like you. Once I decided that I was just unwilling to let go of it. God, I am such a fucking jerk Donghyuck. I’m so sorry. For all of it.”
Donghyuck is taking slow steps towards you now. You can’t stand to look at him so you keep your gaze locked on your shoes. But, you can hear the way the snow crunches under his (still untied) shoes as he takes steady steps to you.
Donghyuck softly pulls the gloves from your hands, you’d forgotten you’d still been holding them this entire time.
You’re a little confused at the action. Maybe he’s really just done with you at this point. He’s gonna take the gloves back and he’ll really hate you now.
You’re even more confused when he pulls you hand up and mutters a soft “hold it there” before he’s slipping the glove on your hand with gentle fingers.
He successfully secured the first glove and puts your hand back down at your side, pulling the other hand up to do the same.
This time when he’s done putting the glove on he keeps his grip on your hand, rubbing a little circle on it with his thumb.
“I’m not mad. I mean we both kinda did the same thing right? Just assumed that we hated each other and ran with it. I really like you. I have all this time and I still do. I get if you need time to get used to the fact I’m not praying on your downfall every second of the day like previously thought.” Again, Donghyuck manages to bring humor into any situation.
“But, I guess i’m asking you to go on a date with me. It doesn’t have to be tomorrow or next week or even this month but-“
You cut Donghyuck off by bringing your now gloved hands up to the sides of his face. You look into those big dumb brown eyes of his and cement yourself on what you’re about to do.
You lean in slowly. Giving him time to pull away if it’s not what he wants.
His eyes flutter closed as you get closer and you take it as permission, pressing your lips against his.
The, embarrassingly, many times you’d imagined kissing Donghyuck could never amount to what you were currently experiencing.
The moment your lips touch his he bring his ice cold fingers up to the sides of your neck, holding you into place.
You both ignore the small yelp you let out at the temperature of his hands.
His hold isn’t imposing or forceful but it’s firm, as if to say i’m here. I have you. Finally, finally, I have you. 
You both pull away after a moment and you can’t help the adoring grin that spreads across your face, and grows even wider when you see Hyuck has one to match.
“Fuck yeah. Jeno said I was hopeless i’m gonna rub this in that fuckers face for years.” You can’t help but laugh at the fact that that’s his first thought after kissing you.
“Hold on. How did we end up getting paired up for Secret Santa?”
Donghyuck pulls his hands off your neck, thinking, and places them on your hips instead. You pull your hands off the sides of his face and settle them on his shoulders.
“Mark.” You both speak at the same time.
“I can’t even be mad. He really helped me out there.” Donghyuck says, wearing a shit eating grin.
“Honestly, yeah. I’ll forgive him since it worked out.”
Donghyuck is pulled you in by the belt loops of your pants as he speaks, smirk ever present, “Oh baby it more than worked out.”
Donghyuck captures your lips in his once again, and while you do thoroughly enjoy the feeling you’re beginning to realize how freezing it is.
Hyuck whines as you pull away again, chasing your lips. You give him a small peck to satiate him enough to let you speak.
“While I would love to stand here kissing you all day i’m freezing my ass off. Also, you literally don’t even have your shoes fully on your feet.”
Donghyuck seems like he just realizes this fact as he snaps his eyes down to his shoes that are, in fact, not even fully put on.
Donghyuck agrees to go inside with one more kiss. He’s then linking your hands together and taking slow steps towards the door. A little wobbly due to the state of his Converse.
“Can you not tell the guys I remembered the glove thing for years? They would never let me live it down.”
You walk back into the apartment building, laughter spilling from your mouth.
Maybe it wasn’t such a shit show after all.
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“Oh shit.” Mark mutters. Maybe this wasn’t his best plan after all.
The minute the door shuts Donghyuck is on his feet rushing after you. He grabs your coat and other winter gear off the hook and goes to run after you.
“Hyuck, you don’t have a coat on. or shoes.” Chenle yells after him, far too amused when their friend has just run away crying. 
Donghyuck turns on his heels and rushes back to the shoe rack but in his haste his socked feet slip out from under him and he hits the floor with a loud thump.
Silence engulfs the room as Donghyuck sits there on his ass for a moment. Clearly embarrassed.
Jeno is the first to break out into a hysterical laugh and the rest follow quickly. 
“If any of you mention this to y/n ever I will lose my fucking mind.”
The boys just nod at him, still doubled over laughing. 
Donghyuck, with as much dignity as he can in his current situation, stands up and shoves his feet in his shoes. He then yanks his coat off the hook and forcefully slips his arms into it.
He got the wind knocked out of him when he fell but immediately runs to the door and just hopes you don’t notice how out of breath he is when he gets down there. 
Mark yells something along the lines of “go get ‘em tiger” but it’s barely understandable through the laughter shaking his body still.
The only response they get from Donghyuck is a middle finger before the door is slamming and the apartment is left only with the sounds of laughter.
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A/N: I hope you all enjoyed!! ill be releasing the other members over the course of December. ill post the master list for that in a moment. ill also post a prompt list so you can send requests for skz members or non dream members!! happy holidays!!
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jaemsljn · 1 year
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-skz as your date to a family member's wedding
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pairing: boyfriend!hyungline x gn!reader genre: fluff!! warnings: some mentions of wanting kids with a couple members, I think in changbin's it mentions people drinking like once, lmk if I missed any
word count: 1116
A/N: this is a little humiliating but I went to a wedding the other day and got the idea for this lol. this is only hyung line but I'll do one for maknae line and post it within the next couple days :) lmk if you want a longer one shot of any of the members. enjoy!!!
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-방찬 | chan
He’d be a little nervous at first, double checking with you that he looks alright and nervously fixing his suit every few minutes. But, the moment you’re inside the venue he's conversing with your family, that charming little social butterfly inside of him takes over and he’s got all of your family members wrapped around his finger. He’d definitely wanna stick by your side most of the night, only leaving if you wanted another drink.
He would be the most attentive date!
“Baby are you cold? Do you want my jacket?” “Do your feet hurt? We can go sit down.” “Do you want some water?” If you even tried to open a door on your own, get your own food or drinks, or push your own chair in, he’d immediately be at your side helping you with whatever you’re attempting to do. Your family would coo over how attentive he is. Your cousins your age would pull you aside to tell you how jealous they are, which would cause Chris to blush when you tell him later on.
Overall, your family would love him and he’d be the most handsome gentlemanly date around!
-이민호 | Minho Now, I wouldn’t necessarily say Minho is an introvert but he definitely prefers staying in with you over big events like this. But, when you ask him to be your plus one he agrees with zero resistance. When you see him in the suit he’s wearing to the wedding you almost tell him to go change into pajamas, not wanting anybody else to see how breathtaking he looks all done up.
He would follow you around like a lost puppy all night long. Not even because he’s shy or nervous but more so he doesn’t get stuck in a conversation with somebody he doesn’t like. Plus, Minho kinda only wanted to talk to you.
Even so, he charms your entire family with his good looks and wit. Your older family members find him hilarious, and the family closer to your age falling for his alluring smiles. You’d probably end up taking the backseat in several conversations, your family more interested in your mysterious boyfriend than in you. But, Minho would always find a way to include you. Smoothly passing a question off to you. Putting his arm around you and just watching you with a lovesick smile as you speak.
About halfway through the night, when the air gets a bit nippy he’d silently place his jacket around and placing a kiss on your cheek. If you’re still cold he’d excuse himself for a minute, assumingly to use the restroom, only to return with a throw blanket. You ask him where he got it and he just shrugs, saying something about always being prepared.
I have a feeling if you got jealous he would hang off of you. Always holding your hand, putting his arm around you, linking your arm with his, even placing little kisses on your head when he can. Just little ways he can assure you he’s all yours. Of course he would tease you about it a bit as he does so.
At dinner you’re sitting beside him, chatting about whatever piques your interest. He’s interrupted from his sentence by a little tug on his shirt sleeve. You both look over to see your little cousin, no older than 5, shyly pulling him in to whisper into his ear.
He looks back up at you with an endearing smile on his face. “It seems I have something to attend to, baby, I apologize. I’ll be back after dancing with the princess.” You giggle at his clear affection toward the kid and wave him off.
Minho holds your cousin's hands softly in his, letting her stand on his shoes while they dance around the room. Minho had always loved kids. You’d always planned on having a couple at some point. Seeing him now, twirling the little girl around to pull a giggle out of her and dramatically dancing around the room you realize just how much you want to have children with him. You find yourself imagining him dancing with your daughter and you can’t help the wave of affection that rolls over you.
He’ll be confused when he returns to the table and is showered with countless kisses, but doesn’t argue against it.
-서창빈 | Changbin You cannot tell me this man wouldn’t be adored by your aunties. He’s the type to flatter all of them, guessing their age to be much lower than it obviously is, calling them beautiful. He’d probably get pulled away often by your family wanting to show him off to different cousins and such. The look on his face as he turns toward you, being pulled away by his arm, mouthing sorry to you would be the cutest sight. Always finds his way back to you not long after he’s pulled away.
He’d be an attentive date. Getting you everything you need, pulling your chair out for you, insisting on escorting you to the restroom every time you need it, carrying your purse for you all night. He’d do anything he could to ensure you didn’t have to lift a finger.
If you complain about your feet hurting he would insist on giving you a piggyback ride or giving you his far too-large shoes. You’d have to reassure him countless times that you’ll survive until he stops insisting.
He would no doubt get along with your male family members, getting roped into arm wrestling contests once everybody had had a few drinks. It’s insane how good he is at adapting to whoever he’s speaking to.
This boy would wanna dance with you all night! Whether it's a slow song or an upbeat one he’d pull you onto the dance floor with him. After a while of dancing, he’d take his jacket off and roll his sleeves up to his elbows and you’d just about faint at the sight. Muscular forearms on display, biceps straining against the fabric of his button-up, his silver watch glinting in the lights every now and then. He’d tease you relentlessly for your ogling.
Gets pulled away again, this time to dance with your Grandmother. He’d catch your eye every time he could, sending you that charming smile of his.
At some point in the night, you’re sitting on a chair, shoes discarded, feet propped up on his lap, him rubbing your calves with tender hands. You have your head turned toward the dance floor, watching your family have fun with a soft smile on your face. He is taken by how beautiful you look at that moment. The low lights perfectly illuminating your face. He gets caught up in the way your hair falls around your face, the sparkle in your eyes, the curve of your lips, the lines of your nose.
You catch him staring and ask what he’s looking at. All he does is laugh and tell you nothing.
He’s really thinking of the ring sitting in a small velvet box on his nightstand at home.
-황현진 | Hyunjin So very dashing in his suit. He would match his tie to your dress/suit. He’d leave his long hair loose, letting it fall around his face. It’s Hyunjin so he’d find some way to personalize the suit he’s wearing, whether it's a broach pinned to his tie or some custom made cuff links he’d find a way to make it unique.
He would be so excited about the photographers. Whenever they weren’t busy working he’d start a conversation with them, asking what camera they use, how they got into this job, if they take pictures in their free time too, etc. (Which would be so adorable to watch!!)
I think he’d be another one to stay close to your side, a bit intimidated by how loud and crowded it is. Always touching you in some way. He’d probably hold your hand the entire night.
You already know he would force you to dance. If you refused he’d talk you into one dance, only for you to realize an hour later that you’d been on the dance floor for longer than one song. All of your family members would be amazed at his dancing. Which would cause him to get all flustered.
I think at a certain point in the night his goal would shift into trying to get you to laugh as much as possible. He’d spin you around in circles around the room as fast as he could (making sure not to hit people of course.) He would attempt to do the dirty dancing lift and fail miserably, both of you ending up on the floor shaking with laughter.
He’d get pulled into playing with the little kids. He’d awkwardly fumble around at first not quite sure what to do. At some point all of the kids would decide to pull him to the ground and pile on top of him, Hyunjin being the person he is would just allow this to happen only letting out gentle protests, too hesitant to tell the kids no. You’d have to go in and save him, telling your little cousins not to rough house which would earn a quiet thank you from your boyfriend.
You’d sit back with your aunts watching your boyfriend entertain the kids. Giggling every now and then at his antics. He’d swing the kids around by their arms, chase them around pretending to be a monster, anything to get them to laugh. God forbid any of the kids accidentally get hurt, he would be a mess. Apologizing profusely to the child, stroking their head softly. He’d desperately look to you, not sure what to do. You’d be utterly overwhelmed by how cute he is. Maybe just maybe considering kids of your own.
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jaemsljn · 1 year
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Masterlist
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key: ♡= fluff, ♧ = angst
collection of everything i’ve written so far. I’ll write drabbles, one shots, or imagines and scenarios. i currently write for nct and stray kids! hope you enjoy! ♡ヾ(๑╹◡╹)ノ"
a/n: i’m not super reliable with posting i’m sorry ᐡ•͈ ·̭ •͈ᐡ
side blog: @hyunebb
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stray kids ot8
-moments when skz find you beautiful ♡
-skz as your date to a family member's wedding (hyung line) ♡
more to come...
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NCT
이마크 | Mark
- Beautiful Boy dad!mark ♡♧(?)
이해찬 | Haechan
- Snow on Concrete christmas au ♡♧
more to come…
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jaemsljn · 1 year
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-when skz find you beautiful
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pairing: boyfriend!ot8 x gn!reader
genre: fluff!!! tooth rottingly sweet
warnings: none that i know of (lmk if i’m wrong), not proofread
word count: 1990
A/N: This was very spur of the moment brain to keyboard writing so i’m sorry if it’s not the best!! some members are a little long lol hope you enjoy!!
Chan
Whether you’re a good chef or not something about seeing you in the kitchen does something to him. Watching you flit around the kitchen, singing under your breath, or dancing to the music floating softly throughout the room just melts him. The way you mindlessly brush your hair away from your face only for it to fall a few seconds later, so focused on your task that you don’t even notice the repetitive motion. Or the way you furrow your eyebrows while you try to figure out the correct proportions for each spice. Not to mention, the way you call his name and ask him to come and taste it, still not even giving him your full attention.
Bonus points if you’re cooking for the members as well. He loves the idea of you taking care of him and the people he loves, wanting to show that you love them as well. Watching you pretend not to notice when one of the boys “sneaks” in to steal a piece of whatever you’re making. The members think they’re slick but he sees the way you watch them from the corner of your eye and smile softly to yourself, letting them believe they’ve gotten away with something.
He can’t help but imagine a day when you two have a family. Imagining the home you'll one day have for the two of you, getting to decorate it together and fill it with happy memories. At some point he’ll get too overwhelmed by his adoration for you and end up behind you, clinging to you. He’ll shuffle with you as you struggle to continue with your task. If he feels you’re not giving him enough attention he begins to pepper soft kisses to your neck, whispering how much he loves you between each press of his lips to your soft skin. Eventually, you’ll get him to stop by threatening to kick him out of the kitchen. After that he’ll go back to admiring you, trying to commit the image to memory.
이민호 | minho
I think Minho would like to watch you while you’re focused on something.
Whether you’re doing work on your laptop or scrolling through social media something about the focus you exude makes you seem even more beautiful. If you’re a student he loves watching you study, if you’re not in school he loves watching you read or get enthralled in a TV show. He loves watching you completely distracted, not thinking about what facial expressions you’re making or how you’re holding your body. There’s something pure and genuine about watching you while you aren’t thinking about how you should be acting.
He loves watching your eyes widen if you see something shocking. He loves the way you’ll mumble to yourself if a character does something frustrating or you reach a difficult question in your work. He loves the way you run your hands through your hair every now and then. He especially loves when you absentmindedly initiate physical contact with him. Reaching out to grab his hand and thoughtlessly running your thumb on the back of his. Or scooting closer to him on the couch, pressing your side to his without a second thought.
You glance over to see what he’s doing and find him staring at you with the most adoring expression on his face.
“Why are you staring?”
“You’re beautiful, you know that?”
Cue the blushing.
He pulls you into his side and presses a kiss to the top of your head. You continue with what you were doing knowing the man holding you has nothing but love for you.
서창빈 | changbin
Watching you explain things you’re passionate about.
Changbin could get lost for hours just watching your face while you explain whatever is taking up your mind that day. He loves the way you get so passionate about things while explaining them. Sometimes it’ll be something silly like a book you’re reading, or a dumb TikTok you saw that made you frustrated, either way, Changbin loves watching you as you ramble. He tries to listen, truly he does. But, it’s just so hard to pay attention to your speech when he could instead stare at the way your lips form each word or the way your eyes get extra fiery when you reach an exciting part of the story.
Eventually, you notice that he’s not listening to a word you say. The pout on your face as you scold him only makes you seem all the more adorable to him. He ends up holding your face between his hands, a wide adoring smile on his lips as he apologizes “I just keep getting distracted by how beautiful you are.” he tells you, and you immediately forgive him. You could never stay upset with him for long anyways.
황현진 | hyunjin
He loves watching you do art!!
Even if you’re not an artist he’d find a way to get you to do art with him. This boy adores art and wants to share it with the most important person in his life (you!!)
He’d especially love to watch you paint. The way little specks and smudges of color cover your hands and face is ridiculously cute. Sometimes he’ll completely abandon his own art project in favor of simply watching you work on yours. The grace of your hands as you touch the brush to the canvas. The way you bite your lip when you can’t seem to get the proportions right. God forbid you ask him for help on something, he'll melt immediately. He adores helping you when you’re stuck. It may seem silly to others but Hyunjin takes great pride in his art, whether it's the project itself or the skill he possesses. So, when the love of his life, somebody he views in such high regard, asks him for advice or help on something like that he becomes overjoyed. If you ask for help a bit more than you actually need to see his eyes light up, well, he doesn’t need to know that.
Another moment for Hyunjin is watching you read. The serene look on your face is just breathtaking to him. The chair you read on is situated right under a big window in your shared apartment so the sun shines off your face making you seem to glow. It’s become a routine for you to sit down and read in the early morning and for Hyunjin to pull out his drawing pencils and sketchbook. There have been days he gotten too distracted by the curves and lines of your face to even have touched the pencil to the paper by the time you’ve finished reading. He sketches you this way every day but never seems happy with the results, saying that he could never fully capture the beauty of you on paper. He then tells you that this is his motivation to keep getting better.
한지성 | jisung
When you’re laughing and having fun.
Jisung loves watching you interact with your shared friends. The way you glow after you tell a joke that gets everybody laughing. The way a smile never leaves your face the entire night. He loves the way you throw your head back when you laugh at a particularly funny joke or the way you grab onto his arm and fall limp as laughter racks your body. He adores watching your eyes crinkle with fondness at him and the people you both love.
He especially loves when you’re laughing at a joke he told!! Jisung values humor as a form of connection with the people he’s comfortable with. His chest wells with pride every time he succeeds in pulling a giggle out of you. He truly thinks he could be happy just making you laugh for the rest of your lives. He just loves seeing you so full of joy, in his opinion that’s when you look most beautiful.
필릭스 | felix
When you’re with kids.
Now hear me out here. Felix adores children and cannot wait to be able to have a family with you. Watching you laugh with kids and play little games with them just warms his heart in a way he’s never felt before. He can’t help but smile as he watches you interact with the children so naturally. He finds himself imagining they’re your children. The way you give a genuine laugh every time the kids do something cute. When one of the children falls and you immediately rush to comfort them as they cry, rocking them back and forth in your arms, whispering reassurances to soothe them, that is the moment he knows for sure that he’ll spend the rest of his life with you.
Felix loves watching you care for people in general! He adores the fact that you have such a loving heart always ready to take care of the people you love. The tender look in your eyes as you fix Jeongin’s hair for him or help Seungmin pick out an outfit for an outing with his friends. The way you mindlessly smile at him when you think he’s not looking. Or when you gently push his hair off his face when you think he’s asleep. These little actions that you do without thought show how much love you have for those around you and it makes Felix adore you even more.
김승민 | seungmin
While you’re sleeping.
Seungmin’s an early riser and his favorite thing to do when he first wakes up is to watch you for a bit. Some people would probably find it creepy but it just brings him so much peace. The gentle rise and fall of your chest. The golden lights filtering in through the blinds fall on your face making you look like an angel. He studies the curve of your nose and the shape of your lips. Sometimes he’ll trace the lines of your face, making you crinkle your nose at the touch, which he finds even more adorable.
If he wakes up anxious or upset he has this habit of holding onto your wrist, resting his thumb on the inside of your wrist right where he can feel your pulse. He is careful not to put too much pressure so he has to focus to feel each rhythmic beat of your heart. It never fails to calm his busy mind. More often than not he ends up falling back to sleep lulled by the measured thumping under his thumb.
If he accidentally wakes you you’ll just flutter those pretty eyes open and give him the most beautiful smile he’s ever seen. You usually end up pulling him to your chest and forcing him to sleep a bit longer.
Just because he wakes up before you doesn't mean he's ever very successful at actually leaving the bed.
양정인 | jeongin
When you’re playing video games.
Now this one might seem a little ridiculous but he just loves watching you get really into a game! He’s lost so many matches because he got distracted watching you. He loves the way you stick your tongue out of the corner of your mouth. He loves the way your furrow your eyebrows when you lost a point. Or the way you yell with joy when you get ahead of him or win the game entirely. He may have let you win a couple of times just to watch you jump up with joy and dance around the room, But, he would never admit that to anybody.
Sometimes he’ll ask you to play games with him only to come up with an excuse as to why he needs to sit this round out. Once he’s exited the game he just sits and watches your face as you play, a smile gracing his features. He hates how soft you make him but he can’t help it when you look so adorable all the time. Whenever you lose a match you get this little pout on your face and look over at him with these sad doe eyes, it’s almost as good as watching you win. But, he prefers seeing you happy even if you’re cute when you’re pouting.
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jaemsljn · 2 years
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beautiful boy | M.L
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A/N: i saw a video of this baby getting shots and his dad was singing to him to distract him, the baby didn’t even cry and i was like !!mark!!!! mark lee!! so i hope you enjoy my dad mark brain rot (i tried to avoid gendered terms for the reader or any physical description but lmk if there are any mistakes) this is unedited omg also the nurse calls mark “dad” a few times it's weird but nurses do that shit during baby appointments .. (the song is beautiful boy by John Lennon)
PAIRING: mark x gender neutral reader
WORD COUNT: 981
GENRE: fluff, angst if you squint
WARNINGS: Needles!!
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“Babe, relax, I think you’re more stressed than he is.”
You pull your eyes away from the nurse preparing the needle and instead meet the gaze of your husband. You glance down at your son in his arms, who is indeed, far more relaxed than you.
“I’m just nervous. These are his first vaccinations and I feel like a terrible parent just bringing him here to get stabbed.”
Mark lets out a chuckle in front of you but upon seeing the affronted look on your face he quickly covers it up with a cough.
“I’m serious Mark! It sounds stupid and I know this is better for him in the long run but I just feel so guilty. What if he inherited my phobia of needles? and then he’ll forever hate me for forcing him to get a bunch of shots.”
You catch the quick upturn on Mark’s lips before he speaks, “Listen I get what you mean okay? It’s sucks having to let your kid get hurt but it really is for his own good. Imagine how much worse he would feel if he got Polio? or whooping cough?”
The nurse rolls her cart to stand beside you and your husband, you’d nearly forgotten she was in the room.
“Dad’s right you know? and I can promise you Baby’s not gonna remember any of this. Plus, I think he’s just happy he’s got his parents here with him, even if it’s scary.”
You gently nod at her words, feeling a bit more comforted.
“You’re doing great I promise, no parent likes taking their kids for vaccinations but it just shows that you’re a good one because you’re doing it anyway.”
You thanked her before looking back over to your husband. When your eyes met his you found complete adoration on his face as he stared at you. That soft smile and that tender look in his eyes that he only seems to get when he looks at you or your baby boy.
what.
you mouth to him, not wanting to be too cheesy in front of this poor nurse.
I just love you.
He mouths back. your heart grows impossibly more at the undying love the man in front of you has for you.
You’re interrupted from your love fest by the nurse clearing her throat.
“Alright, dad you ready? I’m gonna have you keep holding him like you are. Just a regular cradle and I’ll inject the shot in his upper thigh. Make sure to be ready to hold him more firmly if he tries to wiggle away. Oh! and don’t be shocked if he starts to cry, it’s completely normal.”
She looks at both of you with the last sentence and your heart breaks all over again imagining Mark having to hold Toby down while he cries.
The nurse kneels in front of Mark, cleaning your son's leg with an alcohol pad. Toby jumps a little at the coldness of the antiseptic and looks like he’s about to cry from the shock to his system. Before he's able to let out a single whine Mark is quick to distract him.
“Hey, dude you’re okay. it’s just a little cold. Daddy’s right here baby I got you.” You’re shocked at the way Toby immediately settles, smiling up at his dad like he hangs the stars in the sky (it seems he got at least one thing from you)
as the nurse reproaches with the needle and squeezes Toby’s chunky little thighs between her fingers you feel your heart drop into your stomach. Normally you’d be over there trying to comfort your baby as well but honestly, your nerves would probably make toby more scared.
Before the nurse can even push the needle in Mark is already distracting your baby boy. He puts his face close to his nuzzling their noses together, the most adorable grin on his face before he begins to sing.
“Close your eyes
Have no fear
The monsters gone
He’s on the run
and your daddy’s here.”
The nurse pushes the needle in.
“Beautiful beautiful beautiful,
beautiful boy.”
You see Toby twitch when the nurse injects the needle but you’re shocked at the fact he never breaks eye contact with Mark or loses that little grin on his face.
At that moment you think you’ve fallen even more in love with Mark Lee.
The nurse pulls the needle out, still not even a whine from Toby. Mark immediately begins to praise him. Telling him how well he did and how much daddy loves him.
You’re almost in shock at how well Mark handled that. He has to have some supernatural power to have been able to keep the baby’s attention through that. It seems the nurse had the same thought because she soon chimed in as she places a cute little kitty bandaid on his leg, “You’re a natural at that Dad! I’m honestly shocked a little, I’ve never seen a baby handle a shot so well. Even the best cry at least a little, but he was smiling the whole way through.” She finishes placing the bandaid on and turns to you, “you’re very lucky.”
You grin at her before speaking, “Boy don’t I know it.”
You take careful steps towards your two boys and kneel in front of them. You place a gentle hand on Toby’s forehead, who’s still smiling up at his dad.
“You’re fucking amazing do you know that?”
Mark lets out a bashful chuckle at your words.
“I mean, I do have to be pretty great to deserve somebody like you. But seriously babe I know that was hard for you, I’m proud of you for sticking through it.”
You elected not to speak and just leaned in to kiss your husband. Home will always be with Mark's skin on yours, and your sweet baby boy in one of your arms.
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