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luvlysangi · 2 years

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dream prince :: yeosang

*.~ pairing: joseonprince!yeosang x fem hs student y/n & bestie yunho

*.~ warnings: hints of insomnia, depression, a bit of narcolepsy, death, grief, coma

*.~ genre: romance, angst ooh lots of angst, soulmate au

*.~ ost: say goodbye by ha yea song (hotel del luna ost)

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*.~ taglist:@oficialhwa @tannie13 @so-nyeon-dan @sansszn @littleparkseonghwa

Lots of people say that I sleep too much. I oversleep so I’m late for everything and I take naps that are too long. Of course, I wasn’t always like this. I wasn’t like this until after...I met him in my dreams.

His very existence is only in my dreams and I don’t think my brain is the one creating him for me. I believe it’s something more. I believe he’s from a different universe and the only way fate lets us meet is through our dreams.

How can I explain that to people? They’d only think I’m crazy or blame it on the sleep. That’s why I keep my reasons for dreaming to myself. All that matters to me is that I’m in love with him...and he’s in love with me.

☁️☁️.·͙☽☁️

The big and bright lunar moon is up in the sky tonight in my dream. This means it was nighttime in my world and also in his. The stars are also present around the moon. I woke up in a field of tall grass and I begin walking out of it.

I’m more familiar with this world now and I know where the lake is nearby here. That’s where he told me to meet him. He’ll wait under the big oak tree. I hear the sound of a flute and I follow its sweet pitched melody.

When I finally push my way out of the tall grass, I arrive at the area where the lake was at. There he is, sitting against the oak tree, peacefully playing his bamboo flute. My heart pounds in my chest as I get closer to him.

Under the moon’s rays, he’s so ethereal. He has gorgeous long blonde hair that goes down to his waist. A dark blue bandana was tied around his head. His clothing is more traditional than mine as it’s a beautiful dark blue and purple hanbok. One of the most important features that got me attracted to him was his sharp jawline, his pretty lips, and dark brown eyes.

When he finishes his song he brings his flute down and looks at me with his loving smile.

“You’re here.” He sweetly says in his, deep voice.

I smile back at him and he gets off of the tree to come and gives me a hug. Our hugs can last a bit long but we don’t mind. We spent our whole day apart.

When we pull from the hug he kisses my hand making all the butterflies flutter in my stomach.

“Shall we have that boat ride now?” He asks me and I give him a nod.

We go over to the small rowboat that was sitting in the grass by the water and I get In. He pushes the boat onto the water before getting in himself. Yeosang grabs the ores and begins rowing the two of us down the lake.

At some point, we arrive at the middle of the lake. He stops rowing and I look around the dark waters. The stars and the moon reflect in it making me feel lighthearted at the sight.

I hear my prince let out a hum of amusement making me turn back and face him.

“What? What is it?” I ask him and he smiles widely at me showing me his pearly whites.

“Nothing it’s just, you’re beautiful when your eyes light up to the world around us.

I blush at his sweet compliment, a common reaction for me whenever he does that to me.

“You’re beautiful too. Especially under the moonlight, you glow.”

His ears turn red after my compliment and he pushes a strand of his hair behind his ear, “I suppose we’re even now.”

I chuckle, “yeah, we are.”

We remain silent for a few moments but within those comfortable silent moments, he holds my hands in his.

“Do people judge you where you’re from because you...sleep too much?” I speak up and ask him.

His smile fades and he gives me a small yet serious nod.

“They say I’m a useless prince because of that. My parents put me through so much work just to keep me active and awake but that only exhausts me and makes me sleep more. It’s gotten so bad that out of my older brothers they’re deciding to send me to a different kingdom.”

“A different kingdom?!! Y-yeosang...”

“Yes, but not just any random kingdom. I was trying to avoid telling you this but...”

His soft eyes get glossy as they get filled with tears. He looks down at his lap to avoid his gaze with mine. I felt so bad, I could feel his pain.

“T-They set me up to marry this princess from our allying kingdom and that’s where they want to send me. I was all fine when they left me alone but now...I-I feel so miserable. I have to marry someone that isn’t you. I have to marry someone not because of love. I-I have to face the reality, but I don’t want to!”

My poor prince starts crying and my heart breaks to his pain. If only we didn’t live so far apart from each other, I could save him. I didn’t even know what to tell him.

I carefully move to the seat between us to sit closer to him. He takes his hands and places them in my lap before also putting his head down on my lap. I caress his head while my other hand gently rubs his shoulder.

Since I didn’t know what to tell him, I hum a song instead. I hum a song my grandma used to sing to me when I’d get sad. Yeosang stops crying as he listens to the melody of my song. As I continue, he sits back up and he looks at me with his tear-stained face. I smile at him as I hum the last few notes of the song and wipe the remaining tears on his cheeks with my thumbs.

It then comes to me for what to say but it also hurt me as well. However, I know he needs to understand and know I do as well.

I hold his hands and kiss his tear-stained cheeks as well as give an extra kiss to his birthmark under his right eye before speaking.

“I only want you to be happy and I understand that you must feel happiness is with me, here in our dream because I feel the same too. But, we live in two totally different universes and we’re miserable in them. We don’t have to live like that though. I think...that’s where our love can come in.”

Yeosang looks at me patiently as he listens to every word I try to explain to him. I also try to hold back my own tears as the truth makes me emotional.

“What I’m trying to say is, whatever your parents are making you do, do it with love. Share the love you have for me in whatever you have to do. Even whoever you have to marry. If you do this then...I think you can finally be happy where you are. I have to learn to do this too in my world.”

“But Y/n, you are my happiness.”

“And you’re mine too and that’s okay. But, only in our dreams. We can really only be happy in our worlds if we spread that love that happiness that we feel for each other into our daily routine. Do you...get what I’m saying?”

He gives me a smile and wipes the tear that had fallen down my cheek, “You were always a smart girl. I understand. Then, everything I’ll do, I’ll do for you and do because of you.”

“I’ll do so as well.”

Yeosang cups my cheek and leans in to kiss me. I could feel my heart skip many beats from the taste of his sweet lips. Deep down, I was selfish. I didn’t want him to marry some girl from his world I just want him to stay here with me and be mine. But, the reality still stands and we have to face that. But I believe we can face that if we keep each other in our hearts and not just in our dream.

He pulls from the kiss and rests his forehead against mine.

“I have to wake up soon, y/n. I’ll remember and do everything you told me.”

“So will I. Should we meet during nap time?”

“Not today. Let’s try to make today a happy day. If I know I can see you tonight then I’ll push forward with my day with happiness for that.”

I smile at him and kiss his lips once more.

We pull apart and I kiss his forehead, “I love you, my prince. Have a good day.”

“I love you too, my love. I’ll see you in my dreams tonight.”

His body starts to disappear and I woke up from the dream.

☁️☁️☀️☁️

“What’s up with you today? You look more...awake? More...focused? I mean you’ve never asked if you wanted to study for the class together. ”

My best friend, Yunho watches me in utter bewilderment as I take notes from the textbook.

“Well, I can’t keep letting you give me the answers to our homeworks and classworks.”

He smiles at me and waves it off, “Hey I don’t mind, you’re my best friend. I just don’t want to see you fail.”

“I appreciate you, Yunho. I’m sorry I don’t do that enough. You’re the only one who doesn’t think I’m crazy.”

“It’s alright, really, y/n. People don’t believe in fate nowadays but you’re lucky I do haha~ I’m glad because of him you’re willing to do better and be happy when you’re awake. I mean before today you couldn’t wait to take naps or you’d doze off in class and miss lessons. I was always worried for you but I understood why you let yourself be tired and sleep. I just want you to be happy, you know.”

I’m really thankful I met Yunho. When I first met Yeosang in my dreams I felt so empty when I was awake. I slept everywhere. It was one day in class when I was sleeping and Yunho gently woke me up.

He gave me a bright and friendly smile and shared his notes from class that day. He told me he took them for me. Ever since that day he had given me his notes and the answers to our homeworks. All he wanted in return was friendship. That’s how it started. He never judged me or anything when it came to my sleep, instead he just helped me make sure I survive school and don’t worry my parents at home. His happy-go-lucky personality also gives me energy in the day to keep me awake. I don’t know what I’d do without him.

I smile at him, “Thanks Yunho. You’re the cause of my happiness when I’m awake.”

And with that we continued our study session, cracking jokes and having fun along the way.

☁️☁️.·͙☽☁️

“How was your day today? Did you try to be happy?”

I smile at the thought of my day as I braid Yeosang’s long blonde hair.

“It was great actually. I surprised a lot of people today because I was more awake and focused. Haha, even Yunho was surprised but he was happy for me.”

“I’m glad you have him. He’s a good support to you, to us.”

“That he is! I actually look forward to school tomorrow for once. I have both you and Yunho to thank for that.”

I finish braiding his hair and I put it over his shoulder. He turns around to me, admiring the beautiful long braid I did for him.

I gasp in delight, “It looks cute on you! Omg, I should try pigtails on you, that’d look really cool with your long hair!!”

He laughs making my heart melt at his sound.

“Then tomorrow, you can come and do as you please.”

I cheer excitedly making him laugh again.

“So, Yeosang, what about you? How was your day?” I asked him.

Yeosang pats his lap, gesturing for me to come over and rest on him. I do so, scooting closer to him and laying my head down on his lap. He looks down at me lovingly and caresses my head.

“I remembered your love for me and I had the strength to do my best today. I was given a lot to do today but I believe I handled them well.”

I smile at him and reach up to cup his soft cheek, “I’m proud of you. I know you can do just as well tomorrow!”

He just smiles at me but I can see in his eyes he's unsure about something. There’s something that happened today and he seems unsure to tell me further.

“Yeosang...is there...something else that happened today?” I ask him gently.

His smile fades and he reaches up to hold my hand on his cheek.

“My parents sent me to the other kingdom tonight. The ride was going smoothly until this wagon purposely crashed into my palanquin and bandits started stealing the goods and fighting with the guards. I was stuck inside the broken palanquin, I couldn’t move, I couldn’t feel anything. I think...I fell asleep from the overwhelming pain. I don’t know...if I can wake up. I think...I’m stuck here, y/n.”

“Oh, Yeosang!! You’re unconscious in your world right now??”

He bites his lip and nods, “I believe so. I-I don’t know what’s going on right now. I-I don’t know if anyone came to rescue me or my guards, I don’t know if the bandits got me, I don’t know if I’m in an infirmary getting treated or not. The only reason I’m not scared is because I’m here with you.”

“So...if I wake up, you’ll be stuck here alone...”

“Our dream world is very safe and beautiful though. I’ll be alright.”

Tears slide down my cheeks, “No, I’ll stay here with you. I-I can’t just leave you here while you’re stuck here.”

He gives me a reassuring smile and wipes my tears, “You need to live your life for the day. I promise you I’ll be fine here. Please, no more crying for me my love.”

It's not hard not to be sad. He’s hurt badly in his world and he’s not here because he’s asleep he’s here because he’s unconscious. It’s always times like these I wish I could be with him in his world.

Yeosang pouts, still seeing my sad expression. He gently sits me up, hands wrapped around my waist.

“If I kiss you, will you cheer up for me?” He asks me.

Before I could even answer, he does so anyway. My slow heartbeats pick up the pace as I melt into his soft lips. My hands go around his neck and I deepen our kiss. I do admit, it was working as the sounds of his soft breaths whenever we pulled away drove me crazy.

“God, I love you...I'd marry you if I could.” he breathes to me making me smile as I caught my breath.

“You can marry that princess, just don’t kiss her the way you kiss me.”

He smiles and nods his head, “of course. I’m yours. I won’t give her any of me.”

We kiss once more and he leans into me making my back land in the grass as he gets on top of me. My heart races in excitement at our new position. I knew these last few kisses would be goodbye kisses as I knew my body would wake up from the dream soon. I knew it would be okay as long as my prince will be here with open arms waiting for me.

☁️☁️☀️☁️

“It’s been a month now...is he...conscious yet?”

Yunho stops swinging on his swing as he looks over at me in concern.

I stop swinging on my swing and I shake my head, “no, not yet.”

Yunho sighs and brings his hands down from the swing chain, “I’m sorry about that, y/n. He’s definitely in a coma at this point. The accident must’ve been really bad.”

“Yeah. Then again if he is getting treated, his world doesn’t have the modern medicine we do. If he was here, he would’ve been better within 2 or 3 days. But there...I don’t know.”

It was then I feel my lip quiver and my eyes get watery. I look over at my best friend with a pout.

“Y-Yunho...c-can I have one of your warm h-hugs?”

He gives me a small smile and gets off of his swing. He pulls me off of my swing and pulls me into his warm chest. That’s where I sob. I let everything out. I want to be brave for Yeosang and I’m trying to but it’s hard. He acts normal in my dream but in reality, he’s not waking up. What if he...dies?

Yunho rubs and pats my back letting me cry into him. I cry and cry until my nose got too stuffy.

“Better?” He asks me and I nod.

He pulls away from the hug and he goes over to his backpack on the ground. Yunho pulls out a small pack of tissues from his backpack and he hands it to me.

As I clear my nose he pats my head, giving me his warm smile.

“Hey, he’s gonna be okay. I know you’re worried for him but he’s got you. He could be so much worse but you support him already just by being by his side in your dreams. I’m sure he’s very thankful for you. Just continue to love him like you’ve been doing. Okay?”

I look up at him and give him a small smile.

“Okay.”

I toss the used tissues into a nearby trash can and Yunho comes over to me with my backpack in his hand.

“Come on, I’ll walk you home.”

☁️☁️.·͙☽☁️

Tonight we lay in the grass and looked up at the night sky. There are billions and billions of them and they look so beautiful. The planetarium at home could never compare to this. We lay there and talked about many random things.

“Do you remember the first time we met?” I ask Yeosang randomly.

“I do." he responds with amusement in his voice, " We thought it was just a one-time dream. Then when we realized it wasn’t, we were so confused.”

“Haha yeah. Those were the days we slept the most just so we could keep testing if we were dreaming or if we’re real.”

He turns his head to me with a soft smile, “Regardless we became friends very quickly.”

A grin rises on my lips after feeling the gentle poking of the grass under my legs, tickling it a bit, “Oh yeah. We’d ask each other many questions just to get to know one another. One question I asked you was, if you got reincarnated, what would you wanna be? You didn’t have an answer back then but, do you now?”

“I do actually. I thought about that question for a long time. But, when I fell in love with you, it became very clear to me.”

Yeosang’s fingers intertwines with mine and I turn my head to look at him.

He looks over to me with a smile, even under the moonlight, he's still glowing, “I wanna be reincarnated to your world. I want to be someone close to you, then maybe I could love you again in that life.”

I can feel my heart race with excitement at those words. If we could have that chance, it’d mean a lot.

As I look at Yeosang, his body fades then comes back and he looks so exhausted.

“W-Woah what happened?? Are you waking up?!”

He squeezes my hand tight and he shakes his head, “no. My...body is dying. It’s been happening lately these days when you’re gone. I can feel it...I don’t have much time.”

I immediately sit up and start crying and Yeosang sits up as well. He quickly pulls me into his chest and i cry into him.

“P-please don’t go!! W-what am I supposed to do without you?!! Y-Yeosang I-I love you...”

He gently pats my back and shushes me, “I know, I know, my love. But, you must promise me to stay strong. You must continue your life without me. I want you to do well in school, at home, and I want you to start dreaming happy things when you sleep. Don’t come to this world looking for me...I will not be here. Regardless, dream up something happy. Can you promise me these things, y/n?”

Yeosang pulls from the hug to look at me. He had tears streaming down his cheeks but regardless of his own, he wiped mine. As much as I wanted to promise him those things it won’t be easy for me to just do them. All I want is him. He fades again then comes back.

“Yeosang please...”

He squeezes my hands, “Y/n, promise me first.”

I just nod my head and he gives me a small smile.

“Good. And tell Yunho I said thank you for taking care of you. Tell him to continue to do when I’m gone.”

I nod again, my throat feels dry, I can't speak.

“Please don’t cry too much, okay. If fate allowed us to meet and love each other then maybe it can bring me back to you.”

We kiss and hold each other tight. Tears streamed down both of our faces. I take in his lips as we kiss deeper. I want to remember everything about his touch, his taste, his love, his everything.

Yeosang pulls away and rests his forehead against mine.

“I love you, Yeosang...” I tell him.

“I love you too, y/n. Thank you for the beautiful dream.”

With his tear-stained lips he kisses me goodbye once more and then, his body fades away and he disappeared from me forever.

I woke up from that dream and I screamed and cried all night.

☁️☁️⛅️☁️

It’s been weeks since Yeosang passed. I’ve been in a dark and deep hole since then. I feel so empty and I’ve lost the happiness and interest in life. How could I when he brought it in me? My love, my prince, my one true soulmate...gone.

I used to love sleep and sleep every chance I had. Now, I avoid sleep. If I sleep, I dream and he’s not there. No matter how tired my body is I force myself to stay awake.

At this point my parents don’t even know what kind of therapist to send me to next. First, it was one to help me stop sleeping so much, now it’s for grief and depression. But now, they’re considering one to help me sleep.

As for Yunho, he tries reaching out to me and he tries to cheer me up but I’ve grown so numb to feel anything anymore. All I can do is small talk with him.

I feel stuck. I’m still grieving over him but at the same time, I know I shouldn’t. He wants me to move on he wants me to be happy, but how can I?

I heard a gentle knock on my door and I look up to see Yunho slowly opening the door.

“Hey, y/n. You missed a lot at school today. Don’t worry though, I have the answers for the homeworks and classworks for you. May i...come in?”

I give him a small nod and he comes inside my room, gently closing the door behind him. He comes over to my bed and sits down at the end, putting his backpack on the floor.

“They had your favorite dish at the canteen today. I’m sure you would’ve loved it.”

I continue to look down at my lap as I just listened to him try and talk to me.

“You know, speaking of food...I know you have little appetite but you have to try and eat something. Your parents told me you’re skipping every meal they’ve been giving you.”

Silence fills the room again.

“Hey, I know what might cheer you up! Hehe, should I do my Spongebob impression for you?”

Yunho does his silly SpongeBob expression for me. Although I don’t laugh, I felt a corner of my lips curve slightly before returning back to its frowning state.

“I saw that!~ hehe so you do have the ability to be cheered up! I knew it! Should I do another impression?!”

I immediately frown and look away from him, “No. Please. I’m not in the mood.”

Yunho’s smile fades and he bites his lip giving me a nod.

I feel bad, he's only trying to cheer me up, it’s who he is.

“I’m sorry...you were only trying to cheer me up.”

Yunho shakes his head, “Oh, no, it’s okay. I’m in no hurry to get you to cheer up because I understand it’s not easy. Healing wounds takes time. People may not understand what you’re going through but I’m willing to be patient for you. You're doing your best already. You being here still is proof. I'm proud of you.”

For once in a few weeks, a small smile rises on my lips. He’s the best, truly he is.

I scoot over on my bed and pat the spot next to me.

“Can you cuddle me? I need your warm hug.”

He grins, “one warm cuddle coming right up!~”

Yunho gets under the thick covers next to me I cuddle into his chest as he hugs me. His warmth relaxes the tension in my body, giving me comfort and melting my emptiness away.

“Yunho...”

“Hm?”

“I still love him...”

“Who said you had to stop loving him? It’s okay to still love him.”

“But...he wanted me...to move on.”

“True, at some point you do have to move on, but you can take your time. It’s okay.”

He caresses my hair, continuing to relax my tired body.

My eyes droop but I shoot them back open and shake my head, “I don’t want to sleep. You’re making me sleepy.”

“But y/n...you need to rest your body. Please, sleep. Hehe, it’s ironic how now I’m practically begging you to sleep. I’ll be here with you until you wake up. You won’t be alone, I promise.”

He begins to softly sing a sweet song to me, relaxing me even more. My eyes get heavy like weights. I listen to Yunho and for the first time in many weeks...I was able to fall asleep.

This time, I didn’t dream of the world I’d meet Yeosang in. Instead, I dreamed of love and the different forms I’ve been receiving it in.

My parents worry about me because they love me. Yunho goes out of his way to help me and comfort me because he loves me. Yeosang brought me out of my loneliness and helped me learn to find happiness in life because he loved me.

He’s gone but I’m still being loved in other ways. If I can just learn to hold onto that with those I have now, maybe, just maybe, I can learn to move on.

Maybe, just maybe, I can be happy again.

☁️☁️☀️☁️

3 years later...

Loud chatter fills the halls as I leave the lecture hall after having my last class of the day. I’m so over college honestly but I’ve got one more year to go and I’ll be free.

As I walk, I hear a familiar voice call my name making me turn around. I see Yunho run toward me with a wide grin on his face. He comes over to me and hugs me tightly as I laugh at his greeting.

“Hiiiiiiii!!!~”

“Geez, you are full of energy every single day.”

He pulls away from hugging me and he puts his hand on top of my head making me pout to our height difference.

“You call me Yunhogizer for a reason!~ OMG! But guess what!? I got my project grade back from class annnddddd, I PASSED!!!!”

“YOU PASSED?!!”

“I PASSED!! I PASSED!!” He cheers while holding my hands and jumping us up and down.

I scream in joy and hug him tightly. I’ve seen how hard he’s worked on his project and he’d always come to me to worry about everything on it. I feel so proud to see that he’s achieved it.

He grins, “We should celebrate!! Can we go out for ice cream?! Such a sweet victory should be celebrated with a sweet treat!”

“I’m down! Before we go I wanna go to my dorm first to drop off my books and my bag.”

“Then let’s do that first!~”

Yunho walks with me to my dorm building and he tells me he’ll wait outside for me. I take the stairs up since the elevator is being worked on this week. On my way up, some guy in a hurry runs down the steps and bumps into me, making me drop my bag.

“Ah!! I’m so sorry!! I’m running late for my job!!” He tells me and he helps me get my bag from the floor.

“It’s alright, thank you!”

When he looks up at me I freeze as I recognize his features. I only took note of his short black hair, chiseled jawline, and strong cheekbones. He had an ethereal essence to him, almost statue-like. Of course, he only looked up briefly before he continued speeding down the steps, but something told me that I knew him. That...we’ve met before.

He looks like Yeosang...could he have- no...I’m getting ahead of myself. It’s because a part of me still searches for him in other people, hoping that maybe he reincarnated. It’s silly.

I sigh and put my bag over my shoulder before going up one more flight of steps to my floor. Once I drop my bag down on my bed in my room, I make my way out of the dorm building and meet up with Yunho.

“Alrighty! So where are we going for ice cream?”

Yunho grins at me, “my new friend, Mingi told me about this new ice cream cafe that opened up just nearby the school! He told me they have the best rolled ice cream there! I really wanna try it!~ I think you’ll like it too! After a long day, you look like you could use some ice cream haha!~”

“Alrighty, sir!~ lead the way!”

Yunho and I walk over to the ice cream cafe his friend talked about. When we enter it looks really cute! It seems pretty crowded here too. Yunho and I walk up to the counter and we stare at the menu trying to decide what flavor to settle with. They have so many, I didn't even know some could be turned into rolled ice cream.

“You know what you want?” Yunho asks me.

“Uhh, well since it’s my first time here I’ll go with something simple. Strawberry rolled ice cream.”

“Ooh, gotcha.”

Yunho orders for the two of us. I tried to pay but he insisted that today is on his treat. We get our order number and we search the cafe for seating. We found two chairs and a table by the white wall with a neon ice cream cone sign.

While waiting for our order, I decide to tell Yunho about the guy who bumped into me earlier.

“So um...on my way up someone ran into me.”

“Oh my god, are you okay? Did you get hurt?!”

I immediately shake my head, “Oh! No, no! Nothing like that. He was in a hurry but...I got a short glimpse of his features. Something told me that I knew him.”

“Well, maybe you did. I mean I bump into old faces all the time. Hey, remember our class president from high school? Kim Hongjoong?! He goes to our university! I had no idea honestly.”

“Oh! That’s cool! But I mean, with that guy, when I say I felt like I knew him...I don’t just mean some random person from my past. No, like, I knew him. Like, from my dreams, knew him.”

Yunho’s eyes widen in the realization of what I was trying to hint, “You think that dude you bumped into might’ve been...Yeosang?”

“Yeah...crazy right? I’m still searching for him in other people. Geez, this is why I can’t move on yet.”

“I don’t think you’re crazy. Also, you move on when you're ready to move on. I've told you before!~ It's okay!~ take your time, love yourself first.” He tells me reassuringly.

Before I could answer Yunho back, I stop when I heard the waiter call us.

“Order number, 1024? Strawberry and cookie dough?”

Yunho and I look up to the guy who has our ice cream order.

“Oh, yup, that’s us. Thanks, man.” Yunho confirmed and took the cups and spoons.

My eyes widen and my heart sunk in my chest. It’s....him...

“Y-Yeosang?!”

The guy locks eyes with me and everything clicked instantly as I looked at his face. His familiar dark brown eyes, his strong jawline, his familiar smile, the birthmark under his left eye, his blonde hair is black now and shorter than it was in my dream, but it’s definitely him.

“It is you!! It’s me...y/n!! Remember me? From your dreams?”

He looks at me in confusion but it was when I reached for his hand he froze as he looked at me. His hand, it feels just as it did in my dreams many years ago. Soft and warm.

I remember the nights we held each other so tight we didn’t want to let go. I remember the conversations we shared about our days, our lives. I remember his sweet lips whenever he kissed me. Tears streamed down my face and they did so on his as he gives me his familiar smile.

Yunho looks between the both of us in bewilderment, “No way...h-he did reincarnate!!”

“Y/n? I-I’m remembering...” Yeosang tells me and I don’t hesitate to embrace him.

He hugs me back and we both cry tears of joy.

“My prince...you, you came back...”

“My love...you waited so long for me...then I forgot who I used to be in my past life, my apologies.”

I shush him and pull from the hug to look at him, “You’re here now. It’s okay.”

He smiles at me and wipes the tears on my cheeks, “Let’s talk more after my shift today. We have so much to catch up on. I also want to properly introduce myself to your best friend here.”

“Okay. We’ll wait.” I tell him before letting him go back to work.

Yeosang gives us both small smiles and waves before walking back to the counter.

Hours later we met up with Yeosang after his shift. He and Yunho finally met and Yeosang and I reunited.

There’s a reason for everything in life. Maybe there was a reason I’d sleep so many years ago just so I could meet my soulmate in my dreams. Maybe the palanquin accident and Yeosang passing had a reason so eventually he could come back to me in my world.

With some patience and some hope, it’s worth seeing where life takes you. Sure, it’ll be one heck of a twisty rollercoaster ride. There’s gonna be good times and bad times. But, you may never know along the road you finally meet someone who will show and give you love. That’s when you know, it was worth the wait.

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inkdemonapologist · 4 years

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Silly thought, but how would your Escape AU Sammy react to just... being dropped into the Hell Studio AU for like a day (or week)? He probably won't have a fun time but given how pure and wholesome that AU usually is, maybe he would enjoy some of it? (NOT Through a Mirror Darkly! There's 2 Sammys that have suffered enough in there, we don't need to traumatize another!)

HAHA I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, IS THIS A CRACKED GLASS AU,

I think….. Well, I have some questions about the nature of the Ink in Hell’s Studio and whether the characters would recognise each other, but setting that aside for a second I think just Showing Up In Hell’s Studio would be pRETTY TRAUMATISING. Bendy is alive -- Sammy’s actual nightmare -- as are Alice and Boris, and there’s the pipes and the ink and the leaks everywhere, and even if it were just normal mundane ink, that whole atmosphere would just feel like… he’s back, he’s back in the Studio, and everyone else is acting like it’s normal. There’s ink flooding the rooms and the demon is here and everyone’s just treating it like an inconvenience! It’s fine, and everyone is friends, and nothing has ever gone really truly wrong. I think he’d feel very crazy, like he was being unintentionally gaslit. At least in JDS proper, there was a sense that something wasn’t right -- Jack and Norman and Wally and Thomas, even when they weren’t questioning it, they all knew something was off, but here? Sammy, calm down, nothing’s wrong! While I trust the Hell’s Studio folks to be thoughtful and not immediately dismiss him as being nuts, there’s no reason for them to like… believe him? Unlike in Through a Mirror Darkly, where others had seen the place Sam came from and understood that things were different there, Escape AU Sammy’s terror and anger and paranoid prophecies would seem wildly misplaced. And the more they tried to convince him that he might be mistaken or confused, the more unhinged Sammy would feel.

Actually, let’s go back to those questions I had because this gets more horrifying the more I think about it.

(1) So obviously everyone Looks Different because Mak and I have different designs for the characters. How would this practically play out? Like, if Escape!Sammy meets HS!Susie Campbell, does he have a sense that this IS Susie, or is it just this other person with her name and her voice that looks nothing like her? Sammy’s run into this concept before, because uh, Susie sure did, uh, start speaking with, Allison’s voice, after she went through the machine enough to become Alice Angel,,,, And someone named Joey Drew, who speaks with Joey’s voice, suddenly looks much more harmless, has this wacky, cartoonish obsession with summoning demons, and is genuinely close friends with someone named Henry Stein, who speaks with Henry’s voice… Look, Sammy’s been sent to another dimension before: it was a dimension created by Joey’s machine, and he was trapped there. Ironically, something like the Story Theory seems to be the explanation that would make the most sense with the information Sammy has; these are characters, this is a story -- a nicer version of the story, a cartoon version, where everything Joey wanted turned out okay. But if the Joey he knows is in control, it isn’t safe.

And (2) Is… is it the same Ink that runs through the machine? The Ink in Hell’s Studio is clearly also supernatural, but would Sammy recognise it as Ink Machine Ink? Would he hear the same call? Would his cravings kick in? Or would he only have the leftover itch of a past addiction, with no additional compulsion since the ink is less malevolent here? Regardless, if Sammy could Feel that it’s more-or-less the same stuff behaving differently, I think it would freak him out a lot, and I’m not sure how good he would be at resisting urges even if he’s not Literally Incapable Of Resisting. It’s REALLY NOT hard to imagine Sammy, trapped in a strange and smiling nightmare, with no one who makes any sense and nothing solid to hold on to, falling back into the same terrified pattern, giving himself back to the Ink because it’s literally the only thing here that he knows, the only part of all this that feels REAL.

Maybe not. Maybe he would give up, play nice, take whatever place in this dimension he’s given and be as well-behaved as he can be, angry and alone but painfully well-behaved, until the Joey of this world can offer him a promise of home; something he would, at that point, do anything for.

I do think that if everyone knows what’s going on, it might be…… less horrifying, haha. If Hell’s Studio Joey Drew opens a portal and Escape AU Sammy Lawrence falls out of it and Joey’s immediately like, “oh dear, I think I summoned you from another dimension but NO WORRIES I’m going to work on getting you home right away!” then maybe Sammy could… wait it out without losing his mind. It would be an awful place to be, and he would have all the same struggles of feeling like he’s back in the studio while also dealing with simulacrums of his friends who don’t understand where he’s coming from At All, but knowing what’s going on would mean he could try to shake it off and keep himself together for a week.

I don’t think he would enjoy it.

#i know you have questions you always do #sammy lawrence #Hell's Studio AU #Escape AU #I CANT STOP THINKING ABOUT THIS...#weirdly tempted to try to write a small thing about how this could go #anyway thank you anon for this WILD THOUGHT

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tomatograter · 4 years

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How do ya capture the "voice" of homestuck characters so well? Besides studying the comic, is there any other media you consume to really get in their head?

First off: Thanks, i’m happy you enjoy my stuff! Secondly… there ARE a few steps i take to the madness.

I basically come from a Dungeon master/Open-world roleplay management background, so when approaching HS cast voices and trying to understand a character to write a story for them i usually take into account 1.INSPIRATIONS, 2.INTERESTS & due to homestuck’s nature, 3.INTERPRETATIONS (As opposed to “player intent”- Hussie’s work is an amalgam of himself and the public input.)

Rereading their logs/sections always helps when you’re trying to figure out their language, pacing, and a bit of their temperament, but getting too lost on mimicking their messages as-is without looking into the character itself may risk leaving them ringing hollow or repetitive (specially for the section of the public that may be more familiar with this character than you are. This is something that may matter to you or not, if you WANT this work to appeal to a specific public or are just messing around.) Because it may just come down to mindless quirk indulgence. In my experience, readers are more forgiving & enthralled by creators who, while not following the specifics of a character’s quirk to a T maintain a sense of internal logic that is congruent with what is shown throughout their appearances. Some AU’s specifically remix, remove or substitute these aspects, and the reason why people usually don’t complain about it is that “it makes sense- given (x) and (x) context.” Like kidswap aus, etc.

Another thing about Quirks is that they can very easily be broken. Having a grasp of how quirk rules affect a character based on their emotional state and how it changes over time is more valuable than internalizing a hard set of rules that never changes. (Ex: Sollux’ quirk evolves over time. So does Aradia’s, as she changes bodies. June’s quirk takes on Vriska-like qualities after they begin chatting, Vriska uses 8’s and exclamation points more liberally and/or nonsensically when she’s angry/distressed/desperate, Jake’s transatlantic slang and embellishment of speech is mostly at the backseat unless he’s pretending/anxious/overwhelmed, otherwise he’s pretty simple.) Knowing how to break a quirk is just as good as knowing how to write it - traditional prose in fics *may not use quirks at all*, but they’re so good at grasping the particular intonation a character uses when stringing words together at a given situation that you don’t mind that at all. It’s a smooth adaptation.

[GREAT RESOURCE: this google drive has a compilation of all logs between characters in Homestuck separated by participants but usually only lists them on one-on-one basis, so you may wanna look at groupchats in the original comic. I think the epilogues section may be still unfinished. I forget who originally posted it on twitter but i know they have a dedicated tumblr, i’ll edit this if someone can name their blog]

“INSPIRATIONS” are usually how i define character personalities by their distinct mix of archetypes. This is the “PROTAGONIST”, “GOTH GIRL”, “SILLY GIRL”, “COOL GUY”, “WEIRDO”, “GAMER GIRL”, “CODING WANNABE” and other such little buzzwords that HS will throw around in reference to each of its characters, and that usually, but not always, function as a setup to subvert the expectations based on that character come a certain point in the story. Where does the character you’re trying to write fall into, when you try to describe them in these terms? Does their story humour this definition, reject it, destroy it, or evolve it? Does this seem like a genuine fact about them, or a facade? Why do you think that is? (Asking questions is my preferred way of pulling apart and understanding a character, this may work differently for you.)

“INTERESTS” is where i look into for that chunky, fatty, well-grilled meat that goes in the middle of a character’s text. Homestuck characters are defined by what they like, what they aspire to be, and what they fail at becoming(& how that shapes their actions going forwards). Interacting with the media they like may not always be the way, but having a general idea of how it functions and what it means to them is usually very helpful. I was already familiar with a lot of things my favorite characters enjoy, and thus it was easier for me to get attached to them. I also had to watch a lot of shitty movies sometimes. You win some, you lose some.

EX: It’s easier to write Dave’s pov if you have a good grasp of the pop culture & economics he so often references. (What he likes) It’s easier to write Rose’s pov when you’ve searched a bit of armchair psychology wikipedia definitions and familiarized yourself with the genre and existential questions usually involved in Eldritch Horror, and how it evolved outside of Lovecraft. (What she aspires to be like) It’s easier to write Jake when you understand his persona is a collage of juvenile and outdated archetypes taken from action flicks & shitty mainstream comicbooks, that he ultimately fails to ever live up to and hinders his development as a kid at odds with self-imposed traditional masculinity, dreading to publicize the big “Gay” word. (What he fails at becoming)

It’s always useful to ask yourself “Why does this character like (x)” and what that particular thing may say about them. It doesn’t have to be a big groundbreaking revelation, just put yourself into their shoes and try to reverse engineer what you’re presented about them vs their environment, personal issues, and you might just find yourself understanding why they do what they do.

“Karkat probably likes cheesy romantic comedies because they’re peak middleclass normalass media for someone who’s ostracized from troll society and is purposefully a shithead to keep people away”

“Terezi probably likes dragons because they’re FUCKING COOL but also whoops here’s all this historic lore about Redglare and their lusus and a tragic sense of JUST1C3”

“Aradia probably grapples with the concept of mortality and the ephemeral nature of life, so she’s really into the morbid observation of disasters & archeology & bones, i guess? Is this because she died really young? Oh. Maybe yeah.”

But if you find the above too hard to access on your own, that’s where

INTERPRETATIONS come in to make this process smoother in the case you just wanna write an extended cast thing and frankly you could not give less of a shit about (x)’s lore, you just want to have a sense of what people like about them, and why people read about them, and how you can purposefully adapt that into your text so socmedia user halfucker69 isn’t crying on your mentions for 11 whole threaded comments about how you did their babyboybaby wrong. I can’t exactly point to you where you can FIND meta because this highly depends on the character, and sometimes you just have to make your own food, but you’ll be good if you try to look into creators who post about these characters, whose thoughts or fan media seem to be congruent with your idea of said character or solid enough that you can easily see how it’s been developed from point A to point B. Interact with more fanworks. Find out what works for you and what doesn’t. “Character study” is a whole genre of fanfic, if you don’t wanna go for shippy stuff - but a lot of “shippy stuff” has its own valuable edge to seeing how people internalize a character, and shouldn’t be as easily dismissable as it is. Again, you’ll have to rely on your own sense of internal logic here - you can’t take EVERY work as the universal truth, but trying stuff out will give you a better sense of who you think this character is.

Then you have to get around trying to write it, which is easier said than done. A lot of times writing about a character will lead you to understanding them better, and you may even find yourself disagreeing with things past-you said when you were first beginning to think about them, and that’s ok. You only get better at writing by asking better questions and then writing some more. Take your time with it. I hope this helps!

#homestuck #homestuck 2 #meta

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technofantasia · 3 years

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coffee shop AU, enemies to lovers, fake dating, high school AU, hurt/comfort, hurt/no comfort, soulmates, time loop 🤔🤨🤔

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OOOO ooo ooo ooo this is many!! :D

But okay letsgo >:3

Coffee shop AU: Eh, C. Coffee shop AUs feel like the least interesting kind of domestic AU to me for some reason. Like, I won't AVOID them? But I feel like the author needs to really try to make it great. On its own, it falls a bit flat. Maybe because I don't tend to go to coffee shops myself, so it's not relatable...? Also whenever I do, I don't talk to the person working there. Like, they're doing their job, I don't want to bother them. Do most people have conversations with their baristas? idk maybe it's just because I'm not social. Either way, I think it's ok. A bit bland unless the author does something special with it.

Enemies to lovers: Honestly? D. I do not care for it at all. I like the fluffy stuff! Enemies to FRIENDS to lovers, I could get behind, but you CANNOT skip the intermediary step there. Otherwise, it's like, what is the relationship even based on, y'know? If they just flip from hating each other to being all lovey-dovey. Kismesisitude and non-hs relationships like it are another thing, and I do really like that, but only when it's done right, and it usually isn't. IT'S ABOUT THE MUTUAL TRUST AND ADMIRATION OKAY!! NOT THE RANDOM OUT OF THE BLUE LOVEY-DOVEY STUFF >:0

Fake dating: B! I can get behind it. It really allows for some great character interaction opportunities, all based around the premise of what you show to the world vs. what you actually feel, and how those feed into each other (which is a great hook). You get that good good private relationship and public relationship dynamic, until they inevitably collide!! Lots of fluff or hurt/comfort opportunity there as well. I don't tend to read a lot of it, but whenever I see it for characters I care about, it can be nice.

HIgh school AU: C. My interest in high school AUs plummeted after leaving high school, surprisingly enough. They're okay, to be sure, but the usual fare relies on a kind of rose-tinted glasses view of high school that I can't imagine anyone being able to slip into after going through it themself. It really depends on the fandom, though; some sets of characters work really well put into that kind of a structured social ecosystem, but for others, it just kind of feels limiting.

Hurt/Comfort: YESSSS YES YES SOLID A NO QUESTION. My drug of choice!! THIS is where the heart of fandom lies, in my humble opinion. It's alllll about putting characters in bad situations, and seeing the other characters help them out, be it physically or emotionally! Mostly because, while that kind of thing is central to the construction of any kind of story, most canons don't spend much time exploring the aftermath of the hurt they inflict. It would take up too much time. BUT it's exactly that aftermath that holds the deepest depths of the characters' emotions!! As fandomgoers, then, it is our duty, nay, PRIVILEGE to uncover those depths via exploring that hurt in the ways the original author didn't! And also sometimes creating new hurts in order to get to that same place of vulnerability, that works too. The best fandom trope, either way.

Hurt/No Comfort: Ooooh this can be great too. Another A. While the purpose of Hurt/Comfort is to use the characters' vulnerabilities to experience catharsis, Hurt/No Comfort (or angst? whump? all names for similar things) is all about a different kind of catharsis. It's to say, "what if the worst happened? what then?", and exploring that for a while, since the characters' true depths always come out the clearest in their darkest hour; then, you can come back from that, appreciate the fact that the worst HASN'T come to pass, and also appreciate the characters in a new, more meaningful light. When you're in the mood for it, that's the gooood shit.

Soulmates: F. Straight up. This is probably my most unpopular fandom opinion, but I hate soulmate AUs. It takes away all the interesting parts of a ship, waters it down into uninteresting, out of character, amatonormative nonsense, and flavors it all with shallow worldbuilding that falls apart into dystopia if you think about it for more than two seconds. Like... I understand WHY people like it. If you just want an excuse for your favorite characters to have a meaningful-feeling, adorable meet-cute, okay! Yeah, it allows for that. But if you care about ANYTHING deeper, soulmate AUs destroy that by its very premise. They don't allow for depth, because when you try to take the concept deeper, you start running into essential problems; things like "what if they ever have an argument? its not like they can ever split up. what kind of pressures might that inherent fact put on their relationship?" or "if these two characters MET knowing that they would be romantic partners, wouldn't that completely change their relationship? would their dynamic even be close to what drew me to them in the first place?" or "wouldn't a world where everyone spends their lives looking for their "soulmate", before meeting them and then not being able to leave that person no matter what happens, be fucking terrible? that sounds like a BREEDING GROUND for abuse." Not to mention that, as an arospec person myself, the idea of "everyone has one person who is made for them, who completes them" just feels... slimy. I can't enjoy it. No shade to people who do, obviously, but it makes me VERY uncomfortable. I have a whole big rant about soulmate AUs that I've touched on the basic points of here but I won't go into it any more than this, because hoo boy, this is already getting pretty long.

Time Loop: AAAAA YES I LOVE TIME LOOPS!!!! A, for sure. It's the PERFECT hurt/comfort and/or angst setup, with a heavy focus on character development. How will the character first react to being in a loop? What do they do? How do they feel? All with that slow rise in desperation, as their personal problems just keep compounding and compounding with the knowledge that, in order for anything to change, THEY have to be the one to do it.... aaaaa its such a good scenario!!! GUARANTEED to bring out the most juicy parts of the character, I love it.

And noooow we are done!! That was very long. But thank you so much for asking, I have so many thoughts all the time lol :P

#hunny rambles #hunny answers #my thoughts on fanfiction of different kinds are many and very complex #this is because fanfiction occupies like 90 percent of my thoughts at any given time

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daddy-daichis · 3 years

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Yesterday the very beautiful and talented @fuwari-s tagged me in this game and since that post is already really long i figured id make a new one lol (Also thank you for tagging me, it made me so happy)

The Game: Tag your 2D lovers + the other trend I saw yesterday and wanted to do which is Would you actually date them IRL. So ill put that under the cut because it is a lot.

HQ: Atsumu, Daichi, Issei, Bokuto, Hinata, and Kyoutani

BNHA: Bakugou, Denki, and Hawks

JJK: Sukuna and Mei Mei

Others: Kagami from KNB, Levi and Jean from AOT, and Mikoto Suoh from K

So if you want to know if i would date them irl that is below the cut lol

As for tagging... if you want to do it :) @eijirosriot @bokutosnumberonefan @hinosreis @tetsus-kitten @sugawarakoushihoe @mynameisjackattack and anyone else who wants to do one or both of these challenges.

Alright so would i date these men (+ mei mei) in real life. Short answer is yes lmao. Long answer, with some headcanons that may or may not venture into 18+ category but only slightly. all aged up to be my age which is 26.

Atsumu - PLEASE, YES

we would be so chaotic together but he would also be really loving. As long as he can still prioritize me in a relationship, not over volleyball, just as much, then we will be golden. We would have such a good time and i feel like we would have a lot of fun bickering, which i really enjoy. Play fighting as a form of foreplay, if you will lmao. We’d probs be friends in HS and then get together after he starts playing for MSBY and he is secured in his position (and himself tbh). I just love this cocky bastard. he also gives me switch vibes and as a switch, i love that for me.

Daichi - YES

All i need is to be wrapped in his arms on the daily and i would be happy. Man would know how to take care of me and that is all. Love of my life, too good for this world. Wholesome husband. He would be able to manage my crazy side and chill me out when i get to anxious. I would want to be bratty just to get him to drop his good guy routine sometimes and I feel like he would like that.

Issei - YES

Funeral home employee can get it. Matsukawa Horse cock Issei can whisk me off my feet and straight into bed. we would have a lot of fun picking on oikawa together (out of love of course) but we would balance each other out a lot. His darker humor would go well against my lighter humor. Also I feel like our level of hotness is pretty comparable... like we aren't the prettiest in the friend group but still good (if that makes sense)

Bokuto - YES

Big ball of sunshine to light up my day, he would literally fuck the sad out of me every day I just know it. Like atsumu, as long as I am a priority to him itll work out. We also kind of have the same sad moods so I feel like we could either both just curl up on the couch together and watch a movie or bring the other out of a funk easily. I love this giant himbo so much.

Hinata - most likely yes

Pretty much the same reasons as bokuto but I feel like I would get drained of his energy faster, so he would def have to cuddle me more. For everyone else so far I can imagine being high school sweethearts, but with hinata i think he wouldnt settle down until later, or even start dating so it would probably be a lot of pining and watching him from the side lines for a while, which would be really hard tbh. but the way he would smile at me after a match would make it worth it so...

Kyoutani - Hard YES

I love a boy with anger issues, what can i say... (cough couch my irl husband with anger issues couch couch) I would love to be his weak spot and the one person he would go to to help him not feel angry anymore. I think that my fun personality would help him to unbox himself a bit. I just want to give him cuddles and a place to feel accepted. id also i KNOW hes a monster in bed...

Bakugou - FUCKING HARD YES, PLEASE

if he was real the things i would do to and for him... A lot like kyoutani i would want to give him a place where hes accepted, and a place where he is unconditionally loved. I would be able to handle his misguided anger and calm him down and give him space. I headcanon that hes very cuddly in private to just his S/O which is something that i love. I love his lil smirk and would do anything to get him to smirk at me. As long as he is able to set me as a priority it would work out, but that would be what he struggles with so it would be a thing we would have to talk about. But I also feel that once you say something about it he would check in with you because of course he has to be the best bf/husband. I feel like I could talk for hours about him so Ill just wrap it up by saying that I love me a passionate man who would probs be a lil possessive, and I would use that to my advantage.

Denki - GOD YES

I really do think that denki and I are soulmates. we are both the perfect blend of funny, pervy, while still being soft. I feel like there would be a lot of mutual pining at first but he would end up the golden retriever gamer boy to my alt bisexual and thats just the perfect pairing. We would pull so much shit and then get away with it because thats just us being us. I see us being scolded by bakugou a lot for the stupid shit we would pull. Also late night drives in his shitty tuned car to taco bell while we sing alt rock songs from the 2010s. also the switch vibes are immaculate.

Hawks - Probably

So it would honestly depend a lot on what version of hawks.. him in the hero commission is a no, because he wouldnt be able to be honest with me about a lot of stuff. Like his name, or when i can see him again, and that would give me too much anxiety. When hes free of them and is actually allowed to be himself I think it could work then. I know that he of course wants to still be the best hero, so he would have the same problems as bakugou with finding a balance, but if he wants to i think he could. He would also have a lot of trauma from his relationship with his parents and the commission so I dont know if he would be able to give his love away as freely as he wants so we could get therapy together. I love that for us. But i would happily wake up next to this beautiful birb man if he would have me.

Sukuna - A hesitant yes

so.. the anger issues that ive mentioned before.. yes. I would like sukuna. I would be his lil bride and sit on his lap on his throne as long as he didnt kill my loved ones or my cats lmao. I would also be ok with being his and itadoris gf while hes living in itadoris head. being with him is just asking for an unhappy ending tho, whether its a life always on the run, or someones trying to kill me, or someones trying to kill him, or hes trying to kill someone. But yes i would like to be with him but that would mean sacrificing a lot.

Mei Mei - god yessssss..

Please Mei Mei step on me and make me ur lil house wife. I see us living in a pent house apartment with the most breathtaking view of the Tokyo skyline. I would want for nothing and she could take me where ever she wanted and i would just follow her around with heart eyes.

Kagami - YES

my basketball husband! i love him and would love to be loved by him. Id follow him wherever. He would take care of me and is just so dreamy.. also i guess the mild anger issues.. but hes really not that bad. He would just be such a good s/o. He would cook us nice dinners, wed have a few cats, and he would carry me around a lot because hes so strong. While were on the topic of strong... his stamina... everyone on this list probably has good if not great stamina... but kagami just hits different..... have you seen him in the zone? have you seen his thighs? his sex zone has got to be incredible.

Levi - Yes

I was going to say it depends, but really it doesn't... if were in the aot universe and hes my captain and I fall in love with him u can bet ur ass im gonna try and get with him because i could die at anytime. if its some au where he is here in our universe and somehow we meet... like of course im gonna be in love with him. our height difference isnt too bad, im only like an inch or 2 taller than him. I think we would both have a great time together. I would make him laugh, and he would help me clean, because lord knows I hate cleaning. BUT i hate cleaning because its something that I always have to do alone, and I feel like levi would have us be cleaning together like he makes the scouts do. and hes just so sexy...

Jean - big yes

This beautiful handsome man... idk what to even say about him. Hes strong, funny, handsome, cocky, but very much full of love. would love to run away from the world with him. I feel like if he was in love with me before *tries not to give away spoilers* the marco incident (?) that after he would become very clingy and attached and im ok with that. There would have to be lots of cuddles and reassurances and i just want to see him happy and not at war, with both real life people and himself... id give him the best kisses and he would become addicted to them.

Mikoto - No? But maybe...

I feel like we could be.. but if you watched the show then you know.. But i would love to be Homra’s princess TBH. No one would mess with me or they would have to face the wrath of my big fire boyfriend and his whole ass gang. But on the other hand I feel like Mikoto wouldnt allow himself to fall in love, so it would probably be a hush hush topic. everyone knows the boss and I are in an entanglement, but they cant talk about it. Then Anna starts asking questions to Mikoto and he has to come clean to her, which would be so cute. He tells her is a secret but she doesn't care lmao. in conclusion, I would want to, but I dont think he would let me.... Maybe friends with benefits tho....

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ok if you read all this im officially in love with you. Please take my heart.

This took me like 2 hours to do because I love thinking about it so much. if you have any thoughts about any of this hop into my dms or comment on this because id love to hear them (especially if you think i belong with one more than the others lmao).

#i cant believe i spent 2 hours on this.#im just so in love with 2d characters #about me

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bisluthq · 3 years

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hi I’m that RPF anon and first of all thanks for being polite and not completely obliterating on me on sight. I’ve raised this point in the past with other people and t’was a fucking mess, I tell you

In terms of your point, I think I understand where you’re coming from. The whole schtick with celebs purposefully marketing themselves as sexual beings/fantasies and thus, inevitably giving their fanbase the ammunition/material to concoct their fantasies upon. I suppose I’ve never thought of it from a capitalist point of view but it makes much more sense now.

Re the swiftwyn fantasies: idk if I’m being a prude/cupcake but it still seems weird to me. Like, Yh Taylor’s screaming from the rooftops about how she’s getting dicked down on the regular (truly iconic and jealousy inducing in this panoramic if you ask me) but going out of your way to write that up is...not something I completely understand??. But it’s clearly yours (and quite a few people’s) on this blog and given you’re not actively harming anyone, have fun I guess?? It’s confusing to me but so long as the people indulging in it are sane and acknowledge it’s a fantasy (just like any other work of fiction)...no harm done.

But with Joshlie, i do think it’s a bit strange as josh doesn’t market himself as a fantasy? Esp not a sexual one. Like I don’t think it’s fair to say wanting fame = marketing yourself as a sexual being because I don’t think he does that - the two, imo, can be mutually exclusive Also, WHO HAS THE HOTS FOR JOSHUA KUSHNER? pls, like Karlie I get - she’s the smoking hot thirst trap and half of this couple but josh on his own? Nah, he’s just hot by extension/association with Kar sorry not sorry

Now regarding After - I still view After as low-key problematic (the OG books far more than the films) because of how HS was portrayed. He’s supposed to be this mysterious playboy that his fans are meant to thirst after (which is fair and not completely unfounded) but he’s written as a toxic, abusive, gaslighting asshole because the author (she’s a whole diff can of worms to deal with, yikes) decided to just give him a new (v. inaccurate and harmful to young girls) personality.

And it’s not just After that I’ve seen this with, it’s a bunch of fanfiction, RPF and fictional stuff alike. But I suppose that’s again a whole separate problem (problem being the constant romanticisation of abusive behaviour, particularly when helmed by the pretty face of a celeb) to deal with in general.

And in terms of saying, ‘well the movie made bank and so did the people involved so it’s okay’ doesn’t sit right with me because as far as I know, HS didn’t make money off of this? If anyone has info on this please correct me but to my knowledge, the name was just changed to avoid legal problems but I could be wrong. And so jumping off this point, I don’t see how this movie is okay - everyone knows that this is HS fanfic but it’s also a shitty fantasy for young girls to indulge in because it is harmful imo. And tbh, as I’m writing this, world tiniest violin for HS’s image technically being exploited and repackaged without him being able to capitalise on it but the franchise as a whole, imo, is garbage and has a net negative effect. This is complex stuff and, as you can probably tell, I’m kind of on the fence here. Feel free to chime in on what you think ✌🏼

Yeah as I said this is a huge discussion point and one I find very, very interesting because I do see the “EEK NO” angle and was on that side of the fence for this debate for multiple years, so it’s not like I’m purely like, “Oh fuck it don’t be a prude” (well I do say that to people who’re like “HOW DARE YOU WRITE SOFT PORN ON THE INTERNET” but not to like a “is this ethical” debate).

Re Harry making money off of After - it’s not that he got paid for it per se, but it being fanfic about him defs had people listening to his shit and looking him up more. It’s a symbiotic thing. Same as Idea of You - which has yet to become a movie - definitely leads to an increase in streaming. To me both projects have benefited Harry financially and in terms of growing his fanbases. Is it how he would necessarily want them to grow organically, like if he could choose? I’m not sure, I’d be fascinated to have a discussion with him about it, but I also think he wouldn’t pearl clutch about shit like that because in the end it does benefit him.

Now we get to like “is this a positive portrayal or not?” which is another thing I personally feel strongly about and why, although I’ve - recently, like this blog is my first venture into this territory, my smut before has been fictional fanfic or original - started writing RPF I wouldn’t write an AU/crack pairing and I wouldn’t write about people who I didn’t think were in a healthy loving relationship. But that’s a moralistic judgement. Like personally I wouldn’t feel comfortable portraying anyone I was writing as an asshole. But.... would me portraying them as an asshole affect their lives? No. After blowing up is bad for young girls who’re being role modelled bad behavior but that’s not the result of it being RPF inspired, like it’s just a bad plot.

As I’ve said, in many ways Taylor has invited fans to imagine her and Joe fucking. Like she’s put out multiple explicit sex songs and yeah we’re allowed to think about that. While Karlie hasn’t, she has shown off her husband and my vibe is... the people on this blog - real people who get comfort from reading shit here and just vibing - find her and him hot and want to imagine them fucking. Even if he hasn’t really invited that, he’s very much featured as her husband in many of her videos and in her public life. He’s a ~presence. My Joshlie fic didn’t say aaaaanything negative about them, like it was based around a public event that we know he left drunk, and then they have fictional sex in their hallway. Is that true? Of course not. Idk. It’s a fantasy that people wanted to indulge because they find them hot.

Then we also need to zoom out and look at the history of this type of shit because y’all know me I’m all for nuanced views and my obsession with the entertainment industry and the concept of celebrity and the histories thereof and such like... define me. If we think about how showmances and PR relationships started up - thinking in terms of the studio system - there’s a huge element of transference and fantasy. People wanted to see couples on screen be dating in real life. Why? Because then they could imagine their whole lives together, they could project the characters played onto the celebs in question. And that worked both ways, like if a couple was dating in real life, people wanted to see them on screen. That’s RPF. People were obsessed with Burton and Taylor acting together because they wanted Burton and Taylor not because they gave a shit about the film in question.

I think it’s very natural to fantasize. I think there’s a long history of that. And while I understand being like, “Eh I don’t like this” I don’t know how different the logic of going “here’s a short story imagining these famous people in bed” is from “hmmmm I really think Gaga and BCoop fucked because LOOK AT THE CHEMISTRY.”

We can say both are wrong but I also think we need to live in reality, we need to look at what’s profitable, and we need to look at history. And to me at this point it’s just... no big deal.

I will say the Joshlie stuff would probs make them far more uncomfy than the Swiftwyn stuff would make Swiftwyn but at the same time there are weirder things written about all of them on the internet than me being like, “Here’s a sexy consensual scenario between two people who adore each other” and again people walk away from my blog as bigger fans of all four people by and large and ergo spend money on their shit so eh I’m not feeling like I’m crossing any lines.

And obviously like any smutty RPF scenario is fucking fiction.

Obviously.

#nat talks fandom culture #Anonymous

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hermitcraftheadcanons · 4 years

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To Do List:

What's up, my Herd of Nerds?

Anyway, as you can tell, tomorrow is AU Sunday. But, because it's one after a 'my input' one, it's a follower input AU day! Yay!

So, send me your AUs and I'll put all of em in a hat to pick one randomly. The winner is picked and posted and we'll all try and make headcanons about your AU.

Done:

Zombie Apocalypse AU :: (https://hermitcraftheadcanons.tumblr.com/post/618314308275863552/zombie-apocalypse-au-masterpost)

Pirate AU ::

Currently In The Raffle:

-Toy Story AU.

-Ever After High/Descendants/Vaguely 'nex gen priness' AU.

-Eldritch Horror AU :: Or if that's a bit too out there, a more normal Monster AU. I don't care, but in my heart, I know Cleo is some kind of eldritch horror. Zombie is far too easy.

-Eldritch Monster AU! Hermits are all Lovecraftian horrors who all individually decided that they wanted to pretend to be normal and are all trying to hide their otherworldliness. I also feel like Mumbo or X or someone as the one actually "normal" player on the server would work well. Most hermits don't know that everyone else isn't normal either, but some find out about friends maybe.

-Rabid Debate Club AU :: Random weird au idea where it's basic hs/uni au but like two of them try to start a debate club, then invite some friends just so there's enough people; cut to like two months later, it's all the hermits just fighting over whether or not pineapple should go on pizza or not lol it isn't very good i'm sorry but ya know rabid debate club AU.

-Animal/shapeshifting AU :: (Suggested Twice.) Every hermit can shapeshift into one token animal. (If it's something like "dog," they can only turn into one breed and color of dog, EXAMPLE: doc can shift into a black sable belgian malinois, but not anything else.)

-Wedding Planners AU :: Hermits work in various unrelated businesses such as a bakery, flower shop, etc., but see each other semi-often bc they're semi-often called upon to work together by another hermit's wedding planning business (obvs if you couldn't tell i know absolutely nothing abt wedding planning & businesses n shit lol but it's the /concept/ of it yannknow)

-Avatar: The Last Air Bender AU. (Suggested Thrice.)

-Fusion AU :: (Also suggested by Anon.) (Suggested Twice.) What if Hermits could fuse with each other? (Viva and Jumbo fused into MumboJumbo.)

-SCP AU :: The hermits have spooky powers and are kept locked up bc of it (or they have to keep the world safe from monsters and cursed objects!)

-RPG AU :: I feel like someone already thought of that but I am just wondering about it lately :p -🍋

-Adventure Time AU :: The hermits live in a post-apocalyptic world and the Lich (bad guy) is making everything decay. They need to gather all the gems (belt colours) to unlock the Enchiridion (a book) and have one wish each granted from Prismo (multiverse wish granting dude) before the Lich does. Only 4 elements can enter the multiverse: Slime (The Lich & Jevin), Redstone (Tango or Mumbo?), Ice (Stress), and Dirt (Grian, much to his dismay). Only the elementals can see the book. Grian's the protagonist with his sidekick Scar. He originally started collecting the belts because they were shiny but eventually decided to read the book and find out what they were for when Scar said he didn't see it. Doc, False, and Iskall are major obstacles because they don't believe the book exists.</p>

-Total Drama Island AU.

-Magical Girl AU :: Zedaph's the lead magical girl and rounds up a bunch of other magical girl hermits.

-Pokeman AU :: What are the Hermit's roles in this world? Who's the Champion, Elite Four. Are they scientists? Trainers? Do they compete in competitions, do they specialize in types? Who's everyone's starter? Has anyone encountered any legendaries?

-College AU

-High School AU

-Wizard101 AU :: I (🦊) recently got this AU idea and recently started going off somewhere with it in terms of writing, but, like, Hermitcraft meets Wizard101. Tons and tons of magical shenanigans, monster hunting, and idk what else.

-Magic AU

-My Hero Academia AU :: Headcanons can be about which hermits would have what quirks and occupations based on them.

-So I'm writing an AU where there's a second game of Demise but 5 years later. So far the first 2 hermits (Joe and Xisuma) have died, and their dead forms are cracked with an arrow in his chest (Xisuma) and cyborg (Joe). So since it's Saturday, I'm looking for what some skins would look for.

-City AU :: I mean this is really just a normal everyday AU.

-School AU.

-Terraria-Minecraft Fusion AU :: Who chooses what class? what events do each hermit prefer? how to they deal with the world infections? preferred biomes? Favourite NPCS? It has potentiallllll.

-70s/80s Teen Horror AU :: (like Stranger Things, Carreie, The Lost Boys, Halloween, etc.) -🦇

-Demi-God AU :: Sort of like percy jackson (everyone being the children of different gods from all different cultures.)

-Supernatural AU

-Marching Band AU :: Xisuma is the band major and all the show music is the remixes. I need to come up with some ideas for uniforms. Outfits and flags for the colorguard too.

-Different Eras AU :: (Suggested Twice.) All the hermits are from different time periods or eras. Like Wels is from the mediveal/dark era, Mumbo is from 1890-1920's, Iskall is from 2030, TFC is from 2020(?), Cleo is from 2130, etc!!! Like the mobs/animals became feused with humans, is when the mob players came from.

-Star Trek AU :: Like maybe they could be on one ship and each have different roles like engineers or doctors? I don’t know if this has been suggested but hope you enjoy! - 🐦

-House Mates AU :: ApartmentAU but scaled down?

-Atlantis AU :: (Could be merged with Mermaid AU???)

-Fighting Game AU :: Some influences would be Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, and Ultra Instinct, that kind of stuff.

-Time loop AU :: The hermits each have to deal with their own time loop.

(All those above in red are from our community's lovely Anons!)

-Superhero/superpower AU :: They each have a unique power/powerset that is in some way connected to their personality. (ie Mumbo *could* control electricity because of his love of redstone) Some Hermits may even choose to be "villains" and prank their other servermates. If you need power ideas, I've got a couple. (12u3ie)

-Daycare AU :: The recap peeps are the caretakers :P (-@tikauniverse.)

-Incredibly Long Cross Country Train Ride AU :: they all are in the same train car, telling stories of where they’re going, backstories.)

-Stuck In An Airport AU :: pretty similar to train au but they can be going diff places.

-Doctors AU :: they’re all doctors working at the same hospital.)

-Circus AU (Also suggested by an Anon.) (Suggested Twice.)

-Spy AU (Also suggested by @shadeswiftdraws.) (Suggested Twice.)

-Runaways AU :: The hermits are all teenagers who have run away from home, they all live on the streets until TFC takes them in. Head canons can be about backstories, living on the streets, or when they’re with TFC.

-Criminals and Police Officers AU

(-@lookitsspacekween)

-Dancer AU :: I mean, I already got a list kind of planned out, but headcanons for why specific styles are chosen would be appreciated! :) (usedtobelucythefallenangel)

-Broadway/Musicals Hermits AU :: The hermits are all casts of various musicals and when this newly-built theater opens up they all fight for which musical gets to play in it first (they have a riff-off maybe?) musicals mainly included are Hamilton, BMC, DEH, SiX, Beetlejuice, etc (feel free to add more!) (-@heyitsroby.)

-DnD AU (Also suggested by Anon.) (Suggested twice.)

-Mermaid AU :: In honor of the end of Mermay

-Space exploration AU :: There could be different ships, command centers, aliens.... Maybe someone could even get stranded/crash on a new planet? Who knows, could be fun.

-Paranormal/ghost hunter AU :: A couple Hermits could be the ghost hunters going to haunted locations to prove/disprove their hauntedness, others could be camera crew, owners of haunted buildings, or even the ghosts themselves.

-Camping/Vacation AU.

-Summer Cottage AU :: They all spend summers/weekends along the same shoreline and do different summer activities together. Outdoor fun and shenanigans!

-Space AU :: like star trek or similar.

-I would say evil clone au but I think that's pretty much the entire Hermitcraft tumblr right now lol. (Suggested twice.)

(-@shadeswiftdraws.)

-Magic AU :: Magic exists and all the hermits have powers. They can also summon a weapon but what that weapon is depends on the hermit. I'm thinking it'll take place in a sort-of Demise 2 in S7 with a big war. So far I've got: Grian - Cloning himself to his different personas (each has a different power). Xisuma - Making barriers, teleporting, and transforming into different mobs. Scar - Making mutant plants & boosting other hermits' attack & health. (-@datsaltyperson.)

-Demon AU :: Something enters the overworld and turns into a supernatural style-demon through Dimentional Distortion. Who gets posessed first, who goes crazy, and who actually kills it? Honestly I think that, if anything, Tango would know how to gank it, for obvious reasons. (-@fireflower-dusk.)

-High Street AU :: Everyone owns a different shop on the same street or some run a shop together (-@violets-arepurple.)

-Cat AU :: Either they're were always cats, or Hels turned everyone, including himself, into a cat, and they have to survive and overcome challenges in the Season 7 world. An example of a challenge would be Cub's a Sand Cat(the cats that always look like kittens no matter how old they are and live in deserts), and everyone's not sure if he can actually swim, so they have to find a way for him to get around without involving water. (-@scp10000.)

-How about a secret AU.. Every hermit has their big secrets and when Grian joined. He doesn't really know anything about those secrets even till season 7. Not many hermits talked to him in S6 anyway.. Mumbo was the closest to him so they would have regular chats For Iskall is mostly business related things Grian wants to know why so he set out on a quest to force the others to at least talk to him so he wouldn't be lonely. (-@babylightstudentbiscuit.)

-Hermit Family AU :: Xisuma is very busy dad but when he isnt busy the kids and younger hermits annoying the hell out of him. Grian once asked to use Xisuma's computer and crashed the whole thing trying to download illegal gamesites and get money off the internet. Mumbo and his trains run through the entire house and Xisuma trips on them daily. (-@gamerutx.)

-College AU!! But they are not students. THEY ARE THE TEACHERS (-@ivi-prism.)

Ones I planned to do anyway but Hermitblr Hivemind and all that:

Battle of The Bands AU: i believe u once mentioned a bands/ battle of the bands au... thats my jam... (Anon.)

#hcraft #hermitcraftheadcanons #raffle day #notaheadcanon #masterpost #au to do list

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h3trappedcollection · 4 years

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Author Interview Part V

The talented and all-round fabulous @weilongfu joined us today for another part of the Author Interview.

Stories written for the Collection:

The Day of Singularity

Four meetings with Officer Meng (But one with Shao Fei)

Interview:

How did you come into the Trapped fandom?

I came into the Trapped fandom the way I’ve gotten into many of my fandoms. By everyone around me screaming about it. People like @andwebegin, @ctl-yuejie, and @florbexter were pretty instrumental in getting me aware that it was going to happen. Especially after having taken their word about HIStory2: CTL, I was more than willing to check out Trapped. Especially after I found out more about the potential plot.

My usual philosophy after that is to at least watch the first few episodes. If I’m not hooked by anything, then I give it up. Trapped kept me hooked for good! I fell in love with everyone in the show and the rest is… history?

Who’s your favourite character?

I love a lot of characters in the show for different reasons. I love Zhao Zi for his honesty and genuine desire to do good. I like the mystery and mischief of Jack. I admire Tang Yi’s deep feelings and emotions. And I greatly enjoyed Shao Fei’s straightforwardness and ability to commit. If I had to pick one, I’d go with Zhao Zi because we both love food, potentially like dangerous boys, and we both want the world to be a better place.

What’s your favourite trope?

I honestly have been enjoying a lot of the AU fics that are in the fandom. Like the original Trapped setting is great, but pushing the boys into college or further back? It’s been an amazing thing to read and I’ve enjoyed it immensely. As to whether I’ll write it? Eh… Someone did ask if I’d ever write a proposed fic about College Freshman!Jack dating HS Senior!Zhao Zi so…

What do you like about writing for Trapped?

The best part about writing for Trapped has actually been the fandom. Everyone is so supportive and nice. It’s a real pleasure to see the responses I get which are also always very friendly.

Aside from that? Trapped has such varied and interesting characters. It’s very easy to find the right knob to twist or switch to flip that can make a large variety of fics happen.

Care to elaborate about your writing process?

My writing process is a mess!

I don’t usually outline because then I over-outline. A lot of my fics were spawned from just coming up with a good title! And that’s in every fandom I write for.

But once I get going, things usually just flow. I’ll go back and read it once or twice to make sure I haven’t truly fucked something up, but once I’m done, I’m usually done for good and I post it before I second guess myself. Truly, I treat writing fics like how I take exams. Just get it done and hand it in before you delete/erase something that actually worked!

Sometimes it’s not that easy, and I have struggled with a few fics just because I’ve managed to overthink myself or I get hung up on an idea, but I have yet to find a better or more comfortable way for me to write.

Your favourite Trapped fic by another author?

Oooo…. Well I have to give a shout out to @decadentdeerpolice and @the-wintry-mizzenmast for their lovely fics during the last exchange. I absolutely loved how they filed the prompt for me.

I’m also a big fan of Skuld’s The Divine Art of the Househusband series. It’s definitely a twist on what Jack’s life as a househusband would be like and it’s always fun to see a new update!

I also liked @sarah-yyy ‘s fics fortune and amuse bouche.

The next set of fics I’m actually eagerly awaiting updates on is Flor’s Breaking the Firewall series. The espionage and manoeuvring that’s happened in just the first parts is already super fun.

What do you want to write but never had the nerve to?

Hmm… I’m not sure? There aren’t a lot of ideas that I’ve never really had the nerve to put down on paper, if only to get them to stop bothering me. There are a few that never really made it to paper though. Like my Fantasy!AU where all the boys are different positions and have different abilities.

I wanted to write Jack as a member of the Assassin’s Guild. Zhao Zi would be part of the guard and mostly be seen as a scribe, except when he pulls the robes off and gives most thieves a run for their money in his trap deactivating, lock picking, and ward/seal breaking. Shao Fei would, of course, be a paladin as he believes in the law and doing what’s right. Tang Yi would so be a weapons master type character, as once he was adopted by the ‘noble’ Tang Guo Dong, he was trained in many styles to defend himself.

The idea fell apart after that because I had no idea what they’d do afterwards. Plus they’re missing a ranged caster and committed healer in the party and everyone who has played D&D knows that’s a mistake waiting to cause a total party kill. (I mean you could argue Hong Ye would totally make a great sorceress and Dao Yi would be the cleric cleaning up her messes, but let’s not get this any bigger.)

If you want, please share a snippet of your current Trapped WIP!

It wasn’t very often that Zhao Zi wondered what was the first link in the chain of decisions that lead him to slightly less than desirable outcomes. Not because Zhao Zi lacked insight or critical thinking, he was a police officer after all. It was often because Zhao Zi was usually pretty good at pulling himself out of a pinch.

A smile and innocent disposition were very good for many things. When those failed, being flexible in many ways helped some more.

(The third option was that he was legally allowed to carry a gun, even if no one wanted Zhao Zi to carry a gun.)

But as Zhao Zi lifted a large, homemade sausage to his lips while Jack eyed him expectantly, Zhao Zi contemplated if his grandmother would approve of what he was about to do to a perfectly decent piece of food and what had brought him to this new point in his life in the first place.

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Zhao Zi had been through practice interrogations before, but none of them had prepared him for someone like Jack. And despite Jack’s initial countenance, there was something about his smile, how easily he showed his teeth. It should have been predatory and dangerous. But in the curve of Jack’s eyes, Zhao Zi knew he wasn’t in any danger.

Of course, Zhao Zi knew plenty about Jack. Working with Shao Fei for so long, Zhao Zi knew plenty about Tang Yi’s most recent right hand man. Jack was a known mercenary, but he’d somehow managed to keep his nose just clean enough, just on the gray side of legal. All evidence was circumstantial. Even the International Crimes Division was often stuck dancing around Tang Yi’s lawyers when they were aiming for whatever secrets were hiding in Jack’s mind.

So it was Jack’s smile and eyes that allowed Zhao Zi to sell Shao Fei out in exchange for food. He did not expect the food to taste as good as it would. Nor did he expect that he might enjoy Jack pulling him close as Zhi De knocked over his bowl of noodles.

Zhao Zi decided to be open-minded. Jack was certainly interesting and fun. No harm in getting to know someone, right?

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Jack knew he was smitten the moment Zhao Zi sold out his friend for food.

Good survival instincts. Good taste. Cute face too.

Jack was also hardly the kind of guy who just let things happen to him. But Zhao Zi was a new quantity. He’d have to slowly edge his way in, find out just how Zhao Zi might handle another man pursuing him.

So when Zhao Zi said, “Don’t you need to try it?”

Jack knew this was his chance to appeal to the clear foodie Zhao Zi was. “I don’t need to. I know I’m a good cook.”

“Huh? I meant Ah Fei’s number!”

“Too subtle,” Jack thought.

But Jack got to hold Zhao Zi close and a promise to see him again anyway.

“That could be like a date, right?” Jack thought as he rushed to collect Tang Yi from the hospital.

Thank you so much @weilongfu for the Interview

#h3trappedcollection #history 3: trapped #history 3: 圈套 #author interview

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she-is-tim · 5 years

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Bleeding Hearts | Elu Vampire Soulmate AU Ch.1

Eliott is living on alcohol, weed and blood. That drives his dead body on a daily basis, giving him at least some kind of purpose in his meaningless life. Being immortal sucks. Being dead sucks even more. All he wants is to get out of this endless loop of nothingness, but he doesn’t expect that to happen so soon. When he meets him, his world turns upside down and his heart starts to beat again.

In a beat of the heart

The night was calm, nothing extreme happened and it was good like that. March just started a week ago, so the weather was still cold, it was often raining, but he could never complain about that. The more the sun was behind the clouds, the more he could walk in daylight. Not today though. Today the sky was clear, moon shining brighter than the city lights below. Cars were rushing through the busy streets, but he was focused on one building.

There was always a lot of people around the hospital, people running in and out, Ambulance coming in with paramedics, taking unconscious patients inside to save their lifes. He could hear every single heartbeat, even from this far away. He knew when someone would not make it, but that was alright. Death is part of life. It’s something that happens when a person had finished his task on this world. Yeah sometimes it happened before that, unexpectedly at a young age, but that was alright too. He would do anything to be like that. A normal human living his life until death comes along the corner to take him and he would fall into his arms with a smile on his face.

He looked at the empty blood bag at his feet, he could still feel the metallic flavor on his tongue and it made him sick. It was never enough, his body was craving for it, but he could never get enough. That was probably the worst out of all if he doesn’t consider that hs body was dead. The endless craving. It was like tiny ants crawling under his skin, a beast growling inside him, screaming for it. I need blood. Give me blood. He could hold it back most of the time, feeding it just enough to shut its mouth. There were days when it was harder, when the beast was stronger. On those days he needed more blood and he had to stay in his apartment, behind locked doors. It wasn’t impossible to resis the craving, but it was harder than anyone could imagine. His whole body was itching, like it wants to burst out in flames.

Focus!

He shook his head and looked back down at the street, throwing the remains of his cigarette aside, tucking the empty blood bag into the inside pocket of his jacket. He noticed the person he was waiting for waling towards the hospital, it was almost time for the night shift to start, therefore he had to get ready. With his speed and soundless movements it wasn’t hard to get into even such a crowded building as a hospital. He did this countless of times, always being successful.

He jumped, feet landing on the sidewalk quietly. No one noticed, because they shouldn’t. People were so blind about their surroundings that it was almost ridiculous. Since Eliott became one of these things, he realized how ignorant and idiotic regular people can be. Of course that made things easier for the nightcrawlers, but it annoyed him so fucking much. They were basically offering themselves for the beasts. Letting them feed from them, charm them into death or the promise of eternal life. Yeah, sorry, bad news. Eternal life sucks.

He stepped into the hospital, people walking past him, not even realizing that he’s there, though he was pretty outstanding in the bright environment. His black clothes, his pale skin, his stormy grey eyes and deep black hair was in a stark contrast with the white and light blue colors inside the building. Yet no one paid attention to the stranger and it was okay. He got used to this side of being dead. People only noticed him if he wanted to, otherwise it was like wearing camouflage in the woods. He was hidden. He was just a shadow. Not breathing, not making a sound. Not being alive.

His steps were soundless, the tiles under his feet were cold, but not as much as his own body. He wasn’t wearing any shoes, there was no point, since he couldn’t get sick or feel cold. The jacket was on him only because it had a large pocket, making it easier to carry the stuff he came for. He walked past the waiting area, going straight towards the stairs. The smell of antiseptic was burning his nose, even though he wasn’t breathing it in. Things like these always found a way to bother him. Small noises, irritating scents, everything. His senses were much more sharp, eyes seeing things from miles away, ears hearing heartbeats from afar, nose smelling things through walls. He might be dead, but that made him even more dangerous. A predator designed to lure in the prey and end its life quietly, quickly. As he took the steps, heading down towards his goal, theawful scent of the antiseptic was more than welcome in his nose, as long as it covered the smells that would drive him crazy. The smell of fresh blood.

The hallway was awfully quiet, even to his sensitive hearing. There were distant sounds of steps, heart monitors and other machines. It was already late, past 22 actually, so there wasn’t much people in the building other than the night shift workers. Especially not on this level, where the storages were. He fastened his steps as he got closer to the end of the hall, turning to the right. Before he could open the door, it moved on itself. Well, not actually.

The woman behind it was wearing light blue hospital outfit that was in high contrast with her beautiful, chocolate brown skin, her black hair in small braids with an ocean blue headband on top. Eliott flashed her a smile, which she weakly returned. Imane, because that was her name looked really tired. It wasn’t easy for her to do her night shifts and study at the same time. She was on biology major in college, wanted to be a doctor, but for that she had to work even harder than others, considering her place in society. Eliott always found it infuriating how much they looked down on black or muslim people in schools, like they are incapable of having high IQ or being talented. Since he became a beast of the night, he knew how it was feeling separated, different from everyone else. Maybe that’s why they understood each other so well with the girl.

He stepped into the room, his eyes fixed on the large freezers that were standing by the wall exact opposite from the door, filleg with bags of blood. He could feel his mouth hurting, his fangs wanting to pop out, ready to drink up all of it, but he held it back. He got quite good at controlling the beast by now.

“You look like shit.” Imane said quietly, standing right next to him, eyes scanning the boy from head to toe.

“Well, try living without heartbeat or breathing for a while. We’ll see how pretty you can be.” Eliott shot back with his usual sarcastic humor, which the other seemed to like a lot.

“I prepared some for you. They are kinda fresh, so it won’t taste so awful like last time.” she said, walking to the drawers in the corner, that were there for documents to hold, but Imane always used the bottom one to hide blood bags in them. No one really cared for the papers in there anyways, it was the task of the night shift nurses to organize paperwork and make sure everything is registered. He knew that Imane was risking a lot by helping him out, but she was a smart girl and kept reassuring him that she made sure no one notices the missing blood bags. Eliott believed her, even if she was lying, because this was the only way he could feed the beast without hurting people. Imane also knew that.

“Is everything alright with you?” Eliott asked and it was genuine interest. He could be dead, but that didn’t mean he had no feelings or thoughts. Of course he tried to not get too attached to anyone, especially not to mortals, but his friendship with Imane was special, something that gave at least a small reason for him to get through his days.

“You can say that.” she mumbled, placing bags of blood from the drawer to the table in the middle of the room. Eliott needed all his strength to focus on her words and not get lost in gazing at the crimson liquid behind the thick plastic. “College life is hard, but I’ll manage.” she said nonchalantly and shrugged, flashing him a toothy smile as she finished packing. There was six bag on the table, enough for at least a month or so. If he doesn’t get carried away like last time.

“I still don’t know how to thank you all of this.” he said, voice slightly raspy as he tore apart his eyes from the bags, looking at the girl.

“You look like you could use more.” she said, concerned look on her face. Eliott could swear that her skin was the smoothest he had ever seen.

“Yeah, well, I only take what I can.” he shrugged and walked towards the table, stuffing the bags into the inside pocket of his large, leather jacket. If someone had told him many years ago that he will meet a black, muslim girl that’s going to help him get blood, he would laugh into the face of that person. Tables have turned since then, and he couldn’t imagine his life without the help of Imane. She was a genuine and caring person, not even afraid of a monster like him.

“If you need more, I can...”

“Cut it!” he said gently, raising his hand. All the rings on it were shining in the sharp white of the neon lights. One skull ring, slightly faded silver, one bronze snake ring, wrapped around his middle finger and a simple black one on his index finger. “This is more than enough, don’t worry.” he said and placed the last bag in his pocket now. “Just make sure to let me know if I can help with anything. I might not be a hundred years old, but I still know things.” he winked playfully, earning an eyeroll from the girl.

“You know I can see right through you, right?” she asked, crossing her arms in front of her chest. “I know that you are unhappy. I can see the burn marks on your skin.” she said seriously, her eyes fixed on Eliott’s bare feet. There was a small place of skin that was still a bit red from where the sun touched it. “You can’t do this to yourself.”

“This is the only way I can feel anything, other than the hunger.” he answered roughly, eyes slightly squinted. He liked Imane a lot, but talking about feelings wasn’t his favorite topic, especially since he became one of the dead.

“Fine.” Imane sighed and rested her hands on the table now, leaning forward. She learned to keep the distance between them during their usual “blood meeting” because if she would be too close, Eliott might not be able to hold back the beast. It liked young blood more than anything. Young and fresh blood.

“Thank you again, Imane.”

“Don’t worry. I wouldn’t want you to starve to death.” she smirked and now it was Eliott’s turn to roll his eyes.

“Ha-ha, very funny.” he said mockingly, but it was good to have someone who was comfortable enough around him to say jokes like this. He zipped up his jacket, making sure he won’t lose the bags on his way out, giving the girl a two finger salute before leaving the room.

The only noise in the hospital was the sound of the magazine the receptionist was reading. She seemed to be pretty preoccupied with it and Eliott was too, since he didn’t notice the boy walking towards him. He was talking fast into his phone, arguing with someone. The tall boy only noticed someone was coming closer when they shoulder bumped to each other. It was only a slight touch, the other didn’t even notie it, too busy with yelling quietly into his phone. But for Eliott it felt like a lightning struck. He suddenly felt everything, like his nerves were going crazy. His nose was filled with the scent of the combination of mint and deodrant. He fell to the wall next to him, grabbing his jacket by his chest. The world was swirling around him, the floor felt like ice, hurting his feet. The walls were closing around him, his vision slightly blurred. Static noise was filling his ear and something else he quiet couldn’t recognize. It was like something was drumming on his ribcage, trying to burst out of his body, something was pumping under his skin. His eyes burned, filling with tears as he was gasping for air. Gasping for air?

It took him long minutes to realize that what he was feeling in his chest was in fact his heart, beating. The feeling under his skin was his own blood filling his veins. He could hear it. Tears were running down his face and he couldn’t stop them, not like he wanted to. He haven’t been able to cry since he died, not even when the sun was burning him. But now they were overflowing, wetting his cheeks, leaving warm traces on the pale skin. He looked at his hands, seeing his veins popping out, slighting thumping to the rhythm of his heartbeat. It was too fast, irregular, but it was his heart.

It felt like hours passed, but it was only a couple of minutes. He looked up from his hands to see the boy leaving the building. He couldn’t see his face, just a grey hoodie and a beautiful crown of brown hair. Whatever that person did to him, he had to find it out. His mind was racing with a hundred miles per hour, he still felt dizzy. He couldn’t remember when or how he left the hospital, but the next thing he saw was the door of his own apartment. He slowly opened it, walking inside and sitting down on the couch. He could feel the bags of blood in his jacket, but he couldn’t think of anything else, but that boy. The scent of him would not leave his nose. It was driving him crazy.

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After the shock came the panic. Eliott spent most of his night curled up on the couch, trying to take in all the shit around him. If his senses were sharp before, now they were even worse. He could hear bugs crawling inside the walls, the snorring of the old lady from downstairs. Everything got on his nerves, making him lose his mind. And of course on top of that there was his fucking loud heartbeat and his breathing. Those were the worst. He so got used to having a dead body that now he had no idea what to do. He wasn’t even sure if he was alive, but he felt alive.

His forearms were red from where he kept scratching it endlessly, but he couldn’t stop the itching. His body got slowly filled with his blood and that was surprisingly painful. It felt like when your limbs go numb and they slowly getting back to work, but it’s also super sensitive to even the lightest of touch. Yeah, coming back to life was something like that. Shaking the numbness off your body, embracing the pain that was coming with it.

When the morning came, Eliott felt exhausted, like he was running for hours and hours. It was probably caused by his panic attack. Who would have thought a creature of the night could have one. But he would have never thought it’s possible for his heart to beat again, so there’s that.

He got up from the couch, basically pulling his legs with him as he entered the kitchen. He only drank coffee out of habbit before, but now he felt like his body could use some caffeine to function. Everything was weird with his extra sharp senses and he still couldn’t get used to the beating heart in his chest. He could feel every movement of the muscles making it pump the blood through his veins. He knew that being alive didn’t feel like this before, this was something else. He might have a beating heart, but he was still a monster, which confused him even more.

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Not more than two weeks passed and now he was back there on the rooftop, glancing down at the street. It took him a while to calm down and try to find some sort of explanation to what happened to him. Sadly the internet wasn’t much of a help, so he had to look for old books written by actual vampires. Eugh, he hates that word so much. Vampire. It makes his skin crawl just by using it in his head. He is one of the bloodsuckers, the dead ones, but he hated his own existence more than anything. Well, he did before all this happened. Before a boy made his heart beat again.

His research didn’t go as well as he wanted it to, but there were some information and crumbs of situations like this in the books. All of them mentioning deep connection, fate, meant to be together and even soulmates. Like that is possible. How could a dead creature have a soulmate? That sounded ridiculous, but he had no better explanation to this. That boy literally made his heart beat again, bringing him back to life and maybe giving a reason for him to embrace that. He still hated the fact that there was no detailed paragraphs about all this soulmate bullshit. Was he supposed to approach him? But how? He was just a human being, probably knowing nothing about the creatures of the night. And on top of that there was no way it wouldn’t be dangerous for Eliott to be around him. God, they just bumped into each other, only touched for mere seconds and they should now be together forever because what? The universe decided so? What about their feelings? What if that boy would hate him? He can’t ask him to accept him the way he is, because he can’t even accept himself. He can’t ask for his love when they don’t even know each other. How is he supposed to tell him this? Oh, hey, I’m sorry to bother you, but we bumped shoulders last week and it seems like our fate is to end up together. Oh, and I could rip out your throat anytime if I lose control over the beast inside me. I’m Eliott by the way, your soulmate, you know.

He buried his face into his palms, rubbing over it slowly. He let out a deep, desperate sigh before lighting up another cigarette. The roof around him looked like an ashtray already, since this was the third night he spent up here, observing the hospital from afar. Usually he came here once a month, or even less often, but right now he had to see that boy. It was stupid, he knew. They met here more than a week ago, whatever brought him to the hospital could not be there by now, but there was a deep feeling, a little tingling inside him that he’s going to see him again.

And there he was. It felt like electricity running through his body, soft smell of mint and deodrant filling his nose. It was crazy how intense these feelings were, though his boy just stepped to the street from a crowded bus. His eyes fixed on him instantly, examining his features and damn, he was the most beautiful human being for sure. His skin was soft, smooth even, small moles scattering around it here and there, his hair was brown, slightly disheveled, cherry pink lips that were a bit chapped. Eliott could imagine kissing him, breathing into his mouth and never letting him go. He shook his head, pushing away the dirty thoughts. The most captivating thing about the boy was his ocean blue eyes, they were basically glowing, even under the dim light of the street lamps. He was wearing a grey hoodie and black sweatpants. How can someone look so gorgeous in sweatpants? It should be illegal.

He was holding a plastic bag in his beautiful hands, walking towards the front door of the hospital. Eliott was so focused on him that he only noticed Imane when the two of them met in front of the building. He could feel his heart sink and then beat faster at the sight. They greeted each other like friends, Imane even hugged the boy, Lucas. That’s how she called him. Beautiful name for a beautiful boy, indeed.

“Good to see you here.” Imane said softly, rubbing the arms of the boy, who smiled at her softly. Eliott felt like he could melt from that smile if Lucas would ever flash it at him. It made him look even more beautiful.

“Yeah, you too. We should hang out sometime.” the brunette offered.

“Definitely, but I think both of us is busy with work and studies.” she said with a sad smile, earning a slow nod from the other.

“For sure. I think I’m going crazy with all those assigments.” he smirked. “But that’s the life of a university student.” he said, shrugging nonchalantly. Eliott could watch and listen to him for hours. He had such a soft voice and his face was just... so fucking pretty.

He was so lost in his thoughts that he missed the rest of their conversation. His stomach churned at the sight of the boy entering the hospital, leaving the line of his sight. The urge of going after him, grabbing him and never let go was almost stronger than his hunger for blood. Which was terrifying. How could he crave for a boy he had only seen twice and never spoke to him? How can there be a connection between them?

He let out a thick cloud of smoke and got up from the edge of the roof where he was squatting before, throwing away the remains of his cigarette. This building got closed off since years now and Eliott had claimed this rooftop for himself since then. It was high enough to be out of sight and close enough to the hospital too. A perfect hiding place for a monster like him.

He fished his phone out of his pocket, letting his heart take control over his body this time. It was such a long time ago since he had feelings like this, so deep that they could physically hurt. Being apart from his boy, from his soulmate was just like that. His chest was aching and he couldn’t get his face out of his mind, he was everywhere inside his head. Those bright blue eyes were the most beautiful things he had ever seen in his life. And he had seen a lot of things.

He didn’t have much people in his contacts, so it was fairly easy to find Imane’s name an click on the chat button. His fingers were hovering above the screen for a while, not being sure what to type. He didn’t wanted to involve Imane even more into the sack of shit that is his life. She had enough problems without this vampire-soulmate-beating-heart crap, and honestly it was still not clear for him what all this meant. He only knew that he was destined to meet Lucas and the moment their shoulders bumped, their lives intertwined with each other.

After taking a deep breath, he put his phone back in his pocket and sat down on the edge of the roof, lighting yet another cigarette. He needed to think. Think about what to do. Approach Lucas, let him into his life, into his heart or stay away for good, saving probably both of them from the inevitable pain that would come with this bullshit.

“I am so fucked.” he mumbled into the cold, starless night, his grey eyes fixed on the transparent door of the hospital. “So damn fucked...”

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Soooo, I did a thing. I know this might be a short first chapter, but I really wanted to post something to get some reviews from you. I’m hoping that you guys like it and that I could explain the things fairly okay. I wrote a lot of fantasy stuff when I was a teenager (like 10 years ago), but not in english, so this was a hard task and I would appreciate some honest opinions about this. The base idea was stolen from Kresley Cole’s vamp books I read like 8-9 years ago, but the story is completely made by my crazy mind. Anyways, I will stop rambling. Thank you for reading and make sure to leave a feedback. Bisou

#Skam France #Elu Vampire Soulmate AU #Bleeding Hearts #Elu #Eliott Demaury #Lucas Lallemant #Eliott x Lucas #Elu fanfic #Imane Bakhellal #Le Gang #Sofiane Alaoui #Idriss Bakhellal #slow burn #pining Eliott #vampire!Eliott

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Destiel Trope Collection 2019 Day 18: High School AU

Superpowers & Hormones | @mattzerella-sticks Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 56870 Main Tags and Warnings: Alternate Universe - Superheroes & Superpowers, Alternate Universe - High School, Mystery, Miscommunication, Pyrophobic Dean, Mind Control, DCBB 2018 Summary: In a world where everyone is born with amazing abilities, the hope for tomorrow is taught and trained by the great heroes of today at the Academy of Letters. And after a long setback, Dean finally feels ready to attend the famed school – even if it’s only for one year. Still, he plans to have the full experience – from tough classes to lovable friends and even unforeseeable crushes. But nothing is as it seems. Something lurks under the surface, and Dean finds himself tangled in its dark, twisted web. To break free, he’ll have to dig deeper towards the danger. And the closer he gets, the less people he can trust. Balancing superpowers and hormones might be tough, but Dean would rather that then whatever’s waiting for him behind the curtains.

Lollipop | @mattzerella-sticks Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 3840 Main Tags and Warnings: Alternate Universe - High School, DC Universe - Freeform, Gay Dean Winchester, Nerd Dean Winchester/Jock Castiel Summary: Dean Winchester isn't the most popular boy in his school. In fact, you couldn't get lower on the totem pole than him. But he's come to accept it, even if it means dealing with people like Gordon every time he tiptoes out of the status quo. Making first impressions is hard given that he's known most of his classmates since the beginning. But besides Charlie, he doesn't have anyone in his corner. Except for Castiel, the school's quarterback who transferred to their school last year. But he'd never go for someone like Dean...

It Was Just A Joke | @hefellfordean Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 2365 Main Tags and Warnings: Alternate Universe - High School, Jock!Dean, Nerd!Castiel, Panic Attacks, Fluff and Angst, Summary: Castiel is a nerd and Dean a jock, despite this they are best friends. When Cas is at a party with some of Dean's friends, they try to convince him something awful happened. Basically Dean's friends are dicks, but Dean is a sweetheart and I worship high school Destiel.

I See You | @hefellfordean Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 3113 Main Tags and Warnings: Alternate Universe - High School, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Jock!Dean, Nerd!Castiel, Depressed Castiel, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Angst with a Happy Ending Summary: Castiel is a high school senior, who spends his days by himself, convinced that he is invisible and unimportant - until Dean Winchester attempts to show him otherwise.

An Angel's Blade | @writinginthebunker Rating: Mature Word Count: 53809 Main Tags and Warnings: Self harm, explicit self harm, suicidal ideation, Destiel, high school AU, slow burn, suicidal Castiel, abandoned Castiel, dark subject matter, dark themes Summary: Castiel is essentially alone. Abandoned by his parents, ridiculed by his classmates, Castiel finds his only solace in a metal blade and an old pair of headphones. Dean is new in town, intrigued by the broken boy down the street, he surely can't leave well enough alone, especially when he wasn't well enough to begin with.

happy little accidents | @reallyelegantsharkfish Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 1990 Main Tags and Warnings: Alternate Universe - High School, Asexual Character, Asexual Castiel (Supernatural), Demisexual Dean Winchester, First Kiss Summary: The problem is that now Cas knows what Dean’s freckles look like from centimeters away. He knows — however briefly — the softness of Dean’s mouth. He can’t stop wondering what it would’ve been like if Dean had kissed back instead of drawing away and looking at Cas like he’s an idiot.

Thank You | @lemonsorbae Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 8119 Main Tags and Warnings: HS!AU, Fluff, Teacher Castiel, Teacher Dean Winchester, Meddling Kids Summary: In which the students of Benjamin Edlund High School are very invested in the relationship of their two favorite teachers.

Cuddling is Manly | @breathingdestiel Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 46182 Main Tags and Warnings: best friends to lovers, mutual pining, bed sharing Summary: Castiel Novak has just lost a longtime friend, his cat Moon, whom he had since he was nine. After a while he realizes that his grades are slipping and that he has a hard time focusing on studying, all because he used to do it while petting Moon. When his best friend Dean notices that something is wrong, they cuddle together, believing it would help Cas. But what was supposed to be a one time thing turns into a regular cuddling between them, complicating Cas' already complicated feelings towards Dean.

Movie Night | @breathingdestiel Rating: Explicit Word Count: 3373 Main Tags and Warnings: best friends to lovers, smut, pining Summary: Cas is late to a movie night and there is no room for him to sit. Except in Dean's lap.

The Nuances in Flirting | @thebloggerbloggerfun Rating: General Word Count: 3144 Main Tags and Warnings: Friends to Lovers Summary: Based on the tumblr prompt: “HS AU with popular!Dean and popular!Cas, they're those two annoying guys who make funny (but also obnoxious) comments in every single class, and make stupid, flirtatious remarks to each other like "Cas looks pretty hot today guys" or "I'm totally dating Dean, everyone" etc. Only thing is, they're secretly in love, but neither will admit it."

Dark Blue, Dark Blue | @ellen-of-oz Rating: Mature Word Count: 36112 Main Tags and Warnings: Moondoor, High School AU, Gamer Castiel, Gamer Dean, Emo Castiel, Friends to Lovers, Canon-typical Violence Summary: In late 2006, Castiel and Dean are in the same guild and raid team in the online game, Moondoor. They only know each other by their character names: Niteryder and Thorsangel, but they hang out and chat whenever they’re not raiding. Dean is baffled though—no matter how much time they spend talking online, Angel never reveals anything about himself. That’s because Castiel is in hiding. At school he hides behind his emo image and stays as invisible as he can, but online he’s got to be extra-vigilant. He can’t reveal anything about himself to Ryder, as much as he might like to—doing so would risk bringing trouble down on himself and his mom. There’s something about Ryder that makes him easy to talk to, though. But outside of the game, ghosts from Castiel’s family’s past are out for revenge, and going back to Lawrence, KS to visit his friend Meg could put him in danger.

All Those Summer Nights | @babybluecas Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 1497 Main Tags and Warnings: alternate universe, inspired by Grease Summary: It was the best summer of Dean's life - spent on relaxing, parties and fun. And most importantly, spent with a blue-eyed boy he met one day on a beach. But the summer's over now, the school year begins, and Dean's left with the memories of his first summer love.

Aesthetics | @hearts-and-thumbs Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 4121 Main Tags and Warnings: Alternate Universe - High School, Artist Castiel, POV Castiel, Pranks and Practical Jokes, Color Fic, Childhood Friends, Fluff Summary: Dean Winchester's been Castiel's muse since he realized he was in love with him. He's the movement in the shading, and the colours exploding into vibrancy on his page. Unfortunately, they haven't been friends for years and Cas' got about a snowball's chance in Hell of changing that. And besides, it's not just friendship he wants. Dean disappeared years ago and came back different. And really, he's the biggest (and worst) flirt ever. But stranger things have happened.

Sealed lips. Tied hands. | @sternchencas Rating: General Word Count: 10781 Main Tags and Warnings: speaking disability, harassment by a teacher Summary: Dean Winchester doesn't look forward to his first day of school, but it's not because of your usual teenager problems. He would be glad if he had to deal with dates, grades and rumors about his love life. Instead, he struggles even to communicate. In a world where everyone talks in sign language, his hands are tied. He's a happer. One of those weird people who have a hard time figuring out what others say, and can't express what they want to tell. But one good deed might save him because he helps Castiel Novak. A boy who might be just as different and weird as Dean. A boy who understands even when Dean's lips are sealed.

Green Eyes In Sketchbooks | @envydean Rating: General Word Count: 1418 Main Tags and Warnings: artist!Cas, Jock!Dean, Meddling!Charlie, Unrequited Love, two sided unrequited love, Happy Ending, Fluff Summary: Castiel has always liked Dean, and he's always assumed that Dean has just never noticed him. That is until one day Dean does notice him and everything turns itself upside down.

Appreciation | @envydean Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 3002 Main Tags and Warnings: Light Angst, Fluff, sharing food, hand holding, First Kiss, Poor!Castiel Summary: Over in the corner is Castiel Novak. He’s not been at the school long but today he’s all alone; just last week, Dean was sure he saw him hanging out with Samandriel and Andy but today they’re nowhere to be seen. That is until he looks elsewhere and find them laughing at each other on a different table. Dean frowns. The guy doesn’t have his bag on him or any food in front of him. It’s far too early in their lunch break for him to have finished already.

Grammar Games (Series) | @relucant Rating: Explicit Word Count: 29961 Main Tags and Warnings: high school AU, light dom/sub, bottom dean, top cas, english grammar Summary: "Hey, hey," Dean said, propping his feet up on a chair. "Dude, I don't even know your name." Cas blinked up at him, and the tiny heat that the gravelly voice had sparked in Dean's stomach evolved into a full-on tingle. "Oh, uh," he said. "Yeah. I'm Castiel. Cas, if you like." "Cas," Dean drawled. "I do like." He stuck out his hand. Cas raised an eyebrow, but he reached out to shake. "I'm Dean Winchester." "I'm aware," Cas said dryly. "You've something of a reputation." "I'm aware," Dean agreed with a bright grin.

Somebody Holds the Key | @relucant Rating: Teen & Up Word Count: 1280 Main Tags and Warnings: high school AU, fluff Summary: Cas makes friends.

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Hi mods, thanks for opening up the Ask box! It's my first time doing this :/ hope I do it right… Can I ask for recs of long fics (say more than 50k? can be chaptered/one-shot) that the mods like but think are underrated? They can be any genre, and they can be from any writers (even some of the older ones who wrote more before 2017?) Thank you!!

Hi lovely anon! You rang the right bell because we have TONS of long fics to rec!! There are old fics but also a lot of recent ones, many different AUs and they’re all above 50k! ! we also made sure to rec fics that are underrated and need more recognition. It will probably take a long time to read all of those so TAKE YOUR TIME AND ENJOY

Amuse-Bouche - hehe this was recced not too long ago but its place on this list still stands! Chefs AU, very unique fic and extremely realistic! a true gem. (139k words)

Legends: The Chosen Twelve - this is an oldie! it was recced back in 2014 but still is pretty underrated and such an amazing fic! it’s ot12, MAMA AU. enjoy ^^ (151k words)

All is Said and Done - another oldie! BFFs!kaisoo that fall in love. it’s angsty c: (70k words)

Common Ground - also from 2014, this is a fantasy/ghost AU that doesn’t disappoint! (84k words)

Start Over - High School AU, lots of drama :’) originally posted in 2012, deserves so much more recognition! (65k words)

Lapis Lazuli - Fantasy + (School of) Magic AU, originally written for the exordium fest in 2015! ot12 although Kaisoo are one of the main pairings. There are adventures and action, it’s very entertaining, a good read c: (55k words)

If Only for Tonight - College AU, pretty angsty (warnings: violence, character death). Police officer Kyungsoo meets gangster jongin :-) (56k words)

French Lilac - Artist AU, jongin loves kyungsoo’s voice, but he’s already married. angst + smut. (50k words)

Trust You The Most - Cat Hybrids AU!! we need more of those . Soo ran a shelter for hybrids and he ends up (accidentally) keeping one for himself. (52k words)

Dear You - Kyungsoo really, really tries to get over Jongin. It’s not that easy. (sorry for all the angst o/) (59k words)

EXODUS - Supernatural AU, Kyungsoo meets a creature that makes him feel safe and cherished (55k words)

Beautiful Butterfly - CEO!Jongin and HS student!Soo, nini tries dealing with all the confessions thrown his way. Read on AFF. (63k words)

hearts and bones - High School AU, swimmer!jongin and photographer!soo meet, and the unexpected happens. (68k words)

Mixed Feelings - College AU, soo has a crush on his straight roommate jongin. pretty fluffy (50k words)

Fly With Me - Fantasy and Fae AU, jongin wanted an escape from reality but he didn’t intend to meet a bunch of men with wings on their backs. (warnings: slight gore, character death) (50k words)

Moon-Child - Fantasy AU, Kaisoo find themselves caught in a fairy tale. (warnings: character death). smutty too (51k words)

Save Yourself - Fantasy & Magic AU, Hybrids AU, War AU. Jongin is a cat hybrid and Kyungsoo’s just trying to make the spell that could save them all work. (68k)

The Stars, Our Saviour - Space AU (+ Royalty AU) + Bounty Hunter AU. Very impressive and unique fic! also smutty ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) (77k words)

Close To Home - a kai-centric fic, kaixeveryone but mainly/endgame kaisoo. Soulmates AU + Aliens AU. very smutty. (warnings: alien dicks?? alien sex, tentacles and knotting) (53k words)

Across - Assasins + Hitman AU, dark themes. (WARNINGS!: mental illness, mental instability, blood, violence, gore, murder, unhealthy relationship, mental and physical abuse.) Jongin has a crush on hitman!soo. Things don’t turn out as he planned. If you like freaky stuff, this is for you. (69k words)

Ghost of You - Future + Robots AU. Robots VS Humans. Kaisoo. A love story. (59k words)

Monster - VAMPIRE AU YES!!!! I can’t believe this isn’t as popular as it should be! one of my absolute favorites, it’s vampires VS vampire hunters, a fic where jongin realizes vampires aren’t all bad (especially kyungsoo). OT12 and definitely underrated. (115k words) (warnings: unhealthy to healthy relationships, blood (obviously), murder, psychopath killer, attempted rape)

Bugs and Space Elves - LOVE LOVE LOVE! !! this was originally posted for the happyendingexo fest, but the author decided to rewrite some old parts and continue with the story and i’ve never been more thankful. IT’S SO UNIQUE AND WELL WRITTEN AND MINDBLOWING! i really love this. Fantasy, Sci-Fi and Space AU, human kyungsoo helps elf jongin on his quest to save the universe! worth the read, i promise. (96k words)

The Gates of Horn and Ivory - married!kaisoo are taken into a world of darkness that they probably should’ve avoided. Dark fairy tale elements. (135k words)

The Boy Next Door - kyungsoo finds out his neighbour is a pornstar ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) very funny, fluffy and smutty. PERFECT TRIO! (53k words)

The War. (226k words) + The One After Ten Years. (149k words, on-going) (sequel) - WHERE DO I EVEN START? these are MONSTER fics! OT12, High School AU and Slice of Life AU in the sequel, but also includes their powers from MAMA era. Kaisoo is one of the two main pairings and honestly, these two fics gave me so much feels. It’s not underrated per se but has been only recced once on the blog and i wanted to fix this!

Kim Jongin’s Must Kiss List - College AU, kyungsoo embarrassed himself in front of nini a few years back and he’s still bitter and hateful about it, but jongin won’t stop running after him. (66k words)

2088 - Sci-Fi + Dystopia AU, kyungsoo has a mission to find a mutant boy after the war, but he realizes too late that they’re all just pawns part of a bigger plan. THIS IS HIGHLY UNDERRATED! (122k words)

I Feel Awake (This Time) - Hotel manager jongin and detective kyungsoo : truly a concept! the story of how jongin did his best to win the love of do kyungsoo. THIS FIC DESERVES SO MUCH LOVE! (57k words)

Being Brave - Non AU + Slice of Life AU. cute and smutty stories of kaisoo :-) (95k words)

Perfection - College AU, ballet dancer!jongin is going through a rough time. will singer!kyungsoo be able to save him and give him hope? (53k words)

Through Fire and Ashes - this was originally posted for the exoggedon fest but deserves so much more recognition!! Post-apocalyptic AU + Zombies AU. Basically humans VS zombies, established!kaisoo are ready to help defend their town. (warnings: blood, gore, side character death, PTSD) - ALSO MY FAVE - J

BITE - Vampire + Werewolf AU, both species are rivals (kind of like a twilight parody). Kaisoo and Chanbaek are both the main pairings, Baeksoo are vampires who find their soulmates in werewolves Chankai. Very interesting story! ! worth a shot :D (50k words, on-going)

Admin Macaroon at your service 💜

Mirrors - Youtuber AU, College AU, 132k and ongoing!!! kyungsoo makes covers a popular songs on yt and his fans get into a fight with fans of an idol named kai. it’s minty-pixie whew!

Horizon - 63k. one of the less known works of jongnugget imo! they have soo many fics over 50k wow :’) jongin is a new student at his hs and meets boy that changes his life

Kiss and Cry - 93k, figure skating au. jongnugget did it again

Enamoured - 96k. age gap with teacher soo and bad boy jongin, who is a lot younger than soo. soo always helps him and jongin likes him but they can’t be together for many reasons obvi. happy ending!

Bus Rides & Sleepy Misses - 133k, ot12 with main kaisoo ;) both meet on a bus ride and immediately catch each other’s attention! soft and fluffy :)

Two Sugars / AO3 - 57k, ongoing jfjsjf this is so good ;) a lot of smut, fluff, comfort a bit drama whew! fashion editor soo falls in love with a cute barista by day, sexy dancer by night jongin and when they are together it’s very…cute and sexy :p

Lackadaisical Blue + White Night of Silence- 53k and 61k, kingsman au, with spy exo, also ofc there’s kaisoo too, and this is absolutely well-written!!! if you know And the Rose Said to Me, you’ll understand the quality of these stories!!

Growing Seasons: A Universe of Us - Farmer AU, farmer jongin finds an unknown bloodied man passed out in his cabbage field and decides to take care of him, not knowing this man will change his life forever. (warnings: blood, PTSD, mentions of murder) (77k words) - Adm. Ginger

- Admin J

#kaisoo #kadi #fic request #admin macaroon #j #r:longfic

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callioope · 5 years

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Questions Meme!

Hello, yes, this HAS in fact been sitting in my drafts for ages and ages. Thank you to both @crazy-fruit and @ruby-red-inky-blue for tagging me and for waiting forever for me to answer (oops)! I’m sorry I took so long, but y’all ask really good questions and I had to think about some of them!

Question Set 1

1. How are you?

Oh, I’m doing alright! Thank you for asking. The earlier part of this year was rather rough, but therapy has been helping. I’ve been rather busy these past few weeks with traveling, and my schedule going forward is rather busy, too, so while I’m excited for those things, I’m also excited for the eventual moment I can just relax.

2. What would you say are your talents?

Writing. Making fancy color-coded spreadsheets. I’ve been told that my super power is getting random (annoying) songs stuck in other people’s heads. Does that count as a talent?

3. If you had the chance to start your life again, would you take it?

NOPE. No thanks. I like where I am at right now, and I would not want to relive my awkward years. Er, at least, my more awkward, younger years. Cuz I’m totally still awkward. Just less awkward. I hope?

4. Which language would you like to speak instantly?

HMM. ALL OF THEM. It’s really hard to choose!

Language fascinates me, and in another life I feel like I would have devoted a lot more time to learning more of them. Unfortunately, I really hated German class in high school because of the teacher’s tendency to put people on the spot -- I think that is sort of inherent in a language class, but I get anxiety speaking in public.

Anyways, I suppose I’ll answer Turkish to this question, since spouse and I keep saying we’re going to try to learn Turkish via Duolingo. For the record, my HS offered six languages, which was the most I’ve ever heard of an American school offering, and I was always quite happy with my choice of German. (The others were Spanish, French, Italian, Chinese, and Latin.) I do wish I had maintained my German better, and I that I had more time to learn Spanish.

5. Where would you like to be right now?

Honestly? I’m pretty happy when I’m at home. But if I had to answer where “else” would I like to be right now, out of the whole world? Being back on safari in Botswana is a top contender, as are a variety of places in Turkey, and also Munich.

6. What name would you give yourself?

I’ve always liked my actual name (Elizabeth). I know I go by Liz; one of my HS friends was quite stubborn and I’m a bit stuck with it now, but I don’t mind it. There are worse nicknames that come from Elizabeth. I used to go by Fiona online; I’ve always been fond of that one.

7. What is something you’re currently learning?

OOF, what a good question. I sorta blanked on this at first, and my first thought was uhhhh learning how to cope with my OCD??? I’m doing exposure therapy right now, ish. Emphasis on the ish. Also mindfulness. Does that really even count? I started a beginner’s knitting project several months ago that I never finished, does that count? (I just need to seam it, that’s what I’m putting off. I have knit plenty of scarves; however, this is my first hat.) I’m sort of teaching myself ukulele although I haven’t really learned any new chords or songs in awhile. I would very much like to take more photography classes with a focus on wildlife photography. That involves buying a new camera and... signing up for classes.

Question Set 2

1. What is a detail in a piece of art/a text that you like that you really admire?

This was very difficult, at first because it was like looking at a bin full of loose things and just seeing an assortment of color and being overwhelmed by it all, and then because once I did start digging around, I kept finding different ideas and it was too hard too choose.

Character-building: In the A Song of Ice and Fire series, when Arya starts working for the House of Black and White, Martin stops using the name “Arya” as she dons different identities. For example, he uses “Cat” for a bit, among other names. It shows she’s trying to be someone else, but the caveat is that there are still little mannerisms and such that show she hasn’t really left Arya behind (I think maybe she bites her lip or something? I don’t remember specific examples because it’s been over 5 years since I read these books, but I do remember really appreciating the general technique at the time).

Music: In The Beatles’ “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” I love those repeated arpeggios, over and over, building, intensifying, as the white noise comes in and you can just feel the heaviness of desire, of want... (and then I love how it just breaks so suddenly! And I know it wouldn’t have been intended this way because that’s the end of side one, but since I listen to the whole album on spotify, then those bright chords of “Here Comes the Sun” come in and god Abbey Road is the best Beatles album)

Writing: the poetry of Florence + The Machine’s “All This and Heaven Too,” obviously, since literally the title of my blog comes from that. I’d quote that whole song honestly. There’s something that speaks to me about the incapability of language to fully encompass just... everything. I mean, love in specific here, but also just everything. Words are just these little boats we put meaning on and we hope they make it to the other side but everyone takes ‘em a little differently.

Like, look at this:

And the words are all escaping, and coming back all damaged And I would put them back in poetry if I only knew how

And this:

Words were never so useful So I was screaming out a language that I never knew existed before

Anyways, there’s also something just incredibly soothing about the music, too, and how she sings the song. There’s another line, from Sara Bareilles’ “Miss Simone” that goes “How does she know what a heart sounds like?” which pretty much sums up how I feel about “All This and Heaven Too” (and also many of Sara Bareilles’ song, especially that particular album, but I digress).

Anyways I did have some art examples, but I think I’ve rambled long enough.

2. Is there an idea that you really liked but had to discard because you couldn’t get it to work?

If I really like an idea, I don’t really “discard” it so much as put it on the shelf to attempt later. Out of recent fic ideas, I’ve really struggled with “How to Lose a Spy in 10 Days.” I first thought of this in late spring 2017, and for awhile I couldn’t stop thinking about it, but I was working on Whatever I Do at the time, and wanted to wait before starting another WIP. By the time I got to writing this, the inspiration well had sort of dried up.

I really like the idea of a fun cat-and-mouse rom-com idea where Jyn and Cassian keep outsmarting each other, with a whole lot of competency kink, some “oh shit we actually work well together!” and maybe some battle couple. And I was really looking forward to both the moment when they both finally let their guards down around each other and the big confrontation when they actually find out each other’s identities. But it involved more mission writing than I was prepared for, and I really struggled with it. I think I need to start over but that involves a lot of working, so it’s unfortunately shelved for now, and I’m working on a “You’ve Got Mail” concept instead.

3. Is there something fandom-related you would like to be able to do (i.e. I’d like to be able to make gif sets but can’t)?

Oh, yes, absolutely! Really anything that’s not writing related, lol. Gif sets, art, etc. But most of all, I have a music video idea for the song “So Close” from Enchanted--like I have a whole story board plotted out in a google doc. But I don’t have any video editing software, don’t even know how you get the scenes for a music video, etc. I have made videos before, but not since high school, and I don’t even have the cheap, basic video editing program I used back then. Sometimes I think I should just attempt make a gif set instead, but there are so many lyrics! and scenes that go with the lyrics! that I don’t know how to consolidate it into that format anyways.

4. What is a skill you’ve acquired through fandom work?

Hmm, this was tough. I’m going to say HTML. I’m not up-to-date on webdesign at all, but back in my early fandom days, I ran a few fansites. I still sometimes use HTML while leaving comments or to edit posts on dreamwidth or w/e. It’s super basic, but it has helped me at work at a variety of jobs. I take it for granted that people my age should know basic HTML, but a lot of them don’t, and then a lot of people I work with now are older and definitely not tech savvy.

5. Do you think anyone can learn to create great art, or does it take talent?

Well, I’m going to cheat a little. I do think think that anyone can learn to create great art, but I also think that everyone has a talent at something, and part of learning to create great art is recognizing your skill sets and honing those. If that makes sense? I’ve sort of seen both sides to this. I’ve seen naturally talented people create great things, but I also think that they’re probably cheating themselves if they’re not learning and honing their craft and trying to get better. But I’ve also seen people who started out making things that maybe you wouldn’t call great, but they worked hard over and over again, and looking at their work now, you’d say they were talented without ever knowing the difference. Great art = talent + learning + passion. Did that even answer the question? ...moving on

6. Do you prefer AUs or in-universe? Why?

I prefer to write in-universe, for sure. I find modern AUs more challenging, mostly because--and I feel kinda bad saying this--it’s very difficult for me to tap into Jyn and Cassian’s characters without some kind of tragic background. Their experiences and how they coped with them shape their personalities, and it’s really hard to separate them from those. My WWII was easier because, hey, it’s war, not so different from in-verse. But I initially tried to write Learning Curve in a modern AU and I was just totally bored. Putting it in universe made it more interesting to me, especially having to finagle a happier plot inverse. IDK, it might even be that I generally struggle to make up any conflict in modern AUs that feels interesting.

THAT SAID, lol, I definitely read either. So it’s probably strange for me to be hung up on it because I’ve read nice fluffy modern AUs and found them perfectly engaging.

Tagging: @theputterer, @magalis, @allatariel, @mythologicalmango, @threadsketchier MY USUAL DISCLAIMER APPLIES: no pressure if you just don’t wanna, AND if anyone sees this and was like “aw hey i wish she’d tagged ME” well guess what, I wish I did too! so go ahead and do it and let me know and then i’ll know to tag you next time, too :-)

Questions:

When you suffer a setback or a series of setbacks when creating (writing, drawing, knitting, any kind of crafty project thing you work on... even work), what are some strategies you use to cope with that stress and move forward?

What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever had to create/make and what did you learn from it?

What part of a bicycle would you be?

What’s a helpful writing (art/crafting/work) technique you’ve learned?

What’s a piece of art that made you see things differently?

You’re a new addition to the crayon box. What color would you be and why?

What was the last board game you played and what did you like or not like about it?

*sorry these came out rather writer heavy!

#about me #tag meme

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kingsofeverything · 5 years

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WIP folder

The Rules: List the names and a short description of all the files in your WIP folder, then tag some fellow writers to do the same.

anitra @allwaswell16 tagged me to do this because i said i didn’t want to lol i’m going to list them in order of likeliness that they’ll get written lolllll

anon fic. this fic is anonymous so uhhhhhhh it’s about louis and harry and they fall in love

distant future sci fi au. this is the fic idea i just had yesterday. it’ll be nonlinear which is going to be a pain in the ass for me because it’ll involve doing things a certain way and this fic is not the boss of me. i don’t want to spoil anything, but i’m thinking it’ll be both povs as well. in my head it’s not enemies but like..... general disdain to friends to virtual strangers to friends to lovers, but who knows what will happen when i start writing lol. hmmmm what else can i share without spoilers...... harry and gemma are like geniuses. oh! and louis leaves earth (and harry) and doesn’t come back (this fic could literally never happen lol i haven’t written one word)

graphic design is my passion louis. this fic is based on a prompt uhhhhh hold plz..... the next to the last prompt in this post. i have a few k already written idk why but i need this art student louis, history student harry au.

vampire!harry. well i wrote 20k+ for this and decided i didn’t like it and wanted to start over. the story in my head is greeeeeeeat. like really good. nice and safe and in my brain where nothing will happen to it lol

tshu2 which is titled ‘the drum beats out of time’ but isn’t written yet lol. i have a partial time line and a partial outline but that’s it.

not groundhog day au. welllll it’s like the movie groundhog day, but on xmas eve instead. harry pov. idk if it will work. he’s got to be an actual asshole in the beginning soooooo. i want to write it though just because i think it’d be super interesting to see him fall in love with louis in the 24 hour time loop lol because they start out as basically hating each other.

other sci fi au. original sci fi au lol. i started this fic like 2 years ago??? is that right? holy shit. anyway i wrote a few k on it and decided i didn’t like the way i’d written it, so i’m pretty much scrapping it and starting over. but i love the idea for this one. it’s unusual and i want to write it probably second to the new sci fi au.

tiny 3 which is started as tiny 2 but lol i decided to change it. this is the one where harry is a photographer who does coffee table books. and louis is an architect. have a few k on it but got stuck, so hopefully changing that one little thing will make a difference when i sit down to write on it again

dws 4.... idk why i have this listed as 4 in my spreadsheet when there are already 6 fics in the series on ao3. ANYWAY this is the fic that takes place like a week or 2 after chapter 8 in dws. i was initially doing all of the timestamps from harry’s pov but i want to do this one in louis’ pov. harry goes up to spend the weekend with louis, meets niall, etc etc etc. have a few words on this lol literally like one paragraph

rocky horror au- title: science fiction, double feature. community theater puts on rhps. louis wants to be frankenfurter but niall casts harry instead. hate to love. etc etc. i have a few hundred words on this.

camper fic / porch louis. honestly really want to write this one but idk if it’ll ever happen. i combined 2 fics lol. camper fic tag is here. but a lot of that’s changed. louis isn’t famous for one thing. hmmmmm..... the porch louis part of it was inspired by the song shy by leon bridges

broken fang vampire!harry and dentist!louis (it’s as stupid as it sounds lol)

nirvana karaoke fic. based on uhhhhhhhhhh harry singing nirvana karaoke. it’s their 25th hs reunion. that’s........... all i’ve got

traveling fic. i have zero written for this but ideassssssssssssss. for like 2 years i’ve been thinking about it. they’re newly dating. harry’s been planning a year long trip around the world, so wasn’t trying to date anyone but wooohoooo louis came along like idk 2-3 months before harry’s trip starts. harry asks him to drop everything and like quit his job and come with him.

i’m going to stop there because there are more but mostly just ideas for fics. 14 is enough and i’ve probably left one off that i’m actually already writing but forgot about. tagging @halosboat @horsegirlharry @catfishau @sometimesambroswrites @velvetnoodle @indiaalphawhiskey

#wip folder #lol whyyyyy #that anon fic is killing me #lolllllllll

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warmau · 7 years

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Highschool!AU Renjun

find college!nct (here) & hs!haechan (here) | hs!jeno (here) | hs!jisung (here)

favorite subject: foreign language & gym

least favorite subject: world history

voted most likely: to guest on a cooking show

if you ask people in school, renjun is unanimously known as being nice

he’s helpful, always energetic, and seems to be the only sensible on his group of friends

the role of keeping the younger ones under control falls to him after mark leaves for college

and,,,,,,renjun honestly fits the role well

he can be silly, crack jokes and play pranks with haechan and chenle - but he also knows when to be there for his friends

to listen to their hardships and hope he can be there for them through all the ups and downs of being teenagers

“you’re ,,,,, the mom friend” jisung reckons and renjun just shrugs, to be honest he doesn’t mind that - moms are cool

people in school are weirdly obsessed with understanding where renjun is from and renjun is just like “how about you guys study for your classes instead?” when people start taking smack

haechan: usually you’re lame,,,but that was cool

renjun: thank- wait did you just call me lame

he loves foreign language, so he takes two classes - advanced chinese but then also french because like ??? why not??

also,,,,his nice personality doesn’t undermine his comeptitivness

and his love to like,,,win

in gym???? he takes kickball to heart.

when he loses anything,,,,he’s sore about it for the next period and haechan is like how are you,,,,,older than me and hold grudges like a baby

and renjun is like it’s not a gRUDGE,,,,,,,but im pretty sure we would have won if chenle just tried to kick the ball harder

chenle: how is everything my fault

jeno: life is like that, chenle is to blame for everything

but no,,,he really is a sweet person and has the cutest hobbies

like he loves to read cooking books and make crafts and he does this thing where he hums happily when he’s studying - usually to his favorite songs

fun fact: he has a pic of zhang yixing in his locker and everyone is like why and renjun is like why? why not

bUT ,,,, you’re actually in another school and you don’t know anything about renjun and the nct dream kid shenanigans

you actually first meet renjun because he’s your co-worker at a part-time job in a popular cafe

you actually get the job first,,,working a couple of months before your boss finally decides you need someone to help you run the register - seriously,,,,,the place is booming after 4pm and you’ve been dying doing everything yourself

and that’s when renjun is hired,,,,,and you meet him - looking excited and happy about this hellish job

that hwen you hand him a mop and go “coffee spilled at table three and seven”

his smile just falls

and you’re like yep - welcome to actual hell

but renjun,,,,manages it well - he’s fast and organized and really really really good at making pasterie and coffee

you notice,,,,about a week into working with him that people are spending more time at the counter, pretending to look at the menu but atually looking at renjun

who always looks so soft in his work uniform, his bangs pushed back under the dumb beret you have to both wear - round glasses perched on his nose as he makes latte art

“do you really need those”

you ask once, pointing to the glasses and he shakes his head “no, they’re just cute.”

and it doesn’t take long for the dream kids to find out about renjun’s part time job

coming in and chuckling, calling renjun a “little paris boy” and asking if there is anything on the menu they can get for cheap since their friends works there

one day, jisung leans his elbows on the register and looks at you curiously

you look back, waiting to see if he’ll order or not

“you and renjun have been working together for a while, what do you think of him?”

renjun is busy with coffee orders and haechan trying to distract him that he doesn’t notice jisung up to no good

you shrug,,,,,,,you haven’t thought anything interesting of him yet - he’s just,,,,

“he’s nice.”

jisung lets out a sigh, “no no - i mean do you think he’s cuuuuute?”

you blink,,,opening your mouth but nothing comes out

before you can think it over, jeno appears and pulls jisung away with a roll of his eyes and an apology to you about jisung’s questions

but,,,,,the question lingers in your mind

and when you and renjun are closing up that evening, you steal a glance at him and realized

oh god,,,,,,,,he is super cute

changed out of his work uniform, he’s wearing what all other high schoolers have to - a button down and the slacks in the color of the school’s choice

but somehow,,,he makes it,,,,cuter

his hair falls softly over his forehead in bangs, his serious face while he works putting away trash and whatnot is different than the usual smile you see on his face when he talks to customers

he’s young, but there is something strong in his jaw and his eyes are a pretty dark brown,,,like freshly ground coffee

his lips part slightly in concentration and when he looks over at you, you have to pretend to be gazing at the register in front of you as to not come off ,,,, weird

“christmas is coming, i think we’re going to be seriously overworked.” he says as you throw your bag over your shoulder

“that’s true,,,the boss said something about us having to make mint hot chocolate and butterscotch latte’s for the season.”

renjun crinkles his nose

“mint hot chocolate sounds weird,,,”

you laugh a little and agree

“it sucks i think we have to come in on sunday to learn how to do it too,,,,” he groans and holds the door of the cafe open for you as you both step out into the evening air

“see you sunday!” he cheerfully waves, heading in the opposite direction to catch his bus

you want to say it back but your voice dies in your throat,,,you’re suddenly nervous about saying it,,,about saying something to renjun

don’t get a crush - don’t get a crush

you chant to yourself as a reminder as you make you way home too but,,,,,,,as usual,,,,,,,that’s exactly what happens

sunday morning you and renjun are both not happy about being at work. your boss isn’t even there, he just leaves a stack of instructions on how to make the holiday drinks and a note that says - learn to make these the right way kids!

you and renjun both sneer at the word ‘kids’,,,,but get to work regardless

renjun,,,,,,,as per usual gets it perfect with one try. each of his drinks tastes delicious and he can take measurements of sugar and milk by hand,,,

you,,,,,,,not so much

you get whipped cream every, the mint tea almost spills on you at some point and you’re bad at opening the hot chocolate packs - at one point you try to rip one open with your teeth and renjun has to stop you because he’s sure that’s a healthcode violation

“here, let me help you.”

he smiles,,,,,,,,and you remember telling jisung about renjun - that he’s just,,,,,,,so nice

he takes your hands and shows you how to get just the right amount of coco into the cup

you feel him leaning over your shoulder, asking against your ear if you see what he did

you don’t want to acknowledge the shiver down your back - the increase of your heart

so you’re thankful,,,,,but also upset when renjun let’s you go to work on his own drinks

it takes you a while, but with renjun’s help everything turns out well and you both are happy - until you realize your shift lasts till five today

a couple of days pass and people are really feeling the christmas drinks - the cafe is crammed everytime you show up after school for work

and renjun greets you with a sad smile

“guess what, this all gets worse.”

“what could you mean-”

you and renjun stand side by side, unimpressed at the register wearing matching santa claus hats (that almost makes haechan pass out from laughter when he sees you both)

the days just get worse and worse, there’s too many orders and too many dumb mint hot chocolates to make

and finally,,,,you don’t think you can keep up - you end up in the back of the kitchen trying not to cry your eyes out and quitting this job,,,half because you need the money but half because you don’t want to leave renjun out to dry

“are you ok?”

renjun’s voice comes from your side and you choke back the tears,,,not wanting him to see

but renjun’s hand is warm on your shoulder, and you don’t know what to do but to turn and hide in his open arms

renjun is a bit shocked by your sudden embrace,,,but he holds you close regardless

“i know it’s hard,,,,,,,,” he mumbles

and you feel him stroke your hair, let your tears stain the front of his shirt but doesn’t mind at all

you hear the impatient people out at the front, asking where someone is to take their order and renjun goes out first to let you clean yourself up before you join him

the hard day comes to a close and as usual you expect to part ways with renjun,,,,but he is walking in the same direction as you

“i know,,,,,it’s a lot these days, but im really happy we get to work together.”

renjun starts, his voice sounds just a little hesitant - like he’s not sure if he should say what he’s about to say

“and i hope you don’t,,,,,quit.”

you stop walking and renjun stops to,,,,,brown eyes fleeting from you to the ground

you shake your head, “i wont,,, i like you too.”

you don’t realize what you say till it’s out,,,,and then your face is turning three hundreds shades of red because no no you meant to say i like working with you too

but renjun looks,,,,,happy

his smile is shy, but it’s there and you don’t know if you should try and say something

but you don’t have to because renjun reaches out and takes your hand,,,,

holding it and nothing feelings more normal than that moment

no more words are needed as renjun walks you all the way home and when you say you’ll see him at work

he’s about to turn around before he stops himself and clears his throat

“so,,,,,,after our shift tomorrow - would you like to go on a date?”

your first date is ,,,,,,, sweet

you and renjun walk among the holiday inspired store windows, christmas lights and fake snowmen are everywhere

and you and renjun get called ‘adorable’ by at least three santa’s

which makes renjun all flustered and confused,,,,,,a purehearted boy whose like do they think we’re???? dating

and you’re like WELL,,,,isn’t this a date???

and he almost hiccups but it’s true - it is a date oh my god he’s on a date

you talk mostly about how school is, how work is the worst and your boss is a stingy old man

but it’s ,,,,,, a new feeling

it’s like the world is muffled when you’re with renjun, all you can focus on is him

and the way he laughs, cutely covering his mouth with the back of his hand

the way he embarrassingly admits having his mom on speed dial

the sore loser face he makes when you beat him at rock paper scissors when you two are trying to pick a snack to go eat

how he tries to sneak a bite of your food when you’re not looking as revenge

you both have school tomorrow so you can’t stay out late - but renjun makes sure that he walks you to your train first - waving until you’re safely inside the station

and you don’t see it, but he’s grinning like a goofball to himself all the way home

it’s actually jeno who figures out you two are a thing when they all stop by at the cafe

he sees renjun’s hand brush yours over the counter and the two of you kind of look at one and other

and he’s just like,,,,,,,,,,,,oh

he doesn’t say anything - but then haechan sees and well he tells EVERYONE

people in renjun’s class who don’t even know you are like oh,,,,your s/o?????

and he’s like oh my god - oh my god haechan whaT DID YOU SAY

but haechan even seems to have connections in your school?????? people are like whose renjun and you’re like uh

dating him,,,,,,,,is honestly the cutest though

you guys watch his favorite cooking shows and he tells you what he likes making at home in his spare time

you’ve never seen someone so excited about food - it’s cute

also?? you guys get into this little like ritual of going out for snacks after your weekend shifts

and renjun is ???? a god at making 7/11 ramen?????

you’ve never loved it as much as before - renjun just gets blushy when you compliment him

(mostly because the clerk is looking at you two like at or get out LOL)

but you also just enjoy each others company at work even more because you guys work like a team

and you need teamwork in dating too,,,understanding each other without words and just being the support the other person needs

renjun practices the phrases he learns in french on you and you’re like,,,,,that’s amazing what does it mean

renjun: calls you the most beautiful person he knows

renjun: oh it,,,it just means i like your eyes

mark comes by to visit the cafe during winter break and he’s like “how are the kids?” and you’re like kids????

the kids are the rest of nct dream

mark sympathetically shakes his head at you like “seems ryou haven’t seen them at their worst yet.”

their worst is having a sleepover with renjun and you getting 42 calls and voicemails of haechan doing karaoke and jisung imitating kissing noises as renjun tells him to stop

like,,,they’re not middle schoolers - but sometimes they act like it ,,,,,,,

but they all really welcome you into their friendship, because as jeno says if you’re special to renjun you’re special to them

you know renjun’s round glasses???? that aren’t real glasses but he wears them a lot

he gets you a pair and you guys are the specs couple (thanks to chenle for that nickname)

ok but imagine you’re on your break with him and he takes his glasses off shyly and that means he is thinking about kissing you but he’s like,,,,,,,,too shy to say it

so you do it instead and he just,,,,bursts with love and giddyness

to be honest,,,,you probably have to initiate pda because renjun wants to keep it mannered and pure but when you press your lips against his neck he just !!!!!!!!! with hearts around his head

the amount of times haechan pretends that renjun has a mark on his neck drives renjun up a wall with worry until jeno is like chill bro there’s nothing there

writes your name in chinese characters in his phone with a little green heart emoji

favorite kisses tho? forehead kisses after work

picks you up from school and gets flocked down by like 324323 girls and he escapes only when he sees you and he’s like please,,,,lets go before i disappear and you never see me again

jokes jokes,,,,,,,but i mean he is a visual

shopping for gifts together for friends,,,,,but also you know renjun would obssess over getting you something sentimental

and he does,,,,,a small puppy charm that you clip to the front of your uniform at work

and someone asks why you have it - do you like dogs

and you just think back to a red-faced renjun giving it to you and going,,,,doesn’t it look like me? you can have me near you all the time,,,,,,

you: we work together though

renjun: you’re right, but if im on one side of the cafe and you’re at the other - it’ll be like im still close by,,,,near your heart,,,,this is corny please tell me to stop

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