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jeonronwoo · 4 years

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Little Vistor → Jackson Wang

anonymous asked: Can I request 79/87 for Jackson (Got7) please 🦋

Prompts:

79. “You’re such a ladies man.”

87. “Dude! She beat the shit out of you.”

Requested.

Word Count: 2.2k

Warnings: A few curse words.

Genre: Fluff, Comedy.

“What? For Two months?! This is great! She is an angel, of course he’d be okay with it. Alright, I’ll see you soon, bye.”

You ran excitedly into your husband’s studio down the stairs and knocked on the door, when you entered he looked up and smiled at you.

“Hey babe, you look very excited, what happened?” Jackson asked as he motioned for you to come.

You sat on his lap and wrapped your arms around his neck still smiling you answered,

“My brother and his wife are going on a vacation for two months, and they’re going to let Bora stay with us the whole time! Isn’t that amazing?!” You said and noticed Jackson’s smile flattered slowly, causing you to frown at him.

“What’s wrong?” You asked your voice soft.

“It’s nothing, it’s just Boraـ”

“I thought you loved Bora..” You cut him off, he nodded quickly.

“I do! It’s just that, she doesn’t like me very much.” Jackson mumbled.

You eyed him strangely, you didn’t know what made him say this. Jackson was an amazing uncle to your nieces and nephews, he always gave them gifts, played with them, and loves them so much. And they loved him just as much, you didn’t know what made Bora an exception.

“You’re silly, Bora loves you like the rest of the kids do.” You said and he huffed and pouted slightly.

“She hates me Y/N.. Remember last Christmas what happened? She said she wanted to show me her snowman that she built outside, and guess what happened? She locked me outside and I was freezing to death!” He said and you couldn’t help but laugh at the memory.

“Maybe she was bored and wanted to have some fun, maybe she didn’t mean to.” You said and Jackson looked at you scoffing.

“Oh yeah right, you remember how there was a food fight? You know what did Bora do?” Jackson asked as you remembered the accident and laughed loudly saying.

“Dude! She beat the shit out of you.”

Jackson sighed and you stopped laughing rubbing his shoulder. “Okay maybe she dislikes you just a little bit, but, now your time to shine, we have two months of her staying with us, maybe you can get her to like you.” You said and pressed a kiss to his temple.

He sighed and nodded silently, you knew he was feeling bad that she dislikes him, Jackson really loved your niece, but she always gave him the cold shoulder, and he doesn’t know why. He tried everything to get her to like him, but it was all in vain.

You noticed he seemed a bit down, so you asked him to let you listen to the song he was working on, he put the headphones around your head and pressed play. The beat filled you and you smiled, you’ll always be proud of your husband, he was talented for real, and he was a good husband to you.

After you finished the song you smiled at him, and he could see that he had done a good job, you were his favorite criticizer, and he couldn’t confidently release anything before you listened to it, and he knew you were grateful for that.

“I think that was perfect, good job, baby.” You said and kissed him on the lips, he smiled and kissed you back. But you were interrupted by the door bell ringing.

“She’s here!” You said excitedly and ran to the door. Jackson took a deep breath and followed you.

You opened the door and saw your brother and his wife standing at your door step with smiles on their faces, you jumped and hugged your brother tightly.

“Alright, you’re going to suffocate me!” He said, you scoffed and pulled away, and then hugged his wife.

“I’m so sorry if we’re bothering you, but you’re the only ones we trust to take care of Bora.” Your sister-in-law said.

“Of course not, don’t be silly!” You replied then turned to Jackson, “Baby, can you please take Bora’s suitcase to the guest bedroom? Thank you.” You said and watched as he carried the small suitcase and went upstairs.

You turned back to your brother and his wife, “So, where’s she?” You asked, your brother grinned and went to the car to bring your niece.

You saw her sleeping and awed at the sight of her chubby cheeks resting on your brother’s shoulder, you opened your arms and he rested her in them. You looked at your sister-,in-law quietly asking if you could wake her up, she nodded and you bounced Bora a bit on your hips.

“Boo, wakey wakey.” You whispered in her ear, she opened her eyes and once she saw you she grinned and threw her arms around your neck.

“Auntie Y/N! I missed you so much!” Bora exclaimed and you chuckled kissing her cheeks.

“I missed you too sweetie, guess who will be spending two months with their aunt?” You asked and she laughed pointing to herself, “That’s right, are you super duper excited?!” You said and she quickly nodded.

“Alright, we’ve to go now. Baby girl, be good for auntie Y/N and uncle Jackson.” Your brother said causing Bora to frown at him.

“No! Uncle Jackson is silly!” Bora said, and you snickered quietly.

“Bora! We don’t use this word except for a nice thing! Now, please be good, mommy and daddy have to go now. I love you.” Your sister-in-law said, as you let her hug her daughter, and your brother took a turn too.

Then you carried her again and raised your hand to wave to your brother and his wife, “Say bye to mommy and daddy.” You said and she waved at them too.

You both walked inside the house, you saw Jackson in the kitchen preparing lunch, so you decided not to interrupt him. So you took Bora’s hand and walked to her room. You bathed her and helped her putting on some new clothes. You decided to ask her why she doesn’t like Jackson.

“Bora, why don’t you like uncle Jackson sweetie?” You asked.

“Because he isn’t sharing you, and that’s mean, I don’t see you as often because he took you away.�� She replied pouting.

Then it hit you, she was jealous. You weren’t with Jackson when she was first born, you and Jackson have been together for two years then you got married six months ago. And you left your parents’ house.

“Oh, but auntie loves him just like she loves you, and it hurts me that you don’t like him, can you please be nice to him? He makes me happy.” You said and she looked at you.

“Okay, I will think about it.” She replied and you smiled at her amused.

“Thank you, now. Do you want to go downstairs and watch some cartoons?” You asked and she nodded.

You took her hands in yours as you walked downstairs, you saw Jackson still standing in the kitchen, you turned around to look at her and sat on your knees in front of her.

“Can you please go tell him hi? It will make auntie really happy.” You whispered and Bora looked at you before nodding.

She walked over to him and patted his thigh, Jackson turned around and looked down at her and smiled widely.

“Hi uncle Jackson.” She said, Jackson looked up at you excitedly and looked down at her again.

“H-Hi Bora! How are you?” Jackson asked smiling.

“Fine. There auntie Y/N, I told him hi.” Bora said and you mentally face palm, she walked back to you.

You noticed how Jackson seemed disappointed, so you just shut up and turned on the TV and watched cartoons with Bora.

***

You put Bora to sleep and went back to yours and Jackson’s bedroom, you saw he was scrolling through his phone, you smiled and got under the covers with him and cuddled into his chest.

“So, I talked to Bora and asked her why she doesn’t like you.” You started, he stopped scrolling through his phone and turned to you.

“Really? What did she tell you?” Jackson asked.

“Well, she thinks you aren’t sharing me with her, she’s just jealous. You know, before we even met I used to babysit her all the time, and now we’re married, she doesn’t see me as she used to.” You explained.

“Oh lord, I’m a terrible human being, I took you away from your family, I’m a monster!” He said but he was smiling, you hit his side.

“Stop saying this!” You chuckled and got up and straddled his waist.

“No really, I’m a terrible uncle.” Jackson said, you shook your head no and smiling at him.

“Don’t worry, I’m sure she will like you in no time.” You answered and he raised an eyebrow at you.

“And why do you think so?” He asked and you simply answered.

“You’re such a ladies man.”

Jackson laughed loudly at this and you smiled at him glad that you could finally get his mind off of this topic, even for a couple of minutes.

***

For two weeks, you and Bora bonded and you always made time for her, you tried to include Jackson with you two, but Bora always ended up kicking him out because he was interrupting your girl time.

Until one day, it was a rainy day, and it wasn’t hard to tell that there would be a thunderstorm even! You unfortunately had to work late, and you sent a message to Jackson asking him to put Bora to sleep.

He sighed and walked up the stairs till he reached into Bora’s room, he knocked on the door and peeked his head inside, he saw Bora colouring on the floor.

“Hey Bora, auntie Y/N has to work late, do you want me to put you to sleep?” He asked and Bora looked up at him uninterested.

“No.” She answered bluntly, Jackson nodded used to her rejection and walked back downstairs to continue with the album.

By now, it was pouring rain and the thunder’s roars echoed through the house, but Jackson was unbothered and kept on working on the album, and writing down something about the lyrics, then Jackson heard small footsteps running and then a soft, scared voice spoke.

“Uncle Jackson?”

He raised his head and saw Bora standing there and was clutching her plushie, the thunder boomed again and she gasped loudly and whimpered.

“C-Can I stay with you? I’m scared of the thunders..” Bora said and Jackson looked at her wide-eyed before nodding quickly.

He opened his arms for her and she buried herself in them, he smiled quietly, and sat her down on his lap. He noticed she was still shaking, he took of his headphones and put them on her head.

“There, why don’t you listen to the song I made, would you like that?” Jackson asked and Bora nodded excitedly causing him to squeal internally.

He pressed the play button as the beat filled the quiet living room, she sat and was enjoying the song. After the song stopped, Bora looked up at Jackson and smiled.

“It’s really good! Did you do it all by yourself?” Bora asked and Jackson nodded smiling.

“Yeah! Do you think I should release it?” He asked and she nodded her head rapidly.

They talked back and forth bonding more, and Jackson could feel that Bora was becoming more comfortable around him. He looked at his watch and sighed as he stood up and put Bora on the floor.

“Okie dokie, I think that’s enough for today. Let’s put you to bed.” Jackson said as he picked Bora up and went to his room as he didn’t have the heart to leave her sleep alone.

He put her to bed and made sure she was covered securely, he was about to leave to grab something, but Bora grabbed his hand.

“Please stay uncle Jackson, can you read me a bedtime story?” She asked and Jackson was grinning at this point.

He joined her in bed and she cuddled into him almost immediately, he took off his glasses and put them on the nightstand and said wrapping his arms around her small frame.

“Alright, I’ll tell you about the first time I went on tour!”

***

You went home completely exhausted, and the fact that you had to wait until the rain stopped was even tiring. You went to check on Bora, but didn’t find her in the room. You started to panic and went to your bedroom to tell Jackson that she was gone, only to be met with the most heart swelling sight ever.

Your husband and your niece cuddling together, Jackson held onto Bora tightly who was clutching her plushie. You smiled and went to Jackson careful not to wake any of them.

You caressed his face and he stirred and opened his eyes, once his eyes caught yours he gave you a sleepy smile causing you to smile.

“Hi, I see you both are on good terms now.” You said nodding towards Bora and Jackson smiled looking down at her with a loving gaze.

“Yeah, I think she likes me.”

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tewqut · 4 years

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After One Night- One shot

Summary: Marinette catches her fiancé Adrien Agreste cheating on her with one of her models in their own bed. She runs away crying towards a certain man. She needed him and he gave her everything he could have offered even if it was only for one night. He leaves for tour and comes back to find a new person.

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He groaned as he felt his climax coming, however that didn’t stop him from thrusting inside and out of the small woman underneath him. He had promised to make her feel loved again and that was what he was aiming for. He started kissing her neck and sucked on her sweet spot leaving a hickey as one of his hand found its way to gently message Marinette’s left breast.

Her loud moans and gasps were proof that he was doing a good job, maybe even better than what her cheating fiancé did to her. When he placed his forehead against hers, she found herself pushing his hair out of his sweaty face gently which caused him to look into her bluebell eyes. She quickly pressed her lips against his as he fastened his pace and cummed inside of her followed by her own orgasm. He rolled off of her, falling next to her side.

He glanced towards her, fearing that she might be regretting their actions. However she kissed him and thanked him for an amazing night. When she rolled toward the end of the bed, Luka decided to risk it and grabbed her wrist before she stood up.

“Please stay, at least for the night.” She nodded and curled next to Luka’s body. They ended up falling asleep together with her head resting on his chest as he hugged her.

When he woke up, she was gone. No trace of her ever being there except of their scent combined.

Next time he saw her, she was again with Adrien Agreste in a fashion show where he was performing with his father. He knew it shouldn’t have bothered him, she never said she was going to leave Adrien for him. In the end, she still loved Adrien, not him.

On his last day before going on a world tour for 3 years with his father Jagged Stone, his friends threw him a departing party and wished him good luck. He saw Marinette alone at the end of the boat, her fingers rapidly typing on her phone before letting a frustrated sigh.

He knew he probably shouldn’t have, but he did either way and went up to her.

“Hey Ma-ma-Marinette.” She let out a squeal of fright before she faced him.

“You scared me, Luka.” She hadn’t talked to him since that night which was 2 weeks ago. After that night, she felt something inside of her spark for the man, but she was engaged to the other man everyone expected her to marry including herself.

“Sorry.” He gave her a sheepish smile that made her heart beat twice it’s regular pace “Where’s Adrien?”

She had forgotten about Adrien. She wasn’t going to lie to herself, she knew he was probably balls deep inside another one of his co-models. That’s what he always did and yet the whole universe kept telling her that she was destined to be with him.

“He’s running a little late.” Luka just nodded looking down. Of course he knew, she had told him and slept with him the first time she caught Adrien cheating on her. “You know, photoshoots take forever.” She faked a laugh even a six year old could tell.

Instead of him saying something about her lie, he just goes with it. “Yeah, it’s sucks.”

They stay there for a couple of minutes before her phone started ringing. She answered quickly. “Where are you?” Her voice was strict even Luka felt like he was in trouble.

“I know you have a busy sche-” she was cut off by the voice on the other side of the line

“Yes, I’m listening to you.” She looked at Luka while she was listening to what he presumed was Adrien.

A minute passed before she spoke again. “Okay fine. I’ll be home in 15 minutes.” She was letting Adrien know to get his side chick out of their apartment before she got there.

Once she hung up, she started putting her jacket on. “I’m sorry Luka. Adrien just got home and he’s tired, he said he wishes you good luck and congratulates you.” She lied again “I better get going.”

She placed a quick kiss on his cheek before heading inside the boat to say goodbye to her friends.

She waved him goodbye as she got inside a car driven by the same bodyguard that used to creep him back in his teen days.

That was the last time he saw her before he left.

During his third week on tour, he saw a magazine where the front cover was Adrien and Marinette having picked out a date for their wedding. The Fashion Wedding as the media called it. That’s when he figured he needed to forget about her to avoid feeling the pain. He deleted his social media to avoid seeing her, however he kept his number in case she wanted someone to talk to.

She never called.

On his eight month away, he had managed to release his very first song as a solo artist without his father’s help. His song was dedicated for her, no matter how much he tried, the bluenette was in his head at all time.

When he performed for the first time his song in a huge concert, he felt like on top of the world, like he had excitement running through his veins. That night, on December 25, changed his life completely. He wasn’t known anymore as Jagged Stone’s son, but as Luka Couffaine.

Everyone from Paris called him to congratulate him on his song but none of them were her. He didn’t even bothered to ask for her since he knew she was getting married next year.

On his first year and a half on tour, he was more famous than his father and had collaborated with some of his favorite artists. His father had dragged him to one of the fashion shows in New York they were invited to. During the first hour, he was bored to the core, sure he liked some of the clothes, but none of them caught his attention. He was ready to leave and go home when suddenly a piece of clothing caught his attention, a beautiful black leather jacket with pink flowers trailing on the arm. He recognized the design. The man modeling it did a good job showing off her hard work.

“Next piece is by the one and only Marinette Dupain-Cheng.” The host said confirming his suspicion. He looked around, seeing multiple people clapping and the flashes blinding him. He couldn’t see her.

He expected her to stand up like all the designers did when they presented their work, but she never did. She didn’t come.

After the show, he went backstage to find the person who brought the piece and found a woman who claimed to be Marinette’s representative. Some millionaire man had tried to buy the jacket for twenty million dollars, more than what he could have offered, but the woman turned it down saying it was off limits. He left without a doubt, knowing it was probably for Adrien.

On his second year on tour, his father hit rock bottom. He wasn’t aware of his father’s addiction to gambling. There was no money to continue the tour and if it was canceled, Jagged Stone’s career would have been over along with his.

He started dating Chloé Bourgeois the next month. Mayor Bourgeois agreed to give them a check for the tour if and only if Luka agreed to date his daughter to promote her career as an actress. He would’ve been okay to leave the fame and go back home to being a delivery boy, but this was Jagged Stone’s life and passion, he couldn’t do that to his father.

Every time he kissed Chloé, he thought of Marinette’s lips and that’s what kept him from going insane. Seemed to work since every magazine portrayed their kiss as a loving one. He wasn’t going to lie, Chloé was an amazing woman, she changed from her teenage years. However, his guitar played only for the woman in Paris. Marinette.

At his last concert, he sang his whole album and was mostly about him than Jagged Stone. He really had grown. Three years really did a good thing for him, he had gained more muscles, he had an arm sleeve tattoo, he had a stubble beard and his hair was shorter, he had a messy hairstyle with his unique dyed teal blue tips.

Chloé and him were best friends now, he learned that she was seeing someone in Paris and she wanted to quit their fake relationship once the tour was done because she was pregnant.

He looked relieved when he saw Paris outside of the plane window, he was finally home after three years. Chloé had arrived earlier than him since she wanted to see her real boyfriend and tell him the news of her pregnancy.

He couldn’t wait to get on his bed and finally get some peace away from the press.

Once he stepped onto the boat, he almost jumped off The Liberty as all his friends ran towards him, crushing him into a big group hug.

“Dude, you’re going to be a father.” Nino exclaimed as Luka looked at him with a puzzled look.

“You ready for diapers change? Aw man I feel bad for you, in a good way.” Kim continued.

“What’s going to be its name? Do you know if it’s a boy or a girl?” Alya asked with a serious expression, a disappointed one.

He looked at Chloé who was sighing as she looked down. He was ready to answer and tell them that he wasn’t going to be a father, that all of this was just a show, when he saw her.

She was staring at him from afar. She was still as beautiful as the last time he saw her get inside her car. Her hair was down and wavy, she had a beautiful classic small pink dress. She still looked perfect to him, but something was off. He realized she was staring at him with a hurt expression.

She also realized that he was staring back at her so she decided to head down below deck, away from the crowd.

It seemed like his feet took control over their own because he started walking towards her direction. He saw her sitting on the couch in the living room with her hands on her face. With no hesitation he tapped her shoulder. She looked up and smiled sadly at him.

“Hi Luka.” He forgot how her voice sounded like an angel.

“Hey Mrs. Agreste.” He remembered she was already married to the model.

She gave him a sheepishly smile before looking at the direction of his bedroom then back at him. “It’s just Dupain-Cheng.”

He raised his eyebrows in surprise. “What happened?”

Before she got a chance of answering, a small boy came running out of his bedroom.

“Mommy!” He yelled excitedly before giving Marinette a warming hug. “I saw magic, mommy! Tikki wet to wall and whoosh, she gone.” His eyes widen as he explained what he saw.

Luka was surprised, Marinette is a mother or that’s at least what the little boy called her. Marinette giggled as she heard her son’s story, but then she started laughing at Luka’s face of shock. His eyes were wide open as was his mouth.

“Is he your-” He couldn’t even finish his sentence.

Thankfully, Marinette caught on to what he was trying to say. “Yes, he is.”

He looked carefully at the boy who was now facing him. He looked beautiful like his mother.

“Say ‘Hello Luka’ and shake his hand.” Marinette ordered the boy.

Instead of shaking his hand, the boy ran towards him and wrapped his tiny arms around Luka’s leg. “Hello Luka.”

How someone like Adrien had created such a beautiful angel was beyond his knowledge. After a few seconds of admiring the young boy, he noticed the little boy didn’t have blonde hair like Adrien, but a darker shade of blue than his mother’s yet lighter than black hair. This boy didn’t have mint eyes like Adrien and bluebell eyes like Marinette, but light aqua blue ones like his own.

He kept looking at him as he saw the boy’s facial features. This boy looked like he was 2-3 years old which was the time Marinette and him had slept together. Luka tilted his head to the left in confusion as the younger boy copied his exact move and giggled.

“Marinette?” He looked at her as she went over to them and grabbed the young boy.

She picked him up and looked at Luka. “We have to go.” She was paler than usual. “Anyways, I’m happy for you and Chloé’s pregnancy. You deserve to be happy. Say goodbye, Lyric.”

The little boy waved his hand. “Bye bye.”

He saw her go yet he couldn’t move. He saw the little red Kwami follow them after she said goodbye to him. He turned around and went into his bedroom only to be shocked at how different his room was compared to how he left it.

There was a toddler bed next to his bed. There were toys and stuffed animals lying on the floor and multiple books for children on his shelf. He bend over to reach for two specific toys, the Viperion and the Ladybug action figures. He looked over to the side and saw multiple drawings.

He had the biggest smile when he spotted one of them. It was a drawing of what he assumed was Viperion, holding the little boy’s hand while he held Marinette’s hand on the other side. He was amazed by the boy’s art skills, but then again the boy’s mother was a famous designer.

“Lyric.” For the first time, he had said the boy’s name. He loved saying it and he wished it wouldn’t be the last time he would say his name.

His son’s name.

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Y’all I finally published my first Lukanette one shot and I’m so happy! Anyways, I’m also happy to introduce my Lukanette son, Lyric Couffaine Dupain-Cheng.

You can find this one shot in AO3 too (After one night/Tewqut). Thank you Lukanette fandom, this one is for all you people.

#lukanette #miraculous ladybug #miraculous au #luka x marinette #Lyric Couffaine Dupain Cheng #aged up lukanette

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moonsandmelodies · 6 years

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My Top Albums/EPs of 2018, Part 1 / 2

Like with my end-of-2017 list in December, I don’t intend this to be an in-depth recap. These releases are only what I’ve been able to hear so far, and there’s always some good stuff out there I happen to miss.

I’ve discussed before that I’ve had a lot of issues with the current music scene since around 2015, and not a lot of those issues have calmed at this point. This kind of obligated that I wouldn’t be crazy about this year’s music so far, and I haven’t been. The seeming exact same cliches and trends have persisted, some of them getting even worse. I’d elaborate some more, but it’s too complicated to get into for now.

That said, I have hope for the music to come in the next half of 2018, since I did hear a lot of albums that were close to being overall-strong from these past six months. And I have to say that that’s an improvement.

I’ve also included a song link for each release, including for the honorable mentions under the cut - every chosen song is a personal favorite of mine. Stay tuned for more of my favorite songs of the year in my upcoming playlist!

Top 4 albums

4. Angelique Kidjo - Remain In Light

afro-funk

I was surprised and very intrigued when I learned Angelique Kidjo from Benin was to revamp the entire Remain In Light album by Talking Heads. According to her interview in LA Times, she heard “Once In A Lifetime” long ago and recognized the African influence in it’s sound, which is what eventually led to this cover album. Although part of me wishes some covers were a bit closer to the originals than they are, most of the interpretations are still very interesting and enjoyable with an excellent sense of energy and rhythm.

Listen to “Born Under Punches”

3. Music House - Scandi Disco compilation

electro-disco / synth pop / electropop / synthwave

If you’re bored of the sheer quantity of 80s retro music out there, maybe don’t listen to this. But if you’re like me and love this music enough to still give the continuous new releases a chance, I highly recommend this recent library album. I enjoyed near every song on this one, which is surprising seeing how it has no hype at all surrounding it. I only found it because I was looking through other, older releases by this label, Music House and this happened to be their most recent album. Everything about this album is shiny, stylish and fun with plenty of energy and melody. The production is impressive as expected from a stock music label, and while it has a prominent modern polish they channel the huge potential and legacy of electro-disco very well.

[note: the cover doesn’t seem to exist in a bigger size, hence it being smaller than other covers shown here.]

Listen to “37th Parallel”

2. U.S. Girls - In A Poem Unlimited

psychedelic pop / art pop

Bros are really into U.S. Girls’ music for whatever reason. But don’t let that scare you off - after all, it’s not like musicians choose what kind of audience they get. While I did find the previous U.S. Girls album Half Free a bit inconsistent, In A Poem Unlimited feels like a step up - there were only about 2 or 3 tracks that I didn’t enjoy. The album has a warm semi-70s feel thanks to the band put together for it. There’s also a sense of eclecticism that’s executed better than on a lot of other albums with similar ambitions. The voice of Meg Remy, the one true ‘member’ of U.S. Girls, can be quite twangy and takes a bit of getting used to at first, but it’s somewhat grown on me since then, and it got some time to shine here. This is most often when she does a kind of nervous falsetto like in two of my favorites, “Rosebud” and “L-Over”. While the many styles that Remy explores here aren’t much new (70s funk, jazzy rock, general quivering psych weirdness, a bit of synth pop), the variation of it all and the will to experiment helps keep things interesting, and most of them evade the boring cliches that tend to pop up in so much music lately.

Listen to “Rosebud”

1. Fishdoll - Noonsense

wonky / dream pop / electronic / downtempo

Fishdoll, a new artist from China, somehow manages to recall nearly everything I miss about electronic music of the earlier 10′s. I thought of 'wonky’ producers like FlyLo and Teebs who had such interesting and creative taste in electronic production and samples. Take a gander at the amazing operatic vocal/harp sample that ends “Beijing Well” or the spacey fluttering chords on most of the songs, for example. Fishdoll’s vocals are treated to subtle effects and manipulations that say, Grimes or Washed Out became popular for, channeling a similar kind of surreal sleepiness.

It doesn’t do enough justice to Fishdoll to make so many comparisons, though, since this album really does feel unique. And that’s exactly one of the reasons it’s my #1 of the year so far - it’s an electronic artist doing something unique and doing it well.

I’m looking forward to Fishdoll’s next musical move, and I’m convinced Noonsense deserves more than a bit of Bandcamp popularity, which seems to be all it got upon release.

Listen to “Blueeyce”

Top 4 EPs

4. Elaquent - Celebrate Life!

glitch hop / instrumental hip hop

Elaquent has retained a very good taste in shimmering, jazzy sounds like electric piano and even synths over the years that make his new EP very pleasant BGM. It’s not quite his best (his album The Midnight After would deserve that praise) but I enjoy it much more than his past few releases, so I have some restored hope for his future work. My favorite has to be “Sao Paulo”, which happens to sound more like a modern lounge instrumental than what I’ve come to expect from Elaquent.

Listen to “Sao Paulo”

3. D A V I C I I - W sercu pozostaje tylko to, co wypalone ogniem

hypnagogic pop / synth pop

This musician’s sound is similar to that of Adonis listed below - a kind of lo-fi, airy synth pop, but it makes sense since they’re on the same label. This EP is a bit more ghostly and empty, though - D A V I I C I puts his voice through what seems to be autotune to a very weird, even creepy effect. This is most noticeable on the songs “Skruszone serce“ and “Czas przez pryzmat“ which are also my favorites of the bunch. I have to say that while I like the idea of ‘hypnagogic pop’, it’s often bored or disappointed me; D A V I I C I and Adonis, though, have impressed me to an extent I didn’t expect.

Listen to “Skruzone serce”

2. Ravyn Lenae - Crush

neo soul / R&B / pop

Ravyn Lenae happens to be both a very good vocalist and just 19 (which is hardly older than me). This EP has an organic soul sound with some twists that help to distinguish it from the flood of gritty 'alternative' R&B that tends to get the sole approval from critics lately. It's also very concise, which helps. I figure she has a bright musical future ahead.

Listen to “Sticky”

1. Adonis - Wiosenna ofensywa nie trwa dłużej niż do letnich wakacji

hypnagogic pop / synth pop

I only came across Adonis through Bandcamp recommendations and he's still a bit of a mystery to me. This is in part because all the info and lyrics are Polish. But I'm glad I found this EP, since I enjoyed every one of these five songs - while I’ve been blasting the incredible title track all June. In a similar situation to Scandi Disco, it may not be very new, since it’s pretty much a collage of 'alt 80s’ sounds, but if you love the sort of music that entails (e.g. synth pop/shoegaze/dream pop) like I do, than I certainly recommend it.

Listen to “Wiosenna ofensywa nie trwa dłużej niż do letnich wakacji”

Honorable mentions

Gwenno - Le Kov

art pop / new wave / psychedelic pop / dream pop

I thoroughly enjoyed Gwenno’s previous solo album, and while this one has a similar sound, the songs do begin to feel too similar to each other, which is my main issue with it. Her unique style is still very pleasant to hear, she sings the songs in the revived Cornish language, and there’s a handful of songs I know I enjoy, but I couldn’t help but feel something was missing. I figure it could grow on me. Either way, it came close, hence my inclusion of it here.

Listen to “Tir ha Mor”

SOPHIE - Oil Of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides

bubblegum bass / experimental / post-industrial

There’s little doubt in my mind that SOPHIE is very talented and has a lot of promise as a musician/producer. I also find that while many of these songs are a bit too abrasive for my tastes, most of them still have interesting elements or ideas going for them. I just wish that there could’ve been a little less of the stressful industrial parts and more of the sort of aquatic sounds found in “Infatuation” and “Is It Cold In The Water?”. Or maybe even some more poppy songs. It could’ve gone either way, and I’m sure that either would still be interesting to hear from her. So while this album is not quite up my alley, I’ll be keeping an eye on what SOPHIE does in the future.

Listen to “Infatuation”

JQ - Invisible

new age / ambient / electronic

Seeing how this could be New Atlantis’ most gorgeous cover art yet, I couldn’t help but be a tiny bit disappointed in this. JQ has an interesting taste in sounds and I enjoy most of the ambient/new age tracks on here. However, elsewhere the album devolves a bit into other experiments that don’t always work. The album is split into two, with the first being lighter and the second darker. Overall, like New Atlantis’ previous releases, this does have a lot of good things going for it, which is why I include it here. It helps that most songs (minus two surprisingly pretty 7-minute-plus tracks) are short and digestible.

Listen to “Gold”

Mary Lattimore - Endless Days

Mary Lattimore plays the harp very well on this album and most of it works for peaceful BGM. Some songs do get a bit long-winded though and while I’m not opposed to the idea of harp combined with synths, that doesn’t sound very interesting here. The harp playing itself is still very impressive and I did enjoy around half the songs, which is why I wound up including it. I’ll have to look into her previous work since I’ve developed a much bigger appreciation for harp in the past year or so. My favorite song is without question “Hello From The Edge [...]”, maybe the most tender moment on the album.

Listen to “Hello From The Edge Of The Earth”

Beach House - 7

dream pop / indie pop

With this album I continue to enjoy Beach House at times and not get their immense hype other times. I have to admit I enjoy a lot of 7′s first half, which has a more moody, shoegazey sound than expected from BH. The second half, though, devolves into more twee territory that just doesn’t sound near as interesting. The instrumentation and the ideas sounded less creative, and it culminates in “Girl of the Year”, a bland slow jam with such generic, dreary lyrics as ‘Baby’s gone / All night long’. For this reason, I suggest hearing the first 6 - 7 songs myself, and only include it as an honorable mention.

Listen to “Dark Spring”

Melody’s Echo Chamber - Bon voyage

psychedelic pop / dream pop / progressive pop

Bon Voyage is often similar enough to the Melody’s Echo Chamber debut, but a lot weirder. The longer songs morph and evolve several times, sometimes in very unexpected ways. For the most part this makes for interesting, multilayered results, but in places it does wander a bit too much for my liking. This is most evident on “Desert Horse”, which is my least favorite on the album with it’s unfitting additions of turntable scratching, 808 drums and a general rambling feeling. If I ignore that song and a few other iffy moments, it’s nearing a #5 or #4 position in my above Top 4.

Listen to “Shirim”

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Worth It | Suho

Description: You’re a fan of EXO and your bias is Suho. You meet Suho at a fan meeting and he takes a liking to you. Soon after, you start dating him but begin to realize that he was an idol first before your boyfriend. Although you ended things, he doesn’t seem too willing to let you go.

Angst with a fluff ending.

Word count: 1,725

When you’re a fan of a musician it’s natural to feel like you’re in love with them but with the enormous number of fans how can they ever see just you. Well I was lucky to catch the attention of Junmyeon which a lot of people know him as Suho, the leader of EXO. Our meeting was natural, at a fan meeting, when I thought I was going to completely lose my mind just by staring at him even though it would be for only a few minutes. Something happened in that small amount of time we spoke that caused us to meet again afterwards.

Fast forward a couple months, our relationship turned romantic unexpectedly. My love for him didn’t change but my shyness did once I became more comfortable with him. He wasn’t just an idol, he was my boyfriend.

The only reason we were together for so long was because no one thought we would last but once a certain amount of time went by and people started to notice me around a lot more…that’s when things got more complicated.

“Junmyeon, people are starting to talk about you and Y/N. We’ve been getting calls asking for comments and explaining your relationship.”

I never meant to eavesdrop but I got impatient waiting for Junmyeon to finish talking to his manager. Usually he stays too long because he gets caught up talking to him or his members that he forgets what he was going to do.

“So tell them the truth, I don’t care.” He says annoyingly.

“You say that now but once I confirm this relationship then your popularity within the group will shift.”

“I don’t remember you saying that when Jongin wanted to go public with Krystal, in fact I remember you fully supporting it. Where is that support now.”

“That’s because they’re both idols and the fans wanted them together, but Y/N…she’s no one to the fans.”

Junmyeon slammed his fist on the desk making me jump back from the door, “She’s someone to me. I love EXO-L but if they can’t love Y/N like I do then they’re not my fans.”

“Junmyeon, think about your career.”

His manager continued to make up lies so people would stop asking about us. I started to notice that Junmyeon was more tensed about the subject each time his manager brought it up again. It made me feel useless knowing he was struggling with it alone. He wouldn’t talk about it with me because he never wanted me to worry but I knew about it all.

I started distancing myself from Junmyeon. It hurt to hear the disappointment in his voice whenever he would call to tell me that he had time off that he wanted to spend with me. Junmyeon is so committed to me that he never questioned our relationship, instead he tried harder which he didn’t have to do plus it made what I had to do more difficult than it should’ve been.

“We should stop seeing each other.”

I heard the way his breathing stopped, “Why? Did I do something?”

“Junmyeon, you are an amazing man and I don’t deserve you. I don’t want to see you fighting with everyone for us anymore. You work too hard already.”

“You want me to give up on us? I can’t do that. You are everything to me.” His voice begins to tense.

“I know that you’ve been shielding me from your managers and the press. I know you truly want this relationship to last and I love you for that but I can’t watch you throw your hard work away for me.”

“That’s not true. No matter what the managers say about you dragging me down it’s not true. If anything you keep me afloat. When I’m tired from promoting I don’t want to do anything but when I think about spending time with you at the end of the day I get all my energy back. That’s because of you.”

I turn my back to face the door, “You may think that now but sooner or later you’ll come to resent me. I’d rather end it now then make it more painful later on.”

I reach for the door but I’m stopped by Junmyeon’s arms enclosing my body against his. My arms are at my sides. I clench my fists fighting the urge to turn around and hold him just as tight. I bite my lip then reach for his hands holding my waist. I grip and pull to get his hands to release me. I open the door and say my goodbye.

“Please be happy and stay healthy…Suho.”

It’s been a month since the day I walked away. The void in my heart is still healing but it feels like it will never be whole again. The first week was nonstop texts and phone calls from Junmyeon about missing me and figuring things out but I never replied because I didn’t want to give him any false hope. I still support Junmyeon along with EXO. I buy their albums and watch all their interviews. I watch hoping that his smile has gotten brighter but it hasn’t. I know the difference more anyone that he isn’t himself.

I swore to myself that I wouldn’t attend any fan meetings, concerts or award shows because of the fear that he might see me and want to talk about us again. Today though, I don’t know what compelled me to come to the red carpet for the MAMA’s but I just had to see if it would do anything to the hole in my heart. Maybe I’m just a masochist.

I decided on wearing a beautiful pink pastel dress for the occasion. I waited along with the fans behind a guardrail near the red carpet. It was off to the side so the stars wouldn’t really look unless they were walking away from the entrance. With each passing moment, I was practically bending the steel of the railing from how anxious I was to see Junmyeon in person again. I want to say that it’s almost like the first time we met but it’s not.

My heart started racing again once the announcer called out EXO to come onto the red carpet next. I covered my face with a mouth mask to look more like the fans taking a photo of their arrival. All the members lined up against the wall to pose for photos before the interview they all looked handsome but Junmyeon really won it all for me. He walked with his hand behind his back like a serious leader. He took his place in the middle of the line as he and the rest of the members bowed to the cameras. He posed like it was nothing new or exciting. He counted off for the group to greet the fans and introducing themselves.

“Now it’s your 5th time appearing at MAMA, but every time you guys come, the feeling is always different. This year, how do you feel?”

Junmyeon lifts the microphone to speak, “Every time we come to MAMA, the anxiety is always the same.” he takes a pause then his eyes scan over to where I’m standing.

Oh no, please don’t let him know I’m here. I look away to avoid eye contact with him but I could still feel his eye boring into me.

The interviewer steps in to break the awkward silence, “So you’re nervous today?”

“Yes,” Junmyeon clears his throat, “this time I feel extremely nervous because of a special fan that’s watching us.”

My heart is racing when I finally manage to look Junmyeon in the eye again. I remove my mask to get more air into my lungs. For the first time since I left, Junmyeon smiles happily. I smile back at him giving him a reassured smile that he will do great tonight but that this will be the last time I see him this close again. I give him a wave and start to shuffle my way through the line of people next to me to get out.

I hear the interviewer continue to ask his questions, “So do you guys think that you will win another daesang this year?”

Junmyeon clears his throat, “We can always hope for another win but tonight there’s something more important to me than the award. It’s something that I’ve wanted to get out for a while but I feel that now would be a perfect time. Before I start I would like to ask Y/N to stop where she is.”

The sudden call of my name causes me to halt and look back up at the stage where Junmyeon is gazing straight at me. I shake my head hoping that he would stop what he had planned to do and just let me go.

“Our fans are very important to us. They’re the reason we’re here at the MAMA again. We give them all of our love when we perform everywhere. They always understand when we make a mistake or when we can’t perform due to injury or illness so I hope that they can understand when I tell them that I fell in love with one of them. She was so scared of how our relationship would affect the love that EXO-Ls have for us that she wanted to end it but I can’t let her go and I won’t.”

Junmyeon hands the microphone over to the interviewer and jumps down from the stage. I think of running but I wouldn’t be able to get out in time. The security split the guard railing open to let me walk through.

Junmyeon pulls me into his arms, “You think I wouldn’t recognize you when I spent a majority of our relationship staring at those beautiful eyes?”

I feel a tear run down my cheek but Junmyeon catches it with his thumb, “You shouldn’t have done this.”

“You’re right. I should’ve done this sooner. Whatever hardships I go through because of this, let me deal with it because having you by my side through it makes it more worth it and you’re worth it.”

I start sobbing like a baby until Junmyeon kisses me with those pouty lips that I love so much and have missed. I can fully believe that our love is worth fighting for.

#exo #exo suho #kim junmyeon #kpop #scenario #exo scenarios #fluff #angst #exo suho scenario #kpop scenarios

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