#taekey: my writing

[onthighsbelongtotaemin]

familiar

pairing: kibum/taemin genre: hurt/comfort rating: pg word count: 399 this prompt: “something small with taekey and taemin comforting kibum, whether it be little kinds of kisses or them just being each other's rock?“ summary: Taemin comforted Kibum the first time they won.  Now Taemin comforts Kibum the first time they ever truly lost.

“Well this is familiar,” Kibum murmurs ruefully.  Taemin’s fingers are still warm at his at his temples and his lips have only just left his forehead.  Another tear falls leaving the sweetness of salt on his tongue as it joins so many others.

“If only we were backstage again,” Taemin murmurs.  This time is striking in the one measure of its difference: Taemin is not laughing.  Not that he laughed the first time, not really, not the time they’re remembering now, a time when everything was fresh and new and full of hope.  A distant past because the present is too sharp and scalding to face with open eyes.

Taemin didn’t laugh, but he did smile.  Maybe a little chuckle because people crying when they’re happy doesn’t always make sense.  It would a few years later when an award they worked five years to earn was handed to them and they stood on a stage and all of them cried.  But that would be then and in the memory he was only fifteen and still didn’t understand.  So he only smiled.

He doesn’t smile now.  He doesn’t cry either.  He holds Kibum’s face in his hands and he kisses his forehead, the same motions as when they were young and they won for the first time.   And now they’ve lost for the first time and he does it again before he opens his arms fully and wraps them tightly around his friend.  

Kibum breaks then.  

There weren’t enough pieces still holding together for him to last much longer to begin with.  The warmth of Taemin’s embrace melts what’s left and he cries tears that burn his eyes.  Soft kisses are pressed to his cheeks and forehead and a hand rubs soft circles at his back.

Gentle consolations weave through the air and soften the ache in his chest: Taemin knows, Taemin has always known.  

Kibum’s eyes stay closed and he turns his head on Taemin’s shoulder.  He sighs and begins to breathe freely for the first time in days.

[jjongslight]

Just to be CLEAR about that whole shipping wars thing, we are talking about the past, like early shawol fandom years (although similar issues exist in how we construct ships but to a less toxic extent - which I might do a post about). But to anyone who wasn’t there at that time or who was there, but is trying to change the narrative now, things were really shitty in that regard (like I can’t even begin to explain). 

On a wider scale, that really speaks on how we don’t want idols to have any type of significant relationships if a) they’re not with us or b) if those relationships are not within the group’s dynamics.

And those group dynamics can’t even begin to be representative of the real dynamics so really, we are just inventing fantasies and worshiping those as if they were reality. We don’t know them like that. 

Fanfiction has been a big part of my fandom experience (and still is), I’ve written over 40 fics in the SHINee fandom so I’m not here to act like I’m better than anyone. I’m just thinking about how we use their names, very real parts of their lives and attach a whole fictional world to it for our pleasures. I’m making it sound like it’s bad, but I really don’t know. Will I continue to write fanfiction? As of now, yes. But I’d be stupid not to stop and think about it for a minute. 

[smoldinopup]

My dearest SHINee fic writers and readers,

@summerof5HINee are currently holding a SHINee fan fic feast on Twitter. I think that’s a wonderful idea because it’s something from fans for fans. It’s not a competition, just an attempt to put more SHINee fics into this world. ^^

The feast is currently in in its prompt claiming phase, There are over 90 prompts to choose from with various parings, so please take a look when you are interested in contributing.

Here you will find the spreadsheet with all prompts and here the form you have to fill out when you want to claim a prompt. The prompts that are crossed out have already been claimed. 

More information on the event you can either find on their Twitter page (as linked above) or on their summerofshineecarrd. ^^

[bubltae]

247 with taekey?

song: view by shinee

taemin just wants to be reckless and kibum’s always there for him

i hope you like it! thanks for requesting!!!

Taemin is really bored and he wishes so badly that he can get up in the middle of his stupid calculus class and just leave. His professor is an absolute ditz who must be new because she looks like she’s about to pass out every time she talks to a student. Taemin wants to see Kibum. He really wants Kibum to hold him and snuggle with him.

Taemin sighs, resting his head on his hands, which are propped up by his elbows on his desk. He looks outside at the bright sun and starts to feel upset that he’s sitting in a stuffy lecture hall while the sun is beaming down on this warm day.

He whips out his cellphone, keeping it low so he doesn’t look like an asshole and pulls up Kibum’s contact. It’s the first on his list. Taemin blushes just thinking about him.

“ditch with me pls 6v6 i don’t know how much more of this prof i can take”

He presses send and not two minutes later, he feels his phone buzz in his pocket.

“sure ig meet me by the statue so we can go to that convenience store down the street”

Taemin grins, feeling extra giddy for no particular reason. He used to skip all the time in high school but this feels so much different. He gets to skip and see the fucking love of his life this time. Taemin slips his backpack on quietly and gets up, exiting the lecture hall feeling guilty but excited to see Kibum.

He’s already waiting in the quad by the dumb school statue when Taemin arrives. Kibum plants a soft kiss on his forehead before taking his hand and dragging him over to the convenience store they usually frequent with Kibum’s basketball nerd friend Minho, Taemin’s older brother Jinki and Kibum’s fraternal twin Jonghyun. They’re all a cute little gang but Kibum and Taemin prefer spending more time alone since they’ve become a couple.

“Can we get beer? And banana milk?” Taemin asks sweetly, leaning his head on Kibum’s shoulder as they walk.

Kibum laughs. “An interesting combination but of course. I’ll grab a shopping cart.” He pulls one out of the small section and Taemin loads them up with alcohol, banana milk, crackers, cookies and strawberries. Kibum looks at him strangely the entire time but lets his little dude do whatever he wants. He loves him too much.

As soon as they’re done and paid, they shove the packs, cans and cartons into Taemin’s backpack and walk to the park, located in the center of the city. Kibum flops down under a tree and Taemin mimics his actions, though he seems significantly more fidgety.

Kibum rests his head in the crook of Taemin’s shoulder. “What’s bugging you, Tae?”

Taemin shrugs. l wanna get up. I wanna… move around and be reckless.”

“You were plenty reckless in high school. You said you were gonna study harder so you don’t graduate late,” Kibum says.

Taemin pouts. “I know,” he whines. “But it’s so nice outside and I wanna do something fun.” He turns around and his eyes meet the forest behind him. Taemin knows this area and a grin appears on his face.

“Taem. Don’t do anything totally stupid,” Kibum warns. He stands up.

Taemin grabs Kibum by the hand and leads him through the thin forest, enjoying the small rays of sunshine that peek through the tops of the trees. Before Kibum even realizes, they’ve reached a little lake and Taemin has let go of his hand, dropped his backpack, to cannonball in.

“What the hell are you doing? You could have a hit a rock and died or something…” Kibum scolds.

Taemin rolls his eyes and blindly feels around underneath the water. “Seems fine to me. Come please.” He runs a hand through his wet hair and pushes it back.

Kibum rolls his pants up and kicks off his shoes, noting how Taemin didn’t even do that. He sits near the edge and dips his feet in. Taemin dunks underwater, grabs Kibum’s ankle and quite literally drags him in.

Thankfully, the lake isn’t deep but Kibum is now soaking and he feels gross. Taemin is laughing hysterically, tripping over his own feet and falling back under the water. He reemerges and pulls Kibum into a wet hug.

“I’m sorry, hyung,” he says quietly.

Kibum closes his eyes but smiles. “It’s fine. Actually feels pretty nice in this heat.”

Taemin lets go and splashes around the water, enjoying how cool and refreshing it is. Kibum watches from the edge, warning Taemin that if he dunks him in the water again, he’ll have his head. When Taemin gets too cold and wet, they finally leave and lie down on the grass outside the forest to dry their clothes. Taemin intertwines his hand with Kibum’s.

“Can we go clubbing?” Taemin finally asks. He sits up but keeps his hand locked with Kibum’s.

“Didn’t be just buy like, a shit ton of beer?” Kibum asks, following Taemin’s actions.

Taemin shrugs. “Yeah, but clubbing is fun. Please?”

Kibum relents and though their clothes a bit damp, they go anyway. The nearest club is only about a ten minute walk. Kibum’s shoes are squishing with water and he cringes at the disgusting feeling but keeps going anyway.

They drink way too much. Taemin is giggling like a maniac and Kibum is smiling warmly over at his boyfriend. “Hey hyung,” Taemin cooes. “You don’t look drunk.”

“I have a high tolerance for alcohol. I thought you knew that.”

Taemin cackles. “Riiight.” He starts dancing again when someone grabs him by the shirt and forces him to turn around. Drunk Taemin may be silly but he’s not stupid.

“What is-”

The guy who’s grabbed Taemin starts pulling him somewhere and he’s getting scared. Someone else grabs Taemin from behind and he immediately recognizes it as Kibum. Relief washes over his body.

“Fuck off,” the angry guy says.

Kibum scoffs. “You fuck off. Don’t touch my boyfriend again.” He’s holding Taemin protectively.

The guy snorts, grabbing a nearby empty beer bottle and smashing it on Kibum’s shoulder. Little pieces of glass and shards fly everywhere. Taemin gasps.

Kibum leads Taemin away quickly, still hugging him tightly. They find their way outside. Kibum doesn’t initially speak. His shoulder is marred up just a little bit from the bottle destroyed on him.

“I’m sorry, hyung,” Taemin says finally. It’s careful and quiet.

Kibum shakes his head. “As long as you’re okay, I’m okay. Let’s go home?” he asks.

Taemin hugs him just a bit tighter as Kibum kisses the top of his forehead again.

“I love you, hyung.”

[katrinawritesthings]

hi! for taekey authors on tumblr, there's somaybeimbiased and anachronicwriting (i love her 007!au) who both post stories online. there's also eorumverba who's written a few taekey fics (though that's not her main pairing) and sherleigh (who is on tumblr but only posts links to her fics). hope this helps!

! here you go anon some taekey also eorumverba is They

[gaykey]

asher, since your taste has been proven Impeccable, what is your ranking of key covers?

and i hope you’re feeling better today hun 💕

hello anon! i'm feeling ok today, thank yooouu. i think i'm on the mend <3 💞

now, writing this has made me realise just how many covers he's done, aaand, these are all off the top of my head, so i may have forgotten one or two!

but, from not as fave to fave (and this doesn't mean i don't like any of them, they're all amazing imo):

...wait this is hard actually-

take a bow - the fact that this is ranked last, shows how much hard this was. like, i love this cover. i was talking recently about how much i love it. angsty teenager key, hellloooo.

every teardrop is a waterfall - this makes me emotional. he looked beautiful, sounded beautiful, and was absolutely glowing on that stage.

lookbook - key + boa's music + a bunch of dudes wearing t shirts with his most popular instagram posts on them? yes.

my first kiss - iconic. the taekey subunit agenda continues.

we are golden - oh yeah, from here on we're getting hit right in the elgeebeetee's. key covering mika and shouting out 'we are golden guys!' is actually something that can be so personal.

juice - and we all collectively lost our minds. 'somebody come get this man, i think he got lost in my dms.' keystory. (i mean these are all keystory but you get it)

judas - nothing to say really. key's judas was a cultural reset.

tik tok - so, this has a special place in my heart because i saw this live, and to this day, i don't think i've ever screamed as loud as i did when i heard the opening bars of this.

hair - yep. 10 years later and this still hits different. 'i just wanna be myself and i want you to love me for who i am' ah, i get choked up every time. this cover means so much to me, and you can tell it meant a lot to him too. it'll always be my fave i think <3

[key-ten]

Deserved

Ship: Taekey Word count: 845  Summary: Taemin is going through a rough break up and Kibum is by his side as always.  Notes: Based on this prompt; “I don’t deserve you” “Probably not” Cross posted: Here

“So I brought pizza, chips, Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, your favorite candy, and the carbonated face mask that you love stealing from me.” Kibum lets himself into Taemin’s apartment with the spare key Taemin gave him when he originally moved in. Taemin’s still laying on the couch in the exact position that Kibum left him in earlier, wrapped up like a burrito in a plush blanket with only his face peeking out of a well-placed hole.

He's never seen Taemin this torn up over a breakup before, and there have been plenty of them. When Taemin called in the middle of the night sounding almost hollow, he didn’t hesitate to drive over.  He found Taemin curled up on his side in his bed, tears streaming down his cheeks and his eyes bloodshot.   He murmurs something about his boyfriend — well he supposes that they’re exes now — having someone else and his voice gets caught in his throat, so Kibum just strokes his hair to soothe him. He always knew that the guy was a dick, but Taemin was so smitten with him that he was blind and unresponsive to any criticisms Kibum had, of course now would be the wrong time to point that out. It takes at least an hour of Kibum cooing at the younger man to get him to calm down and get some sleep.

It took Kibum more convincing than he thought necessary to get Taemin up and out of bed this morning. Really he could’ve used a shower, but Kibum will settle for just getting Taemin to leave the comfort of his room, even if his blanket cape trailed behind him.

Kibum sets the pizza box on the coffee table in front of the heartbroken man. “How about you eat the pizza while it’s warm and then we can do the face mask?” Taemin surprisingly sits up without much coaxing on Kibum’s part. Even with his hair in disarray and the tip of his nose being a reddish hue, Taemin still managed to look stunning— now probably wouldn’t be the right time to mention that either. The right time hadn’t arisen in the two years that Kibum realized that he felt something a little more for his friend.

Taemin forces a small smile on his face, “I don’t deserve you.”

The sincerity in Taemin’s voice makes Kibum’s heart pause for a moment. Those words would never mean what Kibum wanted them to. They’d never be uttered with a beaming smile and gleaming eyes. They’d never be whispered after Kibum takes his breath away. But the words were more than enough to leave Kibum with a fluttery feeling in his chest.

“Probably not.” Kibum agrees with a shrug. “But we can talk about how amazing I am later. Let’s get you happy again okay?”      

For now, being able to see a genuine smile on Taemin’s face would be enough.

[taeminuet]

can you write 49 for taekey?? i can totally see it with them!!

I hope this is something like what you were looking for~

Taekey; 49. “I may be an idiot, but I’m your idiot.”

Kibum is worried. Kibum is beyondannoyance at this point. Beyond anger. Beyond anything but a feelingof dread in the pit of his gut and a list of outgoing calls andmessages to Taemin, not a single one of which has been answered.Taemin should have been home hours ago. A simple flight to Japan.Just a one-hour hop. There's no reason for him to not be herealready.

And Kibum is frantic with worry,pacing back and forth. The others are off doing their own things –Minho has filming, as does Jinki, and Jonghyun is spending the daywith his mother and sister – and Kibum wants so badly to messagethem: 'Has anyone heard from Taemin?'

Butit will throw all of them into a panic, and Kibum doesn't want to dothat just yet. So instead he shoots off three more phone calls in arow to Taemin, whose phone rings through to nothing. Kibum cursesunder his breath, and gives in, starting to dial in Jinki's numberinstead, but he head snaps up when the door beeps, signaling the codebeing punched in incorrectly.

Amoment later it beeps again, signaling a correct entry now, andpushes open. Kibum glares. “What the hell, Taemin?”

“Uhm,”Taemin starts, eyes a little wide with faux-innocence, but he looksjust sheepish enough that Kibum knows Taemin knows what he's upsetabout. “Hi, hyung. Japan was great.”

“Youwere supposed to be home four hours ago,” Kibum says, voice shakingmore than he would like.

Taemin'sface falls for a second, and then he shoots Kibum the most hopefulset of puppy eyes Kibum has seen on a single human being besidesJonghyun. “You were worried about me?”

“Don'tpull that shit,” Kibum says. “Of course I was worried! Where wereyou?”

“Imean, if I was dead, manager-hyung probably would have told y'all. Orit would have been in the news. Or something,” Taemin says, tryingfor nonchalance and failing when Kibum glares, not even remotelyamused. Taemin pouts. “I lost my phone. In the airport in Japan.And normally, sure, whatever, but there were fangirls, and I didn't--I tried to find it, but then I missed my flight and... and I'm reallysorry, okay?”

Kibumdeflates a little. “Why didn't you call, at least?”

“Uhm,”Taemin says, “I lost my phone.”

“Yeah.So use a payphone. Or something. Those exist for a reason, Taemin.”

Taeminmumbles something under his breath, so soft Kibum doesn't pick it up.After a moment of silence, Taemin sighs and repeats himself a littlelouder. “I don't have anyone's numbers memorized. I couldn'tremember the number to call you.”

Kibumfinishes deflating, all the frustration and worry gone as he barksout a disbelieving laugh. “Seriously?” he asks. “Oh, Taemin.”

“Look,I may be an idiot, but I'm your idiot,” Taemin says, still poutinga little. “Are you still mad?”

“Iwasn't mad,” Kibum says, and steps closer, opening his arms forTaemin to gratefully step into. “You just scared me.”

“Sorry,”Taemin says again, mumbling the words into Kibum's shoulder. “Youreally shouldn't have worried though. Seriously, I'm pretty sure if Idied, it'd be on the news.”

Kibumdrops the hug and walks away, rolling his eyes.

[enchanted-irene-ia]

1-20 kekekeke

1. Who has been your favorite muse to play?

By far the my most favorite muse is Irene...Sorry Jinki LOL

2. Do you listen to music while you write? If so, what do you like to listen to?

I actually don’t listen to music, I tend to put on one of my repeat shows (Avatar or Criminal minds) but I have heard from others that emotional driven music helps with writing. I should try that. 

3. Are there any particular aus or plots that you’d really like to write?

Yes! I would love more fluff and even some smut (I need the practice) I would love to try maybe gore but that's the opposite of what I’ve ever done.

4. What are some of your rp pet peeves?

I’m not sure if this will make sense but I hate when others don’t add anything to a reply. They simply reply to what’s going on without moving it forward. (ex: Muse 1 ABC - Muse 2 ABC instead of Muse 1 ABC - Muse 2 ABCD) 

5. What is the most difficult thing about writing your current muse?

Irene - The non feeling...feelings. It’s hard to write a muse that had no emotions during times that they should have emotions. I feel like sometimes I’m not adding enough in my replies because of it. 

Jinki - His conflicts with others, while I personally find it hilarious seeing him struggle with others. Im such a non confrontational person there are times I have to remind myself they are arguing or are angry at Jinki and not me. 

6. What is your favorite thing about writing your current muse?

Irene - Her ditziness by far! I love writing out her ridiculous train of thought or lack thereof. 

Jinki - That would be a tie between him being sexually librial and a genuine sweetheart. I haven’t shown it much of it yet but I know it’s there.

7. Who was the very first muse you ever wrote?

Oh man this is embarrassing, my first rper was Liam from one direction LOL It was a tumblr group and he was the only one left. 

My first OC/Kpop  was a neko Suzy. I really liked that one. 

8. Have you ever written a novel? If not, does it interest you?

Uh I actually started a novel many years ago, it was horrible but did pretty well. It was about a polyamorous throuple….yeah idk we don’t talk about it.

9. Do you write fanfiction, or have you in the past?

Yes sadly I rode the aff train and wrote a couple of oneshots years ago...we don’t talk about it either. 

10. Do you like stylized icons and formatted text or do you prefer to keep things simple?

I had to ask what this was LOL I don’t do this but I do think the different fonts are pretty and I do connect it with the muse, like if was their own handwriting.

11. When did you start roleplaying?

Roleplaying I believe like 2011 or 2012? It’s a blur honestly 

12. Have you roleplayed anywhere other than tumblr?

Yes omg I’ve rped everywhere and still do sometimes. FB,Mewe,Discord,Kakao,Aim. Although everything else is/was shorthand rp nothing like the IA writing LOL 

13. Who are five of your favorite characters? (In the rp community or otherwise)

Oh easy and I honestly think these are my favorite because of how well our muses click.

Namjoon ,Merry, Wenhan,Mymy and Irene she just clicks so well with herself 

14. What are five of your favorite ships? (In the rp community or otherwise)

Honestly any G+S ships, they scarily rp so well together

Namgi Just meant for each other couple

Taekey Soulmate couple

JooJoon Best friend couple

Wenhan and Jinki (we should find a ship name LOL) FWB couple

Zimin(?) The toxic couple

15. What sort of muses do you tend to write?

Super friendly but emotionally unavailable muses. Sexually driving in some way. (Jinki just sexual and Irene nonsexual but sexual for the money)

16. Do you like to queue your replies or just post them when you finish?

I don’t queue replies but I tend to reply to everything in one sitting then mass upload them at once. 

17. Do you prefer winging it or plotting everything out?

I’m in between depending on the plot. Something light hearted and easy like a trip to the store its better to just wing but something that will include chara development like getting new powers, I like to plot out the beginning and have some sort of idea of how its supposed to end but everything in between can be up in the air. If that makes sense. 

18. What makes for a great roleplay partner in your opinion?

Honestly a great roleplayer is anyone that can help me become better LOL I swear I don’t mean it in a narcissistic kind of way! Someone that actually enjoys to rp and it's a passion to them is amazing to rp with. It helps me get better because I get excited about writing. A partner who cares about their muses and the development and not just for the faceclaim. Or just in search for a relationship. 

19. Have you received anon hate? If so, how do you deal with it?

Not as of recently but I have in the past, I tend to just delete it honestly. There was that one time I had hate when the face claim of my muse passed away and a anon said I should “let her go and delete the page” It hurt a lot more than I thought but I just deleted it I mean what else could I do.

20. If you could tell your muse something, what would it be?

You surprised me but you’re doing so well, better than I expected. Keep it up!

[onthighsbelongtotaemin]

A fluffy key prompt with a hint of nostalgic happy crying as they look through a scrapbook together and cuddle with hot cocoa under a soft blanket ♡

@moshiznik can i pretty please get some cute ontaekey snuggles in the cold and just hanging out over the hols (any is fine!!!!!) ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😇

i blended the prompts because they were so similar (& so soft!  just want to wrap myself up in them!)  this gets angsty for like 0.5 seconds but if you hold on it gets fluffy again.word count: 804

Kibum snuggles in deep beneath the thick duvet.  The crimson and cream plaid of the blanket over his lap is a nice contrast to the sage and forest plaid of the flannel pajamas he wears that match the ones Jinki and Taemin each have on. 

They’re still in the kitchen pouring their own cups of cocoa while Kibum’s taken the opportunity to grab the center seat. 

A black scrapbook with their initials in silver script sits closed on the table in front of him and that in front of a blazing fire crackles.  The room is warm and the blanket warmer and the cocoa in his hands even warmer still.  Taemin is the first to join him, shifting the duvet a little too far to the left and he quickly tugs it back to where he wants it.  Jinki’s more careful when he takes his place, making sure to take his share and no more and slipping an arm around the back of the sofa to make more room.

“Who’s going to go first?” Taemin asks in a tone that makes clear that he wants it to be himself.  Kibum wants to answer that he’ll go first but he lets a pause be filled by Jinki saying that Taemin can.  Eagerly, the youngest of the three, but the one who trained the longest grabs up the scrapbook they all contributed to and opens it up on the first page.

The first page is a copy of Taemin’s acceptance letter after his audition.  The second is a copy of Kibum’s and then the first picture of the two of them together they remember taking & one they’ve seen online more than once.  The next is Jinki’s acceptance letter, followed soon by a few pictures of them on the rooftop where they used to practice, the one that’s circulated online & also the ones that they’ve kept hidden.

More pictures, and then letters.  Some are written by hand but most of them are screenshots of messages.  Candid photos begin to join and the ones from when they debut.

And then the ones they don’t like to remember.  Kibum added those.  Taemin’s hand stops and the page lays open in the middle of the scrapbook with a photograph that was taken a long time ago when hearts were broken and angry.

“Why did you put this in there?” Jinki asks quietly.

“I didn’t,” Taemin answers, even though he doesn’t need to.  This is before Kibum.  Sort of.  Kibum was always a part of everything so maybe it was actually before Jinki.

“To remember,” Kibum murmurs, shuttling his hands around the blanket so that they each enfold one of Jinki’s and one of Taemin’s each.   “Can’t repeat our history if we don’t forget it.”  There’s quiet nodding and then the crinkling of paper as Taemin turns another page.

“Hyung!” he cries in mortification.  “No!”  There’s another candid, only this time Taemin is only half-awake with hair that sticks up everywhere and an indiscreet bruise at the base of his neck.  There are more pictures like that for more pages, filled by Kibum and Taemin, each of them more embarrassing than the next, each of them doing their best to find humiliating photographs of the men they love.

And then suddenly they change.  Suddenly it’s the pictures that Jinki chose and the theme alters abruptly from embarrassment to endearment and every picture is softer than the next.  Candids, yes, but of Kibum and Taemin at their best and most passionate. 

Photograph after photograph of Taemin at the piano.  Still after still of Kibum with his sketches and outlines.  There are black and whites of the three of them asleep in bed.  There are comparison shots where he’s managed to pose them in the same way in the present as they were when they were trainees without them even realizing it at the time, and captioned them with silly puns that somehow make Kibum cry and even Taemin is sniffling by the end of the book.

“I love you,” Jinki says softly, squeezing Kibum’s hand and saying it to both.  Ten years is a long time and he and Taemin have been through even longer than that.  And then Kibum.  Or maybe Kibum and Taemin and then Jinki.  Maybe it’s been more.  Maybe it’s been less.  They have the now. 

“I love you,” Taemin repeats first, squeezing Kibum’s hand and saying it to both.

“Jerks,” Kibum says, pulling back his hands and wiping his eyes.  Taemin laughs and wraps his arms around Kibum’s waist while Jinki hugs him around the shoulder. 

Later, the fire crackles across the room as they drink their cocoa, Taemin’s more marshmallows than drink, and argue about who did what and when and remember all the stories and memories that brought them to the one they’re building today.

[zitao-ia]

Day 31  | PRIMUS CHALLENGE

Your Old Friend can take a day off: let’s talk about you. What is your favorite RP memory ever? How about your worst? How long have you been roleplaying and what made you continue (or come back)?

I have been RPing for so long, I found some papers in my old desk the other day from my first RP ever with a friend at school. We wrote roleplay on word documents and exchanged it at school, I think I was around 12/13? So that is... a long time of RP. 

I stopped briefly to write fanfiction from 14 to around 16, if it was that long. I RPed on Gaiaonline and Habbohotel (LOL) and in early 2011 I started RPing on tumblr. Can you believe it? Such a long time.

My worst memory of the RP world is probably losing people. Just in general having people leave without a notice- I don’t mind as much when someone leaves (well I do, but you know what I mean) but just disappearing? Horrible. I had one person disappearing after about a year or more of writing. I found out they just lost interest and ghosted me and all my friends, it really hurt

Next to that there was an instance where someone passed away (mun) and their family contacted me because I was the last person they spoke to. That definitely is up there in the ‘oh no’ category. 

Best memory? Insolitus Academy as a whole is such a good thing, it’s in the 9th year and I have grown so much here. I met the most important people in my life here and continue to find love with the fellow IA people. I don’t know if I can pick one memory that is my favorite actually, it is hard and there are a lot of things that hurt due to what happened in the past but I think some of my favorite plots are definitely Taekey getting together after 5 years of mutual pining, Jieun and Minwoo’s friendship and all of the insolitus members coming together for events like the Valentine 2021 event or the Triumph Trials!! 

[onthighsbelongtotaemin]

their shirts.

[key-smut]

Hello everybody

I’m sorry everyone I was really busy this past months because my literal life depended on me passing this exam lol luckily I did and I’ll be going to Korea next year to study for one year ✨

On another note I feel like the Shawol community on tumblr is slowly dying out.... I hope that I can change that a bit and I hope that you will support me in the future as well!

Coming up I have

Kibum Military Countdown Post

Taekey Smut ff

I don’t know how long it’ll take me to update everything but you got a wave of Kibum coming lol

I also have some other prompts for ff but I haven’t started writing them yet. If you have any requests please send them my way!

I hope I can get back to being as active as before asap and can’t wait to see you all in my mentions again lol

If you wanna keep in touch during this time follow me on twitter where it’s easier for me to be active.

See you soon!

[eorumverba]

Taekey 76

76) Top Of Head Kisses

Taemin is soft for the others too: he sleeps with Jinki and pulls Jonghyun into his lap and wrestles around with Minho, but he’s just soft with Kibum, enough that he doesn’t even mind the soft kisses Kibum will drop on his forehead.

Taemin has a soft spot for Kibum.

It’s never particularly obvious when they’re all out together - not in the way Taemin teases him, the way he steals food off of Kibum’s plate when he doesn’t think Kibum is looking, the way he always jokes about how ugly that hair color is on you, hyung or how bad his clothes look. But he has a soft spot for Kibum, and it’s so incredibly obvious when they’re at home together, the way Taemin always checks to make sure he’s really okay, the way he offers to take pictures for his instagram, the way he tries to help cook even if he’s absolutely hopeless at it. It’s the little things, the things that most people overlook, and that’s so incredibly Taemin that makes Kibum’s heart melt.

And yeah, Taemin’s not a baby anymore, and Kibum doesn’t baby him, not when there are cameras or microphones around, because while he tolerates it, he always looks a little hurt, a little annoyed. But Taemin doesn’t mind it so much in when they’re all home: he’ll always seek Kibum out if he needs advice, someone to talk to, someone to be quiet with. He’ll fall asleep in Kibum’s bed more often than his, will sit himself in Kibum’s lap when they’re all watching a movie and look to him when he’s deciding something big.

Taemin is soft for the others too: he sleeps with Jinki and pulls Jonghyun into his lap and wrestles around with Minho, but he’s just soft with Kibum, enough that he doesn’t even mind the soft kisses Kibum will drop on his forehead.

And yeah, Kibum kisses all of them: Jonghyun when he’s whining about wanting kisses, Jinki when he’s stressed and worried and nervous for this stage or that recording or that show, Minho when he’s half-asleep and stumbling to the kitchen table, but he kisses Taemin more. He smoothes the wrinkles from Taemin’s forehead, and stretches out when they’re both laying in bed together, and gently gently gently leans down when Taemin is asleep to kiss his forehead, whether it’s sweaty from practice or freshly washed or has layers of makeup on.

As much as Taemin whines and pouts and complains about the gentle touches, Kibum knows he loves them the most.

[somaybeimbiased]

Domestic Taekey | Heartbroken

a/n This takes place right after Kibum cheated on Taemin when they were younger (read about it in Scrapbooks )

We don't want our hearts to break in two

       Partying like he had been over the past few months wasn’t apart of Taemin’s plan. Who wanted to spend the end of his senior year either drunk, high, or hungover? But for Taemin, it was his only way to cope. The alcohol made him forget, the weed made him numb, every one night stand and hookup he had made him feel wanted, and being hungover was just a way to distract himself from the pain in his heart. Kibum cheating had left such a large hole in him that he didn’t know if he would ever be happy again.  He’d spent a whole month locked up in his room apart from school after that night. He cut off all their mutual friends apart from Jongin and the occasional ranting phone call to Jinki while he was sad drunk.He ignored every call and text he got from Kibum, and he was glad when slowly the calls stopped and the text frequency dwindled. He was content with his new life, because he could have fun and forget everyone who hurt him.

Rule #1: You gotta have fun.

He was hurt.

He was angry.

He was devastated.

He was broken.

One of his favorite people has gone and done something he didn’t know if he could ever forgive.

How could Kibum cheat? And right before Taemin was due to start school at the same university. He accepted the dinky college scholarship for Kibum. What does a 17 year old do when his love ripped his heart out?

He parties, goes out, forgets about the pain.

Life is too short to spend it grieving over a relationship that meant nothing to the other person. Kibum was Taemin’s first real love. Kibum had been who Taemin wanted forever with. He craved to be with Kibum, but if Kibum didn’t want him. Didn’t see him as good enough, who was Taemin to stop him from leaving?

Alcohol and Weed ran through his veins, late night parties at abandoned warehouses, and racing their cars along  dirt roads and hiding in the bushes from the cops. This is what his life had become post-Kibum.

Rule #2: Don't get attached to somebody you could lose.

He doesn’t let himself get blackout drunk this often. It was his 18th birthday, he had just graduated, and he was finally free of that shitty school that held so many bittersweet memories.

He stumbled through the warm living room of his best friend’s house, winding around other people to get to the dancefloor. His plastic cup was clutched in one hand and his phone was in the other. He was on his fourth drink, two more than he usually needed to get drunk. He was too small to have a decent alcohol tolerance, so he was already gone for the night.

He was looking for someone to hookup with, someone who wouldn’t mind him leaving before the morning. Some called him a player, others a slut. It all depended on who he was going to hookup with that night.

He spotted a thin guy, probably around his age across the room from him. The guy had sandy brown hair and pale skin and Taemin thought he looked perfect to have for the night.

He made his way over and made eye contact with the boy who grinned devilishly as soon as Taemin drew closer.

“Lee Taemin.” the boy said in an arrogant voice. “Zach, right?” Taemin questioned, sipping his drink. He was hooking up tonight.

Rule #3 Wear your heart on your cheek, but never on your sleeve unless you wanna taste defeat

Being cruel to his old friends wasn’t easy. But he had to hide the hurt, hide everything from them. He would fall into a depression if he didn’t supplement Kibum’s void with temporary happiness, he would lose himself completely. Not telling and now showing people how messy he was on the inside was part of the facade. On the inside he was a young kid who lost the only person he could ever actually see himself loving truly. He was a boy who has gotten his heart ripped out and set on fire. He threw away his hopes of being a famous dancer to he close to the one he loved, so he lost everything at once. He felt so lonely and broken. And the only people who knew were Jongin and Jinki. They were the only ones telling Taemin’s previous friends how he was.

Rule #4 Gotta be lookin’ pure. Kiss him goodbye at the door, and leave him wanting more

He tried dating after a few months of recklessness over his last semester of high school. Maybe going on dates rather than just sleeping with someone could make Taemin release the void that still sat in his heart and weighed on his stomach.

Summer is a great season for dates; bike riding, picnics, movies in the park. But that didn’t help Taemin at all. He realized that more people liked him without the party boy facade, however he also realized that he was leading these boys on when they went on dates. He’d drop them at their house and if they were lucky he’d give them a kiss on the cheek. But he never contacted them after the first date. No  one was Kibum, and no one could break the emotional walls he had built after Kibum. A/N I know I haven’t written in a hot minute. But I’m going through a breakup with a horrible guy and I’m really reckless feeling at the moment so I wrote about being reckless instead of being reckless. I hope to write more soon becuase I’ll be moving back home in like 2 weeks~ 

Read more of my work on my Masterlist

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Hey also!!

yes hello it’s me finally remembering to promote my patreon here on tungle dot net!! i post on the last day of every month and i am also!! making a change to one of my tiers!! 

💙 for $2 a month!! this is the one i'm changing lol. originally it was when i had a schedule and was posting four fics every month and on patreon i would post a couple of paragraphs from each one but you just got to see them early which. honestly. was not really worth the $2 lmfao. but then my arms stopped working and i couldn't post as often so i changed it to each month i would post a big excerpt of old wips that i know i'm never going to finish or write more for. things like not royal au and therapy au and tentacle au and piercings au and body swap au and demon au. very interesting if you do not mind getting cockblocked by knowing there's never going to be more of them lol

but my chronic pain has sucked so bad for so long that i literally ran out of shit to post lmfao so

for $2 a month!! new and improved!! i will be posting two polls every month : ) one will be for you to choose which two fics i take from my googledoc and get all set up into a draft post

and the second will be for you to choose which 1 or 2 fics i will post that month!! 1 or 2 depending on whether or not i have any requests done at the time because i always like to post those as soon as possible. more likely than not it's going to be two

i do have like. a lot of fics in my docs and in my drafts and i'm not going to make a poll with like 20 options every month lmfao but there will still be good and varied choices. You can choose multiple options and the top two will be the winners and i'm thinking i'll leave each poll open until it's time to post the first thing of the month

The first poll will open on September 30th and will be to choose what gets posted in October :-)

💙 for $3 a month you get the polls and wips of everything i've worked on that month. not really much to explain for this one lmao i just take between like 3-8 paragraphs of whatever things i've written that month and edit them and post them. usually it's like 4 or 5 different fics?? sometimes i go absolutely buckwild and write more

💙 for $4 a month you get the polls and the wips and also sfw and nsfw aus like you know. au where they're mermaids or whatever. but more elaborate lmfao. i write at 10-point font and for the sfw things i usually aim for 3 pages and for the nsfw things 2 pages. and sometimes i get really invested in one au in particular so i usually split those into parts and add them onto the normal amount 

a lot of them are completely new stuff that i haven't written and sometimes i turn them into actual fics that get posted here eventually. there are some definite bangers like single dads au and mafia au and fallen angel au and final fantasy 10 au. others are like extra things that i've thought about for fics i've already posted like fairy pet au and biker au. currently i'm working on multiple parts for final fantasy xiii au and taekey we got married au. very fun

💙 the reason i started my patreon in the first place was so i could save up monie to go to brain therapy and then physical therapy and so far it has paid for that and i have been able to save up for future appointments whenever the plague ends and because of that i've been able to keep writing fics for fun and me time without getting turbo anxious about it so even if you just show up for one month and speedread four years all at once and then dip i will still appreciate you giving me your monie : )