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love light

pairing: chanyeol/baekhyun

rating: pg-13

length: 12k

summary: Being love advisors on-air, Baekhyun wonders when he can take his own advice and tell his co-host about his feelings for him.

comments: super cute. rom com vibes~

[author:singlu]

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trial and error

pairing: baekhyun/yixing

author: thesockmonster

length: 40k

rating: nc-17

summary:  baekhyun just wants to find his place in a pack that's falling apart.

comments: i’m literally obsessed with this story. it’s such a good a/b/o fic and i was so sad when i got  to the end. at first i couldn’t tell why the main conflict of the story existed but it soon becomes clear that he had a reason. will read again hopefully! thesockmonster never fails to deliver amazing stories of amazing lengths! 

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we’ll cast some light

pairing: kaisoo

author: w_anderingheart

length: 23k

rating: mature

summary:  This is where they begin: Kyungsoo sifts through memories he doesn’t have, and Jongin helps him find the details. (This is not, in fact, where it begins.)

comments:  really interesting fictional disease. i don’t normally like stories that aren’t told chronologically, but the author did a really great job with this. ending is open ended (?). overall, i loved this. the whole story is bittersweet. 

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honey, come set me free

pairing: chanyeol/kai

author: chajatta

length: 38,164 words

rating: nc-17

summary: Jongin's quiet, single lifestyle couldn't be more at odds with his day job. Life as the poster boy for one of the biggest underwear labels in South Korea is great and Jongin loves it, he does, it's just that sometimes he feels like the two halves of his life don't add up. Without the lights and the makeup and the skimpy clothes, Jongin is just an ordinary guy with all the ordinary hang ups (that is if crippling shyness and anxiety count as ordinary). Jongin has spent most of his life trying to live up to people's expectations of him, but maybe it's about time he learnt that the only people who matter will love him just the way he is.

comments: read this on the way back from the exo concert in chicago hehe. the characterization of kai is really sweet; while he is a model he ‘confident’, but overall, his personality is very shy and awkward. this plays well off of chanyeol’s personality of being easy going and more out going. jongin really pulled at my heart strings, and the conflict is resolved in a very adult way. i def recommend this!

lj | ao3

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:o hello everyone who follows this blog! i just wanted to make an update and say hello! it’s been a while, and i haven’t really read much fanfiction in the past two years (lol uni kind of ruined my life butttt) but as of late i’ve been getting back into the game ~

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Over My Dead Body

Pairing: sehun/kai

Genre: angst, horror

Length: 9k

Rating: nc-17

Summary: after jongin tragically dies in an accident, his boyfriend sehun decides to try to bring him back from the dead, no matter what the cost.

Comments: uh honestly this story was...kind of strange. i wasn't sure what genre to mark it under. it was definitely creative, and the ending will have you like "damnnnnnnn". another great story by annafeu.

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Anything Could Happen♥

Pairing: sehun/tao

Genre: humor, romance

Length: 10,528w (two part)

Rating: pg-13

Summary: "Do one scary thing a day." Sehun scares himself when he talks to Zitao, when he accepts his date, when he does anything with Zitao that involves touching and speaking and feelings. (Or Sehun has social anxiety and Zitao picks apart his fears with careful, understanding hands.) Bookstore!AU.

Comments: this. was. so. effing. cute. i really like this because sehun and are like, basically the same person in this. the dialogue was great, the character dynamics were charming and i just really really liked this.

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In Theory♥

Pairing: sehun/kai

Genre: humor, (slight) angst, smut

Length: 12k (twopart)

Rating: nc-17

Summary: jongin wonders what a finger in his ass feels like and sehun wonders if ramen is back in stock on mondays.

Comments: so the story started off witty/funny/amusing and then it turned kind of smutty but it was still kind of funny because it was like they were accidentally being smutty and like the indirect denial on sehun's part despite kind of being unconsciously (but he was totally conscious of it) gay was all great. BUT then in the second part it actually turns kind of angsty because the feelings are real? so basically long story short most of the story doesn't seem very serious but at the end you realize that there was a somewhat serious plot/theme to it.

tldr; this was seriously friggin amazing??? i love anything annfaeu writes and this did not disappoint it's one of my new fave sekai's wowwwww

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See You Tomorrow (And Every Tomorrow)

Pairing: sehun/tao, side!chanyeol/jongin

Genre: angst, romance

Length: 24,378w (3 parts)

Rating: nc-17

Summary: wehun meets tao and learns to stay still, just for a little while. together they learn to be with each together. warnings (if any): (slight) mentions of homophobia and issues of accepting one's sexuality

Comments: wow! i seriously loved this, it touched on some pretty emotional topics and the build up and the relationship develop met was beautiful. i really, really enjoyed this!!

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Climb Is All We Know

Pairing: sehun/kai

Genre: angst, drama

Length: 15,600w

Rating: nc-17

Summary: takes courage to break out of iron wrought cages and a plan. but if one has learned anything from life, it’s that plans are always thwarted and the unexpected is always to be expected. warnings (if any): contains mature themes, hints of pedophelia and homophobia, violence and slight gore.

Comments: very interesting fictional !au, with a very compelling writing style. at first you don't really know what's happening but it all unreavels nicely and it's pretty perfect~ great read.

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Angelic Stray

Pairing: sehun/luhan

Genre: angst,romance

Length: 16,187w

Rating: nc-17

Summary: In his existence as an angel Sehun had witnessed quite the number of silly human superstitions – making wishes on shooting stars, birthday candles, even eyelashes, for God’s sake. But wishes on cigarette butts? Those were certainly new.

Comments: overall just really cute.

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Solar Eclipse

Title: Solar Eclipse

Pairing: OT12 Genre: action, adventure, comedy, romance, smut, fantasy Length: chaptered, ongoing Rating: pg-13 Summary: The day was January 4th, 2012. To the rest of the world, the day was like any other, filled with mundane life with little change beyond mild weather. But to others, the perihelion marked the start of a drastic change that would alter the lives of a special few in ways beyond imagination. [author: Layximi]

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The Last Straw In The Restaurant, But I Don't Mind Sharing

Pairing: luhan/lay

Genre: romance, slight angst

Length: 20k (3 part)

Rating: pg

Summary: "I love you in a language that I don't fully understand. In words that I haven't found enough courage to forklift out of my chest." college!au.

Comments: oh my god; the character interactions were beautiful, luhan's gradual realization really hit me hard because it wasn't like a complete "WHAT!?" it was a very subtle thing that just came to him, as love should. lay's character was pretty accurate and there is the right balance of fluff, angst and romance. 10/10 yo.

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Bound For Light

Pairing: baekhyun/suho; side pairing baekhyun/chen and baekhyun/kyungsoo

Genre: angst, romance

Length: 26,285w

Rating: nc-17

Summary: Product integration means Joonmyun seamlessly weaving himself into Baekhyun's muddled life. The results are astounding.

Comments: i enjoyed it though i sometimes i was confused with baekhyun's character; so wishy washy :P

[author:onyu]

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No One Is Born To Be Lonley

Pairing: baekhyun/chanyeol

Genre: smut, angst, drama

Length: 17,791w

Rating: nc-17

Summary: Wolf AU. Baekhyun's always wanted a dog. Chanyeol is close enough.

Comments: uh this was hot and there were some tense parts too overall just another awesome wolf!au

[author:seafoamblues]

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B.Blossom

Pairing: baekhyun/chanyeol

Genre: angst, romance, drama

Length: 22,155w

Rating: nc-17

Summary: "There is no such thing as a rose without thorns." Baekhyun is a florist working in Seoul, South Korea who reluctantly hires rich-boy Park Chanyeol to be his assistant by chance despite his inability to understand flowers. What Baekhyun doesn't know is that he's just met the man who will save his life in more ways than one.

Comments: wonderfully put together, a nice read~

[author:bambi_lu]

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Pre-Champ

Pairing: baekhyun/luhan

Genre: humor, angst

Length: 10,200w

Rating: nc-17

Summary: this is baekhyun's year to win his first gold on the collegiate latin circuit, and hell if he's going to let some grad student newcomer from his own damn school waltz in and steal his medal. (college ballroom dance team au)

Comments: this story. my word. the struggle of "i hate ur guts but i want to suck ur dick" was wonderfully executed ugh. poor lu, dumb baekhyun. five thumbs up 10/10 would recommend.

[author:foundoasis]

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