Me, Laying In Pain On The Couch After A Very Long And Labor Intensive Shift, Wondering Why Im Putting

Me, laying in pain on the couch after a very long and labor intensive shift, wondering why I’m putting so much effort into a job I’ve been trying to leave for the past few years

I can’t believe I haven’t reblogged/recommended this brilliant story on here yet - I literally scrolled through my entire tumblr page trying to find my post about it…only to realize I had literally sent it to all of my discord friends but somehow forgot about this site 😅😅 Whoops!

But my god, what Shanna does so well is world building and believability of her characters. I relate so hard to OC’s feelings of being the “family disappointment” and just falling so hard from what should have been a fairy tale come true because, well…that’s me. I moved away from my family to a big city to follow my dreams of working in theatre (backstage costuming/costume design, not performing). And yet 7 years later I’m still bombarded with job rejection emails, haven’t had a theatre gig since 2016, still working the “part time” retail job that was only supposed to tide me over between shows, desperately trying to be someone my family can be proud of. So reading this story, with those very real feelings she has, really hit home for me.

And it was very real how Hoseok and OC fell out of their friendship. And how communication is key, y’all! It’s very easy for a writer to be like “oh, my protagonist is always right! The other person is wrong! They must apologize!” It’s harder for a writer to have their lead, the voice of their story, realize that he or she was actually wrong, to have to re-evaluate their choices. And that’s what makes this story so special - OC being so blinded by her dreams, her seemingly perfect relationship in her new life that she pushed away anything and anyone that would shatter that belief. I loved seeing them develop their friendship again and then their underlying feelings of MORE. Also loved the deep friendship shown through their entire friend group - it makes me wish I had a group of friends to have a cookie baking contest with for the holidays!

Also goddamn the smut was just top notch. Damn. 🥵

So yeah…long story short, this is a wonderful story about how life can be messy and not what you always dreamed of, but it’s worth it to find the little things that make it worthwhile

A Holly, Jolly Crisis (M)

Author: @kpopfanfictrash as part of the Once Upon a Holiday… collaboration with @underthejoon , @fantasybangtan​ , @lamourche​ , @hobidreams​ , @suga-kookiemonster​ , @junghelioseok​  

Creative Contributor: @baebae-goodnight made this ridiculously gorgeous moodboard TT

Pairing: Hoseok / Reader (female)

Genre: Ex-Best Friends to Lovers / Rom-Com / Angst (?) / Holiday

Word Count: 36,243

Rating/Warnings: 18+ for sexual content. Fingering, Hoseok has a dirty mouth, Y/N semi-jokingly offers to slap him & he’s into it, condom-less sex, squirting, multiple orgasms, rough sex. Multiple friends/family members mention the reader has lost weight, but the reader’s exact weight isn’t specified. Seokjin uses a spatula as a microphone.

Summary:   At this time last year, you thought you had it all. A kick-ass screenwriting job for the hottest TV show in LA, an actor boyfriend whose career was taking off and an affordable apartment with not one, but two bathrooms. Fast-forward to now and you’re single, soon-to-be jobless and searching for a way to scrape together January rent. Everything seems to be falling apart, which was why you told your family you weren’t coming home for the holidays. Enter your little sister, Sara, who recently became engaged to her boyfriend, Yoongi and needs you home to celebrate. The biggest problem? Returning home means you’ll be forced to face everything and everyone you left behind, including Yoongi’s best man – and your ex-best friend, Hoseok.

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I’m pretty excited to write the next scene in my story because it’s the climatic, romance portion! It’s what all the feelings and whatnot have been leading toward, and after that there is only 1 more scene left in the ENTIRE fic!

Now…I just need to actually sit down and write the damn thing 🤣🤣

I didn’t ask to be called out so badly when checking tumblr today, but okay 🤣🤣🤣

fic writers and fan artists be like

TAE AND JOON JAMMING TO BOYZ II MEN, WHO DEFINED PART OF MY CHILDHOOD?!?! AAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaa I’m dead y’all I’ve been saying for years now that I would love BTS to cover one of their songs, especially since Shawn from Boyz II Men sang “Serendipity” on an Instagram Live he did a couple years ago. This just makes me hungry for MORE. I see you harmonizing there Tae it was so good.

Also Joon is 100% me listening to that song it’s so cute 🥺

We love good music in this neighborhood

God this performance was something else….like jaw dropping STUNNING

jimin’s black swan solo dance was the most mesmerizing performance i’ve witnessed