I Cant Believe I Havent Reblogged/recommended This Brilliant Story On Here Yet - I Literally Scrolled

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 finally finished the rough draft of my story….just need to do some editing, then I’ll be ready to post 👀👀👀

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

Heeeeyyy guess who finally learned how to reblog fics on this hellsite since the last time I recommended a fic by this author! 🤣🤣 All kidding aside, I have a confession to make - dating sims games are kind of my guilty pleasure…so when she not only started a new series in this already captivating universe, but DIRECTLY referenced dating sims in the summary?? Oh my god I was on cloud 9 LOL

I love that initial connection Y/N and Jungkook had at the beginning, when they bonded over Mass Effect and video games. It was so cute, and you can totally see how she would fall for him so quickly. You can also see how she fits into the group, how the dynamic isn’t shoehorned in to make it make sense. I love the friendship they all have, and it was so sweet seeing it all build and come together….which makes the scene at the Halloween party when the curtain falls and we see his “true colors” all the more heartbreaking. You feel the panic and the shame Y/N feels when she finds out Jungkook was a fuckboy who was playing with her feelings the whole time, and it makes you look back at all their interactions in a new light. And I actually really love the pacing of the story too - she doesn’t get over it in a few days, or even weeks. It takes MONTHS for her to gain some sort of trust again, which feels more realistic to me. And how you get a perspective from Jungkook of why he’s the way he is - it doesn’t excuse his behavior, but it explains a few things. And how he slowly realizes just how unfair and harmful he has been. I love how this series is growing and building, and I can’t wait to see where it goes!

Swipe Right 01 | Context Switch | JJK (M)

Rating: M (Explicit 18+)

Pairings: Jungkook x Reader, brot7 x friendship

Genre: E2L, fluff, angst [later on], humor, [eventual] smut, PersonalTrainer!Jungkook, fuckboy!Jungkook, Nerd!Jungkook, Nerd/IT!Reader

Word Count: 12.8K

Fic Summary: Jungkook wasn’t always like this. Or maybe he was and you don’t want to admit that he had you fooled. You quickly discover he has a lot more to offer than exchanging pleasantries and awkward small talk. In fact, he never seems to shut up.

For the better part of a year, he’s held your irritation hostage, never passing up an opportunity to deliver savage one-liners at your expense. When he discovers you’re on Tinder, he turns up the brattiness factor and intentionally seeks you out. Who knows? Maybe if you gave him a chance he could charm the pants right off of you. Then again, maybe he’s just a fuckboy.

Tags: Fuckboy Jungkook, like cannot stress enough Fuckboy Jungkook but gets soft later, dirty jokes, talk nerdy to me, PUNS, friendship feels, sexual tension, Jin being bad at copying Mario’s accent, Namjoon being bad at accents

CW:  panic attacks, filthy language, this whole chapter is setup so like nothing too bad i dont think???

Series: Activate your SIMCard Fic: Swipe Right (1/?- Ongoing) Do not repost. masterlist // next chapter

(A/N: This is part of my “Activate Your SIMcard” series. Each member of BTS has their own AU in which IT/TechSupport/NerdReader gets dating help/advice and ends up falling in love with them instead. As with a dating sim, the same characters are utilized–same professions, similar scenario placement– but different interactions/pathways lead to different romances. ~Anyway here’s the Jungkook route.~ The Namjoon route, “Love Bytes” is currently in the works.)

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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 guess I live in an oven now…