Hi I'm Lin, welcome to my kpop blog!! I've been on kpop Tumblr since 2017 when I was about 14 years old, so I kind of grew up here đ I've been writing fics since then (though I took a hiatus recently where I posted like 4 fics a year) and make other content as well.
I only post kpop content on here; my main blog is @10hour11minute and I have another blog, @lunova-solar, for all other fandoms.
As of April 2023, my plan is to finish my wips from 2018â2022 so I can have closure for that part of my life (lol) and move on to bigger, better things!
Didnât realize my bestie and I have been friends for as long as Seventeen have been a group so like in honour of that we will be taking Seventeenâs jobs,
The way I will never(?) see enha ot7 live,, I told myself I would go see them live the next time they are near my city wtfâŚ. Iâm so sad what the heck⌠I might as well post my long enha fic because Iâve never been able to finish it and now I probably wonât because itâs ot7 and will make me sad what the HECK
A/N: Getting back into writing again! I used to live in a small-ish town so here is me romanticizing it 𼰠Some romantic fluff, some just general/platonic! Also these arenât necessarily realistic things lol, some are fully tropes while others are stuff I actually did growing up :D
HEESEUNG
Having a Secret Spotâ˘ď¸ that only you know
Being each otherâs first kiss while at your Secret Spot because no one else has to know!!
Learning how to drive from his dad while Heeseung is in the car so heâs being dramatic when you brake a little too hard
Stealing alcohol from a family member and getting drunk for the first time in his room (the door is open so your parents know youâre not getting up to funny business)
Late night drives once youâve got the driving handled lmao (donât worry heâll do the driving if you never do. He wonât ever complain)
JAY
Being neighbours and hanging out in his garage to cool off during the summer heat wave
Staying up late at each otherâs houses even as kids
Neither of you needing to go home at night because your parents know youâre at his place and vice versa
Agreeing to move in together down the road someday
For now youâll just camp together and dream !
JAKE
Going to seasonal carnivals together, whether it be the special deals at theme parks in the summer or haunted houses during Halloween
Spending so much time together that his dog Layla thinks youâre part of the family
Memorizing the route to his house from going there so often that you could bike there in pitch darkness
Biking to his house late at night because you canât sleep
Layla always perks up when she hears you coming, so Jake is already waiting at the front door for you when you arrive đĽš
SUNGHOON
Always being on the same sports teams or clubs because thereâs nothing else to dooooo ughhhhhh
Wanting more from life and agreeing to move to the Big City together
Spending every moment together because youâre alright just hanging out without doing anything
Loitering at that abandoned mall because of nostalgia
Getting him to record âfound footageâ videos at abandoned places after you see something spooky
SUNOO
Getting ice cream at That One Place youâve always gone to
Walking along the boardwalk together
Combined family trips!! To the beach or camping etc
Such as taking Sunoo with you when you go fishing with your family
Having self-care nights with him and his sister
JUNGWON
Climbing trees together
Then climbing onto the roof of his house to stargaze
Sharing/switching Christmas gifts when you receive stuff you donât want from relatives
Going to orchards/etc to pick fruit together
Taking each other to run errands and do menial tasks just to yap
NI-KI
Eating lunch together every day
Finding animals near the road and steering them away from danger
Looking for hidden places in town to hide graffiti in
Finding hidden âshortcutsâ near your houses to get places faster. He insists on using them every time, even if itâs not really faster
Riki joining you wherever you want to go, even if itâs somewhere that bores him, because he just wants to be around you and see you happy (heâll complain on the way but itâs worth it)
Wellness Check!! đđŠşâ¤ď¸â𩹠I want to check in with you and see how you are! I am wishing you all the good things because you deserve them!! Iâm rooting for you! đ JJ
AHH HI JJ!! Iâve been suuuuper busy lately (looking for a job + college) but Iâve been doing good!! Lin employed era soon? đ¤ LMAO
Thank you so so much tho JJ, I hope youâre doing good too!
Enha better sing Future Perfect at coachella and have the locals singing WALK THAT LINE I HATE THAT LINE NOW KICK THAT ASS because thatâs what it sounds like and if that isnât coachella,,
AU: paraplegic!Woozi + blind!Wonwoo (ambiguous relationship? written as platonic but could be ship*)
Word Count:Â 2.1k
A/N: Another old concept from JANUARY 2018 đ *debating on making this a ship fic but ik thatâs more for ao3 than tumblr LOL weâll see. Would love some input if you read through the whole thing!
DISCLAIMER: I am not paralyzed or (permanently/fully) blind, so there are def a lot of day-to-day hardships Iâm unaware of; Iâm sorry if I misrepresent either of these two disabilities!
Dedicated readers know the Grimm Brothersâ story of Rapunzel, a princess stuck in her tower, waiting to be rescued by her prince who eventually throws himself from the tower and is blinded by rose thorns that await him at the bottom. But what if Rapunzel was trapped in their weakened body and the prince was blind to begin with?
Before Jihoon met his prince, his entire world was a small roomâhis tower, so to speak.
It took one unfortunate car accident as a kid for both of Jihoonâs legs to become completely paralyzed. The crash was so bad that people were surprised he survived at all, let alone escape with only his legs lost. He may have survived, but Jihoon doesnât feel like heâs living anymore.
Why would he? All he can do is sit in bed and do whatever he wantsâŚgiven that it doesnât require getting up. Anytime he needed to as a kid, someoneâusually his dadâwould carry him on their back. Nowadays, he has to struggle onto his deteriorating wheelchair and push himself along. He doesnât have that many friends who live nearby who could help him out and his parents were usually working to help pay for his needs and college tuition.
But the worst problem of all is that itâs boring in bed! Sure, he doesnât need to stay there all the time, but there were many stretches of his life spent in hospitals or recovering where he had nothing to do.
But maybe calling it âboringâ is just a lack of motivation talking. So, to deal with this issue, Jihoon takes up music. He loves composing and writing songs and, man, he is good at it. He starts creating instrumentals from his bedroom and uploads them online, garnering a bit of attentionânot enough to make a living, but it definitely cheers him up seeing people enjoy his creations.
But he can only spend so much time on his laptop or playing instruments before he gets tired of everything within armâs reach.
What he truly longs for is the great outside. He only gets a sliver of the outside world and natural light through his window where, on sunny days with clear skies, birds pass by and he can try finding shapes in the clouds.
Thankfully, he has books. He has never been too fond of reading, especially since he has to read way too many textbooks while attending community college online. But recently, books have become his escape. Books can take him anywhere in the universe all while staying in one place. He slowly grows a habit of getting lost in them and hyperfixating, finishing so many books that he requests more from the disability support group that helps him.
His primary caretaker who visits him when his parents arenât around, an older woman called Miss Nam, gives him her selection of recommendations from the library each week. He adores her for it.
One Sunday afternoon, heâs waiting for Miss Nam to stop by with some lunch and his weekly selection of library books.
âJihoon!â She calls for him as she enters his familyâs home. âI want you to meet someone.â
Jihoon furrows his brows as he hears Miss Nam. A guest? She never brings guests.
He can only stare when Miss Nam walks into his bedroom with a small stack of books and a tall boy around his age. The stranger walks in awkwardly, gripping Miss Namâs arm.
âThis is Wonwoo,â Miss Nam introduces, walking the young man up to the side of his bed. âHeâs another person I help. I thought it would be nice to bring him out of the house today, so weâre just stopping by. Maybe you could read a story to him while I prep lunch for us all?â
When Jihoon looks at Wonwoo, the first thing he notices is how the new boy keeps looking around his room. He pays no attention to Jihoon, his gaze flitting around the room in what honestly feels like an invasion of privacy despite Jihoon having nothing to hide.
When Miss Nam sees this behaviour, she taps Wonwooâs shoulder and he immediately turns his head forward to Jihoonâs bed. The tall boy waves timidly in Jihoonâs direction.
âWonwooâs blind,â Miss Nam explains before moving Wonwooâs hand from her arm to the bed frame. âHe has cataracts in his eyes.â
I guess that explains why he hasnât looked me in the eyes and his look glazed over, Jihoon thinks. If heâs being completely honest, Wonwooâs eyes look oddly pretty, even with the whitish film over them.
Jihoon sits still in bed as Miss Nam steps out into the kitchen to make lunch, leaving the door open. He doesnât move, his eyes trained on Wonwoo. Itâs like heâs trying to figure out if Wonwoo is really blind, even if thereâs no doubt about it considering the cloudy whiteness of his mature cataracts.
âHâŚHi,â Wonwoo mumbles, his head angled down towards his hand, which is still holding the headboard of Jihoonâs metal bed frame.
ââŚHi,â Jihoon responds after a moment.
Wonwooâs lips quirk up the teensiest bit from that one word.
âMiss Nam said you like reading books,â Wonwoo says, a gentle smile on his face.
âYeah. Did youâŚwant me to read one for you?â
Wonwoo nods his head. âYes, please.â
Jihoon exhales, reaching for the first book on the stack Miss Nam set on his nightstand. Itâs a Korean translation of Grimms' Fairy Tales. He turns the pages to the first story.
When Jihoon starts reading the book aloud, the awkward young man beside him seems to relax a little. Wonwoo is smiling as he listens to the words roll off Jihoonâs tongue like a waterfall.
By the time they have read through two stories, Wonwoo has moved onto the edge of the bed, shoes off and hugging his knees to his chest. Jihoon canât see his entire face at this angle, but he can tell Wonwoo is smiling.
âDo you have other books?â Wonwoo asks between chapters.
âYes, why?â Jihoon responds, closing Grimms' Fairy Tales for now.
âDo you have The Hobbit? We could read it and play some of the music from the movies.â
Jihoon only nodsâand quickly realizes his error.
âYes,â he answers aloud, âI have that book in here somewhere, but I canât reach it from my bed.â
âCan I help?â Wonwoo asks, his head turned towards Jihoon.
Jihoon furrows his brows, doubting it.
Mere minutes later, heâs verbally guiding Wonwoo to his bookshelf right next to his bed. Wonwoo has his hand against the lines of books, slowly dragging his fingers across the line until Jihoon tells him to stop.
âThere.â
At Jihoonâs word, Wonwooâs hand slides up and tilts the book out of the shelf, cautiously feeling around to get back to the bed and hand the book to Jihoon.
Their fingers graze over each other as Wonwoo hands the book off, and Jihoon notices the other man flinch and gulp from shock. Jihoon chooses not to comment on it out of politeness.
Jihoon reaches for his phone, starting to play the soundtrack from The Hobbit. Wonwoo settles back on the edge of the bed, ready to listen again. He gets into a steady pace with the music and Wonwoo looks overjoyed at the words.
Jihoon stops after the first chapter, taking a break as the music continues.
âCan we read something else?â He asks Wonwoo.
âWhy? Do you not like this book?â Wonwoo pouts a bit.
âNoâI mean, I do like it, itâs just that Iâve read it so many times before⌠It gets kind of boring.â
âHow is it boring? Itâs amazing,â Wonwoo defends, though not in a combative way. âThere are so many descriptive words, the scenery is so vast and big, from the mountains to Rivendell to Rohan⌠Middle Earth is so beautiful.â
Jihoon raises a brow at that. Wonwoo speaks as if Middle Earth from the book were a real place.
Wonwoo continues to describe what he can see in his mind; how he can smell, hear, and almost touch all the things Jihoon described while reading.
Thatâs when Jihoon realizes how life is for this young man. He canât see with his eyes, but within his brain is a whole other world.
The two take a break from reading to eat the lunch Miss Nam cooked. She sits with them in Jihoonâs bedroom and they all eat together, still listening to the music playing.
Despite his earlier reluctance to continue the book, Jihoon reads one more chapter to Wonwoo before itâs time for Miss Nam to take him home.
He had made a new friend. A friend who could show him the world that he couldnât go out to see for himself.
A few weeks pass after Wonwooâs visit. Jihoon canât stop thinking about him. He canât bring himself to pick up The Hobbit again, yet he hasnât moved it from his nightstand either. The book lies there, waiting to be read aloud.
He doesnât ever say it to himselfânot even in his mindâbut heâs waiting for Wonwoo to come back so they can read it together.
But how? It didnât seem like he left home often. Regardless, heâd have to ask Miss Nam to bring him, seeing as they hadnât exchanged contact information. Somehow heâs embarrassed to ask her.
To compromise his nerves, he decides to text Miss Nam. Itâs just a simple text asking for Wonwooâs phone number, or if he even has one, but it feels so invasive somehow.
He waits for a response with his phone face-down on his lap, feeling like his whole body is paralyzed now and not just his legs.
A ping from his phone finally snaps him out of it. He quickly flips his screen over and sees that Miss Nam has texted him a phone number.
He inputs the number into his messaging app, hesitating before sending a first text.
Jihoon: Is this Wonwoo?
Jihoon lets his phone rest on his lap again. Why am I so nervous? Miss Nam wouldnât give me the wrong numberâŚdamn it, I shouldâve mentioned her in the text.
Before he can ruminate any longer, his phone pings again.
###-####: Yes. Are you Jihoon?
Jihoon: Yeah I asked Ms Nam for ur number
Wonwoo: Hi. Iâm glad you did. Is there a specific reason?
Jihoon read the text a few times as he tried to think of a response. Would it sound desperate if he asked him to come over? He definitely shouldnât say he missed him. Itâs probably best if he doesnât lead with either.
JH: Not particularly
JH: Just felt like saying hi
WW: Can I call you? Itâs hard for me to text. I have to use speech-to-text.
Jihoon mentally face-palms at that. He face-palms in real life as well to scold himself for being so ignorant. Of course the blind man would prefer to call over text. Jihoon doesnât even text a response, deciding to press call and hope he wonât fumble any other way.
âHello?â Heâs greeted by Wonwooâs voice on the other end of the line.
âHey,â Jihoon responds, his heart pounding for some reason.
âItâs nice hearing your voice again,â Wonwoo says. Jihoon can almost hear the smile in his voice.
âYou too.â
Jihoon takes a breath, deciding to just go for it.
âI texted you because I was wondering if youâd like to read The Hobbit together again?â Jihoon suggests, his words coming out a little fast.
Thereâs silence for a moment and Jihoon canât help but dread the answer, even if it ends up being a good one.
âWell, I canât read it,â Wonwoo answers.
Jihoon mentally face-palms again. He couldâve worded that better.
âSorry, I meant me reading it to you. If youâd likeâwould you like me to readââ
âI was joking,â Wonwoo interrupts, sounding amused. âI know what you meant. Yes, Iâd like to hear you read.â
âOh.â
Jihoonâs glad theyâre on a phone call so Wonwoo canât see how red his face is. Actually, he wouldnât be able to see even if they were beside each otherâŚ
âWe donât need to put on music for today, Iâll just listen to your voice,â Wonwoo says, recognizing the silence on Jihoonâs end.
Jihoon responds with a simple âokayâ before grabbing the book on his nightstand. He wipes the dust off of the cover before opening it to chapter three. He reads for a while, getting lost between the lines of words even though he has read them so many times.
When he reaches the end of the chapter, he checks his phone again to make sure the call hasnât dropped.
âWonwoo?â He says.
âHm?â The other man answers.
âJust checking youâre still there.â
âI am. Just listening.â
âShould I keep reading?â
âYes, please.â
So Jihoon keeps reading, a smile on his face as he speaks clearly into the phone and dives into a whole world with Wonwoo by his side.
how can i read the whole story of seventeen as brothers
Hi! The bullet pointed version in my masterlist is the whole version I have, but I can write a longer version if youâd like! ^^
Bullet points are my main style so I didnât often do written out versions back then đ wow that was so long ago
(But if you mean the other members, thereâs a Keep Reading button under Joshuaâs; if you canât click it or itâs broken it may be a tumblr glitch on your end đ¤)
edit: if youâre coming from someoneâs reblog just check my master list since the original post(s) were deleted and reposted!
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