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Title Track: SPARK (Debut!AU)

Omg guess what? Ro FINALLY sat down with me and finished out this first chapter of the Title Track series! :D So the cool thing I think about the Title Tracks is that it's all about how the ot5 became romantically involved! It's the group of chapters that I have the MOST notes/planning on, and I really am excited to go through this plotline!

SPARK focuses on Romance and Abby, and how this entire thing "sparked". Up until now (RIGHT in the middle of their debut lol) all of the boys had been friends and idol members together. Some have been friends longer than the group had been together (see: Babystery, RoJinu), but they're all pretty close at the point this starts.

I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it! Thanks so much for giving my cute lil au a chance <3

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Title Track: VANISHING FUSE (Part 1) (Debut!AU)

Omg it's happening!! Surprise, it's a new Debut!AU chapter! This time we're following Jinu, my favorite anxious overthinker lol

It was really fun to write, but damn did it get away from me 😂 This is part 1, I'm still writing part 2, but hopefully I'll get it done soon!

Please enjoy 🖤

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DEBUT: SAJA My Saja Boys Debut!AU

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What if...I just posted it...?

Thank you all for participating in my poll the other day! You helped me decide who was going to kick off my first chapter of my au :) It's a human idol au for the boys, and i've been rolling it around in my head for quite some time now! i'm glad to have started it now. <3

I'll most likely be posting more art from this AU here now! (Don't worry, the roadies are safe, I'll still be posting them when i'm struck with a Particularly Silly Plot lol)

A small note that cannot and will not fit literally anywhere else: Did you know there's a theme park in South Korea that's completely dedicated and themed around the cheese they make in that city? I learned this while I was researching, and I would really love to know what it's like to live in the Cheese City of South Korea lololol

This is the first fic I've written in a WHILE, so I've been like, really worried and nervous over it lol I'd like to thank the friends that have helped me bite the bullet and just Do The Thing through advice and/or reading through the first steps :) So!! Thank you @aviofavalon , @fortheloveofneps , and @pacscraps for hearing my lamentations and meeting me with grace and understanding. I really am so very lucky. Thank you for helping me get this far (even though I'm just beginning lol)

Please enjoy and happy reading~!

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Debut: CAPTURE (Debut!AU)

Today's the daaaaaaay! it's the last chapter of the introduction fic Debut! I'm really excited but now I'm also like :0 I finished something lolol

Ofc, this is just the beginning of the Debut!AU, I have the first chapter of how everyone gets together romantically in the works, I just need Ro to WORK WITH ME lol but it should be out within the next few weeks? Hopefully? Idk, I don't want to put any deadline on myself, even though I do love me a good consistent schedule XDD

Capture is all about Baby! :D I loved writing it because it shows a side of him that he really refuses to show anyone else lol so I really appreciate being able to show a side to him that is so hard to get to.

I do hope you guys have enjoyed the Debut fic! <3 Please look forward to more! :D

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Debut: EXTOL (Debut!AU)

Fourth chapter of Debut: SAJA! :DDD Lol this one's Abby's chapter, and lemme tell you, it's a ride. I do have this fondness for the fact that though Abby doesn't have one skill that he's an expert at, he's proficient in like...A LOT. (Not everything, but a lot lol) He's a really wonderful all-rounder that not every group gets!

I think what I love most about Debut Abby is probably his mindset? I did sit down and try to give every Saja a specific way they see the world, and Abby's is very much "things will work out the way they're supposed to". So he's not as tightly wound as say Jinu or Baby, and he has the capacity to be super flexible. Though...Abby and Mystery together can be dangerous if they don't have someone to level them out LOLOL go-with-the-flow + head-in-the-clouds can make for some very interesting chaos. Maybe I'll do a chapter on that later? Idk lemme know lol

Anyway, please enjoy! There's only one chapter of the introductory chapters left after EXTOL! :D

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Debut: RETURN (Debut!AU)

Here's the second chapter of Debut: SAJA from my debut!au :) This chapter mainly focuses on introducing Mystery/Moonsik, and it was honestly such fun to write him out. With his unique way of seeing things, I found myself smiling at some of these passages. Unfortunately tho, I didn't get to have fun making text message threads this time :T i really enjoyed that about ATTAIN lol maybe I'll do it again some point in the future

(Please note that the first half of this fic depicts mild violence. I personally don't think it's a lot, but I do want to warn people in case it's a lot for them, yk?)

2/5 done! Next chapter will beeee Romance/Rahui, certified Mom friend 😌❤️

All of Debut: SAJA is going to finish before starting up this AU in earnest. I wish i could show you guys my plot skeleton, it's fucked UP with notes and lines i want to use and ideas lol ngl im highkey excited to get to like all of it 😂

Please enjoy! I hope you love it as much as i do lol

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Debut: RISE (Debut!AU)

Third chapter of Debut: SAJA down in the books, and this is Romance's chapter! Lol I think this is actually the longest of the introductory chapters tbh! I honestly had a lot of fun figuring out how Romance sees the world, much like how I was with Mystery.

Btw! All the introductory chapters are written and finished by now :33 I'm on to the idk..."actual plot"? if you could call it that lol and I'm starting to find that I didn't have to worry about length as much as I thought lol! Because of this though, after Debut: SAJA is finished, the uploads might be less consistent bc it's just going to take longer to finish the chapters I want to do aha

While I very much do love a consistent upload schedule, I like quality and being able to put out what I'm proud of a lot more. But!! We still have two, uh... We still have Abby and Baby's chapter in this! So the well has not yet run dry XDDD

Please do enjoy Romance being bullied! I really did enjoy writing him lol <3