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NCT Fic Recs #5
roaring twenties
by thereisnoreality
Pairing: Mark/Haechan
Word Count: 7,051
Summary:
Mark starts hallucinating Donghyuck two months after he enlists.
He doesn’t tell anyone about it.
The panic attacks follow a week or so after. That he does tell someone about.
My rating:
9/10. Great look into Mark and his personal mental struggles as well as how he perceives Donghyuck
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kpopao3recs · 9 months
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NCT Fic Recs #4
exercise in tension
by iubi
Warnings: Under-Negotiated Kink, Implied Smut
Relationships: Mark/Haechan
Description on AO3:
Donghyuck's AC breaks down.
My rating:
9/10, short but spicy. plus, "stepping on someone but in the erotic way" is a new favorite tag lol
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kpopao3recs · 9 months
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NCT Fic Recs #3
Ocean Eyes
by baridalive
Warnings: Violence, Injury, Character Death
Relationships: Mark/Haechan, Renjun/Jeno/Jaemin, Hendery/Xiaojun, Jungwoo/Lucas
Description on AO3:
Donghyuck, or Captain Haechan as most refer to him, is the most feared pirate in the Caribbean Sea. His sworn enemy, Admiral Mark Lee of the King's Navy, has made it his life goal to take him down. In an unexpected and unfortunate series of coincidences, their paths converge once more, chaos ensues, and everything is just a little more complicated than it appears.
Alternatively:
Donghyuck is a pirate, Mark hates him, and nothing can go right from them being stuck together to deal with a common enemy.
My rating:
10/10! Every time I read this fic, it manages to make me laugh, genuinely moves me, and makes me cry. The world building and character writing is beyond words, I highly recommend this fic if you like fantasy AUs or enemies to lovers!
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kpopao3recs · 10 months
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NCT Fic Recs #2
Finding Home
by SinisterSound
Warnings: Domestic Abuse/Neglect, Bullying, Language, Past/Minor Character Death
Relationships: Mark/Haechan, Taeyong/Yuta
Description on AO3:
“Would you like to come to my house for dinner?”
“Me? At your house for dinner?”
“Why not? My brothers would love to have you over. They love when I bring people over.”
“Your brothers would have a heart attack if they met me. They’re probably like you—pressed button ups, real polite, probably have a heart attack if you cursed. Can you imagine if I just showed up at your house?”
Mark laughed quietly. “I don’t think you understand my family…”
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Haechan finds a family in Mark’s family.
My rating:
10/10. I've read this fic about 10 or more times. It's definitely a comfort fic and an amazing take on the "found family" trope. Mark and Haechan's journey to a trusting friendship and the progress Haechan makes with opening up and letting himself be happy is so wonderful to experience.
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kpopao3recs · 2 years
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NCT Fic Recs #1
coming home
by artinars
Warnings: past character death, childhood trauma
Relationships: Renjun/Haechan, past Renjun/Jeno
Description on Ao3:
After seven years, Renjun was finally ready to face what had been left of his childhood home. Or was he really?
Either way, Donghyuck’s grave looked as lonely as ever.
My rating:
100000/10, this fic made me cry in the middle of English class. That's when you know it's sad. But seriously, this fic was heartwrenching and my favorite renhyuk fic by far.
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kpopao3recs · 3 years
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EXO Fic Recs #17
The wish my heart made
By Moonyki
Warnings: Anxiety
Ships: Kai/Taemin, Baekhyun/Taeyong, Sehun/Suho
Description on AO3:
Kim Jongin is a bookworm. He spends his time daydreaming about a grand, fanciful friendship despite his overwhelming shyness always preventing him from bonding with anyone.
That is until a cat embroils him on a journey to find friendship & love at the heart of a myriad of marigolds.
My rating:
10/10, I love how magical it is and how it feels kinda old-timey (even though it's set in a modern timeline). It's written like an older book, like Little Women or Anne of Green Gables, so it's also very nostalgic and quaint.
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kpopao3recs · 3 years
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EXO Fic Recs #16
(Im) Perfect
By peanutbitter
Warnings: Mental health, references to smut, angst
Ships: Baekhyun/Chanyeol
Word count: 2,019
Description on AO3:
Chanyeol would never step on the line at the sidewalk, would never paint out the line or eat something in the restaurant down the street.
Perhaps Chanyeol would be forever labeled as abnormal, crazy, obsessive.
Baekhyun wouldn’t change a thing.
Baekhyun wasn't perfect, but his love for Chanyeol was the most pure feeling he’d ever felt.
My rating:
9/10, this was very sweet and portrayed a beautiful relationship. Chanyeol with OCD is an interesting AU as well (:
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kpopao3recs · 3 years
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I'm kinda breaking my own rules, but I needed to recommend this story.
EXO Fic Recs #15 (Except this time it's SHINee)
Extrasensory
By JungMichan
Warnings: Mentions of depression, suicidal thoughts, mentions of s*xual assault, medical descriptions
Ships: Implied Taemin/Kai, Platonic SHINee/SHINee
Word Count: 65,456
Description on AO3:
After a freak stage accident puts him in a month-long coma, Kibum awakes to a world that overwhelms his senses and an intangible danger that threatens the souls of his closest friends.
My rating:
10000/10, This story was both heartbreaking, eye-opening, and just plain beautiful. It could be triggering for some, but I think everyone needs to read this especially if you've ever struggled with feelings of sadness or fear.
Again, I'm sorry this isn't an EXO fanfiction, but it features Kai so...
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kpopao3recs · 3 years
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I had a testing week at school but I'm back!!
Daily EXO Fic Recs #14
The Power of Friendship
By Finnyan
Warnings: Some violence, angst, kidnapping, natural disaster, PTSD, health, injuries, guns
Ships: EXO Ensemble/EXO Ensemble (platonic)
Word Count: 96,366
Description on AO3:
A group of young men were chosen to protect the Tree of Life, armed with special powers.
It's been more than five years when the evil force starts a new attack. This time, their friendship has to face its hardest test up until now.
Will the group be able to not only protect the Tree of Life but also each other?
My rating:
9/10, well written and really creative ^^
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kpopao3recs · 3 years
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EXO Fic Recs #13
say it (tell me what you feel)
By buzzbug82
Warnings: Angst, smut, canon compliant
Ships: Sehun/Suho
Word Count: 15,763
Description on AO3:
Got the cake, got the candles, got the camera.
But one final thing— Sehun realized he couldn’t hold the cake and film at the same time.
Sehun never cared about birthdays before he met Junmyeon.
My rating:
100000/10, one of my favorite fics to read when I’m down. It’s really fluffy, and there’s a bit of breakup/makeup (with a happy ending) and I just love it.
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kpopao3recs · 3 years
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EXO Fic Recs #12
Hyung, I Have A Secret
By NaturalOgre
So, I looked at my following and saw that the creator of one of my favorite fics is following me... that’s pretty insane. So of course I’m going to recommend their fic.
Warnings: Homophobia (Internal)
Ships: Sehun/Suho
Word Count: 30,623
Description on AO3:
Sehun had gotten used to this negative companion inhabiting his thoughts. He figured it had always been there. It was what had told him he was weird for not showing interest in women, what had told him to not think further of it when another male student had made his heart beat so furiously he thought it might cause a heart attack because no, you’re not that broken, not that wrong. But Sehun was.
In which Sehun comes to terms with his sexuality. TW for internalized homophobia.
My rating:
500/10, I loved this story from start to finish and it was pretty relatable for me. It’s really fluffy and sweet :3
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kpopao3recs · 3 years
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So apparently EXO is having a sort of comeback for their 9th anniversary... I can’t believe it. I’ve actually never experienced a group comeback or album, because I became a fan in 2020. I actually started crying when I watched the vlive, because EXO means so much to me and I’m just ecstatic.
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In other news, Sehun is the new leader of EXO (Lol) and Suho updated on his Instagram story (I’m not sure if he’s actually allowed to do that, but he did anyways haha)
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Please support EXO as best you can!! And stream Bambi and Tomorrow ^_^
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kpopao3recs · 3 years
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EXO Fic Recs #11
The Language of Flowers
By lotusk
Warnings: Frequent use of language
Ships: D.O./Kai, side Baekhyun/Sehun
Word Count: 4,767
Description on AO3:
Jongin owns a flower shop and one evening, a man storms in, slams some money on the table and says, “How do I passive-aggressively say fuck you in flower?”
My rating:
10/10, I love the flower shop AU and this was pretty funny
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kpopao3recs · 3 years
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Daily EXO Fic Recs #10
through my lens
By fireintherain
Warnings: Angst, implied homophobia, mentions of death, anxiety disorder, spicy scene/makeout
Ships: Chanyeol/Suho
Word count: 20,345
Description on AO3:
Junmyeon is the charismatic superstar and Chanyeol's idol. But up close, Junmyeon is different. Chanyeol is about to find out why.
My rating:
10/10, I love that they aren’t idols but Suho is still famous and Chanyeol is just his fanboy lol. Really well written romance/pining and angst too
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kpopao3recs · 3 years
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I’m very sorry about not posting this last week, it was really busy for me!! To make up for it, I’m recommending one of my two favorite fics of all time (:
Daily EXO Fic Recs #9
The War.
By darlingjongin
Warnings: Bullying, Smut, Alternate Universe, Excessive cussing
Ships: Baekhyun/Chanyeol, Xiumin/Chen, Sehun/Suho, Lay/Luhan, D.O./Kai
Word Count: 226,665
Description on AO3:
A group of delinquents serving community service after causing mayhem at their school.
My rating:
10000000000000/10, this is actually one of my favorite fanfictions of all time!! It’s a high school trope, which I usually don’t enjoy that much but this was amazing. I cannot stress how good this fic is. It has a good plot, amazing ships (with pining and ‘enemies to lovers’ as well!!), and fantastic character development and backstory. There are actually antagonists so it’s not just a romance story, and there’s superpowers!!! It’s just the best.
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kpopao3recs · 3 years
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Daily EXO Fic Recs #8
i’ll stop the world and melt with you
By planetsuh
Warnings: Smut, Polyamorous relationship, threesome, alternate universe, angst
Ships: Chanyeol/Suho/Sehun, past Chanyeol/Baekhyun
Word Count: 27,735
Description on AO3:
Chanyeol wakes up the morning after he breaks off his engagement of four years to find two red strings of fate attached to his finger, pointing in opposite directions. While Chanyeol's mother always tells him that life has a funny way of working itself out, this cannot possibly be what she had in mind when she said it.
My rating:
10/10, the last chapter may never come out but it’s really sweet and it’s my favorite soulmates AU.
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kpopao3recs · 3 years
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Daily EXO Fic Recs #7
On Touch
By wuyifantastic
Warnings: Angst, Alternate universe, Depression, trauma, therapy, implied panic attacks and child abuse
Ships: Kai/Sehun
Word Count: 11,373
Description on AO3:
Jongin understands. Sehun values his existence.
My rating:
9/10, I’m not a big fan of non-celebrity or alternate universe fics but this was really good!!
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