favourites list a collection of truly wonderful / hilarious / heartbreaking stories that inspired my love for this fandom. * i haven't been updating this list, apologies - i haven't time to read fanfic lately :( because of that, a lot of these fics are pretty old! i haven't been caught up to recent stuff (not to mention new fandoms). i'll be back in a bit with links to better recc pages/comms. also, i'll continuously edit out links that no longer work (f-locked, broken, etc) as i go. * ouimonsieur and immodicus, how i miss you. ♥important. 1. my list does not contain fic-specific warnings (such as character death) or ratings (i list anything from G to NC-17). please check these on the fics themselves. 2. fics here were listed because they're great reads, no matter what their premise or style. 3. some of the fics i choose to recc, i do so because they're interesting or unusual. popular opinion is not necessarily my opinion, etc etc... 4. i'm biased to certain pairings. and it shows. 5. dies, recc me anything. i have a preference for dbsk, shinee, snsd, yg family, infinite, yoochun/jaejoong/hyunjoong/seunghyun. het, slash, whatever. crossovers are fun, too. :Db 6. please also check out the reccs made by others in the comments! :)categories. yunho / jaejoong yoochun / junsu changmin / junsu jaejoong / changmin yoochun / changmin yunho / changmin jaejoong / yoochun jaejoong / junsu -centric band!fic het crossover various: shinee various: other authors recc comms _______________________________________ Yunho / Jaejoong Lost Heaven age_of_dreams | Sex with Jaejoong is like a roller coaster ride: fast, intense and exhilarating. Bittersweet age_of_dreams | You can’t take your eyes off them, Yunho and Ye Eun, off the perfect picture they make. That Kind of Story mousapelli | "What do you think he's practicing his English with? Sesame Street?" The Symbolism of Smiling into Your Fingertips florentineeggs | sometimes yunho leaves his hands on jaejoong for too long Dangerous Game age_of_dreams | Yunho knows appearances are deceptive, especially with Jaejoong. Daybreak digindeeper | You’re supposed to be the hero here, Youngwoong-hyung. Growing Pains kitsuneyujji | “Not good enough. I want the little bastard to bleed.” Reality Check kitsuneyujji | Yunho dumped Jaejoong onto the floor and sat up. “You're a lousy drunk, Jaejoong.” Jigsaw fightfair | wherever Kim Jaejoong goes in the future, you won't be far behind. The Problem Is...?luvkangta | They must be born unquestionably brainless bitches. the buddy system rain_streaked | "Are you going to beat around the bush for another two months?" dancing out in the streets rain_streaked | your hearing returns to you when the crowd falls into a hush, everyone's eyes trained on the girl taking yunho's hand. sleepless in seoul rain_streaked | "Daddy loves mommy very much, huh?" Of Pretty Boys and Paradoxes out_of_words24 | Look at us. I know why I’m here, but why are you? That’s the difference between us, Yunho-ah. Pretty. Odd. guu_dammit | Jaejoong hadn't sang once since his loss. Stating the Obvious orionsroad | “How long have you two been together?” He asked curiously. Simple, Isn't It? anoukinparis | I can still feel the touch of your hand, fingers grasping mine tight and unrelenting. Here, we collect pieces of us onew | In the course of a discourse of screams, certain voices tell him certain things. Insomnia: Five late night conversations Yunho has with Jaejoong in the sanctity of the kitchen windstalk | "Why is it always only in the dark, Yunho? Why?" Grace Fallen orionsroad | "But even body slaves can be persuaded, with the right words and the right incentives." Apartment 1509 countingcarbs | they're beautiful, you think, beautifully in love. So Much Mine wedspawn | “I want to make you beg. I want to beg in return.” Lingering little_bibelot | "Yunho hyung isn't the same anymore. You know that." Fan rain_streaked | you can't feel. not like this. life is a highway rain_streaked | "you're unstoppable," he laughs. the best part of traveling is coming home preorder | Heechul can be mean, but mostly he is honest. Recall quix_esque | You resolve that this is better for him, but not for you. Memos fei_away | Yunho is unfair again. Just A Cyworld Entry Away fei_away | Wow Jaejoong, you had time to backstab a friend AND make cookies? Before He Cheats ladydusk_raku | “I have a hunch that he’ll know I’m around soon enough.” How Yunho Became Leadersshi lo_anlurui | “YunJae? How did that get in?!” the gravity that brings you to your knees springtides | August comes with the call of duty. Secret sugarfrosting | Jaejoong wonders if Yunho’s going to hit him. A Bicycle Built for Five lovedoesthat | "What do you want more than anything in the world?" Sweet Dreams 241284 | "You know the matter needs to be resolved, right?" Red Windmills in Moonlight wedspawn | Heaven shouldn’t smell like wine and lavender. Never Again (+ beautiful YooSu, MinSu)reunionstory | “Only you, then. I’ll share them only with you.” a heart hoards its thorns kallistei | It's a problem when the gift is Yunho's heart. Over The Moon guu_dammit | "I think you'll like him. Well, everybody likes Yunho-hyung." At the End of Forever orionsroad | At twenty one, Jaejoong offers to turn him. My Yunho-ah mes_t | “I’m not gay either, you idiot, now kiss me!” kissing and the quiet countingcarbs | "here," yunho says, barely above a whisper. "it's easier to guess here." pilfering brushworks konnistique | Jaejoong captures love like no one else does. By Any Other Name wreckingtrains | You just accepted the fact that you're stuck here and decided to start another goddamn life? untitled reunionstory | “We’re going to bed. You can’t sleep here.” and this is / what it is fibres , latenightchai | he lets himself fall to pieces for the first time since Jaejoong’s left. A Story for the Grandkids mormorando | "So you'd rather kiss somewhere that's not by my foot." (back )_______________________________________ Yoochun / Junsu untitled perseid | "it's nothing. I don't know why, I just thought it was time you knew." Victory twhitesakura | If he still had a voice, he would have said, “Help me.” Five times in Paris when Yoochun wants to kiss Junsu (and one time he does) windstalk | You think he is right. It is easy to fall in love in this place. List onew | It’s not a question of who saw who first, or who broke the eye contact. how to build a time machine immodicus | “There’s no going back after this.” linger playrepeat | "You said you were cold." Special Needs skylilies | he doesn’t let yoochun kiss anywhere but his mouth. Fragments reunionstory | Don’t start something you’re not going to finish. You fluidline | he found a new best friend in Yoochun. crazy little thing called love immodicus | “A sleepover? Seriously?” consolation no.4 unlearned | Junsu is the one he regrets. take the kids and run sequel to happiness is a warm gun (Yunho/JaeJoong)52016y | ”What’s your problem, animal-boy?!” just begging for me to give it a tune casanovas | his entire body is an instrument. The Distance Between You and Me (+ MinSu)itsplashes | It’s Yoochun, Yoochun who’s with Junsu. Liebesträume no. 3 immodicus | “I thought I was being stealthy.” wasteland (+ Yoochun/Jaejoong, Yunho/Jaejoong, Jaejoong/Changmin)drugsex | what happens if you hit the ground? like a man who means business xiahzart | Why are you trying to turn this into a cheap romantic comedy? backwater quid | "Doctor says it's not too bad." (back )_______________________________________ Changmin / Junsu Still Life thevignette | "We have all the time in the world." John 4:18 butterflyweb , rawthornewrites | You can't turn off reality. Just One Look itsplashes | "Junsu-hyung, just give up. A stone is funnier than you." (back )_______________________________________ JaeJoong / Changmin the gods of rain thirdonebetween | Changmin looks up at the sky but he doesn't find any clouds. 20 Reasons why Yunho dislikes JaeMin mushrooms | 2. It's gross. (back )_______________________________________ Yoochun / Changmin catharsis (or, what winter means) thevignette | They're beautiful - the moments they share. Paper Planes (+ Yoochun/JaeJoong)thevignette | "Where do I know you from?" Strawberry Fields ephemeral_blue | Yoochun hasn't seen anything so beautiful in his life. Can't Break What Broke Apart mormorando | "Stop being an asshole." (back )_______________________________________ Yunho / Changmin after your life; live yuxo | You escape to a world that is exactly the same. (back )_______________________________________ Jaejoong / Yoochun of book stores and word vomit maskyouwear | “I feel like a preteen girl.” shake-a-shake sugar unlearned | "This could get to be very awkward," Jaejoong says. weather to fly quid | Yoochun has a ticket to ride and free flights for life. (back )_______________________________________ Jaejoong / Junsu At Amber mcdoherty | “It meant something, in the moment.” taking care of junsu (hey sunshine) purplehaze_33 | I was the same, y’know? Even worse. (back )_______________________________________ -centric Yoochun the last days of the century kallistei | Yoochun stays a bit longer, just because he can. Yoochun's Ghosts redcottonstar | For some ironic reason, their beds are lined up in their traditional order - Junsu, Jaejoong, Changmin, Yunho. Jaejoong I died in a car crash lunacrescent | Jaejoong's heartbeat, if he still has one, stops. Changmin A Flower Patch of Insanity chuchama | Watch the waves roll and swell, hyung! He giggles. (back )_______________________________________ DBSK!Love (band!fic, OT5 +/- various pairings)The Sound of Flight thevignette | "We stole some money," Jaejoong fills in the blank, his face expressionless. nietzsche is dead. unlearned | "At least you don't have wings to drag around," Jaejoong says. untitled bluetent | "So who's screwing you in that one?" Junsu puts in, having caught the earlier barb. the speedway ends at the cemetary. unlearned | "The peanut gallery can shut up anytime," says Changmin. Lost Boys coconutjack | “That’s a pretty little thing. Mind if I see it?” Raincoats skylilies | Lost: Anonymity. Please donate any extra hats to Yunho. Lux Æterna mikkyboom | no one answers because you're alone in the bedroom where love was alive. fifth. Or, five ways DBSK wasn't DBSK. One way they were. yassan | 'do you regret it? Do you regret any of it?' and all the problems quellazaire | "Because the pain feels nice." Snap (+ amazing Yunho/JaeJoong)bluetent | but I never forced you to touch me. we got cows unlearned | "This is like watching Animal Planet," Changmin says. Find Me a Sunrise, I’m Dying for Tomorrow rah_rah_ramen | “Shit, this is a joke right? Shut up, this is a joke.” before the worst pinkfluffies | she is dropping to her knees before they can even blink. can anybody find me? latenightchai | Dong Bang Shin Ki gets back together, eventually. Let Go in Small Doses bitterwhitejam | The pink, purple, and blue markers stay untouched. (back )_______________________________________ Het Tonight (JaeJoong/BoA/Junsu)morninglory17 | “You pay homage to me tonight, amigo.” Pabo (Changmin/Victoria)jetsetlag | I’m really not making this better, am I? (back )_______________________________________ Crossover DBSK & Big Bang Junsu's Demise (The Big Bang Theory) (Seungri/Junsu)scribete | "Xiah Junsu. He’s, um. He’s behind you.” DBSK & Suju Almost (Yunho/Heechul)warmboys | Yunho believes in loving the people you’ve known. (back )_______________________________________ Various: SHINee one step forward, two steps back (+ f(x); Onew/Luna)nautisch | who steals a shirt with a giant tomato soup stain? The Boy With Long Legs (Minho/Key)scarletpeonies | When the going gets shitty, keep going. One Year Later (Minho/Key)jecca_o9 | "Why did we break up, anyway?" python (Minho/Key)cuvier | "you mean we should look friendlier? do we need to?” all is not golden (Minho/Key)noelliex | "Well, everything sounds dumb when you say it that way." In Search of Nowhereland (+ Suju, 2NE1; implied Taemin/Minji)nautisch | “I’ve never been able to act the way people want me to.” we are each of us inches from each other (Jonghyun/Onew)closeta | but then he remembers that all distance is relative. Across the Water (Minho/Key)satinsleeves | Salvation comes in the form of Kim Kibum. bubble gum drop-down (Minho/Key)joongierotic | “but kibum’s rather soft, no?” (back )_______________________________________ Various: Other 9 Concepts 2PM Never Tried and 1 They Did (2PM)dear_whimsy | "Can't we drop Chansung instead?" Drabbles (2PM, MBLAQ, DBSK)yassan | G.O. worried for three minutes that he'd gotten Joon pregnant. first impression (MBLAQ, SNSD)filterpaper | “What the fuck were you fucking thinking?” this is what matters (ZE:A; Kwanghee/Siwan)playrepeat | Don't be so down. Aren't you happy? why choice 37 deactivated his facebook (YG Family + SMTown/F4; TOP/GD + various)lovelyable , whetstone , gdgdbaby | YOU DONT EVEN KNOW WHO BALENCIAGA IS
love makes not a sound (U-Kiss; Alexander/Kevin)blurmeese | Why act like we are the ones that have died? yes, no, maybe, please? (U-Kiss; Kiseop/Kevin)saracupcaked | I do a lot of things without thinking. Defibrillation (2NE1)phonebook | She was already bitten. She was invincible. Compared to Everything Else (Infinite; Hoya/Sungjong)yunho | “I need you to help me get laid." a rough guide on how to cope (Infinite; Myungsoo/Sungjong)saracupcaked | it happens on a painfully ordinary day. So Into You (Infinite; Myungsoo/Sungyeol)deasyellow | Myungsoo can’t say he’s surprised. Bad Reputation (EXO + f(x); Kai/Krystal)goldengutgirl | “You’re judging me right now.” Hymns Upon Your Lips (EXO; Kris/Luhan)leadernim | "Was that supposed to make me jealous?" 下一页的我 (The Me of the Next Page) (EXO; Kris-centric)halcyondusk | "You kinda look like a Kris. Not with a ‘C’, but Kris with a ‘K’.” (back )_______________________________________ Authors um i give up archiving these authors because you should just bloody read everything they have, okay. nautisch | i die for her mutant!verse ♥satinsleeves | fabulous minho/key; writes awesome for 349823 fandoms.todefinebeauty | her het is like... untouchable. gorgeous stuff.lovelyable | can't even compare. check out her cl/seungri, omg.immodicus | amazing, amazing yoosu. i love her terribly much.unlearned | she made me love jaechun, basically. which is difficult to do. (back )_______________________________________ Recc Comms fivenotes ; DBSKjaeho_script ; DBSK (Yunho/Jaejoong)bambihamtaro ; DBSK (Yunho/Jaejoong)wetheleaders ; YG Familyshinierthanthou ; SHINeeneufneuf ; SNSDbookofexodus ; EXOchoosey_reader ; variouskpopfic ; various Please let me know if you have a comm I can add to the list. :) (back )