[COMPLETED] (SPELLING ERRORS PRESENT) This is a sequel to my previous SeongJoong fic, Poison. #5 - 에이티즈 01/10/2020 ****THIS STORY MAY CONTAIN SENSITIVE CONTENT, SMUT, AND MILD VIOLENCE. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK****

[COMPLETED] (SPELLING ERRORS PRESENT) ****THIS STORY CONTAINS SMUT, EXTREME VIOLENCE, AND SENSITIVE CONTENT. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK**** #1 - #Atiny 25/9/2021 #4 - #SeongJoong 8/5/2020 #1 - #에이티즈 30/10/2020 #4 - #HongHwa 3/6/2020 #1 - #ateezsmut 31/12/2020 An investigative reporter, Kim Hongjoong, finds his world spinning out of control when he finds himself in the crosshairs of a notorious character, Park Seonghwa. Park Seonghwa is a rather wealthy bachelor and businessman and has been known to have close ties with a powerful, dangerous family. What ties he has to them is what Kim Hongjoong is dying to find out. This may be the last thing he ever writes.

"you still sleep with a plushie?" "his name is shiber." in which san has trouble sleeping and wooyoung loses a bet. warnings: some triggering themes, sparse sexual content sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ: 10/02/19 ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇᴅ: 25/09/19 ☆ʜɪɢʜᴇsᴛ ʀᴀɴᴋ #1 - woosan 29/03/19 ☆ʜɪɢʜᴇsᴛ ʀᴀɴᴋ #1 - ateez 03/03/19 ☆ʜɪɢʜᴇsᴛ ʀᴀɴᴋ #1 - soft 25/05/19

"my dear seonghwa," hongjoong smiled gently, "when one falls, another grows, maybe not what was there before, but something new all the same." "that's a quote from bambi isn't it? you know that movie hurts me." "but it's true, isn't it?" seonghwa didn't answer. he couldn't bear it. or: seonghwa is an underrated and extremely talented painter that thinks the ocean is more beautiful during the night than the day. despite his utter fear of death, he found himself volunteering his time to paint the windows at the pediatric hospital every weekend. there he meets a very special blue-haired man who has a heartbreaking secret and tries to teach seonghwa about how to deal with death through the wonderful book of charlotte's web.

- [COMPLETED] he looks up, first at the vast cerulean sky, then at the person standing in the distance waving him over, and hardly believes that this is real. "i'm waiting, hongjoong," seonghwa calls out, his smile blinding. "i'm here." so hongjoong gets up and runs through rows of bright yellow flowers, because it's seonghwa that's on the other side. it's seonghwa that pulls him close and kisses him, slow and breathtaking. it's seonghwa that's staring at him through those round brown eyes of his, real and affectionate and overflowing with love. seonghwa feels just like home. ### ( disclaimer: this story is purely fictional and has nothing to do with the members in real life )