THIS IS A SEQUEL, YOU HAVE TO READ 'OBSIDIAN BLACK' FIRST in which you think you're trading away a third of your life for your dream job, but you end up getting a lot more ; hades jaemin, human reader, nades au, greek gods/goddesses au, paralegal reader, light persephone allegory, fluff, established relationship ; x reader ; cw: cursing, mentions of death/dead people but as a moral quandary, definitely more legal jargon than there should be i am so sorry (if it doesn't make sense then it wasn't important), oh there's a short scene with a weirdly graphic depiction of eating fruit sorry if that gives you the ick, it gets very existential and kind of angsty at some points in this one in terms of morality around death and reader's job ; [20.1k]

❝Eight youths, each born with extraordinary powers ranging from harmless to deadly, flee a cruel and corrupt world ruled by a tyrannical government known as The Dominion. Bound by survival, they embark on a desperate journey to find a safe haven. ❞ [DARKEST MINDS/DYSTOPIAN AU]

in which your whole life has felt like filler episodes, and you're tired of living like that. enter jung sungchan, part-time bookstore worker, part-time tea shop employee, and part-time drummer for a local underground punk band. he's everything you're not, and as soon as he's wedged himself into your life, you find that you don't want him to go ; ✯ fluff, suggestive/steamy but no actual smut, strangers to lovers, band au, punk drummer!sungchan, office worker!reader, not really badboy x good girl trope, more like sungchan has tattoos and reader is... a bit boring and hates her job. but she's trying!, reader is having a quarter life crisis, ft. shotaro/eunseok/wonbin as sungchan's bandmates, and nct dream 00 line as reader's normal friends™ ; ✯ cw: general angst around not knowing what you're doing with your life, the usual cursing ; ✯ x reader ; [26.2k]

When Hyerim signed up for her school's newsletter club and was placed in charge of sport photography, she didn't expect to form an unlikely friendship with the captain of the ice hockey team, Lee Haechan. ❆ High School Sport AU

From rivals to roommates, and everything in between.

in which you inherit your stepdad's house under the condition that you can live there for as long as you take care of your mother. at first, you think her belief that the house is haunted is just her declining mind playing tricks on her. but the longer you're there, the more you start to think something isn't right... ❧ genre: angst, hurt/comfort, fluff, paranormal/supernatural au, ghost!jisung ; ❧ warnings: mentions of death, prominent side character dies early in the fic, depictions of grieving, family member of the reader is sick (it's dementia-like, though the disease is never named in the fic), family tension/drama (reader has some family members that are not very nice to her), reader has some sleep/physical health issues at one point, reader is just really going through it in this fic for a while ; ❧ extra info: the reader's mom in this has early-onset memory issues; i didn't name a specific disease because im not a medical expert of any kind and didn't want to misrepresent any real-life illness in this fic. i combined both my own experiences with my own family members who have had these kinds of illnesses and some research, but i am not an expert and the representation in this fic may not be entirely accurate! x reader ; [26.1k]

"What's with all the no- god! Why are you always shirtless?!" "Nothing you haven't seen before." ✁✃✁✃✁✃✁✃✁✃✁✃✁✃✁✃✁✃✁✃✁✃✁✃ Internal Noise ▶︎ in·ter·nal - noise /inˈtərnl/ /noiz/ Barrier in communication. Inaudible, mental noise created by thoughts and overwhelming feelings that can cause you to space out during conversation. ✁✃✁✃✁✃✁✃✁✃✁✃✁✃✁✃✁✃✁✃✁✃✁✃ Started: June 12, 2020 Completed: September 2, 2020 #1 in #nctfanfic 083020 #3 In #haechan 091521 #7 in #nct127 111020 ✁✃✁✃✁✃✁✃✁✃✁✃✁✃✁✃✁✃✁✃✁✃✁✃ COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER INSIDE © melzzworld2020

in which you've never been good at keeping your nose out of trouble, and a spaceship crashing a few meters away from you is right up your alley. the alien inside claiming that you're his soulmate might finally put you out of your depth, though ; ⇢ sci-fi/science fantasy au, soulmate au, alien!jungwoo, human!reader, slow burn, fluff and angst ; ⇢ cw: blood/injury mentions (but like, alien blood, if that makes a difference?), a couple needle/injection mentions, if u get secondhand embarrassment this one might hurt in places, a couple crude jokes about alien stuff iykwim (reader's friends r kind of the worst), this fic is just a rlly sweet soulmate au i swear idk why these tags look horrendous 😭 ⇢ x reader ; [37.8k]

in which you think you're trading away a third of your life for your dream job, but you end up getting a lot more ; hades jaemin, human reader, nades au, greek gods/goddesses au, paralegal reader, light persephone allegory, fluff, getting together ; x reader ; cw: cursing, mentions of death/dead people in the context of him being hades, probably more legal jargon than there should be but i tried to make it as easy to understand as possible i promise, it gets pretty existential at some points but never overtly angsty ; [11.9k] ; there will be a sequel, 'pomegranate red,' coming soon!