How exactly did I end up the best friend of the guy I hated my entire life? Listen, this is going to be a long story. Let me take you to the beginning. The year was 1992... ENEMIES-TO-FRIENDS-TO-LOVERS Victor Manning has been infuriating Becka since she sat behind him in 7th grade English. He's cocky, self-centered, and obnoxious. When High School ends, the college dynamic slowly turns Victor into the one person Becka cannot live without. "The best slow burn I've ever read." YA/NA, for cursing. Set in the 1990s.

in which one fateful visit to an unassuming cafe throws you headfirst into the world of ayakashi, one you'd never known had existed until now ; ayakashi (tengu) jeno, onmyoji diviner reader, generally fluff ; x reader ; cw: violence, cursing, themes of drug abuse, mentions of death ; [72.6k] ; this is a series inspired by the otome game 'ayakashi: romance reborn' ; because this is a series, the prologue parts - prologue [one - eight] - will be the same in each book, any changes in storyline happen in the first member parts - jeno [one] ; you do not need to read the routes in any specific order, feel free to jump around between them

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're assigned to take care of the band who will be filling the weekly performance slot at your workplace. you're warned their scatterbrained frontman can be a handful thanks to his tendency to misplace everything he owns. what nobody could have prepared you for is his inexplicable one-track mind when it comes to you ; ✯ band au, punk band frontman!shotaro, venue manager!reader, shotaro is whipped, reader is emotionally unavailable, is it a slowish burn or is it angst?, whatever it is ur reading a starlightkun fic so there's a happy ending :), ft. eunseok/sungchan/wonbin as shotaro's bandmates welcome back boys & wayv as reader's coworkers, set in the same universe as filler episodes ; ✯ cw: some blood/violence (shotaro gets punched once), not necessarily a warning but since i do generally avoid describing the reader's appearance in my fics, i wanted to give a heads up-reader works at a punk/alternative concert venue and is generally in/around that scene. reader is mentioned and/or implied to have some tattoos and piercings (other than earlobes). i don't get detailed, since i know tattoos can be a super personal thing, and people can be squeamish about having piercings in certain areas, but since it is mentioned, i wanted to make sure y'all weren't caught off-guard ; ✯ x reader ; [13.7k]

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]

in which kun's son bites yours at preschool, and you want nothing to do with this 'mr. qian' ❥・genre: fluff, enemies to lovers, single dad kun, single mom reader, there is some angst but not between reader and kun, more-so around them in terms of like life events; ❥・warnings: cursing, kid on kid violence (biting lol) ; ❥・extra info: people are called 'mommy' and 'daddy' in this so if u can't be normal abt that maybe skip this one; x reader ; [25.5k]

Imani was just supposed to make sure that the lost dog got home safely, come back, and pretend like the mere thought of the owner with doe eyes and an armful of tattoos didn't make her question her entire belief system. Sounds simple enough...right? It isn't. (onc prompt #69 | when music becomes a way to communicate no words could compare)

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!

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]

in which a mysterious user by the pseudonym of dr_magic2303 starts popping up on your university's online forums curing everyone's magical ailments, and you're determined to get to the bottom of their identity. that is, before you graduate in the spring and lose your access to said forums, of course. the clock is ticking, so you finally decide to enlist the help of your classmate and academic rival for the past four years, huang renjun ; fluff, humor, one heavy makeout scene but no actual smut, 0.1 seconds of angst if you can even call it that, academic rivals to lovers, modern magical creatures au, college au, siren reader, human renjun ft. siren ten, same universe as strawberry sunday ; cw: cursing, renjun gets CONSENSUALLY dosed with a magical aphrodisiac For Science ; [18.3k]