#;jinki ia

[spencer-ia]

birds of a feather (spencer & jinki)

Being a relatively newer shop in the area, Spencer was proud of the fact that he’s had pretty good sales over the past few months. His current bulk order certainly took the cake, though, because the reaper quite literally lost sleep over it. He was a one-man team, after all, so he had to spend a few days burning the night candle to meet the agreed-upon deadline. Plus, he didn’t want his new (and very profitable) client to wait for too long, so he may have also proposed a date that stretched his capabilities to the max. Luckily, his shop had a flat right above it, so he usually crashed there for the night instead of his house at Pidvone Misto every other day or so.

Glancing at his wristwatch, Spencer noted that it wouldn’t be too long until his client would arrive. He gave it around half an hour. Not everyone was a stickler for schedules as he was, so he was pretty generous with the allowances he gave others. The florist was currently watering the different potted plants that he brought out every morning to get some sunlight. He was a creature of routine, so the reaper has been doing this every morning at 9AM ever since he opened up shop. It was so bad that even the neighboring storeowners picked up on it, often greeting him and making short small talk when they had the time.

At the sound of footsteps, the owner of Flower Fetish assumed it was the nice old woman that owned the second-hand bookstore next to him. She often offered him tea as they chatted about this and that, so Spencer assumed it was simply one of those days. Without even looking away from the plants he was watering, the florist said, “Good morning, Mrs. Kim. What flavor of tea is it today?”

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[jinki-ia]

Bathtub Fun || Alastair & Jinki

Alastair had been on the hunt for a new project -- or a bathtub. Those two had nothing to do with each other, other than the fact those were the things his mind was fixated on. A fixation for Alastair meant he quite literally couldn't think of anything else until he completed something from the checklist and until then he was on edge.

A bar didn't exactly seem like a helpful place for what he needed but he entered anyway. Geez, he didn't know what he was expecting when he wandered in but not exactly this. Granted he had never been to a bar before although he was very of-age, so his only bar experiences came from TV. He looked at every person nearby, hunched over a little bit, and his head slightly lowered. It was like he was being seen and he didn't exactly enjoy it.

His eyes moved to the bartender -- he knew it was a bartender! Because those who tend the bar are.. well, anyway. More determined now, he walked over and sat on one of the stools, a dead-serious look on his face. He was told the guy had anything, so Alastair went straight to the point. "Do you have a bathtub?"

A bathtub? The shigofumi tilted his head to the side looking at the male. He assumed what he ordered a new kind of drink that Jinki didn’t know of. “I’m sorry while I do know a lot of things I don’t know hat a bathtub drink is. If you know what’s in it I would be happy to make it for you” 

Of course Jinki didn’t realize the other was asking for an actual bathtub. Which he would be able to provide since he owned the bed and breakfast just upstairs of the bar. As if on que a man came crashing down to the ground at the other end of the bar. The shigofumi pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed “I’m sorry give me one second” He spoke to the other before yelling to his worker “Junho I told you he was cut off! Please help Mr.Park upstairs, we can charge him tomorrow for the room...third time this week” He grumbled the last part to himself before turning his attention back to his customer. 

“I’m so sorry about that, so that drink?” 

@alastair-ia 

[sooahn-ia]

“Well hello there! Welcome to Dark Letters Bar, anything you want I got” He smiles waving the new comer over to a stool at the bar. “Please come in, unless you’re underage then come in secretly” The Shigofumi laughed throwing his rag over his shoulder.

"I'm going to take that as a compliment, I suppose."

He certainly neither looked nor seemed underage, especially tonight when the dark circles underneath his eyes so carefully conveyed the fact that he couldn't wait to get any sort of stimulant at all.

His stomach hurt. It hurt - another one, Soo-ahn thought, would have to be procured. In the mean time, the current one might as well drown in—

"You wouldn't happent to have a Long Island Ice Tea, would you? Make it extra spicy," he requested, eyeing the bar tender.

[jason-ia]

“Well hello there! Welcome to Dark Letters Bar, anything you want I got” He smiles waving the new comer over to a stool at the bar. “Please come in, unless you’re underage then come in secretly” The Shigofumi laughed throwing his rag over his shoulder.

Jason wasn't sure if he was supposed to be flattered or slightly offended by the underage remark. At the very least, he found it funny, judging by the chuckle he let out as he took a seat by the bar. "Can't say I've ever been underage," he practically muttered to himself, though he was quite sure the other could hear him, as well.

"What's your best English Pale Ale?"

[yeosang-ia]

“Well hello there! Welcome to Dark Letters Bar! Anything you want I got” Jinki waved over the new customer from behind the bar, gesturing to the stool in front of where he was standing. “Please come in! Unless you’re underage then come in secretly” The Shigofumi laughed throwing a used towel over his shoulder.

Making a beeline to the man who greeted him, Yeosang offered the other an appreciative smile as he sat down on one of the bar seats. The cloudling had been wandering around the area and was looking for a place where he could get a snack and a cool drink maybe. Admittedly, he wasn't the biggest drinker, which was why the sign that clearly spelled 'Bar' intimidated him at first. But his hunger was greater than his fear. "Hi! Do you have any non-alcoholic drinks? And snacks please."

[leeknow-ia]

“Well hello there! Welcome to Dark Letters Bar! Anything you want I got” Jinki waved over the new customer from behind the bar, gesturing to the stool in front of where he was standing. “Please come in! Unless you’re underage then come in secretly” The Shigofumi laughed throwing a used towel over his shoulder.

Bar? Lee Know had just been wandering wherever the wind took him he didn't even think to look at the sign. The underaged comment made him chuckle softly, yeah, underaged, did he really look that young or was that just a general disclaimer? Either way, Lee Know was very much of age. Anyway, it would seem rude to just leave once he arrived so Lee Know did take a seat on the stool and tilted his head to get a look around at the place. "I'm an adult and yeah, give me... Do you make that drink where you pour every energy drink together and mix it with vodka? I want that."

[baekhyunx-ia]

“Well hello there! Welcome to Dark Letters Bar! Anything you want I got” Jinki waved over the new customer from behind the bar, gesturing to the stool in front of where he was standing. “Please come in! Unless you’re underage then come in secretly” The Shigofumi laughed throwing a used towel over his shoulder.

Baekhyun loves the energy coming from the man behind the bar. He doesn't think he's underage; what counts as underage when you're Sunsprite? No matter; he's here to have some fun and meet people. Baekhyun has never been in a bar before. It's so thrilling! Being alive is just an exciting adventure. Baekhyun makes his way to the stool and sits down. This man's energy is electrifying.

"Hello! I'm not sure what I want tonight. Do you have any recommendations?" Baekhyun inquired. The bar itself looks very classy and pleasant. He places his journal and pen on the counter next to him. Sometimes he brings his journal on his adventures to note down places he would like to visit again. Also, in case he meets any interesting people and wants to write down their names. Baekhyun doesn't like going out when the sun goes down, but he wants to explore his new home a little.

[spencer-ia]

Spencer blinked at the familiar name, his spoon of ice cream coming to an abrupt pause. "Jinki?" He asked out loud before a smile graced his features. It wasn't every day that two of the people in his circle actually knew each other, and the discovery made him almost giddy.

"How do you know that goof?" The shigofumi told horrible jokes and even the reaper could admit that he mostly laughed only because of the expectant look on the other's face every time they said a line. It was endearing as it was annoying. "Yeah, I know Jinki." In more ways than one, he'd like to add. But he wasn't sure if he was comfortable with Yongguk knowing about his sexcapades.

Finishing off the last of his ice cream, Spencer pointed the utensil at Yongguk, an idea suddenly coming to him. "Tell you what, you can try to play cupid. I'm like 80% sure he'll say yes to an outing with us three, anyway. Do you have any places you want to visit?" In all honesty, his invite was made so that he could create a tighter-knit circle. He supposed that dating was never completely off the table, but the reaper currently valued his platonic relationships more than anything else.

Yongguk was glad for the change in subject, speaking about feelings wasn’t as easy as other people made it seem but he did hope he got how thankful and grateful he was across to Spencer. “I mean I just remember you saying you’re immortal and Jinki is too, maybe you guys to live the rest of your lives together….though actually I take that back. Jinki seems like a playing, maybe he’s not good enough for you” As if he even had any say in any of it, Yongguk sat there deep in thought.

He raised another spoonful of ice cream in his mouth but paused at the sight of the cherry on top, he quickly took a napkin and discarded the bite before taking another napkin and wiping the spoon. He could then happily take another bite of his now melting ice cream.

Guk smiled at the sound of Spencer’s giggle. “What a flower boy? No way! I’m not 10 anymore! I would be the best man duh” He scoffed playfully. It was nice being able to let loose with Spencer again, he felt like a kid all over again, but that didn’t stop him from scanning the area around them. He could never be too careful and let down his guard fully.

[dlstmxkakwldrlarchive]

honesty idk why some jjinggus kept throwing fits when 2minkey didn't mention jinki a lot during his hiatus, he and minho seem to be super private about their personal lives. i think they mentioned jinki doesn't like to mix both his lives together in some interview so they probably weren't mentioning him to respect his wishes to take a break, mentioning him would've just fueled the "he must be coming back now since they're talking about him" chain too. ntm how hard it would've been on the three to know that one of them was struggling that badly. (even if they are just colleagues outside of work like i would be devastated to find out something like that about my coworker even if i didn't like them)

why does it feel like this happened a decade ago? lol... anyway, i think no one really realized at the time what going on ia meant fr like he wasn't even the only esem idol who had to halt activities around that time and ppl were constantly comparing his hiatus to theirs without realizing that shinee is an esem senior group which implies a lot of things so yeah i think ppl thought he'd have returned after 2 months max and when he didn't a lot of speculations started. i know im always mentioning esem as the one at fault for x and y reasons, but i think ppl should've looked at them for updates, and they just decided to do nothing, which is typical lol

[suuho]

Helloooo could u possibly recommend active shinee blogs/creators....a lot of them seem pretty ia unfortunately :( and sorry if you've answered something like this before lol

hi! i know, a lot of them are inactive because a lot of people left. you can always check out the #shineeedit and #dailyshinee tag, if you're looking for people. of the top of my head, here are some shinee blogs/ccs:

@herewegobebe, @gaykey, @shineemoon, @ashawol (clocks in occasionally and always with just as beautiful content as ever), @jonghyuny, @floralminho, @deer-tokki (onho centric but all shinee content), @fyjjong, @waitingfortaemin (our taemin countdown!), @mintokkies, @taemmin, @fivegems, @fuckyeahleaderonew (jinki centric), @nso-csi (taemin centric)

accounts that create shinee content (but are multis): @jjaes, @kyubins, @digitalgirls, @dazzlingkai, @sanchelinz, @yutito, @tzurim

hope this helps!! <3

(if you see this and you also blog shinee or are a shawol cc, feel free to rb!)

[venomousnakes]

before you guys act uncertain abt jinki's music career and say he's retiring or whatever, i just want to remind you that the reason is on ia is bcs of his health! That got worse bcs of SM and how they decided to manage his solo promos, btw! after dice he didnt get to stop; he participated in midsun musical*, recorded life goes on & circle at the same time, had one tour in japan and another during his album promotion period. He even said via bubble that they had him take injections bcs he felt exhausted. (& the only reason we learned about it is because ppl were asking about some marks he had on his face)

he wanted to participate in hard promos, but he couldn't because of his health = sme, he wasn't selfish, he wasn't trying to send you some kind of message that he was going to leave or that he hates SHINee or the members, he's just taking care of himself.

*musical he didnt want to take part of but sme didn't communicate well with the staff and he was forced to do

[spencer-ia]

my peerless paramour ᴬᵁ (spencer & jinki)

Looking up at Jinki as he got down from his carriage, Spencer nodded in thanks to the servant who assisted him. Honestly, if someone told the young earl months ago that he would be competing for his childhood friend’s hand, he probably would’ve sputtered and spouted something about how ‘he didn’t like the duke like that.’ 

Climbing up the stairs to the manor that reminded him of his own back home, Spencer greeted Jinki’s parents with a formal bow before flashing them a smile and giving them each a hug. They’ve known him since he was a child, after all, chasing after dragonflies and pestering their son to take him out to their gardens so they can play.

Once that was over, Spencer eventually came face to face with Jinki as the other’s parents eventually left them alone and the servants busied themselves with moving his luggage from the carriage to his designated room. “Good afternoon, your grace.” His words were accompanied with a bow, and the sincerity in the action contrasted with the teasing smirk on the earl’s face.

“Bet you thought I was throwing you to the wolves when I didn’t respond to your last letter, didn’t you? But really Jinki? A tournament of sorts with your hand as the prize?” Rolling his eyes, Spencer successfully ignored the fact that he had vowed to win despite all costs. He just.. didn’t want Jinki to marry a stranger, is all. If he concentrated hard enough, he can even convince himself that this was all there is to it. “How many people are your parents considering anyways?”

@jinki-ia

[jinki-ia]

Last Words || NiniKi

Jinki was excited he was rolling out a new happy hour special at his bar, he was tired of seeing the same customers seeing the same people who come in the second we open the door to the last call every day. He would never actually complain because money is money but still. He had an idea of doing a happy hour, bring a friend and get drinks 75% off. It was unsurprisingly popular with the locals and even the travelers. His bed and breakfast was booked out for the night which meant people and creatures alike were getting blasted tonight. 

Jinki was just happy to have new people coming in. Walking through the double doors he was hit with the smell of alcohol and the loud voices of the crowded bar. It put a smile on his face. As he walked up to the bar he greeted his regular customers as well as thanked others for coming. 

He immediately got behind the bar and started to help with drinks, he moved around for a while until he got to the end of the bar where two people were sitting by themselves, he noticed the one of the violet eyes first.  

He glanced just above their heads before approaching, his steps faltered when he noticed the blurred info from one of them. His Shigofumi powers would usually show him a persons information right above their heads, normally used to deliver letters and make sure it’s getting delivered to the right person. 

But not being able to see anything from the person with violet eyes peaked his interest. 

 The only time that usually happened would be with older supernatural creatures. He must be dealing with someone much older. It wasn’t the first time he’s noticed it but it still caught him off guard. Smiling he walked over, making sure to be polite as he could.  “Hello you two! Having a good night I hope? I’m Jinki the owner of this place, can I get you guys started with anything?”

@key-ia

[shiloh-ia]

jinki; escapism

Shiloh wasn’t the type to explore much, being rather content with spending time in his apartment and play around with clay on his now exasperatingly endless quest to create a human being of his own. With a newfound obsession in the person of his neighbour, the angel spent hours on end trying to recreate that man’s imagine in miniature, but before he could worry about bringing the figurine to life, he found himself failing miserably at precisely capturing that man’s particularities and portray him. As the pieces of broken clay built up in his atelier, Shiloh found himself suffocated, unable to spend any more minute in his otherwise beloved home. He needed to escape, to get some fresh air, a change of setting and atmosphere.  

Mindlessly strolling down the streets, without any particular aim, a sign caught his eye ‒ Dark Letters Bar Bed & Breakfast. Now, the angel didn’t consider himself particularly lucky, quite the contrary if he were to consider his circumstances, but it was exactly what he needed for a spontaneous vacation not so far away from home. Stepping inside, Shiloh made his way straight to the bar, a strange feeling creeping inside his heart. He’s seen places like that one before, the last human he’d watched over was very fond of that particular setting. It was bittersweet, and ironic to a certain extent ‒ how he wished for an escape, only to stumble upon reminders of a past that he cherished, but tried to leave behind. 

“Hello.” Shiloh spoke as he slightly leaned forward, trying to inch closer to the one behind the bar as if he was about to share some sort of secret no one else could hear. “Could you help me choose a drink? I’m terrible at that, and honestly, I don’t even know what I want to begin with.” The angel confessed, a tint of awkwardness playing in the otherwise bright smile he flashed the other. 

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[junseo-ia]

[ @jinki-ia ] “Well hello there! Welcome to Dark Letters Bar, anything you want I got” He smiles waving the new comer over to a stool at the bar. “Please come in, unless you’re underage then come in secretly” The Shigofumi laughed throwing his rag over his shoulder. 

It was only by chance that Junseo stumbled across the bar, looking around at the overall atmosphere and being quite surprised that he was fond of it despite the people being around. He was glad however that it didn't seem too packed tonight with the rain pouring down. Junseo didn't quite mind the rain and quiet storms that would linger in the distance but the storm was getting closer, so much so that he could feel the thunder in his chest. He hated it. "Have any decent absinthe?" He asked, voice soft yet steady at the same time. He walked over to the bar, taking a seat at the stool as he rested his forearms onto the cool counter.

[katarina-ia]

hunger . give my muse something to eat / drink .

Green eyes blinked twice focusing on the loaf of sliced bread that had appeared in front of her. Slowly they moved past the bread to the hands, and even higher to the boy standing there with a bright smile.

It did smell delicious but still. Pointing at the bread then to herself she waited until he nodded to take a slice biting right into it. It was still warm!

'This is delicious did you make it?'

The question was scribbled alongside the drawings she had been doodling in her notebook.

'May i take another slice?'

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