#The Graduaxion

[at1stsoo]

A round of applause for the 26 authors who wrote 31 fics for #TheGraduaXion! (2 authors wrote 2 stories, 1 wrote 4!)

Can you match the author with their story? Guess Who in replies if you wanna: The final cap toss with reveals is tomorrow 👨‍🎓🎓👩‍🎓

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/EXO_Graduation

[thechanbaeklibrary]

Summary: It's Senior Year of High School and what promised to be the best year of Baekhyun's life turned into a mess of unrequited crushes, best friends getting into relationships, crazy parties and teenage drama. or The one where Kyungsoo just wants to be a good class president, Sehun has a newfound love for documentary, Jongin cries a lot, Chanyeol has a secret, Yixing has a girlfriend, Jongdae wants to remain un-problematic and Baekhyun thinks he might have anger issues. Author: rofawkes for GraduaXion Side pairings: Baekhyun/Yixing, Kris/Tao Length: Oneshot Status: Completed Genre: romance, high school au, romcom, friends to lovers, unrequited love, oblivious baekhyun, drugs, fluff, drama Rating: NC-17

Admin Shiba: This fic was soooo cute, it had everything you’d want in a chickflick, but starring chanbaek! Honestly it was such a fun, cute read with truth or dare, cb getting high, and experiencing all of those typical high school cliches that got me so hdljhdlk just UWU. it was adorable. def give this amazing fic a read!!!!!

[kaisooficrec]

The Gradua’Xion (2020)

An EXO fanfic collection to celebrate the Class of 2020 who got screwed out of their rites of passage. EXO is graduating, COVID-19 be damned. Please leave comments and kudos + love!

turnip prices? (animal crossing: new lovers)

Genre: College AU, Animal Crossing Reference, Fluff Length: 7,394 w Rating: PG Summary: Kyungsoo’s ‘nip prices brings all the boys—well, one boy—to the island. (AKA a 7k+ essay on why you should play Animal Crossing: New Horizons.)

Better Late Than Never

Genre: Drunken Confession, Mutual pining, Fluff Length: 3,073 w Rating: PG Summary: Jongin didn't mean to oversleep, maybe a little. Or Fate is a funny thing. Things lead to another even without Jongin trying.

One Step, Two Steps

Genre: Roommates!AU, Bestfriends!AU, Fluff Length: 12,000 w Rating: PG-13 Summary: Kyungsoo is in his last year of college and there's a number of things he has to get through before graduation. Little does he know, his biggest support is right there in his dorm room.

The Last Time

Genre: Soccer player!Kyungsoo, Dancer!Jongin, Hurt/Comfort Length: 2,352 w Rating: R Summary: The bleachers has always been a part of Kyungsoo and Jongin's relationship. The witness to the love that grew and blossomed between them. Will the bleachers be tainted with tears and pain or is it the place where they will find love again?

The One That Almost Got Away

Genre: High School!AU, Fluff Length: 12,439 w Rating: G Summary: How do you get your crush to invite you to the prom after avoiding him for months?

Ichirin no Hana

Genre: Vampire!AU, Royalty!AU, Pining Length: 4,267 w Rating: G Summary: Kai is pining after Kyungsoo. Kyungsoo is almost a human. Jongin is also lurking around.Or, five times Jongin gets mistaken as Kai and the one time Kyungsoo has had enough.

All Gays Ho to Heaven

Genre: KaiSoo, ChanBaek, XiuChen, HunHo, College!AU, Comedy, Fluff, Smut Length: 11,347 w Rating: R Summary: A tale of three graduations: past, present, and maybe future. Also: four different ways to hook up at a club.

At the Beginning

Genre: High School!AU, OT12, Fluff Length: 4,006 w Rating: G Summary: Together they hold on to their promise - to meet each other in the place where all it started.

Slow Dancing (should be fast)

Genre: OT3, PWP, Kaibaeksoo, Dirty Talk, Deep-throating, Voyeurism, Slut Shaming Length: 3,968 w Rating: NC-17 Summary: Baekhyun has a dare. It involves Kyungsoo’s gag reflex and Baekhyun’s bestfriend, Jongin. Kyungsoo is up for the challenge

Mistake

Genre: Graduation, Post-Graduation, Angst with a Happy ending, Best friends, Smut Length: 3,508 w Rating: M Summary: Mistakes usually cost you. Will Jongin be able to pay the price for this one?

I Have A Dream

Genre: Age Swap, Age Gap, Fluff Length: 15,152 w Rating: PG-13 Summary: At the age of four, Kyungsoo decides on a dream and over the years sets out to fulfill it. <3

Sailing 2020

Genre: MPreg, Roommates!AU, College!AU Length: 11,836 w Rating: PG-13 Summary: Jongin, Sehun, Chanyeol and Baekhyun are university seniors who live together. Life starts to turn after Jongin comes home with his boyfriend.

The Gayduation

Genre: Fluff, Humor, College!AU Length: 2,122 w Rating: G Summary: Not even a pandemic can stop Jongin from confessing to his crush in physics class.

Bravoure

Genre: Angst, Fluff, Romance, High School!AU, OT12, side!HunHan, side!SeulRene Length: 14,085 w Rating: PG-13 Summary: Kyungsoo knows, in retrospect, that there’s a reason why a huge part of his friendship with Jongin is tucked behind laptop screens and phone conversations, away from the probing eyes of the entire student body.

Lemons Are Sour But Also Flavourful

Genre: Arranged Marriage!AU, Age Swap!AU, Humor, bestfriends!BaekSoo Length: Chaptered (ongoing) Rating: M Summary: Being Do Kyungsoo had been easy for the past twenty two years of his life, but just six months prior to Kyungsoo’s graduation, life decided to gift him with an endless supply of lemons. Now it was up to him if he wanted to make the best (lemonade) out of them or let the sourness get to him.

Little Black Rain Cloud

Genre: Enemies to Lovers!AU, Crack Length: 3,697 w Rating: R Summary: I'm just a little black rain cloud Hovering under the honey tree I'm only a little black rain cloud Pay all the attention to little meOh, everyone knows that a rain cloud Really loves honey, yes, maybe just a nip

Weak At The Knees

Genre: Fluff Length: 1,739 w Rating: PG-13 Summary: What's the worst thing that could possibly happen at Graduation? Fainting on your long-time crush. That's what.

[at1stsoo]

The GraduaXion is complete! Here are the stats for the fest:

Let's open the yearbook to reveal who penned which story... 📖✒

☆ Thank Yous

I'm so thankful to all the writers who participated in this spur of the moment fest! It was born out of a conversation with mod @CjKsoo after I wrote Stuck With You - how covid-19 really stole rites of passage for graduates across the globe, and Class of 2020 deserved to be celebrated. I put up the call only a month before we would post, and you all answered in a major way!! All works were self-prompted and written on a quick turnaround, and they are Fabulous 💖 tysm, authors, for participating and doing such a stellar job! 👏

A massive thank you to our graphics mods, @akiirameta and @Zankai_88! They drew original art, made posting templates, and were super creative with such dedication to making the fest beautiful 🤗 Huge shoutouts to mods @MarissaLeeC & @CjKsoo for beta'ing fics for so many writers! They, along with all the mods, worked on the Superlatives, too 💘

All around, this was an amazing crew to work with, and I'm so thankful to them 😙😙

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