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skinks · 4 years ago

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hi!!! what are your favourite movies? like actually good ones but also any trashy comfort movies? is IT (2017) one of them?

Hello!! IT (2017) IS ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THEM oh man, thank you for this, I love talking about movies!!!! This is possibly the most difficult question you could have asked me. Apologies for how absolutely off the rails this got, I just... love movies so much lmao

I’ve said this before, but opening night of IT ch1 was the best cinema experience I’ve ever had, I’m so glad I got to see it with a fully packed audience who were all laughing and screaming together the whole way through. I’m a huge fan of... everything ch1 was doing, the 80s nostalgia, the summer-coming-of-age themes, the solid ghost train funhouse JOY of the Pennywise performance and scares, the washed-out cinematography, the tiny background details to make everything that much more eerie, the kids’ ACTING?!

Like, a lot of the time I find child actors can be really awkward and stilted to watch, but I remember leaving the cinema really impressed by JDG and Sophia Lillis in particular. I liked that they were all allowed to be little shitheads with potty mouths, it felt like a callback to 80s movies like The Lost Boys or Stand By Me. The whole thing worked to make me really care about what happened to the kids (even if I do still have issues with how they handled Mike. I understand even ch1 had limitations with juggling so many characters, but still). I saw it another 2 times in the cinema and have rewatched it at least, I dunno, 7-10 more times since then?

Add to all of that the retroactive CANON R+E baby pining subplot? I just love it, as if that wasn’t obvious by now given my Whole Blog. It’s a really special movie to me!

Anyway!! Ok, the main handful of movies I rewatch all the fucking time are:

Back to the Future, The Lost Boys, Pride and Prejudice (2005), Jaws, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Breakfast Club, Ocean’s 11, POTC 1, The Dark Knight, Inception, Die Hard, LOTR trilogy, Snatch, The Nice Guys, Logan Lucky, Mad Max Fury Road, Clueless, 10 Things I Hate About You, Billy Elliot, Dirty Dancing, Tomb Raider (2018)...

Those are the easily consumable ones that I’ve seen so many times I don’t really have to concentrate or think about them, but I really love them and unfortunately often KEEP rewatching them instead of new stuff. It would take too long to go into why I love all these movies so much because I could write the same amount as I already did for ITCH1, and everyone already knows why those movies are good, so, lol.

I think I’m gonna have to subdivide and categorise this whole post because there are too many separate criteria for... goOD MOVIES, AUUHH 😩

Okay so first off, HORROR MOVIES? I’m especially in love with Re-Animator (1985) and its sequel Bride of Re-Animator, they’re such good examples of camp and batshit 80s practical effects, and also EXTREMELY funny. I’m actually just gonna post my list of my fave horror movies that I do actually keep on my phone at all times lmao. These are in no particular order:

Wholeheartedly recommend every one of these. I’ve never been so scared in my life as I was watching Hereditary in the cinema, hoo boy. Mother! by Aronofsky is one of the strangest experiences I’ve ever had (and I actually saw it on the same day I saw IT ch1 for the first time!! That was a fun day)

Psycho (1960) and The Fly from 1986 should also be on there but I couldn’t fit them in the screenshot.

I’m a HUGE fan of a ton of martial arts movies too, like Kung Fu Hustle, Shaolin Soccer, Ip Man, The Raid movies, John Wick 3 is my fave of the trilogy, Drive from 1997 with Mark Dacascos is incredible, SPL 2, Ong-Bak, Operation Condor, Project A, Iron Monkey, and Zatoichi (2003) are some favourites.

My favourite Tarantino is Reservoir Dogs, fave Coen brothers are Raising Arizona, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and O Brother Where Art Thou. Love some old-timey colour correction and weird offbeat dialogue. I also love Goodfellas!!! And Donnie Brasco! And The Firm, I’m so easy for any good crime/law/gangster/heist procedural like that, especially if they’re from the 80s or 90s in a super dated way.

Fave Disney movie is Tarzan, favourite Ghibli movies are Spirited Away and Lupin III. I remember watching Spirited Away during a thunderstorm one time and it being.... god! Transcendent! Favourite Pixar movie is The Incredibles (the first one. ALSO the documentary “The Pixar Story” is great and well worth a watch, it’s very comforting for some reason) and my favourite Dreamworks movies are HTTYD1 and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmaron.

I tend to watch more anime movies than tv shows, so stuff like Akira, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Journey to Agartha, and my ultimate fave anime is Sword of the Stranger (2008). The climactic fight in that movie is fucking stunning and should be counted in “bests fights” lists right alongside anything live action

Also if we’re talking animated movies another hearty favourite is Rango, and a Belgian stop-motion (which at one time I considered my favourite movie ever) called Panique Au Village (2009) which is one of the funniest movies ever made imo.

As for TRASHY movies, I’m not sure if that’s the right word for how I feel about these ones but.. dumb/silly/slightly guilty pleasure movies? Ones that I feel need some kind of justification lmfao

Troy - something u must know about me is that I’m a giant slut for the Assassin’s Creed franchise, so if a movie smashes historical and mythological nonsense together with fun costumes and sword fights, I’m gonna enjoy myself. Even if they should have made Achilles and Patroclus gay. Other movies in this vein are King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, and Immortals (2011)

Gods of Egypt - I know all the reasons this movie is whitewashed bullshit. But it was already bullshit with giant Anubis mecha and giant snakes and bad acting and ridiculous CGI and frankly I had a blast at the cinema (my friend who I forced to come with me did not have a blast. Sorry H***)

Avatar - yes, the one with the big blue people. This movie gets a lot of flack nowadays but I really do enjoy it just for the spectacle. The full CGI world technology was so new at the time and I love to wallow in the visuals and daydream about riding a cool dragon around in the jungle

George of the Jungle - I’ll defend this movie to the death ok this movie shaped me as a person, it is fucking hilarious and Brendan Fraser is the himbo to end all himbos. It’s perfect. The song Dela is perfect. I still want to write a reddie AU about it. It’s one of the best movies ever made and I’m not being ironic

Set It Up - I KNOW this is a dumb Netflix original romcom but consider this; it was funny and the leads had great chemistry. I got butterflies. I once watched it and then literally immediately set it back to the start so I could watch it again

The Brady Bunch Movie - when people talk about great satires or parodies you will see them bring up the same movies over and over again, Blazing Saddles, This Is Spinal Tap etc, but they never talk about The Brady Bunch Movie from 1995 for some reason, which they should. It is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen and every time i watch it somehow it gets funnier

Some more general favourites that I do still love but don’t rewatch as often, and don’t wanna go into more detail about are:

Moon (2009), Crna Mačka Beli Mačor, The Sixth Sense, Parasite, The Handmaiden, Tremors, Wet Hot American Summer, Tucker and Dale vs Evil, What We Do In The Shadows, Hunt For the Wilderpeople, The Secret of My Success (I love kitschy 80s movies, is that obvious by now), The Green Mile, When Harry Met Sally, Rear Window, The Odd Couple, Breaking Away, Pan’s Labyrinth, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Eagle, Gladiator, The Artist, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec, Call Me By Your Name, Master and Commander, Pacific Rim, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Legend (1985), Emma. (2020), Flash Gordon, Trolljegeren, Hross í Oss, Beverly Hills Cop, Coming to America, WarGames, District 9, Ajeossi (2010), Tracks (2013), Sightseers, Mud (2012), Pitch Black, Four Lions, Shaun of the Dead, Starship Troopers, The Truman Show, Withnail & I....... Jesus Christ ok I need to stop

NOTABLE EXTREME FAVOURITES that I didn’t include in the regular rewatch list because they’re too heavy/not as well known/require more attention.:

Thin Red Line (1998), Badlands (1973) both dir. Terrence Malick

Malick’s brand of dreamy impressionistic filmmaking is something I find really appealing, both of these movies are gorgeous and unusual and poignant and, in the case of Thin Red Line at least, have a lot of things to say about a lot of rough subjects. I don’t totally understand all those things sometimes, but a theme with a lot of my favourite movies is that I’ll be more likely to love something long-term if it raises unanswered questions, or is surreal/esoteric etc. Plus the cinematography is incredible, and I wish there was a way to get Jim Caviezel’s narration from The Thin Red Line as an audiobook because it’s very poetic and soothing.

Let the Bullets Fly (2010) dir. Jiang Wen

This movie is WILD, it’s so much fun. It’s sprawling and intricate and epic and smart and really fucking funny, it! Has! Everything! A gang of very tolerant outlaws!! Jiang Wen’s beautiful broad chest!!! Chow Yun Fat absolutely DECIMATING the scenery, and the two of them outsmarting each other in order to gain control of a small Chinese town!!! Plus it’s long, but it packs so much nonsense and intrigue that it goes by really fast. Wow what a flick

A Field in England (2013) dir. Ben Wheatley

I know I included this in my horror list but aaaaahhh ahhhh Wheatley is one of my favourite directors (he also made Sightseers, and is directing the Tomb Raider sequel which makes me absolutely rabid.) This is a surreal black-and-white psychological horror black comedy set in the English Civil War about some deserters who may or may not meet the Devil in a field. People eat mushrooms. It’s bonkers. I love being blasted in the face with imagery that I don’t understand

Mandy (2018) dir. Panos Cosmatos

Speaking of being blasted in the face!!!!! This movie... I saw it in the cinema and I can’t even begin to explain the experience, but I’ll try. My favourite review site described it like this:

“...somewhere between a prog album cover come to life and a metal album cover come to life, and subscribes to both genre's artistic tendency towards maximalism: what it ends up being is basically naught else but two glorious hours of being pounded by bold colors...”

So, prog and metal are my two favourite genres of music. This movie opens with the quote “When I die, bury me deep, lay two speakers at my feet, put some headphones on my head and rock and roll me when I'm dead.” and then a King Crimson song, it is SURREAL to the nth degree, it’s violent and bizarre and Nic Cage forges a giant silver axe to destroy demonic bikers and there is a CHAINSAW DUEL. A galaxy swirls above a quarry. Multiple animated horror nightmare sequences. At one point a man says “you exude a cosmic darkness” and releases a live tiger. At another point Cage says, in a digitally deepened voice, “The psychotic drowns where the mystic swims. You’re drowning. I’m swimming.” and I haven’t stopped thinking about it for two years

Paper Moon (1973) dir. Peter Bogdanovich

Really fantastic movie set in the Great Depression (and also in black & white) about a conman and a little kid who may or may not be his daughter, running cons across the Midwest. It’s beautifully shot, so sharp and sweet and the progression of their dynamic is really well done because they’re played by an IRL father and daughter. Tatum O’Neal was NINE YEARS OLD and she’s so amazing in this movie she’s actually the youngest person to win a competitive category Oscar. I keep trying to get people to watch this fbdjfjdbf it’s wonderful

Alpha (2018) dir. Albert Hughes

THIS MOVIE IS A VICTIM OF BAD MARKETING ok, the trailers made it look like some twee crappy sentimental Boy And His Dog Adventure, plus it had voiceovers in American-accented english? That’s a total disservice to one of the coolest things about this film; the fact that they got a linguist to construct an entirely original Neolithic language that all the characters speak for the entire runtime. And yes, it is eventually a Boy And His Wolf adventure, but it’s COOL and fairly brutal, and it has some really incredible cinematography. The landscapes are so strange and barren and alien, you really get the sense that this is an ancient world we no longer have any connection to. And it’s also about like, the birth of dog & human companionship sooo it’s perfect.

Free Solo (2018) dir. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin

The Free Climbing Documentary. I loved climbing as a kid, I love outdoor sports, and I love movies that elicit a physical reaction in me, whether that’s horny, scared, real laughter, overwhelming shivers, or in the case of Free Solo - HORRIBLE SWEATING TENSION. Like, I knew about Alex Honnold beforehand because of this adventure film festival I go to every year and I followed him on IG so obviously I knew he lived, but the actual climb itself was torture. My hands sweat every time I see it!! It’s incredible, such a cool look into generally what the human body can do, and more specifically, why Honnold’s psychology and life means he’s so well suited to free soloing. It’s such an exercise in getting to know an individual and get invested in them, before they attempt something very potentially fatal.

Brokeback Mountain (2005) dir. Ang Lee

I can’t even talk about this. When I was around 13 I snuck downstairs to watch this on TV at 11pm in secret, and my life was forever changed. I wouldn’t be who I am if I hadn’t seen Brokeback at the age I did. I seriously can’t talk about this or I’ll write an even longer essay than this already is

God’s Own Country (2017) dir. Francis Lee

The antidote to Brokeback Mountain, I’m so glad I managed to see this one in the cinema too. It makes me cry every time, as someone who’s spent years working on a cold British farm with sheep it was very realistic, which is expected since Lee grew up on a farm in Yorkshire. I love that this movie isn’t really about being closeted, but about being so emotionally repressed and self-loathing that the main character finds it so hard to accept love. Or that he deserves to be loved. The cinnamontographies.... lordt... but also the intimacy and sex scenes are fucking searing wow who hasn’t seen this movie by now. 10 stars. 20 stars!!!

Tomboy (2011) dir. Céline Sciamma

I saw this years ago but I’ve never forgotten it, it cut so deep. It’s from the director of Portrait of a Lady on Fire and it’s about a gnc kid struggling with gender and misogyny and homophobia in a really raw, scrappy way, it reminded me very much of my own... childhood... ahh the central performance is amazing for such a young age. I haven’t seen Portrait yet but I feel like if you went nuts for that, you should definitely check this out, it’s lovely.

Donnie Darko (2001) dir. Richard Kelly

EVERY TIME I WATCH THIS MOVIE I UNDERSTAND LESS AND LESS and that’s what I love so much about it. I love surreal movies, I love time-fuckery and stuff about altered perception etc etc and Donnie Darko scratches all my itches. I wish I could find a way to figure out an IT AU for it, because I know it would work! Somehow! Plus it’s got the subdued 80s nostalgia and I found it at an age when I was really starting to explore movies and music and the soundtrack FUCKS.

Offside (2006) dir. Jafar Panahi

I wish more people knew about this!!! It’s an Iranian film about a disparate group of women and girls who are football fans and want to watch Iran’s qualifying match for the World Cup, but women aren’t allowed into the stadium, so they all get thrown into the Stadium Jail together? They don’t know each other beforehand, but it’s about their changing relationships with each other and the guards and just, their defiance alongside hearing the match from the outside and WOW it’s so lively. Great dialogue and very funny, and such a different kind of story from anything you usually see from Hollywood.

The Fall (2006) dir. Tarsem Singh

This movie... I guess it’s the ideal. This is the platonic ideal of a film for me, it has fantasy, magical realism, glorious visuals, amazing score and costumes and production design and a really interesting, heartbreaking relationship at the core of it. I don’t know why so many of my favourite films feature incredibly raw performances by child actors but this is another one, Catinca Untaru barely knew any English and improvised so much because of that, and it’s fascinating to watch! Also the dynamic with Lee Pace is one of my favourites, where a kid forms a friendship with a guardian figure who isn’t their parent, but the guardian grows to really care for them by the end. It’s like Paper Moon in that sense. What is there to even say about this movie, it’s pure magic joy tempered and countered by genuine gutwrenching emotional conflict in the real world, it’s also ABOUT old moviemaking, in a way, and it’s stunning to look at!

Mad Max Fury Road (2015) dir. George Miller

I know I included this in my “most rewatched” section but it deserves its own thing. We all know why this movie is fucking incredible. I remember clutching my armrests in the cinema and feeling like my skeleton was being blasted back into the seat behind me and tbh that is the high I’m constantly chasing when I go to see any movie. What a fucking gift this film is

Théo et Hugo dans le Même Bateau (2016) dir. Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau

I only found this movie last year and it became an instant favourite. Initially I was just curious because I’d never seen a movie with unsimulated sex before, but it’s so much more than the 18 minute gay sex club orgy it opens with. No, not more than, AS WELL AS. The orgy is important because this movie is so candid and frank about sex and HIV treatment in the modern day, it was eye-opening. Another thing that really got me is that I’d never seen a real-time film before. It’s literally an hour and a half in the lives of these two men, their intense connection and conversation and conflict in the middle of the night in Paris, with some really nice night photography and just!!! Wow!!! AMAZING CHEMISTRY between the actors. This is such a gem if you’re comfortable with explicit sexual content.

Ok. This is already over 3k but film is obviously one of my ridiculous passions and I can and do talk about it for hours. I’ve been reading magazines about it for years, listening to podcasts and reading review blogs and recently, watching video essays on YouTube because the whole process is so interesting to me and I want to learn more!!

Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about the concept of valuing form over narrative. The idea that story can often come second to the deeper physical experience and emotional reaction that’s created by using ALL the elements of filmmaking and not just The Story, y’know? Whether that’s editing, shot composition, colour, the sound mix, the actors, how it should all be used to heighten the emotional state the script wants you to feel. And so, I think for a few years now this approach has been influencing the types of films I really, really love.

I think I love surreality and mind-bending magical realism in films specifically because the filmmakers have to use all those different tools to convey things that can be way too metaphysical for just... a script? I’m always chasing that physical response; if a movie can make me stop thinking “I wonder what it was like to set up that shot” and instead overwhelm that suspension of disbelief, if I can be terrified or woozy or crying for whatever reason, that’s what I’m looking for. That’s why I watch so many fuckin movies, and why I’ll always remember nights like seeing IT (2017) for giving me another favourite.

Thank you again for this question, I didn’t mean to go so overboard. Also there’s no way to do a readmore on tumblr mobile so apologies to anyone’s dashboard 😬

#long post #films #this is like bill hader being asked to pick his fave comedies and he gives a 4 page list #he has such good taste though ahhahbfhfhfhh lemme talk with him nonstop about movies while i ride him. thank you

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mithranqueersmusings · 4 years ago

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Baby, You’re A Rich Man XXVI

Chapter: 26/28

Rating: U

Summary: Ringo could never understand why that group of three boys made him feel so uncomfortable, or why the way George looked at him sent him into a panic. After a chance encounter Ringo discovers the truth and has no clue what to do with the information.

Tags: AU - Gangsters, Slow Burn, Smut, Eventual Romance, Violence, Angst

Pairings: George Harrison/Ringo Starr, John Lennon/Paul McCartney

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Ringo regained consciousness almost an entire day later, although he couldn't be certain that he hadn't been slipping in and out since he'd been shot. The nothingness had been terrifying because it had been exactly that - nothing. His brain seemed to awaken before his body had done, as he felt unable to open his eyes immediately. He could feel that he was lying down in a bed of sorts, and that the air was painfully cold. Bit by bit he gradually arrived, making out the sound of muffled conversation quite a distance away and the noise of footsteps against a hard floor. When he finally gathered the strength to open his eyes, even though it was still difficult, he discovered he was in a hospital.

His body felt numb, barely being able to turn his head to get a better bearing of his surroundings. He was sectioned off on either side by some rickety privacy screens but he wasn't alone in the small space: a chair was positioned by the side of his bed and upon it sat a very much asleep George. The sight of him almost brought Ringo to tears, although he wasn't sure why, with his lean body awkwardly huddled onto the chair and his hair falling down onto his face. Ringo tried to speak but his mouth was impossibly dry, he had no idea how long it'd been since he'd had a drink of anything.

Instead Ringo had to try to sit himself up somewhat, using the little strength he had left in him and the limbs he could only barely control. It hurt to move, perhaps hurt was too tame a word for it; it was like all his muscles screeched out in pain with every small movement. But Ringo didn't really care, it was worth it if it meant having contact with George. He managed to scoot himself higher up on the bed, lifting up his back and resting against the metal frame of the bed, which allowed him to reach over to touch George. One of his legs was extended out towards Ringo, which he was able to brush his hand against gently but he didn't stir; waking up George was a difficult enough ordeal anyway, adding in the factor that Ringo was bedridden didn't help his chances. Ringo tried again, poking his leg childishly until George groggily awoke. It took him a moment or two to comes to his senses, as it often did with George, before he realised Ringo had woken up. His dark eyes were filled with joy when he registered the sight, he gripped Ringo's hand tightly and grinned at him.

"Ringo..." Was all he said, getting up from the chair and lowering himself to press a kiss on his chapped lips "I was getting so worried."

Ringo smiled sweetly up at his boyfriend as he felt George's hand brushing against his cheek.

"Do you need anything? I can get you some water." His voice was quiet, as if the moment was as fragile as Ringo was.

Ringo nodded in response, still not feeling quite able to speak just yet and George lingered for a few seconds before disappearing. He returned a few moments later with a small paper cup filled with water which Ringo accepted desperately and emptied immediately. George sat back down in the chair but scooted it closer to the bed so that he was facing Ringo, he took one of Ringo's hands in two of his own and caressed it gently. Ringo had never seen George look so happy yet so sad before, and it pained him to know that he was the cause. For a few minutes they didn't speak, they just looked at one another, as though nothing needed to be said.

"How long have I been asleep?" Ringo asked, he felt that the word was perhaps a bit too tame for the situation.

"The whole day." George replied with a smile "John and Paul were here for a while but I sent them back to the hotel to sleep."

"Are they okay?" Ringo was suddenly worried as the image of John's arm being snapped backwards.

"They're fine, John's arm isn't great but that's about it. Its you that we need to look after." George emphasised the word by squeezing Ringo's hand "Even if you are absolutely insane."

"I'm sorry George, I ju-" Ringo began immediately but George interrupted his interruption.

"You didn't let me finish." George laughed "You are absolutely insane, and I can't thank you enough for what you did, as crazy as it was."

Ringo felt himself gradually returning back to normal, his vision was almost perfect again and as he focused on George's face he could see that he'd been crying - a lot.

"You know what I thought when I saw you?" George asked, his voice sounded strained.

"My boyfriend is an absolute tit?" Ringo chuckled and George responded with a soft laugh.

"Its a bit dark, but..." George paused "I thought I'd died and the last thing my brain was able to do was to conjure up the image of you."

A smile spread across Ringo's face and his brows curled up "That might be the sweetest thing I've ever heard. It might also be the cheesiest but-"

"Shut up." George laughed "So what happened? How the fuck did you end up there?"

And so Ringo recounted all that he could remember, as he got towards the end the memories seemed a little fragmented; he wondered if that was his brain's defence mechanism kicking in. George had listened intently the entire time, never interrupting, keeping a hold of Ringo's hand tightly in his own. When he finished George looked a little vacant, he had to shake his head quickly to stop whatever train of thought was taking over his mind.

"What happened with you guys? By the time I got there it didn't look like it was going too well." Ringo asked.

"I don't even really know..." George began "We got to the place and told them who we were, why we were there. They seemed pretty alright at first, looking back now they were being a little too nice. They told us we had to wait for their boss and so we waited. We were just sat in this dingy kitchen for like an hour trying to suss out whether we should bolt or not. Then he showed up and starting throwing his weight around, telling us that Hamburg was no longer 'ours' and that we should fuck off back to England. I tried to intimidate him but I guess it didn't go that well." He chuckled emptily at the end of his sentence.

"And then what happened? After I-" Ringo stopped himself.

"After you appeared out of the darkness and killed the homicidal maniac?" George grinned, it made Ringo relax more to see him being his usual self.

"Yeah, yeah, after that." Ringo rolled his eyes.

Ringo had cringed at the word 'killed', he really couldn't deal with facing up to exactly what he'd done right now. His body was in enough of a bad state as it was, the last thing he needed was his mind being troubled too.

"Well first order of business was killing the bastard who shot you. Then three more guys appeared from somewhere in the house but John made quick work of those with the gun he'd dropped. I'll be honest, I was pretty useless by this point cause I was just freaking the fuck out. Paul, being the "sensible one" knew where the nearest hospital was and luckily it wasn't too far away so we just had to carry you. It was difficult, and messy, but we managed it somehow. The doctors didn't even seem that shocked to see the state you were in, I reckon it must happen a lot around here." George explained, the whole time he was rubbing circles over Ringo's palm; Ringo wondered if he was even aware of it.

Ringo looked at George's hands more closely and could see the faint stains of blood, it made Ringo shudder to think of how much there must have been.

"Jesus... I really could've died then, huh?" Ringo chuckled nervously.

"Thank God you didn't, I honestly don't know what I'd have done with myself if you had." George said.

"Well if almost dying is the price I have to pay for saving your life then so be it." Ringo grinned, George kept seeming to slip into a dark state of mind and Ringo wanted to pull him out of it.

"I suppose I owe you one, don't I?" George smiled back, but it was weak and a little sad.

They looked at each other for a while in silence before a nurse walked past and stopped in her tracks when she saw Ringo then hurried off in the direction she had come from. A few moments later she returned with a doctor who asked Ringo a few questions and explained what had happened to him: the bullet had miraculously missed his organs but had still caused a great deal of internal bleeding, meaning it wouldn't be safe for him to leave hospital for a couple of days at least just so they could monitor his condition. The doctor's English wasn't great but he was very patient with Ringo, which he very much appreciated. It all seemed a little surreal to Ringo, having a doctor explain to him how he very easily could've died, and he wondered how long it would take for it to sink it, if it ever would at all. The doctor left quite abruptly, Ringo supposed he must have been busy, and the nurse followed him out. George was the first to break the silence.

"Isn't it funny how I've gone my whole life avoiding being shot, then the first time you get involved you're in the hospital with a gunshot wound?" George joked in his usual way.

"Hey now, this isn't the first time I've been involved. Are you forgetting what happened at The Babylon?" Ringo protested.

"Oh yeah... Its a wonder you're still with me after all the shit I put you through."

"I'd say I don't mind but if we could avoid my hospitalisation in the future I'd appreciate it."

"Can't make any promises, I'm afraid."

The two of them continued talking for about an hour before Ringo felt himself getting tired, which surprised him considered he'd essentially slept for 24 hours. George continued to hold his hand as Ringo unwillingly fell asleep, then he too curled back up into the chair and slept. In the morning Ringo had insisted that George went home to shower and change his clothes, not only for his own well-being but also because Ringo couldn't stand to see the remnants of his own blood still on George's skin. In George's absence a nurse came to check on Ringo, redressing his wound carefully and bringing him some water. Ringo wished he could express his gratitude properly, but the most he could do was smile and repeat the words 'thank you' as if they'd magically translate into German after the twentieth time.

George returned an hour or so later with Paul and John beside him; John's arm was in a sling but he still moved around with as much vigour as always. Paul's face was a little battered, Ringo supposed from being forced down onto the harsh concrete. Both of them looked beyond relieved to see Ringo fully conscious, as if George's words didn't mean anything until they saw him for themselves.

"There he is, the man of the hour!" John beamed as he hurried over to sit at the end of Ringo's bed.

"How are you feeling?" Paul asked, sitting on the opposite side to John so that their backs were pressed against one another.

"Like I've been shot." Ringo laughed and the rest of them joined in.

George had brought a sandwich and a muffin with him in a brown paper bag to serve as Ringo's breakfast, he hadn't realised how hungry he was until he saw food again.

"Have you spoken to Brian?" Ringo asked with his mouth full of bread.

"Yeah..." John began, grimacing dramatically.

"Oh shit, is he pissed?" Ringo pressed.

"Well he's not particularly happy, but he understands that we didn't have much choice." Paul explained "He says we should've just gotten out of there when we had the chance."

"Everyone's a critic I suppose." George chuckled.

"Has there ever been a time where you guys have actually done a job properly?" Ringo asked with a smile.

"That's beside the point." John said abruptly, making everyone laugh.

"He does want us home immediately, as soon as you're all healed of course." Paul spoke.

"That's your prostitute plan off the cards then, eh John?" Ringo laughed.

"Well..." John began, prompting Paul to shove him playfully. "Maybe they give you a discount if you're injured."

"You're gonna be injured if you don't shut up." Paul stated somewhat firmly.

John tugged at his sling "And what do you call this?"

"Oh please, I've hurt myself more shaving in the morning." Paul retorted with a cheeky grin.

The three of them continued joking back and forth for a while, George remaining mostly silent before he excused himself and headed off to the bathroom. A silence fell as he began to leave, all three of them watching him intensely as he walked out of earshot. John then whipped his head back around to look at Ringo, opening his mouth to speak but Ringo beat him to it.

"Is he okay?" Ringo asked hurriedly, he'd already asked George a number of times but he always claimed to be 'fine'.

"Well you did almost die, Ringo." John said matter-of-factly.

"Yeah, thanks John, I already knew that." Ringo dismissed his joke "But is he okay?"

"Honestly I've never seen him in such a state." Paul began "And I've known George a very long time. He was a complete wreck. How would you take it if it was the other way around, you know?"

"That's not strictly true, George has all the added guilt of getting Ringo involved in this in the first place." John added in.

"Again, thanks John." Ringo tutted "Is there anything I should do?"

"Don't die, that'd be a start." John chimed in again which earned him a glare from Paul "But in all seriousness, he'll be fine, it'll probably just be a few days of sulky George before he's back to normal."

"Of course he'll be fine." Paul affirmed "You just mean an awful lot to him Ringo, an awful lot. More than you know."

Ringo instinctively began chewing the inside of his mouth nervously, he wasn't sure what to do with all this information. Should he feel guilty? How long would it be before George got over it? Would he ever get over it? Ringo tried to imagine the situation in reverse, but he couldn't really conjure up the thought. If seeing George wounded after their first night together had upset him, he couldn't even imagine what George being hospitalised would feel like. Not only that, but the thought of having to carry George to hospital, not knowing whether he was going to live or not. It made Ringo shudder, maybe it was best not to think about it.

Almost on cue George returned, he stopped before sitting down and looked at the three of them individually with a suspicious look in his eye; as if the silence upon his entrance wasn't enough of a giveaway.

"You been talking about me?" George asked, squinting his eyes as he sat back down in the chair.

"Are we not allowed to?" John quipped.

"Suppose not. What were you talking about?" George sounded a little defensive, and it hurt Ringo to see that he must've been somewhat ashamed about how he felt.

"I just wanted to know if you were alright, love." Ringo reached out his hand for George's.

"I'm fine, how many times do I have to say it? I'd appreciate it if we could focus on the one of us who's in hospital right now, if you don't mind." George furrowed his brows slightly but still accepted Ringo's hand with the gentleness that he always did.

"I'd love to talk about something else, personally." Ringo smiled meekly.

And so the conversation moved on, beyond any reference to Ringo's near-death experience or the strange type of grief that George was battling. The three of them stayed far longer than Ringo ever would've expected them to, he even urged them not to feel like they had to stay just to please him which he was playfully berated for.

At one point Paul and John left to get lunch for the four of them, but even when Ringo and George were alone they tiptoed around the elephant in the room. George was clearly hurting, but what seemed to be paining him most was that he chastised himself for letting his feelings be known when Ringo was in such a bad state. Ringo tried his best to keep everything light, George even apologised a few times when he felt himself drifting inwardly, and it pained Ringo more than any physical injury could. John and Paul returned triumphantly with a newspaper, thinking it'd give them something to pass the time with as they tried to decipher the language sometimes astutely, other times ridiculously. When it came time for dinner, Ringo insisted that they all went somewhere nice while he enjoyed the bland food that the hospital provided for him; reluctantly they left and George was the only one to return. John and Paul had decided it was best to use this 'alone time' to their advantage, which Ringo didn't fault them for at all. Night fell, and as much as Ringo had tried to convince George to go back to the hotel to sleep, he refused; it got to a point where George swore that if Ringo asked him again he wouldn't speak to him until they got back to England - as much as Ringo knew he wasn't being entirely serious, he knew it at least showed how stubborn George was going to be about it.

The following day past by fairly uneventfully, George hardly ever leaving Ringo's side unless he absolutely had to with John and Paul arriving and departing throughout the day. On the third day, John and Paul arrived in the evening with a guest.

"Ringo!" A thick German accent called out, it was Klaus.

Ringo had completely forgotten that he'd ever told Klaus what hotel he was staying at, but apparently he had. Klaus then left a message after Ringo didn't show up to work, for obvious reasons, and asked him to call him up. The receptionist had passed the message onto Paul and John who decided it wouldn't do any harm to let Klaus know that Ringo had been shot, after all he seemed harmless enough. George didn't seem too pleased to see him, whether it was because he thought John and Paul had made a potentially dangerous decision or whether he just didn't like Klaus.

"You got shot, that's insane!" Klaus was as excitable as ever "I'm so glad you're okay. We missed you at the club, the band told me to send their love."

Ringo smiled "That's very sweet."

"I guess you ended up getting the proper Hamburg experience, yeah? Hopefully it hasn't scared you off." Klaus said with a laugh.

"Well I'll probably be heading back to England when I'm better." Ringo explained.

"That's too bad." Klaus frowned "But hey, if you're ever back in Hamburg you'll look me up, yeah?"

"Of course I will." Ringo smiled, although he wasn't sure if he'd be coming back any time soon.

Klaus didn't stay for too long, Ringo gathered that he felt like he was overstaying his welcome somewhat and he departed with a warm goodbye. After John and Paul had retired back to the hotel, the same doctor came to check up on Ringo and proposed that he'd probably be able to leave in the morning. The news was pure music to Ringo's ears, he'd always hated being stuck in hospital as a kid and he didn't enjoy it any more as an adult. Granted, having George by his side day after day made it far more palatable, but he'd never enjoyed being the centre of attention for too long. George seemed rather excited at the prospect too, Ringo imagined it wasn't helping his guilt too much seeing him in a hospital bed constantly. Ringo just wanted things to go back to normal, but he wasn't too certain that his life really had a normal anymore.

It amused Ringo to think about the cyclical nature of it all, with George attacking Ringo's mugger all that time ago and now with Ringo defending George from his attacker. It certainly wasn't how most relationships go, he knew that for sure, but the excitement was just one of many appealing aspects of their dynamic - even if it did border on frightening and life threatening at times. Ringo just hoped that this would be the last incident for a long time, and he assumed that Brian wouldn't be rushing to find a new job for the four of them considering how this one had turned out.

When the morning came so did the doctor, and Ringo was very pleased to hear that he was well enough to go home. He advised that he avoided any strenuous activity for a long time and that every week or so he should go to a hospital in England to check on the healing process. And like that it was over, still feeling as surreal as it had when he'd woken up in that bed.

George had held Ringo's hand tightly from the moment he'd helped him out of bed, all the way back to the hotel - he'd suggested they got a taxi rather than walked, but Ringo wanted to breathe in the fresh air and wake his legs up properly. When they got back to their room, John and Paul were sleeping soundly on the bed, cuddled up close. It made Ringo smile to see it, and as much as he could still feel a slight sting whenever he moved from the wound, if that was what he had to suffer through to preserve this then he'd do it again in a heartbeat.

He didn't want to dwell on the possibilities of what would've happened if he hadn't been there, instead he tried to focus on the positives. Here the four of them were, with a little wear and tear but very much alive. Alive and happy, and that was all that really mattered.

#the beatles #beatles #beatles fanfic #the beatles fanfic #beatles fanfiction #george harrison/ringo starr #ringo starr/george harrison #ringo starrxgeorge harrison #george harrisonxringo starr #starrison

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johannesviii · 5 years ago

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Top 10 Personal Favorite Hit Songs from 1997

Holy shit, almost none of this comes from the US year-end list. That feels weird. But yeah, a great year for the kind of music I like in almost every musical genre possible on radio.

Also, we’ve entered a series of years where it’s gonna get increasingly harder for me not to make top 20s.

Disclaimers:

Keep in mind I’m using both the year-end top 100 lists from the US and from France while making these top 10 things. There’s songs in English that charted in my country way higher than they did in their home countries, or even earlier or later, so that might get surprising at times.

Of course there will be stuff in French. We suck. I know. It’s my list. Deal with it.

My musical tastes have always been terrible and I’m not a critic, just a listener and an idiot.

I have sound to color synesthesia which justifies nothing but might explain why I have trouble describing some songs in other terms than visual ones.

A few honorable mentions really quickly.

Men in Black (Will Smith) - I liked this way more back in the day.

Mmmmbop (Hanson) - Back then, if you were a kid, you were almost contractually obligated to like this.

Vivo Per Lei (Andrea Bocelli & Hélène Ségara) - This is supposed to sound grand and epic but it kinda falls on the “silly” side of the spectrum.

Tubthumping (Chumbawamba) - Will make the next list. Spoiler, I know.

I Shot the Sheriff (Waren G) - But it didn’t shoot this top 10 list.

10 - L’Empire du Côté Obscur (IAM)

US: Not on the list / FR: #92

This is a French rap song which samples some bits of the French dub of Star Wars, and it’s sung by a guy pretending to be the evil Emperor, trying to convince you to join the dark side. And he has an audible lisp. And the music video is just as ridiculous as you’d expect.

If you don’t think that falls into the “so bad it’s good” category, there’s nothing more I can do.

9 - Barbie Girl (Aqua)

US: #94 / FR: #4

This is the only song from the US year-end list on my 1997 top 10 list. And I have nothing to say about it. It was a ton of fun at the time, it’s still a ton of fun now.

8 - Meet Her At The Love Parade (Da Hool)

US: Not on the list / FR: #36

This is an endurance test more than a song, per say. And yet, I put it on the second cd compilation I ever made in my life, and I’d gladly listen to it.

I told you my tastes made no sense, didn’t I.

7 - Around the World (Daft Punk)

US: Not on the list / FR: #44

The only reason this isn’t higher is because I find it too repetitive to be listened to on a loop, and yes, I’m aware of how ridiculous that sounds after putting Meet Her At The Love Parade on the same list.

6 - Mon Papa à Moi Est un Gangster (Stomy Bugsy)

US: Not on the list / FR: #15

They say music can have a really bad influence on kids. And yeah, if this list was made according to each song’s impact on my life, this one would be number one. The title means “My Daddy Is a Gangster” and as you can guess it’s about a kid who’s dad is a gangster and he’s explaining how it impacts him (he’s never sure his dad will be here to pick him up after school, adults keep asking him questions, he sees his dad’s face in the newspaper...).

But the dad himself sounds like he genuinely tries to be a good father, and that song taught me some life lessons which definitely prove hip-hop has a bad influence on kids. See for yourself.

Fils, tu sais, la vie c’est pas un film, ça dure pas une heure et d’mi deux heures et puis on rembobine (”Son, you know, life isn’t a movie, it doesn’t last 1 hour 30- 2 hours and then rewind”) // Les gangsters ne font pas d’vieux os, si “ouioui”, paf, derrière les barreaux (”Gangsters never die old, and if you hear a siren, boom, you end up behind bars”) // Choisis le droit chemin, c’est le seul par lequel on n’se fait jamais attraper, retiens bien (”So pick the right path, it’s the only one on which you’ll never get caught”) // Le savoir est une arme, maint’nant tu l’sais, le savoir est une arme bébé, ne l’oublie jamais (”Cause knowledge is a weapon, and now you know, knowledge is a weapon kid, never forget it”)

(...) Ne jamais respecter quelqu'un qui ne te respecte pas (”Never respect someone who never respects you”).

See? A bad influence, I told you. Terrible life lessons.

5 - La Neige au Sahara (Anggun)

US: Not on the list / FR: #50

In a more mediocre year, any song in this top five could top the list. I don’t have anything to say about this one, just please listen to it if you don’t know it yet. It sounds fantastic and Anggun is a great singer.

4 - Bitter Sweet Symphony (The Verve)

US: Not on the list (...yet...) / FR: #96

This barely makes the year-end list but it still counts, dammit, and the next list was so difficult to make I might as well put it here while I can.

If you ask me how the second half of the 90s sounded, it sounded like this song, and it had the strange privilege of being the first song I loved that my mother openly disapproved of. And I was nine. Being a kid and having your own tastes? What a horrible notion (she’s always been fond of forcing her musical tastes on me and only offering cds she liked and I didn’t, which is why the first cd I ever received as a birthday gift was Celine Dion, and it promptly joined her cd collection instead of mine - insert gif of Kuzco making gifts to himself here).

And I loved the music video. I wanted to grow up and look as cool as this jerkass walking in a straight line without a care in the world. My favorite part was when he walks over the car.

3 - Ameno (Era)

US: Not on the list / FR: #26

So. Uh. This is a nonsensical song in vaguely latin-sounding meaningless gibberish chanted by a pseudo-medieval choir over a dance beat.

This is going to be one of those songs, isn’t it.

Yes. And I loved it to bits. And I have the album. Fight me.

2 - Hasta Siempre (Nathalie Cardone)

US: Not on the list / FR: #8

This was a huge hit here and- hang on. This sounds like one of these goddamn Mylène Farmer songs that keep appearing on my lists, doesn’t it. Uhhhhh. Well. It’s because the same guy who usually works on her songs made the music for this song. Damn it

Anyway, using this kind of music to make a modern version of Hasta siempre, Comandante was a genius move, and, again, I strongly recommend you give it a try if you’ve never heard it before (tw: firearms but only used on bottles).

1 - Alane (Wes)

US: Not on the list / FR: #5

This was one of the biggest summer hits here at the time and oh my god does this sound fantastic. That guy’s voice. That guy’s voice. That song always throws me back to when I was a kid and how great summer vacations at home could be, and. Ugh. I know I sound like a broken record but. Please just listen to it for yourself if you don’t know it yet. Quite possibly the ultimate summer song for me. Nearly untouchable.

Also yes, it was on the first list of my favorite songs I ever made.

Next up: this next #1 will sound absolutely insane to you if you’ve never heard it before but I swear it was a massive hit here

#Johannes’ bad not good pretty terrible music lists #music #long post #eye contact tw

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lilacsolanum · 6 years ago

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8, 15 for you too, 19!

FIRST OF ALL I also had another anon ask about #8 but when I merely LOOKED at it on my cellphone, the Tumblr app had me post it with no answer???? Anyway thank you anon.

If you were a Hork-Bajir seer, what new thing would you bring to your people?

I would start teaching English/Galard to Hork-Bajir at birth. The idea that the Hork-Bajir are stupid is a frustrating one, one that has way too many parallels to how we talk about anyone “different” in our greater culture. The Hork-Bajir are easily dismissed because they don’t speak English or Galard well, so just. Teach them ASAP. There’s no reason only the Seer can speak another language perfectly, that makes no sense. Make them bitches bilingual.

If Animorphs took place in any decade outside of the 90’s, which would you choose?

TBH your answer to my ask is my answer. The Yeerks would make a great metaphor for the paranoia of the 50s with McCarthyism and the Cold War escalating, that could tie together really well. I also have a boner for the Golden Age of Hollywood. Marco, a closeted actor at Warner Brothers, playing gangsters, in a lavender marriage. I think I’m just coming up with a Golden Age AU. I will write Golden Age Hollywood AUs for all my fandoms one day, just watch me.

What’s your favorite headcanon?

THIS IS HARD. Out of my personal headcanons, I particularly I love talking about the entertainment business and how politics work hand in hand with Marco, which I don’t think I’ve really seen addressed in other fics. People wave away Marco’s celebrity but there’s no way he didn’t wield it like a weapon. I may or not be a, like, Hollywood nerd in general. Never forget just HOW huge an impact Tina Fey’s Sarah Palin skits on SNL had on the 2008 election.

I also recently talked about how my personal wish for Cassie is that she rises above all these dumb boys, and that how she eventually forms The Central Space Government Organization Federation Alliance Whatever in the Animorphs universe and is remembered for centuries upon centuries after her death. I’m proud of that too.

Outside my own bullshit, Cav’s Andalite EVERYTHING is, like, gurl, I absolutely forget that their headcanons are not canon sometimes. And on the top of that awesome pile is their OC-With-A-Canon-Name, Forlay, who is just a fucking legendary character all together. And my personal headcanon of someone else’s headcanon is that Forlay is played by Jessica Walters.

I also VERY MUCH enjoy Poetry’s Yeerk worldbuilding. SO good. I’ve adopted all their headcanons for Yeerks. And oh god what else. This fandom is so creative and smart? Everyone’s headcanons are outstanding.

#pretty-rage-machine #animorphs

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missytearex · 6 years ago

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To Read List - Ziam

This list is purely for myself to keep track of everything I still want to read. Its gonna change as I actually read though them and find more stuff to add.

Find fics I’ve already read here.

Ziam

Four Arrows (Led You to Me) by transteverogers

An au where people get tattoos of their soulmates and everyone works in a hotel

(AKA the one where I wanted an excuse to do handy man!Liam and soul mates)

Playing With Fire (Never Felt So Nice) by transteverogers

Liam's known he's special since he was 7.

(AKA the one where they all have superpowers and go to a boarding school, where Harry's incapable of talking about his feelings, Zayn's not the ass for once and Niall just wants people to stop thinking about sex)

Six Degrees Of Separation by ghostrider

Where Liam is the bad boy and Zayn his sweet, smart, nerdy boyfriend. They are happy until one day, Liam breaks up with him. Zayn, however has fallen too hard to be able to pick himself up. So his best, annoying and stupid, friend Harry, comes up with an annoying and stupid plan to get his best friend his ‘dumbass of a boyfriend’ back. And that plan involves a certain Louis Tomlinson who Harry hates (loves) with a passion.

Everything On You Intoxicates by zipplekink

Where Zayn maybe stalks that fit guy from his Intro to Lit class on Instagram

until you believe it by lizee

And Zayn’s not usually like this, Zayn never volunteers to do extra work, let alone work that requires him to think and commit, yet his stupid mouth doesn’t seem to get the hint. “I could tutor you,” he finds himself saying. “English was pretty much the only subject I got decent grades in, even won an award or two in writing. I reckon I could help y’ out if you were okay with that, of course.” Stupid, stupid, stupid.

or, where Zayn and Liam meet at a sixth form party and Zayn offers to tutor him. He doesn't expect himself to fall in love with the kid while he's at it.

The Money Maker by deniallisstrong

"This is who I gotta pretend to be in a relationship with?” Zayn whines, shaking his head when he sees the crinkly-eyed boy with the styled quiff, the hoodie, the sunglasses.

“You’re no looker yourself,” Liam snorts, squinting his eyes at Zayn as he pulls off his sunglasses. But he’s lying. Of course he’s lying. His cheekbones are sharp enough to cut wood, his eyes bright enough to start a fire. But Zayn doesn't have to know that.

Zayn is perplexed—already—by Liam. He’s sharper, quicker than he expected. With a sigh, Liam slides down his hood, tiredly sliding his fingers through his hair. “Alright, well, let’s get this… thing started. I want it over as soon as possible.”

Zayn wonders suddenly what Liam’s hair feels like, has a strong urge to reach forward and kiss him back into the wall, find his own fingers in the boy’s brown hair.

Zayn's lying, too. But Liam doesn't have to know that.

(Or a fake relationship AU where Zayn struggles to hide his fond for Liam, and maybe--just maybe--Liam has the same problem with Zayn) [Started from the Tumblr prompt: Fake relationship AU]

Ridiculous by scottmcniceass

They are every cliched high school story. The jock and the rebel. The popular boy and the outsider. They shouldn't fit, and they definitely shouldn't work, but they sort of do anyways.

Nobody Knows You Baby (The Way I Do) by transteverogers

Zayn and Liam accidentally get nominated for cutest couple at school and Louis makes a bet with them that they won't win.

(AKA the one where everyone was betting and nothing is accidental)

You Know I Got You by zipplekink

“You don’t think I look stupid?” Zayn murmurs, fingers spreading across Liam’s thigh to tug him closer. He keeps his hand there, resting against his inner knee, gently cupping it and smoothing a thumb across the rough material of his jeans.

Liam snorts, he can’t help it. His breath is catching in his lungs just looking at Zayn because he is so beautiful, and he can’t grasp the concept of how Zayn doesn’t get it.

[Alternatively, the one where Zayn and Liam will do anything to protect and take care of the other, but admitting their feelings well -]

You Never Give Up On Me by sunshinexbomb

Zayn doesn’t know if it’s funny or a little sad that they keep skirting around this thing they’ve gotten themselves into. Sometimes it hurts knowing that Liam never asks him to stay even though Zayn knows he wants him to. He wonders how long he can keep doing this, can keep waiting for Liam, and he doesn’t know if it scares him or not that he could possibly wait forever.

In which Zayn is an English teacher tempted to write awful poetry about the warm coffee color of Liam's eyes, Liam is a primary ed teacher and single parent who thinks he's too busy to be in a relationship, Niall and Harry are the sickeningly cute newlywed teachers in the school, and Louis is a drama teacher who is not-so-patiently waiting for the day of his own wedding.

Let's Be Alone Together by we_are_the_same

After getting his heart broken, Liam escapes his life in London by boarding a plane to Amsterdam. Along the way, he finds someone just as lost as him. Together they might just be able to find themselves.

“You’ll need coffee shops and sunsets and road trips. Airplanes and passports and new songs and old songs, but people more than anything else. You will need other people and you will need to be that other person to someone else, a living breathing screaming invitation to believe better things.” - Jamie Tworkowski

Thanks for being that person for me, Li.

ZM.

Or, maybe in the end it doesn't matter so much where you end up, as long as you aren't alone.

You Know How I Feel by LSFOREVER

AU. It all starts because Liam decides to take some classes at his Aunt's art studio.

Let Lips Do What Hands Do by erstwhiled

You're not supposed to fall in love with students, it's unethical or something.

a game that I'm destined to lose by we_are_the_same

college!AU. Liam doesn't like Zayn, because Zayn keeps falling asleep in class yet manages to get straight A's all the time while Liam barely manages to scrape by, and if you ask Liam Zayn is just a complete dick who thinks there's nothing wrong with becoming Liam's colleague at the on-campus coffee place.

Permanent by scottmcniceass

At twenty-six, Liam has made a name for himself as one of the best football players of his generation. He's in the prime of his game when a car accident threatens to end his career permanently. Depressed and hating the world, Liam heads back to his home town to take some time off and find himself again. He doesn't expect to find life pretty much the way he'd left it eight years ago, and he definitely doesn't expect to find something that might make him want to stay permanently, but that's what he gets.

say it out loud by ieatravioli

Liam has a younger sister who is deaf and he meets Zayn; an alumni from his sister's school. Zayn has just found out that he's qualified to receive a Cochlear implant and decides to go through with the procedure.

The Difference Between Knowing and Knowing by luxover

“They say I’m in a band,” Liam tells his mom. He squeezes his eyes shut, his phone pressed tight against his ear. “I don’t even remember any of it.” In which Liam gets temporary amnesia and forgets things even more important than the fact that he's in a band.

Cold Gym Floor Honeymoons by jannika

A High School AU where they are all in competitive Marching Band and out to make their senior year their tenth championship running. Louis wants to lead but not grow up, Zayn hates everything except for all the good things that keep happening to him, Harry is good luck and maybe just a little naïve, Niall only ever has whiskey and is glad he gets a guitar solo, and Liam has only ever done this in theory but he can't wait to put it into practice. Also featuring Louis crawling into Zayn's window a lot, which is no one is jealous of at all. Honestly. And a High school Zayn can't wait to get out of, even though the five of them sort of run it.

the truth or something beautiful by blackwayfarers

"Oh," Liam says like he's been hit in the sternum, turning to Zayn with his eyes wide and running his hands back through his hair. "Oh my God, that's it. Your family, they must have thought – like, because you invited me back home for Christmas and, oh, God – they think we're boyfriends."

Snail Jellybeans by thesilverwitch

Liam has been in love with Zayn since the moment he first saw him in the Hogwarts Express. Five years later, and he still hasn't quite figured out how to tell him that.

Or, the one where Liam and Zayn are pathetically in love with each other (but take too damn long to let the other one know), Louis refuses to admit he has crush on Harry, and Niall just wants there to be a food marathon.

the spark is not within me by crookedcrown

This is not how Zayn thought his life would turn out. He was going to go to university. He was going to be a teacher.

But now he runs errands for a gangster named Paul in South London - picking up packages, collecting money. Then he's sent to pick up a boy who's just been released from prison and...

Well, this isn't the life Zayn had imagined, but it's the only one he's got.

Don't Go by scottmcniceass

Liam's out of the country most of the year because of his job, but he needs someone to take care of his dog. Zayn thinks he's hit the jackpot when he starts renting the room in Liam's apartment. He gets the whole place to himself most of the year, and all he has to do is walk and feed a dog.

He never expected to fall in love with Liam, but it happens anyways.

Hear My Beating Heart One Last Time by khaleesiq

“Is this… is it normal?” Liam asks. “To get more than one result? “Not at all,” she replies, and Liam’s heart pounds a little harder in fear. “They have a word for it, but it’s dangerous and you can’t tell anyone, not even your parents, what you are.” “What am I?” Liam asks, getting more nervous by the second. “It’s called Divergent,” she tells him in a hushed voice. (Or, a Divergent AU that doesn't follow the book series at all and Liam is Divergent and hiding and Zayn is Erudite and trying to save Divergents.)

until the stars are all alight (orphan_account)

Liam is a retired former astronaut with the World Space Agency in the year 2134. He was once the ace pilot and pride of Britain until tragedy pushed him out of the service. He's approached by astrophysicist Louis to join a crew that's being assembled to go rescue an astronaut left on the Mars Space Station. This is Zayn Malik. Liam is the only pilot available with the experience necessary to fly a mission to a damaged station.

Slowish burn.

your albatross, let it go by darlingjustdont

They’re all here for a reason, Liam’s not stupid. They all have reasons to be in a safe house in the middle of Budapest, and here’s proof. They might need to talk about it soon. Not now, though, when one of them looks to be shaking apart at the seams.

They've all been so hurt, and they're trying to piece themselves back together.

Clean by unfortunate17

Liam's been in love with Zayn almost as long as he can remember and living in a heavily policed, alien, post-apocalyptic world doesn't change this fact. Things would be simple, he thinks, if Zayn would just come to understand the feelings he has for Liam (they exist, Liam is positive of this) and then maybe they could be happy together. But, Zayn is fickle minded, and he likes to mess with Liam's head - though sometimes, Liam is convinced there's something innately off about him and his memory. There's a reason why Zayn is like this, Liam thinks, but unfortunately he just can't seem to remember why.

A story that features: a house that becomes a home, two people with the same face, and a love that stretches beyond death.

I Think I'm Going To Win This Time (orphan_account)

“But this is my job, Louis. This has been my dream since I was a kid whose dad came home with his first pair of skates. I’m scared to lose this.”

“Who said you’re losing this?”

“No one is out yet Louis… We don’t know.”

“I can't tell you what to do, Liam. But he’s the happiest I have ever seen you with anyone and he looked so happy with you.”

“What should I do?” Liam deflates.

“Liam, I can't decide for you. Hockey is everything for us. It was once our hobby, our dream, our goal, and now it’s our life. But in a few years from now when we’re old and rusty and retired and watching young lads take our place. Is it Zayn who you want by your side or not?”

Liam has decisions to make and sometimes they're more heart breaking than the outcome.

Inside the Pocket of Your Ripped Jeans by ellipsometry

Fuck Niall, honestly. Fuck him for telling Zayn about this – he of all people should know that despite his leather-jacket-and-cigarette façade, underneath it all Zayn is just a hopeless romantic. And when dealing with hopeless romantics you can’t go serving mysterious, hunky, salt-water-washed strangers up on a silver platter. You just can’t.

It's a simple concept, really: Take a photo, then leave a photo. But, like most simple things, Zayn manages to make it much more complicated. So by the time Zayn meets Liam for the first time, he's been carrying a picture of him around in his pocket for nearly five months.

Iron & Ivory by transteverogers

Liam knows he's a shitty shadowhunter but he doesn't need Zayn Malik- the son of the reasons his parents are dead- of all people teaching him to fight.

(AKA the one where they don't hate each other and then do and then they sort of don't and they really do and then they really don't and then one hates the other until they actually fucking talk for once)

Clockwork by unfortunate17

Genetic engineering in humans, though declared illegal worldwide, wasn’t always forbidden. In fact, Zayn is a living example - wings sprouting from his back and an infinite number of languages ready for use on his quick, tongue. His boyfriend, Liam, brings back all the painful parts of his life with a father who worked on the Human Engineering Project, possessing a sort of fascination with these “hybrids.” Zayn hasn’t told him and doesn’t plan on telling him. But as he learns, there’s no way to run from your past - or identity.

So let's say, I'll come another day by sophieisgod

Zayn meets Liam in 1999, swinging on the gate in his back yard. Liam meets Zayn in 2010, killing time in McDonald’s on the most important day of his life. They have adventures, conquer the world, and fall in love. A story about fate, timing, free will, wonky genetics, parallel universes, significant tattoos, emotional haircuts, sudden nudity, sex crying, and a Batman t-shirt from HMV.

Or, in which Zayn is the time traveller’s wife. No spoilers.

Never the Same Tide Twice by sunfair

Zayn is a successful pop star from the UK, transplanted to LA. He is the product of completely contrived and neatly packaged PR and marketing, including a fake name. Liam Payne is a professional surfer who lives alone in a bungalow on the beach, taking a break after a string of successful competitions. When their paths cross accidentally and it's clear that Liam doesn't recognize him in the slightest, Zayn drops his tired pretenses for the opportunity just to be himself for once.

Somehow I Still Carry On, Burdened By Fears by slashter

He doesn't realize how much pain he's in until the hot water hits his shoulders. He hisses at the sting but lets the water pound his aching muscles anyway, washing himself with Liam's body wash and shampoo, then toweling himself off until he's practically pink. His knees are already buckling as he makes his way over to the dresser, grabbing a pair of clean boxers, and he eases himself into bed, wrapping himself in the cold sheets. He doesn't cry, no, not at all.

[Or the one where Liam's been kidnapped but doesn't remember Zayn and Zayn struggles with loss and love and heartbreak all over again]

we press play don't press pause by snuffleslove

in which zayn's a dancer of one sort, liam's a dancer of another, and harry, niall and louis are all damn good musicians. or, in which zayn's determined to prove that he doesn't fit in anywhere, and along the way discovers that he's fit in all along.

Connected by lazy_daze

Liam works at Poundland and Zayn does the windows displays - it's no Selfridges, but it's a start. When they open a musical box that Zayn borrowed from Styles Antiques, something interesting happens...

to this breathing end by magneticwave

Liam should know better, when he opens his email and the most recent message is from Louis with the subject line: YOU NEEDTO WWATCHI THIS IMEDIATELY. // Or, Zayn does a Hysterical Literature session and blows Liam’s fucking mind.

I'm a frail evergreen, be a bauble hanging off of me by jannika

Liam has a brand-new job just in time for the holidays and just in time to be assigned one of his brand-new coworkers in the annual holiday exchange. One of his brand-new coworkers who happens to be that incredibly attractive guy who works in the art department.

Or ridiculous holiday fluff in which Louis, Liam and Zayn are coworkers. Liam is trying to get to know Zayn, Louis has a master plan, Zayn's making a bet with himself, Niall's making a different bet, and Harry is a biased judge.

fooled around and fell in love by tachycardia

“I have a proposal - a proposition,” Liam corrects quickly. “For you.”

Liam and Zayn pretend to be engaged.

Some Love Wait Till Its Time by wasp

It hadn’t occurred to Zayn that they would start loving other people, people that weren’t each other. That it would be devastating but they’d survive, they’d keep on going with their lives. It hurts a lot more than Zayn expected.

University!AU where heart-in-the-right place but always-trying-to-save-people Liam Payne meets slightly pretentious hipster Zayn and tries to mend his broken heart.

higher than the moon by tinyweirdloves

au. zayn is an art model and liam should not be staring this much.

But the sun comes up instead by blackwayfarers

Zayn Malik, charming and confident fraternity vice-president, meets shy but achingly endearing high schooler Liam Payne at a kegger and everything just goes straight to hell.

Burning Away From Inside by scottmcniceass

They're a little too dysfunctional to be considered superheroes, but they do their best.

The List by scottmcniceass

Louis constantly gets Liam into trouble. Zayn is always there to get him out of it.

How Blue Is Your Heart by estrella30

The reporter smiles gently. “No pressure, it’s just that you’re at a gallery opening, so I was curious. Do you have any favorites you’re hoping to see?”

“Oh, you know.” Liam laughs softly. “Not really. I’m just along to keep Harry company if you must know; he’s the art guy of the group.

or, a Zayn/Liam fic based on the tumblr post here:

Zayn is a famous artist and Liam is in a famous boyband and they meet at an art gallery opening

Tunnel Vision by scottmcniceass

In which Zayn is an award-winning popstar with a knack for getting himself in trouble, and Liam is the bodyguard he didn’t want to hire who has a few problems with staying professional.

Some Girls by Rave

“I did some research,” Liam says, busily pulling up Safari. His voice sounds masterfully, miraculously steady in his own ears. “I think probably the best thing to do is like, get to know yourself. Um. And your, like. New equipment."

Zayn wakes up a girl. Liam tries to be helpful.

Hollow Creatures Don't Feel the Earth Shake by wasp

Zayn didn't think he'd ever see Liam again, that much was a fact to him. He never wrote and he never called. Zayn wrote letters, he wrote loads of them but he never had the courage to send them because it felt like Liam left him, didn't want anything to do with him and without Liam there to tell him otherwise, it was so easy to believe.

And Wonderful Is True by jannika

An AU in which Louis owns a bar he should probably close on Wednesdays, Niall turns down job offers, Zayn doesn’t make art anymore, Liam’s scones come premade and frozen, Harry cooks in other people’s kitchens, and two of them are lying. Or the one where Liam, Zayn and Louis are too tangled in each other to move anymore until Harry shows up.

When we meet on a cloud by retts

'By the way, Liam, Zayn here is your biggest fan. He’s a total fanboy. Practically lives in your tag on Tumblr, he does.'

Zayn is going to kill Louis.

Can I Keep You by scottmcniceass

Liam is always trying to do what's best for himself and his daughter, but raising a kid on his own at twenty-two, on top of juggling school work and a full-time job, isn't easy. Zayn just wants a chance to show Liam that he's not going to walk out on them. And Liam's daughter, Emma? She just wants to keep Zayn.

i'll see you down the line by blurrychildren (roadsider)

AU where Zayn works in the snack shop of the local skating rink and Liam’s a hockey player (worse, an attractive one).

Tangled Up in You by marcel

It turns out Zayn’s flatmate is essentially a disney prince. Zayn wonders how this became his life.

There's Probably a German Word for This by matchsticks_p (matchsticks)

Harry uses Nick's radio dj powers for evil and also for love. Or, a story about Harry and Nick pretending to date while trying to get Zayn and Liam to date for real.

wished upon parallel lines by pendules

AU. In which they go to a performing arts school, Liam is a piano genius, and Zayn has a secret.

do firemen dream of exploding sheep by blathering_kat, fiarra

It's Zayn's first year as an English teacher, and when he hears that the drama department is doing Shakespeare - and one that they're reading this semester - he has to see. He just wasn't expecting the exploding sheep.

Maybe One Day They Will Mean Something by wasp

Seeing Liam pressed up against Louis, soft, satisfied smile lighting up his face, does pretty much make Zayn want to crawl into a hole and stay there for a while but this is much much worse. He prefers Liam fussing over Louis to see him biting his lips until they’ve about to burst.

This Is What We're Doing Now by Rave

“Cursed me,” Zayn said mournfully. “Mm’a victim.”

“Bollocks. I dared him to let me turn him into a person who lets himself have a little fun in public,” Louis said. “Temporarily! Temporarily. He’ll be back to his sulky old self in a couple of hours.”

“You put a curse,” Zayn said. “On me. You’re a bad friend. Can I touch your hair?” (Hogwarts AU Yule Ball snippet.)

you're the answer to the question I didn't know I was asking by estrella30

everyone thinks zayn and liam are shagging. that is, everyone except zayn and liam

the boys of summer by countthestars

Louis cracks open his can and holds it up in a toast. “To the best summer of our lives,” he declares.

“To graduating high school,” Harry adds.

“To beer!” Niall crows.

Liam looks around the fire at his three best friends in the entire world, the rest of summer stretching out in front of them as vast and endless as the ocean. There’s nowhere on earth he’d rather be.

“To friendship,” he says.

Four cans clink together in a toast and just for a moment, Liam feels like he’s invincible.

;

Liam is 17 the summer he falls in love.

Take My Hand (I Promise) by sunshinexbomb

And really, that’s what Liam is, Zayn’s anchor. Keeps him from floating off in his own thoughts and fears and angers. Whenever Zayn needs him, Liam’s there with a gentle touch, a soothing gesture that feels just right.

or four times liam holds zayn's hand to comfort him and one time zayn does the same for liam.

Listen As We Go by sunshinexbomb

“What would people think?”

“What would people think of what?” Louis asks.

Zayn opens his eyes to glance at Louis’ confused expression. “Of the CEO of Malik Developments going out with an eighteen year old kid?”

AKA in which Zayn is a young CEO, Liam is his college boyfriend, and it’s all a big secret even though they both wish it wasn’t.

You Will Always Burn As Bright by sunshinexbomb

There’s no way anybody could truly love the boy with the black wings.

Beam Me Up by StormDancer

One Direction fans really are from everywhere...

Here I Stand by StormDancer

Zayn lifts his chin, turns so that he’s facing Harry. He doesn’t look at Liam, because he can’t bear to look, and because he’s really not trying to be mean or pointed. Liam can do what he wants. But Zayn drew a line in the sand a long time ago, and it matters. “I’m not hiding, Haz. This is who I am. They can deal with it.”

Cry Into Your Shoulder by StormDancer

It's 3 AM, Liam's world is falling apart, and all he knows how to do is to let Zayn fix it for him.

Cards on the Table by StormDancer

Slowly, very slowly, Zayn nods. “After the job,” he agrees, and turns to leave. But then he pauses, with his hand on the doorknob, and Liam braces himself because he knows the signs of a Zayn Malik bit of wisdom coming. “But Liam—” he talks to the side, not looking back, “You keep on wanting me to show my hand. But you--you’ve barely got any money in the pot.”

In which Liam pines, Zayn broods, Louis is manic, Harry charms everyone, Niall makes the best sandwiches, and stealing the money is barely the point at all.

As He Moves by scottmcniceass

Zayn thought he wanted to know where Liam worked. Apparently he thought wrong.

Burning Away From Inside by scottmcniceass

They're a little too dysfunctional to be considered superheroes, but they do their best.

Connected by scottmcniceass

Fed up with Zayn and Liam skirting around how they feel about each other, the rest of the band devise a plan to get them to own up to their feelings.

(Or, Zayn and Liam are oblivious and annoying, the rest of the band can't handle it anymore, and handcuffs were probably not intended to be used this way.)

Lover Dearest by scottmcniceass

"First rule, babe," Zayn says, leaning down. His lips slide over Liam's jaw, barely there, just a soft pressure, fleeting and gone as soon as it came. "Never trust a vampire."

He's grinning as he climbs off Liam, heading for the door. Liam watches him go, thinking that he's wrong. The first rule should be to not fall in love with one.

The Way It Is by scottmcniceass

Liam makes a habit of drunkenly stumbling into Zayn's room, and Zayn makes a habit of lying to everyone about how he feels.

Only Place I Call Home by scottmcniceass

Liam works at a coffee shop; Zayn is a homeless street performer who plays just outside the shop. Sometimes Liam brings Zayn coffee and donuts and in exchange Zayn sings for him.

Every Little Secret by scottmcniceass

It’s always Liam, isn’t it? Since he met the damn guy, he’s crawled under Zayn’s skin like he was made to fit there and the only way to get him out would cause Zayn serious harm.

(Or the one where all the boys are in boarding school except Liam, Zayn sort of hates the world, and he wants nothing more than to save Liam from it.)

What We Become by scottmcniceass

“Nervous?”

“No.”

“It’s okay if you are,” Harry says seriously. “I mean, I know I would be. Like, if there was ever a date that was destined to go bad, it’s probably this one. Werewolf goes on date with the son of a werewolf hunter, who’s also training to be a werewolf hunter when he’s older, while another pack of werewolves are practically massacring the town, and no one has no idea how to stop them. It's not a question of what could go wrong. It's a question of what could possibly go right, and I'm willing to bet the answer to that is nothing."

I'll Be Strong For You by scottmcniceass

When Zayn breaks his leg attempting to skateboard over Harry's car, he ends up stuck in the hospital for two weeks. The only thing he doesn't hate about the hospital is the gorgeous volunteer, Liam, who is almost annoyingly sunny and happy. But Liam's got a secret a secret hidden behind his impossibly bright smile.

Good Thing At a Bad Time by scottmcniceass

Zayn prefers to be on his own. It's easier to survive when you don't have to worry about anyone else. Liam leads a large group of people that have taken residence in an abandoned prison. When Zayn wakes up in a prison cell, all he can think about is finding a way out. Liam makes him want to stay.

Chaotically by scottmcniceass

The way Zayn plays makes Liam feel a lot of things, but mostly it just makes Liam want him.

Floating On The Water by scottmcniceass

Liam just wants to get through his last summer working at Malik Resort before University without incident. Of course, life is never that easy, and he ends up getting roped into giving the bosses son, Zayn, swimming lessons. That wouldn't be so bad, if Zayn didn't happen to hate him so much.

Your Fingertips, So Touchable by scottmcniceass

When Liam gets upset, he tends to retreat into himself. Zayn helps him through it.

Such a Flirt by scottmcniceass

Five times Liam thinks Zayn is playing around, and one time that Zayn proves to him that he isn't.

keep this love (in a photograph) by carissima

"So Liam asked you to slide down his pole then?" Harry yells over the music.

Zayn nods for a second before he starts frowning. “Wait, no, not like that! He was being nice!”

"You’ve called Liam nice like, ten thousand billion times tonight," Harry points out. "You fancy him!"

"Do not," Zayn protests. His head feels heavy so he lets it drop onto Harry’s shoulder. "He’s just -"

"Nice?" Harry supplies unhelpfully.

Or the one where Liam's a fireman, Zayn's a photographer and yeah, there's a calendar shoot or two involved.

i will hold you closer by carissima

"Liam, put your arms around my neck," he grits out, relieved when Liam nuzzles closer, probably seeking warmth, and his arms wrap around Zayn's neck. allowing Zayn to breathe again. "God I need to go to the gym," he mutters as he turns and heads for the elevators.

Or a five times (plus one) story because Zayn actually picked Liam up onstage and I had a massive meltdown over it.

silence and sound by carissima

Frustrated and tongue-tied, Zayn does the only thing he can think of in that moment and he surges forward, pressing his lips against Liam's.

The last thing he expects Liam to do is kiss him back.

Or the one where Zayn's jealous of Louis and Liam's closeness after Liam splits up with his girlfriend and it takes them a year to figure it all out.

Tower by threeturn

As usual Zayn is unreachable: a fairy tale.

When it came time to leave, it was never the right day by jannika

"Did you want me to come rescue you from the handsome not-really-a-stranger during the blizzard with the car I don’t have?" Louis asks.

AU. Zayn can't get home from work because of the snow storm. Liam lives right around the corner and isn't about to just let Zayn freeze. Fluff.

Baby, I Want You by slashter

Zayn's bruised and marked up good, shaking and moaning with Liam's name on his lips, and Liam doesn't think he's ever loved anyone this much before.

But Zayn's not there in the morning, and even though he's under an unnecessarily thick duvet, Liam feels so, so cold.

[Or the one where Zayn won't admit his feelings unless he's drunk and Liam pines. A lot.]

You Reflect In This Heart Of Mine by slashter

Liam bites his lip. "I, uh...wasn't happy with myself, really. It took me a while to realize it, but eventually I couldn't deny I was..." He pauses, contemplating. "...different. And I didn't like it. So I kind of forced myself to be with Anne and told myself to love her. I rushed into marriage and all that but it wasn't until we had Harry that I realized that I hadn't changed. And Anne was angry, of course, and she gave me Harry, but I'm so glad she did, I honestly wouldn't be happy at all if it wasn't for him." "I get it." Zayn says, finally. "I wasn't happy for a lot of my life because I'm also--" He smirks, winking at Liam. "--different." Liam's breath catches and his heart beats a bit faster, but he just nods and tries to play it off. "But I'm perfectly fine with it now, really." Zayn adds, turning his face back to the sky and closing his eyes again. "Me too." Liam says, softly, and it might just be a trick of the light, but he swears he sees the corner of Zayn's mouth turn up into a smile.

[Or the one where Liam takes Harry to a boy scout camp for the weekend and meets Zayn and Louis]

Marvel by sunnysideup

Liam saves Zayn's dog. Zayn steals Liam's heart.

it's a love story by robpatFF

Liam has a fever and Zayn makes incredible soup. Or alternatively, that one schmoopy sick!fic

Armour of Faith by photo41

In 2014, Zayn Malik, an army medic, is still out in the Middle East- he's stationed as humanitarian relief along the Iraqi/Syrian border. Exploring, he innocently touches a carving in an ancient cave- and suddenly finds himself thrust into a much different war in the year of our Lord...1188.

Hurled back in time by forces he cannot understand, Zayn's destiny is soon inextricably intertwined with the Knights Templar and the Third Crusade. He is catapulted without warning into the intrigues of knights, Lords and Kings that may threaten his life ...and shatter his heart.

For here, not only will he need to find a way home, but he also may find the love of a past-life.

Ring Me Up, Cash Me Out by ThankYouMerlin

“For you, yeah?” Liam grinned, almost shy, as he backed away towards the front door of the store.

“For me, yeah,” Zayn turned the peanut butter cup between his fingers. “Thanks, Leeyum.”

Liam blushed as he pushed through the door and left.

“Well,” Louis said. “If you two are quite finished.”

or, the one where Zayn, Harry, Niall, and Louis work at a convenience store in the town where Liam lives.

alternately titled: all i wanna do is (gun shot, gun shot, cash register noise) and make you my honey

You're My Favorite Story by ziammehome

A zombie outbreak leaves Liam teamed up with Zayn, a stranger with a motorcycle who saves Liam's life. Their world has been turned upside down, and all they really have is each other.

you'll never treat yourself right, darling, but i want you to by wafflehood

He loves it, the singing and the touring and the fans and the boys, his boys, and he wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world, not being a fireman or an Olympic runner, and he’s so, so grateful for everything he’s been given, everything they’ve been given. But sometimes he reads hateful tweets, or comments not meant to be hurtful but end up feeling like a punch in the gut anyway, listens to people belittle everything they’ve achieved, and he doesn’t mean to let it get to him, but it does.

(or, in which Liam doesn't love himself, (or think he deserves to be loved by anyone else), and Zayn tries to show him why he should).

The Visible Beauty of a Voice That Sings by luxover

"You have the most beautiful voice I've ever seen," Liam says, whispering because it's a secret, because it's truer than anything he's ever said in his entire life.

Good Morning (orphan_account)

It’s the last weekend before the start of University. Oh, and Liam's birthday. Leave it up to Liam’s best mate Louis to drag them all off to London for “a weekend you’ll never forget.” Liam doesn’t think Louis’ plans ever included meeting Zayn Malik… the one person who makes Liam’s birthday anything but what he planned it to be

let's pretend it's love by wafflehood

Pretend!boyfriends fic in which Liam and Zayn get papped while hamming it up for Louis and Eleanor, and management decides the easiest way to deal with the resulting hysteria is to let it run its course.

You're a good sign by retts

‘Anyway, thank you so much for your help. You didn’t have to. You could have just walked on by like everyone else.’

Did that make Zayn sound bitter? Perhaps a tiny bit but the boy just laughed, a bright sound that made people look at them even more weirdly, still on their knees and talking like they weren’t blocking the way.

‘I couldn’t,’ said the boy honestly, pushing his fringe back, revealing ears that were pink at the tips.

‘Then you’re the nice one,’ said Zayn. If niceness had a face, Zayn was probably looking at it. He stuck out his hand suddenly, startling the other boy. ‘Er, I’m Zayn, by the way. Zayn Malik.’

The smile Zayn received sort of took his breath away.

‘Liam Payne. It’s very nice to meet you, Zayn.’

Or Liam and Zayn in four different seasons + one more because life is basically a circle.

My favourite book by retts

The thing he missed most was Zayn. All of him, from his cranky morning self to the wanton boy fucking down on Liam’s dick later that night (and sometimes in the afternoon as well). The one who could spout poetry like it was his native tongue and the one who could barely say anything when he was deeply upset. The one who wore fake glasses and felt at home in Liam’s clothes. The one who was mad for kids and shrieked at the sight of spiders. The one who cried in Ghana and the one who drew superheroes who looked like Liam. The one who didn’t eat pork and the one who quietly but fiercely loved Allah.

Zayn. Liam’s Zayn. The one who, not long ago, had whispered things in Urdu into Liam’s neck that felt like beautiful promises.

secrets I have held in my heart (are harder to hide than I thought) by swallowsmateforlife

Zayn and Liam are in love. Everyone knows except for them. Cue romantic rides up the chairlifts, snowy weather feelings, and a whole lot of cute.

Written for the Ziam Winter Fic Exchange. The prompt I chose was: "The boys go skiing and get snowed in. Do they have to cuddle for warmth? How does their relationship change after 3 days of only each other’s company? Hint: SEX."

Yours Faithfully by threeturn

Planet-hopping popstars Liam and Zayn are used to odd presents from their intergalactic fanbase, but when an alien admirer gives them Harry and Louis, the gift comes at a particularly awkward moment in their relationship. Also featuring a gang of rebel girls and a sentient spaceship called Niall.

i'll always have you by somerdaye

what if tattoos just randomly appeared on our skin at key points in our lives and we had to figure out what they meant for ourselves?

i do the same thing, i get lonely too by detectivemills

Aside from creaming his pants for a fictional character, though, Zayn's doing okay. Except for the fact that he has to start most of his days by locking his cat out of the bathroom and wanking for twenty minutes.

O Green World by Suchthingbutnever

At the verge of summer, with his Bachelor thesis waiting and stale coffee in his cup, Liam stumbles over a person, hunched-over and blood-shot and so, so bright.

be a place that i call home by lightseep

sometimes, home is a person. and sometimes, home is lots of people and sometimes home is two very, very little people.

This Love Left a Permanent Mark by harrietelizabeth

Liam’s memory of Zayn is a summer afternoon, scraping enough money together between them for ice creams and a pack of smokes, the window open in Liam’s room to entice a breeze inside. It’s midnight conversations and early morning kisses, still half asleep. It’s all the words Liam never knew how to say until he heard them from Zayn’s lips.

And Zayn’s memory of Liam is….well, that’s the problem. Liam has no idea.

Be cruel to me ('cause I'm a fool for you) by frenchkiss

“Baba, can I get the same job as Leeyum when I grow up?”

“If you want, flower,” Zayn snorts, ruffling her hair fondly. “Liam here can teach you.”

“Oh, no, I can’t have someone who could potentially love penguins more than me threatening my job,” Liam says in a fake-serious tone. “I mean, Raani here even has a t-shirt and I don’t think I can compete with that.”

“No, no, Leeyum, I won’t steal your job,” Raani shakes her head hurriedly. “I’m only five, I don’t think I can steal your job until I’m old.”

Or the one where Zayn is a stressed out single dad, Liam might just be what he needs, Louis and Niall are always happy to babysit and Harry's a loud snorer.

Written for the Ziam Winter Fic Exchange.

I Think I'm Falling by wasp

Zayn wasn’t supposed to die, he wasn’t supposed to fall - he had wings. He had the biggest, strongest, most beautiful wings out of all of them. Liam made a deal for Zayn's life. It was the easiest decision of his life.

only fools rush in by vanessamary

"That rockabilly sound wasn't as simple as I thought it was." - Carl Perkins, 1954.

It's 1956 and Autumn is descending on the town, when Liam, Louis, and Jade find themselves expanding their horizons, learning abut life, love, and everything in between, all to the tune of that rockabilly music their parents keep warning them about.

The Underdogs by blackwayfarers

Zayn Malik hates everything about winter. He hates the snow, he hates scraping the ice from his car, he hates freezing every time he steps outside, he hates wearing hats and heavy jackets. In fact, the only thing he doesn't hate about it are his hockey player buddies and his childhood best friend, Liam Payne, the teenage star hockey player and captain of their small town team.

An AU about boys learning how to deal with a terrible Canadian winter.

I Taste the Sparks on Your Tongue (orphan_account)

He decides, in these shadows of his house, with this new feeling raised over his skin, that this is his favorite place – right next to Liam.

Or Zayn might've fallen for Liam a long time ago, but Harry is the one he awakens him to the idea that Liam has fallen too.

Baby You Were Meant to Keep by amazonziti

It’s honestly not Zayn’s fault Liam gets himself stuck in the Underworld.

we were just kids in love by transgenicveins

'it's just Liam and Zayn and red dirt and the hot sun and a whole new uncharted world of music.'

take this sinking boat and point it home by snuffleslove

Liam's on his way to get groceries when he hears the music. It's low and beautiful, seeping through his skin and settling in his bones and Liam forgets about everything else, makes a sharp turn towards the source of it, nearly turning over his bike in his haste. He rounds two corners before he finds the boy, sitting on an overturned bucket with a guitar in his lap and a bike carelessly toppled by his feet.

Or, a Once the Musical AU but I write a happy ending instead because those are so much more enjoyable. For anyone who hasn't seen the musical (you should), this is basically angsty zayn/li kidfic.

storm in my blood by snuffleslove

Zayn's managed to peel himself away from the window and he curls up, hides his face between his knees. Harry tries to offer him some kind of comfort but Zayn shrugs him off. He's closed his eyes but his body remains rigid and Liam's lost, has no idea what to do. He stares back at the girls. From this distance he can barely make out the phrases, but the neatly printed blocked letters that form the words Miss your uncle Bin Laden? We dont! and No burkas for Perrie! burn bright in his mind anyway, and he needs no reminder.

All the Stars and Boulevards by snuffleslove

A university AU in which Louis, Zayn, Harry, Liam and Niall are students at Columbia and take the city by storm.

Like Peter Pan (Or Superman) (orphan_account)

Zayn has spent most of his life up until now in a cloud of smoke, hiding from his past, being different. When a firefighter named Liam rescues him from a fire, Zayn starts to realize maybe Liam's saved his life in another way... and he's not quite sure he's ready to be that guy he should've been all along. But maybe, just for Liam, he can?

a tornado flew around by snuffleslove

just another achy ziam canon fic featuring a piny zayn and a piny liam and all knowing bandmates, and i'm really bad at summaries, just read, ok?

the bittersweet between my teeth by gaysubtexts

liam and zayn grow up together, louis, niall, and harry tagging along later on. that's it.

If Losing This Game Still Won Me the Bronze by jannika

An AU spanning a decade, in which the world is huge and they’re all just trying to find ways to handle it. Harry and Louis fight, Niall plays guitar, Liam runs, Zayn draws, and there are stars stuck on ceilings and chocolate and books Liam doesn’t read.

Once For Everybody Who Got Left Behind by pukeandcry

Liam doesn’t know how to wrap his head around this, because the question shouldn’t be -- the question should be how is there a ghost in his room, not whether or not he’s done something to offend it. “Well, like. I might’ve told him that ghosts don’t exist?”

“Oh, no, he doesn’t like that,” Louis says.

(or, the AU where Zayn is a ghost, and Liam moves into his attic).

two sets to one by retts

Whatever. They play tennis, except for Niall who's Louis' physio. And there are cameos by actual tennis people. And Harry's still a minor, so. And Liam and Zayn are signed by Adidas. Together. Because they play Doubles, of course. They are all so gay, except for Niall again who really needs to get some.

Romance and conflict in Melbourne Park. Bring on the heat.

to a very crowded place by blurrychildren (roadsider)

Zayn is arrogant and a fencer (and kind of an asshole, actually), and Liam really shouldn't be as good as he is, dammit.

Like Flying (orphan_account)

The Olympics are really just an excuse for falling in love. Plus fencing and gymnastics.

Let's be young, let's pretend that we never will die. by jannika

in group sessions they all have to repeat over and over that it wasn't their fault. It was like they had an illness, really. Couldn't be helped. But now that they're better they can be reintegrated back into society.

Liam wonders if reintegration will stop the nightmares he can't seem to shake during the day.

In the Flesh style Zombie AU.

The course of true love never did run smooth by Rosesnfeathers

He lets them talk to look around the room while eating his roasted chicken and to his own despair, he meets Liam’s eyes across the room from where he sits with Niall and their friend Sophia. She talks to Liam but it looks like he is not listening, he is looking straight at Zayn and even in the distance, he can see the coldness in those brown eyes. Zayn lowers his eyes then and concentrates on his food, his chicken being a lot less judgmental than Liam fucking Payne and it hurts a lot less to concentrate on his food than to stare into those eyes. Welcome to seventh year Zayn, nothing really changed and he still hates you just as much.

Or the one where Zayn and Liam are in Hogwarts and kind of hate each other.

according to your heart (my place is not deliberate) (orphan_account)

The fading light brings the world into prospective – the team standing shoulder to shoulder, halfway buzzed on alcohol and cigarettes, grinning goofily at the sky. His boys nudged hip to hip with him and he couldn’t think of another place to be.

(or: a university-volleyball au in which Zayn hates the game but he does it for a scholarship. And for Louis. And possibly for the new freshman setter who keeps teaching Zayn new things.)

And You Know For Me, It's Always You by takemeorleaveme

To be completely fair, the whole town fell in love with Zayn and his son, Tahir, long before Liam ever did.

The Gilmore Girls AU I thought would be a good idea and it turns out, it was.

with every last breath, i feel you on my skin by englandziam

Autumn is his favourite time of year, the soft colours inspiring new sketches in his mind and marking out mental images of distinct paintings. He’s also reminded of his favourite memories – bringing Aashir home on a late Sunday morning and Soraya’s first words uttered in between giggles of Liam decorating them in a flurry of falling leaves. Liam shyly sliding a ring into his palm with a soft, hopeful smile clinging to his lips after he’d woken Zayn with tea and toast in bed, the sigh of relief he’d breathed when Zayn had mumbled an inevitable ‘yes’ over his lips. .

we are the quiet ones by englandziam

Zayn feels invincible, in the midst of this small town with a couple of best mates and literature students who seem to get him. He misses home but as every day approaches these people feel less like strangers and more like family.

(Or a University AU where Zayn is an English student and Liam is the football captain).

I See You Babe, But We Are Both Blind by SoftlyandSwiftly

Zayn's fairly certain the world actually hates him. He's got the shittiest luck, and fate seems to want to fuck with him. But maybe that's exactly what he needs.

One Direction returns to London for a break from their Take Me Home Tour in August 2013, and after an unfortunate run-in at a coffee shop, Liam and Zayn find themselves in a fake relationship. Except, it ends up not feeling fake at all.

(Basically, I wanted to write fakedating!ziam).

They Fall in Love Like This... by SoftlyandSwiftly

Liam Payne meets Zayn Malik the day he auditions for the X Factor, and it's absolutely mental that Zayn is what he remembers most about that day.

The Killing Type by protagonist_m

Liam breathes hotly through his nose, eyes twitching shut as he squeezes a bit more on Zayn’s neck. “Do you know how dangerous what you’re doing is?”

Zayn draws in his own ragged breath. “Do you?”

Zayn is a doctoral student who goes to great lengths to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Liam is heading the biggest serial murder investigation London has seen in half a century. And before this, he'd never been sent a love note via corpse.

simple truths of belonging by soofyahn

"He doesn’t think about Zayn, anymore. He doesn’t smoke and he doesn’t daydream and he doesn’t picture those dark eyes catching on his for only half a second, begging so many questions: what are you doing? Are you happy, now? How are you? No, really, how are you? Liam doesn’t think of him. He doesn’t."

Liam spends ten years building the career for himself that he’s always wanted, and spends the same span of time falling out of communication with the one person he can’t reason why he misses. They find each other, again, stumbling around each other for a moment until they fall together in new, unpredictable ways.

even as a dream by zadonis

Life was stable, and that's all that they could ask for, but both of them knew that the time would come with the University ran out of food, when there would be nothing else for them to feed to the fire other than themselves, and Zayn feared that day would come a lot sooner than either of them could hope for. The world has been frozen over for 15 years. Very few people are surviving through the struggle of hypothermia and hunger, but somehow Zayn is. He found a way, he found a love, and he'll stick with it to the end. (a ziam au where there's a lot of snow, a handful of cats and dogs, and a miracle or two in the middle of all of it)

give him the time, he'll know you meant it by Dreams

“What is it, Payne?” Zayn has his back to him, but it’s not like the puppy eyes were ever gonna work.

“I really, truly need your help in Potions. Please, Zayn.”

Zayn turns his head, still not looking at him. His profile looks breathtaking in the dim light of the fire. “You have one chance. Meet me at the Library tomorrow at four. We’ll see after that.” And then he’s off, rushing up the stairs.

(Or, the one in which Liam's failing Potions but then Zayn helps him and they fall in love.)

Together Making One by zenamored

Another thing he really likes about being with Zayn—he’ll never go hungry while he’s around.

Four times Zayn cooks for Liam and one time Liam returns the favor.

people fall in love in mysterious ways by vanessamary

He may be mad in inviting Zayn along tonight, prolonging something that was only supposed to last one night but he couldn’t stand the idea of never seeing Zayn again. He couldn’t get him out of his head, is the thing. Not the way he smiled - with his tongue between his teeth - or the way he brushed his fingers over Liam’s skin - as if he’d been there before and knew what spots to touch. It’s impossible to forget, even though Liam knows he just might have to. If he has to deal with Louis’ snarky comments and Harry’s pitying eyes, so be it.

or a Ziam Weekend AU

Every Step by zipplekink

Every step Liam takes, it's for her, Lily. And every path he's journeyed has somehow led him to Zayn.

I'll See You (in Gold and Blue) by iambluehead

Liam is a keeper for the Tutshill Tornadoes, a Hogwarts dropout, and, at seventeen, the youngest professional Quidditch player in England. Zayn is a seventh year Ravenclaw, most likely the next Newt Scamander, and maybe the only boy in the entire wizarding world who doesn’t keep up with Quidditch. It takes a dragon, three near death experiences, and most of the Daily Prophet’s gossip column journalists for them to figure it out but somehow, they get there in the end. Featuring Louis as Liam’s scheming teammate, Harry as a media intern who just wants an exclusive (and a boyfriend), and Niall as the world’s biggest Tutshill Tornado fan and Hogwarts’ biggest ladies’ man.

put no one else above us by tachycardia

Zayn moves into a house during his last year of university, and he finds people to learn and know and love.

and you take me the way i am (orphan_account)

It’s incredibly relaxing, even in this small space, the way they’ve always been. Such a distraction that he doesn’t think, not for once, about agreeing to lie to his family and Zayn pretending to be his date and how easy all of this might be.

(Liam needs a date to a wedding. His family loves to match him up with blind dates. He doesn't want that. He needs a date... and, well, why not Zayn. Pretending to be boyfriends for a weekend isn't the worst idea he supposes. Liam is horribly wrong.)

Literally, Not Figuratively by SoftlyandSwiftly

Louis locks Zayn and Liam in a closet to force them to confront their feelings. But he's missing a crucial detail.

(they say home) is where you go to rest your bones by darlingjustdont

There’s a warmth in his chest that expands until he feels buoyant almost. Like he could potentially fly. What a fucking cliche. “You okay?” Liam asks, sliding up behind him and pressing a kiss to the nape of his neck. “Never been better,” he replies. “Why do you ask?” “You’ve been staring into the cupboard for about three minutes, babe. I don’t think you’re going to find Narnia there, no matter how hard you look.” Zayn snorts and turns so Liam’s bracketed by his legs. “You’re a dork.” Liam shrugs. “You love it, though,” he answers easily and Zayn’s breath catches for a minute. “Yeah, I do.” Zayn's managing just fine as a single father. Louis and Harry are a help, as much as they are terrors, but it's Liam who brings him home.

we may fall (but we get up again) (orphan_account)

It's Liam's favorite moment - helping someone else create a memory. He's always the best man, the one holding everything together at a wedding. And, one day, he's going to fall madly in love and create that moment for himself. And he knows it in his blood - that moment won't include some cynical, smug bloke named Zayn Malik.

(alternately: a 27 Dresses AU where Liam is everyone's favorite best man and he just might be madly in love with his boss ... and maybe with an arrogant writer who hates weddings as much as Liam loves them, too)It's Liam's favorite moment - helping someone else create a memory. He's always the best man, the one holding everything together at a wedding. And, one day, he's going to fall madly in love and create that moment for himself. And he knows it in his blood - that moment won't include some cynical, smug bloke named Zayn Malik.(alternately: a 27 Dresses AU where Liam is everyone's favorite best man and he just might be madly in love with his boss ... and maybe with an arrogant writer who hates weddings as much as Liam loves them, too)

I was a king under your control by frenchkiss

Liam Payne, co-captain of The Rogue and notoriously fierce pirate of the Seven Seas, meets runaway Zayn Malik. This is their love story.

Die Young, Stay Pretty by teaandtumblr

Zayn is happy being a hairdresser who minds his own business; that is, until someone called "Liam" has to come in, dragging his friend on the back of a bet. And, really, Zayn didn't stand a chance.

Remember Me by burymeinziam

In which Zayn and Liam need to forget before they can remember.

kettle and mirror by yasgorl

The delivery truck made it halfway up the long, rutted road, quickly turning white in the evening snow flurry, before leaving its burden at the turn into Liam’s driveway.

Or, the one where Zayn is a robot.

Riding The Horizon by burymeinziam

Zayn has a choice. He’s on the edge, riding the horizon, blurring the line between life and death and he has a choice.

I Don't Know Who I Am (but i find myself in you) by unfortunate17

in which zayn is a controversial, international RnB star and liam never leaves his hospital room.

You've Got Me. by whatisthistho

He took a step closer to the edge of the pier, peering down over the railing before pushing himself up and over it, his hands holding onto the railing that was now behind him. He’d thought about this so many times. So many different ways to do it – but none appealed to him but this because well – Liam couldn’t swim.

Or - Liam is spiraling and Zayn wants to save him.

Viva la Vida by iambluehead

In which Liam is not a princess, but needs saving anyway; everyone is just a pawn in a dangerous game of politics and brutality he’s not sure anyone knows how to play; there’s more than one side to everything and maybe no right side to anything; and you can find and love and learn to live without people even after you’ve lost them. And instead of a princess that needs saving, there might be a boy who never needed anything, except maybe something worth dying for.

(Or, Liam is the crown prince of England who gets kidnapped by rebels and finds out that the world is a big, ugly place full of beautiful, broken-up people who may never get a happily ever after, no matter how hard they try.)

you can coax the cold right out of me by loveontherocks

“Give me a week.”

Zayn raises his eyebrows. “What?”

“Give me a week,” Liam repeats. “Seven days. Just come hang out with us and let me show you what we do. Please? If by the end you still hate us and everything we stand for, then I won't stand in the way of your petition. Just let me show you.”

“A week?” Zayn asks. “That's it?”

It's a good argument. Seven days and he can meander around hungover college kids and make a list of all the reasons Greek Row shouldn't continue.

Nodding, Liam reaches out his hand to touch Zayn's arm. Zayn doesn't brush Liam off.

“Alright, fine. One week, Liam. And I'm not easily amazed, so I hope you've got something interesting to show me.”

Laughing, Liam rescinds his hand from Zayn's forearm and shakes his head. “I think you underestimate us, honestly. But just you wait.”

or; zayn drafts a petition to shut down the frat houses, but liam convinces him not to.

i'm begging you to keep on (haunting me) by loveontherocks

If Zayn were anywhere but here, he’d think it’d be hilarious. For fuck’s sake, he’s arguing with a goddamn ghost.

And, if Zayn was in complete denial, which he sort of is, he’d think this was a fever dream from knocking back too much alcohol and too much caffeine.

He’s probably lying over the dining room table, in a coma or something, because fuck, he lives alone.

or; Zayn lives alone in a blue house until he doesn't.

you're writing lines about me, romantic poetry by loveontherocks

There’s a moment where there’s just the soft quiet, a calmness that blankets Liam and this boy, just the sound of their breathing, the rain pelting the glass, the turning of a page. And then, the boy begins to read in a voice that’s akin to a whisper, accent thick over his words, the lilt of his tongue serenading Liam with romantic poetry he’s never heard and probably won’t remember, but Liam takes the time to listen the boy’s voice, the words he speaks and how the lines of poetry curl around his heart and make a home in his arteries.

or; Zayn reads poetry to Liam in the middle of the night, in the middle of a bookshop, because they're in love.

Work by coffeewordangel

Turns out Zayn is kind of shit in bed. Liam really loves him anyway.

You Make Me Strong by justyrae

Liam's a pro-boxer, Zayn is his trainer and it turns out Liam has a jealous streak.

When My Heart Is Lonely by Hannyski

19 year old Liam Payne is looking for a way to fund a University course in Behavioural Psychology when he finds the advert for a job playing au pair to three kids. The money sounds too good to be true but it’s worth a shot and that’s how Liam ends up standing on the doorstep of one of the biggest mansions in Bradford, wearing a suit two sizes too big for him and an earnest smile that refuses to falter.

Zayn Malik is 17. Zayn Malik does not need a babysitter. Zayn Malik resents being called a kid. Zayn Malik is spiralling out of control.

Zayn Malik is the oldest sibling placed in Liam's charge.

Inevitably, they clash.

Lifeguard by Mintyshark

Liam works as a lifeguard in his grandparent's neighborhood. But when being distracted on the job leads to a near fatal accident, he finds out how to forgive himself.

Christmas In August by catholicschoolgirl

It sounds so cliché to say that it just happened but – it just happened. Or the one where Zayn is a teen father.

Should Call You That More Often by SoftlyandSwiftly

Based off of a prompt sent to my tumblr: ever since zayn left 1d i've wanted a fic where liam and zayn try to make their relationship work even though they wont be seeing each other as much. skype dates and liam flying zayn out for a tour gig or liam flying home any break he gets to see zayn. for the smut, i imagine zayn being very desperate for liam, constantly wanting his cock and maybe jumping him as soon as he sees him, maybe liam's desperate to eat zayn out, open him up for his dick. ;)

(including a skype call, a phone call, and desperate, needy Zayn but sadly not any tour gigs)

Sounds a Lot Like Love by SoftlyandSwiftly

Zayn doesn't give into this feeling often, but sometimes this is exactly what he needs.

Where Else Would I Be? by SoftlyandSwiftly

Zayn's home again after leaving One Direction, and he's having more trouble adjusting than he'd thought. He's just tired, and he misses the boys. Luckily, a certain boy fixes that.

Literally, Not Figuratively by SoftlyandSwiftly

Louis locks Zayn and Liam in a closet to force them to confront their feelings. But he's missing a crucial detail.

What the Word Means by SoftlyandSwiftly

Zayn's been a little (a lot) in love with Liam for so long now that he doesn't even really think about it anymore. It's just a constant hum in his veins, and he's fine with it he swears, even though Liam has no idea. But then a certain word slips out of his mouth, and well things change.

Just Let Me Know by SoftlyandSwiftly

Zayn wakes up in a hospital, eyes blurry and head pounding, only for a doctor to tell him he's lost two years of his life. And if that's not awful enough, something's different with Liam, off like something has changed, and Zayn doesn't understand. Until he does. And then it's somehow worse.

wanting, wishing, waiting by words_unravel

This is Liam, fourteen to eighteen. This is Zayn, doing his best not to notice.

Not Even the Bad Guys (Could Take it All Away) by iambluehead

"Not even the bad guys in the dark night could take it all away" Or the superhero au where Louis is (literally) electrifying, Niall is like a less green hulk, and Harry has X-ray vision because if there’s a God, he’s cruel. Oh, and don’t forget Zayn, the most powerful superhero since Batman who’s trying to keep himself from falling apart by keeping secrets, and Liam, the ex-soldier and superhero who hasn’t found out what his power is yet, and just hopes it’s something that will save them all.

For Liam, Forever Ago by ThankYouMerlin

And you know it's different now but that doesn't make it easier.

A Full Course Meal by LibbyWrites

Liam had been dreaming about having his own restaurant for a few years. Money was always an issue, though, so when he heard the Food Network was recording a few episodes of Chopped in his city, he let his best friend talk him into participating. Many things could go wrong along the way; from ruthless rivals to impossible ingredients, from unforgiving judges to his own mind getting in the way. He spent long nights fretting about the possibilities and still, he never could have guessed what Chopped really had in store for him.

Life is so simple when I am with you (orphan_account)

Liam rings the doorbell and steps back, shoving his hands in his pockets nonchalantly. After twenty seconds or so the door opens and that’s when Liam’s entire everything does a complete rotation.

Because it’s Zayn who answers the door but it’s not Zayn. Zayn was oversized Nike hoodies and plastic chavvy necklaces and an almost shaved head but now… Zayn is… pretty?

Or the one where Zayn is a manipulative little shit, Liam wants a someone, Harry can sleep through anything, Louis wants to give Liam a kick up the arse and Niall's everyone's fave. Featuring Doniya as Liam's bestie.

i could drink a case of you by lovely_ziam

Liam is a firefighter. Zayn is an art journalist, and neither of them do this - (until they do)

Boy Most Likely by saltwatergirl

Zayn’s the chair of the abstinence club, Liam’s the last person anyone expected to join it.

Long As There Are Stars Above You by alienharry

"There's a meteor shower tonight, actually. Thought this might be something you'd like."

Zayn watches Liam for a moment, takes in his soft grin and honest eyes. He's nothing short of breathtaking on a normal day, but when he does these small simple things, Zayn's head gets a bit fuzzy with it. "This isn't a date, you know"

"I'm aware,” Liam laughs.

"Just making sure."

If Zayn were ready to start dating again, he'd want this. He'd want nights alone on the roof and sharing takeout. He'd want the bookstore dates, silent films, watching meteor showers on the roof and teasing each other until they're both giggling. And he'd want it all with Liam.

This isn't a date, it can't be, but God does Zayn wish it was.

Zayn's just finished his undergrad and is ready to stop messing around with strangers and get more serious about his studies as he prepares for his dream job. No relationships, no sex. Which is harder than it sounds when Liam Payne comes into his life.

#ziam #one direction #1d #to read #mine

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Bang bang alley ~ Part seven, series two

A/N ~ Ok so I'm not exactly 100% happy with this but I know I'm probably just being fussy. This part starts off from Seung hyun's point of view from the end of the last chapter. As always things written in italics are spoken in English. I hope you enjoy the finale.

Theme ~ Mafia/Gangster AU

Pairing ~ Choi Seung hyun x Reader

Featuring ~ Bigbang x Bangtan boys x Block b

Rated ~ Action/angst/fluff

Warnings ~ Violence/Abuse/Language/Death/Wanted suicide

Series one

Series two

Seung hyun watched your hand shaking as you held the gun at him, he couldn't help but think to himself how this was all his fault. If he had just stayed hidden in the darkness of the alley that night, your father would have never found you, but if he had stayed hidden you would have been bound to a life of misery and abuse at the hands of Dong-won. He smiled as he thought about the last few months you had spent together, he had gotten a second chance to be with you again and he was sure this was the reason he was brought back from death.

“It's ok princess..... you don't have any other choice.... do it”

His heart sank as he watched the tears falling from your eyes when you cocked the gun, he didn't want you to have to do this but if it were the only thing that could save you then it had to be.

“Do it, prove yourself to me once and for all” Your father called from behind you like a devil sat on your shoulder.

Panic washed over Seung hyun's body as soon as you span around, he quickly began sawing at his restraints again.

“I see” your father said as he straightened his body up “Well, what are you waiting for? Shoot me”

Seung hyun heart raced when he heard the gun click, he needed to get through the restraints as quickly as he could.

“Did you honestly think I would let you come here, of all places, with a loaded weapon?” your father laughed.

“Fuck you” you screamed as you threw your gun at him, Seung hyun internally scolded you for invoking him.

“You're just like that dirty fucking mother of yours” your father growled as he rushed towards you, Seung hyun felt the last of the rope give way under the blade. He pulled the rope off him before getting up to stop your father, he raised his hand that was still holding the switch blade, before he knew what was happening, someone grabbed his hand and thumped into his stomach making him stop dead in his tracks.

“She's mine now” Jin spat in Seung hyun's face.

Seung hyun was frozen still, a sharp pain in his gut along with a warm feeling flowing from it, he looked down to see Jin's hand pulling the blade out before driving it back in again.

“No” your cries caught Seung hyun's attention, he looked up to see you rushing over to him before your father punched you in the face, you fell back with a thud, knocked out cold.

Veins popped in Seung hyun's neck as he screamed, the sight of you being physically hurt caused him to snap and allow his rage to take over. He yanked Jin's hand away from himself and twisted his wrist back, not even flinching when the switch blade came out with it. Jin punched him in the jaw, making his head snap to the side. Seung hyun looked back at him, seemingly unfazed as blood trickled down his lip before kneeing him in the stomach and returning his punch to the face making Jin stumble backwards. Jin yelled as he rushed at Seung hyun and drove him against a wall with a loud thud, the two were locked there as they threw punches at one another.

“Why don't you just die already? You're like a fucking cockroach” Jin snarled.

A fist came out of nowhere and hit Jin in the side of the head knocking him to the ground.

“You ok hyung?” Daesung asked as he looked down at his wound, Seung hyun looked past Daesung to see the room was empty, both you and your father were gone.

“Fuck. Where is she? Did you see them?” he asked as he grabbed Daesung's shirt.

“No I... Fuck” Daesung said as he rushed towards the window just missing Jin as he jumped out of it.

They both looked down expecting to see him splashed over the pavement but instead they saw him jumping off the top of a van that was backed up to the club, your father placing you inside at the same time before they both jumped in and it raced off.

“Fuck” Seung hyun yelled as he rushed out the door and down to the car park but it was no use, they were gone.

Seungri and Taeyang had seen what happened, they jumped in one of the cars and chased the van you were in but lost you when another car t-boned them at an intersection and totalled the car they were in.

Seung hyun paced back and forth in the under ground car park, swearing to himself out loud as he thought about what they could do to find you.

“Hyung please, you need to get stitched up” Jiyong pleaded with him.

“No, we need to find her, he knows now, he knows he hasn't changed her” he yelled as he ran his fingers through his hair.

“It'll be ok, just come and get stitched up and we can go find her, she will be ok for now”

“And what if she's not?” Seung hyun asked as he finally stopped.

Jiyong let out a loud sigh as he looked at Seung hyun, he could clearly see the distress that was written all over his friends face.

You laid on the concrete, surrounded by darkness, you had lost count of the amount of days you had been locked in there and you didn't care. Tears rolled down your temples as the image of Seung hyun with the switch blade in his stomach popped into your head.

“Why did you have to be so stupid and try and save me?” you called into the darkness.

You found yourself wanting to be with him, to be with the ones you loved again but you couldn't while you were stuck in this room. You couldn't bare to live any more, everyone you loved had been taken away from you and the men responsible were right outside your prison cell.

You heard the metal of the door scraping as it opened but you didn't bother to look, you had given up on everything when the news of Seung hyun's death reached you.

“Get up, you need to eat” Namjoon said coldly as he walked over to where you laid.

“What's the point?” you asked as you looked at the ceiling, tears continuing to roll down your temples. You hadn't eaten a single thing since you had been there, you couldn't bring yourself to, you were too distraught by the fact that Seung hyun was dead and your body rejected anything you tried to put in it.

“Just eat” he replied as he knelt down beside you and placed the food on the floor.

“What the fuck is taking you so long Namjoon?” Yoongi called from somewhere outside the door making you look.

“I'll be out in a minute” Namjoon yelled back as he turned towards the door, your eyes shifted to the back of his belt, he had is gun tucked in it. You reached out and grabbed the gun before pointing it square at Namjoon's head.

“Unlock me” you commanded as he turned back to look at you, his eyes soft, as if he felt pity for you.

“Don't do this”

“I said fucking unlock me” you growled through gritted teeth, he did as you said. “Now stand up and turn around”

“Please, I can....”

“Get the fuck up and turn the fuck around” you ordered as you cocked the gun, he let out a sigh as he stood up and turned around. You got up behind him and gave him a shove with the gun, he got the hint and began to walk out the door.

“Seriously, why the fuck did it take.... What the fuck?” Yoongi yelled as he stood up and pointed his gun at you, as did the others. They were accompanied by another half dozen men who were also aiming guns at you, you had seen them before but you couldn't place where and at this moment, you didn't care.

“Where is he?” you asked as you looked around at the men.

“Where's who?” Namjoon asked as he looked back at you over his shoulder.

“Don't fuck with me or I swear to god I will blow your fucking brains out, where the fuck is Jin?”

“Are you looking for me?” Jin's voice called through the warehouse, you looked over to see him standing at the top of the stairs at the entrance to your fathers office.

“Come down here so I can fucking kill you” you snarled as you pointed your gun at him, his laugh echoed through the warehouse.

“Sweetie, you won't get out of here alive” he replied with a large smile.

“Who said I fucking planned to?”

“Baby girl? Is that you?” Zico called as he stepped out of your fathers office, his face contorted as soon as his eyes landed on you. “Oh god, what did they do to you baby girl?”

“They killed him” you replied as your eyes began to fill with tears and your hand that was holding the gun shook.

“Killed who?”

“They killed Seung hyun” you screamed, the tears in your eyes spilled down your cheeks.

“Oh baby girl, he's not.....”

Zico was cut off by Namjoon grabbing you, you screamed as you pulled the trigger but it was too late, Namjoon had already yanked your arm making the bullet fly through the roof. You screamed again as you struggled against him, the others came to help, grabbing the gun out of your hand before picking you up by the legs and throwing you back into the room. Confining you to the darkness once again, you got up and ran to the door just as it closed.

“No” you screamed as you violently banged on the door as hard as you could.

“Eat” Jiyong said as he placed a plate of food in front of Seung hyun who was sat at the table.

“I'm not hungry” he answered quietly as he pushed the plate away.

“No, you need to eat, you need your strength for when we find her” Jiyong replied pushing the plate back, Seung hyun pushed it back again.

“Were not going to find her” he almost whispered.

“Don't say that hyung”

“It's been a week Jiyong, a fucking week and nothing” Seung hyun growled, he was beginning to lose his cool.

“The guys are looking everywhere...”

“Exactly, she's can't be found, she's probably lying in a fucking ditch somewhere because we did nothing to fucking help her” Seung hyun shouted as he stood up.

“Don't say that” a female voice shouted from the hallway, the boys turned to see Hyorin standing there crying. “She's not dead, she can't be” she yelled before running back to her room crying. Seung hyun felt a pang of guilt hit him in the chest for saying such things in front of her, she was always more delicate then you were with these things.

“Jagi, wait” Jiyong called as he began to walk after her but he was stopped by his phone ringing, he looked down at the screen and tisked before answering it.

“What do you want?” he said coldly into the phone.

Seung hyun sat back down, he felt helpless, he let himself get distracted again, allowing your father to take you.

“You better not be fucking with me right now”

The anger in Jiyongs voice caught Seung hyun's attention, he looked up to see him looking back at him.

“Ok, hurry up and get over here and don't worry about guns, we have enough for everyone” Jiyong said before hanging up and flicking through his phone to dial another number.

“What is it?” Seung hyun asked as Jiyong held the phone up to his ear.

“We found her, she's alive”

You sat in the corner of the pitch black room, your thoughts riddled with revenge, of how you could get out of the room and make Jin pay for what he did.

“You better be back from this fucking door” Yoongi's muffled voice called through the metal door making you look in it's direction.

It opened a moment later, Yoongi and Namjoon stood in it's frame, Yoongi holding a long metal rod in his hand.

“Get up” Yoongi said coldly, you just sat there staring at him, not saying a word. “I said get the fuck up” he yelled as he raised the metal rod and began to rush over at you.

“Come on man, she's had enough” Namjoon said as he grabbed Yoongi's arm and stopped him, Yoongi looked at him with a dirty expression.

“Don't tell me you've fucking gone soft?”

“No, it's just... look at her man” he replied pointing at you, Yoongi looked at you and tisked.

“Just go fucking get her” he said before stepping back out the door, Namjoon walked over to you and held out his hand.

“Come on, let's go get you cleaned up” he said softly, his eyes matched his words making you wonder what he was up to. You reluctantly took his hand and got up before walking to the door.

“Fuck you stink” Yoongi said in disgust as you past him, you couldn't help yourself, you spat in his face as a response. “You dirty fucking bitch” Yoongi yelled before swinging the metal rod like a baseball bat and hit you in the ribs making you fall to the ground as you grasped at your side and coughed.

They picked you up by the arms and dragged you to the bathroom, leaving you laying on the ground. Namjoon stopped in the doorway and turned back to you.

“There's some clean clothes by the sink, you've got thirty minutes, please don't take any longer” he said before walking out and closing the door.

You managed to pull yourself up off the ground by holding on to the sink, the pain in your side made it unbearable to stand on your own. you leant on the sink as you looked at yourself in the mirror. You looked like a wild animal, no doubt this was the reason Zico was so shocked when he saw you. Your hair was full of knots and all over the place, one of your eyes was black and swollen and your face was covered in dried blood from when you face planted the ground, blue black lines ran across your throat from when Jin had choked you. You kept your grasp on the sink as you turned and switched on the shower.

Zico looked over at Seung hyun as they checked all the guns and ammunition, he felt bad for him, for being in this situation.

“I hope you're ready for this” Zico said as he cocked a gun and checked the barrel.

“Why wouldn't I be?” Seung hyun asked nonchalantly as he packed some ammo in the duffel bag in front of him.

“Because she's in pretty bad condition, mentally and physically” Zico said, he noticed Seung hyun freeze for a moment before continuing what he was doing.

“I'll be fine” he replied.

“She thinks you're dead” Zico said sympathetically.

Concern filled Seung hyun's body from the news, he prayed to god that you didn't do anything stupid before they got there.

“I want to come” Jungkook voiced from the doorway, Seung hyun looked up to see the young man chewing on his bottom lip as he looked back at him with doe eyes.

“No, you need to stay here and take care of Hyorin” He replied looking away from him and going back to the ammo.

“But I want to help noona” he said stepping inside the room.

“God damn it Jungkook, I can't look after you and save her at the same fucking time” Seung hyun shouted.

“You don't need to look after me, I can take care of myself”

“No, end of discussion” Seung hyun growled.

“You know you're not the only one who cares about her” Jungkook said before leaving the room, Seung hyun felt guilty for not letting him help but he knew he would only get in the way if he did.

You let out a bitter laugh to yourself as you inspected the clothes they had left for you, it was a dress. You decided you would wear it in hopes it would get you close to Jin, you groaned in pain as you lifted it over your head to put it on, a sharp pain emanating in your side from where Yoongi had hit you. It still hurt but the initial pain had died down enough for you to now stand on your own. You opened the bathroom door to see Namjoon standing outside looking at you, a look of sadness lingered in his eyes.

“Feel better?” he asked with a small smile.

“Why are you being so nice to me?” you asked as you narrowed your eyes at him.

“Because I know what it's like to be on your fathers bad side” he replied before holding his arm out to the side signalling for you to walk first, you nodded before heading in the direction he signalled. As you approached the table you noticed it was set for two people, a candle sat in the middle, there was no doubt in your mind that it was a sick attempt at romance by Jin but you were willing to play along, as long as it got you what you wanted.

“I heard you weren't eating so I decided to set a nice dinner for us to enjoy” your father told as he descended the stairs from his office.

“Will my future husband not be joining us?” you asked, a bitter taste formed in your mouth at the thought of being married to that psycho.

“No, I thought it best if it were just us seeing as you tried to kill him earlier” he said with a slight chuckle as he walked over to you.

“I want him here” you said with a cold expression.

“You're not ready yet, please sit” your father asked holding his hand out to the seat.

“Not until Jin joins us” you answered shaking your head.

“Do not push me, sit down” your father snarled as he stared at you.

“No” you replied as you stared back at him.

“You ungrateful little bitch” he yelled as he grabbed a fist full of your hair and your arm forcing you to sit down, you flinched, his rough handling of you sent a pain through your side. “Your just like your fucking mother” he spat as he sat in his seat across from you and waved Namjoon out of the room.

“How? Did she not put up with your shit either?” you asked with a smirk, you found yourself unable to hold back from him any longer. The reason for him controlling you was now gone and you couldn't care less what he did to you any more.

“No she didn't.... and that's exactly what got the bitch killed” he snarled as he looked back at you.

“So why don't you just fucking kill me already?” you screamed, tears rolled down your cheeks as you did, you had finally lost it. Everything that had happened had finally gotten to you and here you were practically begging your father to kill you.

“Because you're too important, you're my first born child, the heir to my empire” he replied with a slight grin. “You're going to be in charge when I'm gone and if you can't then your husband Jin will do it for you”

“I will never run your sick fucking empire and I will never let that fucking asshole marry me” you spat your body shaking as you spoke.

“You think you have a choice?” he laughed, Hoseok entering the room holding a tray full of dishes caught your attention, his face was cold but his eyes were sad as he looked at you. He placed the dishes down and left the room again.

“You can't control me any more” you said shaking your head.

“And why is that?” he asked as he folded his arms across his chest.

“Because Seung hyun is dead” you screamed at him as you stood up. “And you don't scare me any more”

“Really? And what if I told you your little lover boy was still alive?” he asked with a smirk as he lent on the table.

“Don't fuck with me” you screamed as you picked up the tray of dishes and threw them at the wall.

“Are you really that fucking pathetic that you would die for a man in the name of this bullshit called love?” he growled.

“I don't expect someone who has never loved anyone but themselves to understand” you said furrowing your brow as tears flowed down your cheeks.

“Then I guess you weren't what I thought you were, maybe I should have killed you instead of your brothers” he said with a stern face as he stood from his seat.

“Don't you fucking dare speak of them”

“Do you remember that night?” he asked as he step around the table, his face grew dark as he got closer to you.

“Don't” you said shaking your head.

“Do you remember their muffled screams?” his eyes widened with his question.

“Stop it” you yelled as the sound of them filled your head.

“I remember, I remember it like it was yesterday. Their little bodies struggling under those pillows”

“No”

“The way your mothers body twitched as she bleed out on the bedroom floor”

“Stop” you screamed as you lunged out to hit him but he caught your hand and twisted it back, you screamed out in pain, the arm he twisted was on the same side as your ribs that had been hit earlier causing a sharp pain to emanate through you. You threw out a sloppy punch with your other hand, the pain and the fact you hadn't eaten in a week made it a pitiful attempt, his head barely moved when your fist made contact.

“You little bitch” he yelled as he punched you in the face sending you to the ground, you groaned as you laid there, barely hanging on to conciousness. “You really want to fucking die?”

“Yes” you managed to answer back, still only just holding on to conciousness.

“Fine, if that's what you want” he said before grabbing you by the throat with both hands and picking you up off the ground, your legs dangled, your feet hovering just above the floor. “Then I'll give it to you”

You widened your eyes and grasped at his hands, your head started thumping right away from the sheer pressure he had around your throat, it was almost as if someone were on the inside kicking at your skull, trying as hard as they could to break through. As your lungs began to burn your thoughts turned to Seung hyun and the life you had spent together, tears rolled from your eyes as his smiling face flashed across your vision. The evolution of your time together playing over like a movie montage, from college up until the moment he died. The burning feeling in your lungs flared up making you gasp for air like a fish out of water, you were almost there, your sight was beginning to give out as darkness set in and you couldn't wait for it to finally be over so you could be with Seung hyun again.

“Get your fucking hands off her” Seung hyun voiced rang in your head making you laugh internally, even in death he was still trying to protect you.

Just as you felt the last of your life about to slip away your father released you making you fall to the floor in a heap, you sat on your hands and knees with your head down coughing. You felt robbed, you were almost there, you were almost with him again but your father had to take that from you too.

“Are you ok princess?” Seung hyun's voice sounded again only this time you heard an echo with it, as if he were in the warehouse.

“Oppa?” you asked confused as you looked up, Seung hyun was stood in the doorway aiming a gun at your father, tears flowed from your eyes as soon as you saw him. “Are you really here?”

“I'm here princess” he said as he smiled back at you before he heard a click from behind him and the cold steel of a gun pressed against the back of his head.

“No” you screamed as you saw Jin step out behind him and hold a gun to his head, you got up to rush to him but your father grabbed you.

“Did you honestly think we didn't know that little fuck Zico would tell you where we were?” your father laughed.

“I could still kill you” Seung hyun growled.

“And risk shooting her?” your father asked as he pulled you in front of him like a shield.

“No” Jin shouted from behind Seung hyun.

“Not you too? This idea of love makes you fucking weak” your father spat.

“You said you wouldn't hurt her” Jin shouted, Seung hyun could feel the gun shaking against his head.

“Well I lied” your father laughed as he pulled out a gun and held it to you.

“You promised her to me” Jin screamed, Seung hyun felt the barrel leave his head from a moment.

“Noona” Jungkook's worried voiced called through the warehouse making the men look to the side door where it came from, Seung hyun took the opportunity, hitting away Jin's hand that held the gun as he span around. He turned his gun and shot him in the neck, Jin stumbled back as he desperately grasped at his neck, blood poured from his hand and down his shirt. Seung hyun got ready to fire another shot when he heard two consecutive shots ring out behind him, panic washed over him at the thought he was too late, that he let himself get distracted yet again. Everything seemed to move in slow motion as Seung hyun span around to see what had happened.

You were on the ground clutching at your side, your father stood over you as he lowered his gun from his side, a look of confusion painted on his face as he turned around, exposing a bloody patch on his back. Seung hyun caught sight of a gun being lowered from the doorway of a side room. Your father stumbled as he turned back around before falling to the ground in front of you, he gasped for air as he reached out to grab you but were just out of his reach. You looked him in the eyes, watching as the light slowly died in them and he took his last breath, blood pooled around him as he laid lifeless and sprawled out, still reaching out for you.

“Princess” Seung hyun called as he rushed over to you, he fell to his knees beside you and cupped your face so you would look at him. “Did he shot you? I heard two shots” he asked, your eyes glazed over as you shook your head.

“Jungkook....” you called as you looked over where the young man had been standing, Seung hyun looked over to see him no longer there, instead he was laying on the ground. His breaths ragged as he held his stomach, blood staining the floor around him.

“Shit” Seung hyun said as he got up and rushed over to him.

“Is noona ok?” Jungkook asked looking at Seung hyun with those doe eyes of his.

“Yeah she's fine” he replied with a small smile.

You wanted to see if Jungkook was ok, you tried to crawl over to him but you were too weak, exhausted from your week of captivity and lack of nutrition. Your body ached all over from the abuse it had endured as you tried to pull yourself across the floor. A pair of hands suddenly grabbed you, you looked up to see Namjoon holding you.

“No, get away from me” you called weakly as you tried to push him away, it was no use, your energy had been completely drained.

“It's ok, I won't hurt you” he assured as he tried to help you up, your head began to spin and you could feel yourself slipping out of conciousness.

“No” you called weakly before completely passing out.

You woke up with a gasp, ready to fight as you sat up, wincing as your side still hurt. You almost cried when you realised where you were, you were back in club bang bang, in the room you shared with Seung hyun. You slowly pulled the covers off and stood up, stumbling a little as you did so, the sudden change in position making your head spin. You corrected yourself and headed to the door, you opened it to see Seung hyun sitting at the kitchen table, his back to you as he drank his coffee and read the paper. You smiled to yourself as you watched him, your heart aching at the fact you were free to be with him again. You caught the front door opening in the corner of your eye, you almost gasped out loud when you saw Namjoon walk through it.

“Oppa, look out” you cried as you stumbled out of the room, Seung hyun quickly jumped out of his seat and rushed over to help you.

“What are you doing out of bed?” he asked with a growl as he grabbed on to you and pulled you into him.

“Never mind that, Namjoon is....”

“It's ok” Seung hyun said with a smile cutting you off. “He's with us now”

“But” was all you could manage as you stared at Namjoon standing nervously as he scratched at the back of his neck.

“He's the one that killed your father, he saved you princess”

“What? Why? I-I don't understand”

“The night we came here I ran into Daesung in the training room and lets just say he has a way with words”

“The others are here too, well except for Yoongi”

A million thoughts ran through your mind about what happened after you passed out and how they came to join the Green dragons, you didn't understand what changed, they had an immense hatred for them, the only one that didn't was.

“Jungkook” you said as you looked to Seung hyun, panic washing over your body as you waited for his answer.

“He's ok, he's resting.... like you should be” Seung hyun replied with a small smile.

“Can I see him?”

“When you've rested some more, those broken ribs of yours wont heal by themselves”

“But...”

“Please princess, please just listen to me” Seung hyun begged as he cupped your face.

“Ok” you gave him a small nod in agreement before allowing him to take you back to the room.

“Noona....” Namjoon's voice calling stopped you before you got there, you looked back over your shoulder at him. “We're sorry, about what happened and what we did..... I hope you can forgive us”

“If Seung hyun has then I will too” you replied as you gave him a warm smile before Seung hyun continued to lead you in your room.

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⇢ Bon Voyage ~ Yoongi was meant to be taking the trip of a lifetime with his boyfriend. But now he's in Paris, alone and miserable. That is, until he collides - quite literally - with one Park Jimin. ~ 47951

⇢ Gangsters Love Better ~ As the leader of a gang Yoongi is busy a lot; killing, stealing and smuggling is a lot of hard work to do after all. But there is still some room for a beloved pet, and who would suit better into this role than Jimin...? A deep whisper, so close to his ear, that Jimin couldn't hear anything else growled into his senses; "I don't need any protection baby-boy." ~ 61032 (22/22) (ft. Jikook, Namjin)

⇢ Only breathing ~ As a drug lord, Yoongi knows the rules: -you don't ask questions; -whatever the client wants, you sell it; -you don't do loans; -you don't fall in love with a customer's whore. Yoongi knows the rules. And because he knows them he also knows when he's about to break one. ~ 26461

⇢ I'm Glad You're My First (First for Everything) ~ Jimin wasn’t a prude, he just liked saving his firsts for everything for someone special. And, that special someone was Min Yoongi. ~ 12840

⇢ Beauty in all forms ~ When Jimin hit an art block he really didn't expect a grumpy florist to be the answer to his problem. ~ flower shop, tattoo parlor, fluff, smut ~ 4738

⇢ i'm outside the door (invite me in) ~ neighbour au where jimin is adorable and clueless and yoongi is grumpy with a kitten who is in love with jimin ~ neighbour!au ~ 4707 (👥)

⇢ Just Checking ~ Jimin and Yoongi just really, really love each other.(aka just yoongi and jimin being domestic and fluffy and cheesy) ~ nursery teacher!jimin, journalist!yoongi, fluff ~ 4933

⇢ light me up (i'll keep you warm) ~ He’s already taking a deep breath when he hears someone twisting the doorknob. “Jung Hoseok, I have a bone to pick with you, you absolute asshole,” he starts.It is not Jung Hoseok.Definitely not.Min Yoongi.Jimin coughs awkwardly into his fist. “Hello,” he finishes.(In which Jimin has a crush, yells a lot, and maybe falls into like.) ~ 13154

⇢ pretty (odd) ~ in which min yoongi is a librarian and he happens to fall deeply in love with park jimin, the regular who's in love with literature just a little too much. ~ College/University, Librarylibrarian!Yoongi, english major!jimin ~ 11813 (📚)

⇢ Under the Mistletoe ~ Thanks to Kim Taehyung and his big mouth, Jimin finds himself snowed in on Christmas for the very first time. The problem is: he’s at a cabin in the middle of nowhere with Min Yoongi.What could possibly go wrong? ~ 12057

⇢ I’m Here with You ~ When Jimin kisses Yoongi, he keeps it soft and mellow with pecks that go as soon as they arrive. All he can think about is how much he loves Jimin, and these days, it’s really the only thing on his mind anymore. He’s made a home out of Jimin, and he lives there everyday without ever wanting to leave.Or, Yoongi and Jimin place their forevers in each other with sweet kisses, soft embraces, and whispered promises. ~ 13196 (💚)

⇢ Give it to me slow (then wash away) ~ Jimin has worked in the Blood Brothel for a long time, he's had his fair share of clients, knows how to do his job and what to expect from his customers. That's why it is to him a shock when he gets a boner from being bitten by one of their new clients, Yoongi. ~ vampire au ~ 33331 (💉)

⇢ Boyfriend Tag ~ “Normally I post dance routines and the occasional tag or challenge video and I know I haven’t posted in a while so I am here to make it up to you all. Yoongi lost a bet sooooo we are here with the highly requested, boyfriend tag!!” Jimin yelled making Yoongi wince and lean away from him. “Are you ready?” Jimin asked bringing his attention to Yoongi. “You better not get a thing wrong,” He warned pointing a finger at Yoongi. ~ 51598 (15/15) (💚) ⁂

⇢ Cotton Candy ~ "He could get used to sitting next to Yoongi like this. To have him around. To have the band around. To smile and feel happy. To see Yoongi sitting in front of an instrument and having him play just for him.'If this was my happy ending,' Jimin thinks, resisting the urge to lean his head on Yoongi's shoulder, 'if I wasn't who I am, I'd just let you have me whenever you want. You could have me anytime.'"As spring turns into summer, school band Cotton Candy unexpectedly loses its singer and the members are forced to look for a new vocalist. Six boys find one in the form of the promiscuous pink haired boy Park Jimin who makes a home in their hearts and finally finds a place he belongs. ~ 239518 (25/25)

⇢ Craigslist Date ~ Min Yoongi's family are judgmental and unsupportive of his lifestyle and his mother won't stop nagging him about how he's still single. When he finds Park Jimin on Craigslist offering to pose as someone's fake date to mess with their family, Yoongi can't help himself. What starts as a prank on Yoongi's family turns into something more when the two of them quickly develop feelings for each other. Will Yoongi, who doesn't know how to handle feelings, let his chance at love slip away, or will he go after the silver-haired boy and hold onto him forever? ~ 48845 (13/13) (💧)

⇢ Weight of Playing with Fire ~ "He's walking this way, grab my ass!""But mine's coming this way too, grab my hand!"Or the one where Yoongi and Jimin fake-date to make their unrequited love(s) jealous. ~ 48862 (35/35) (💧)

⇢ Bite Me, Scratch Me, Lick Me Better ~ Jimin yawns, smiling at the feeling of warm sun against his face. He had a pleasant dream. He thinks. He remembers the feelings it gave him, but can't recall a single thing about it. He sighs, and unconsciously pets the cat on his lap, only to freeze because when he opens his eyes he's not petting a cat-- he's petting Yoongi. ~ 68926 (26/26)

⇢ What's Up, Buttercup ~ Jimin meets Yoongi, the grumpy buttercup fairy, and proceeds to worm his way into his heart. ~ 14305 (4/4)

⇢ Impractical Magic ~ Jimin needs to shadow a real witch for his creative writing assignment. Min Yoongi is just about the worst witch he's ever met. ~ 16801 (3/3)

⇢ The Devil's Mistress ~ Yoongi is Captain of the pirate ship, the Devil's Mistress, and he and his crew are racing against time to find a famous buried treasure, always one step behind and losing it to another rival ship. To gain the upper hand, Yoongi kidnaps a silver-haired beauty who is rumored to be a creature of great power. He isn't expecting to fall in love on the way. ~ 16473

⇢ Paper Chase ~ Jimin thought that joining a fraternity would be all parties and fun. He hadn’t anticipated falling for his cute roommate, Yoongi. ~ 15089 (3/3)

⇢ Sexy Mochi ~ Yoongi’s never really understood why it’s a stereotypical thing for alphas to have some obsession with omega’s necks. He’d always thought that was kind of weird and just some macho ‘make your mate submit by biting their throat’ thing until he’s alone in the kitchen with Park Jimin and his damn shirt falls down his damn shoulder. ~ 8281

⇢ Barbershop Romance ~ Jimin's impromptu visit to a salon called SUGA turns out to be more interesting than he expected. Way more interesting. ~ 13164

⇢ Barbershop Love ~ Jimin has never taken his best friend’s jokes about his alleged praise kink seriously, because that’s all they are and ever will be. Jokes. They’re stupid jokes that Taehyung makes at his expense to see the shy Jimin turn into a blushing, embarrassed mess of stuttering protests and meek curses. They’re only jokes, and they’re so stupid.Or at least Jimin has always thought so, but then his hairdresser boyfriend asks him to pose as a model for his winter collection, and Jimin realises that there might the teeniest, tiniest bit of truth to Taehyung’s persistent teasing. ~ 22153

⇢ Coffee and Honey ~ "-Hyung...- Hoseok sighs -You are as intimidating as a pink marshmallow. -That's the fucking point! -Yoongi literally bangs his head on the table -He IS a pink marshmallow."In which Yoongi has insomnia, cannot for the love of God socialize, and Jimin is the way too cheerful and, oh, so downright gorgeus barista who works in a nocturnal coffe shop. ~ 7290

⇢ 7 Minutes in Heaven ~ “It’s a fusion game. The person who spins the bottle gets to ask the person it landed on truth or dare, and if that person doesn’t want to answer or do the dare then they either take a shot or take off an article of clothing,” Jin says like he’s proud of improvising such a fantastic game. “I’m not playing that,” Yoongi says. “Hyung, don’t be a party pooper, are you scared we’ll learn your secrets?” Hoseok asks and Namjoon ah’s dramatically. Yoongi shakes his head and puts his tongue in his cheek before he smiles at their antics, pushing Namjoon over closer to Jin so that he can sit down. “Please, hyung, it sounds like fun!” Jungkook says. “It’s my birthday.” ~ 8487

⇢ Winter Blues ~ Yoongi is turned into a cat by a sorceress, and novice witch Jimin finds him and takes him home. ~ 14685 (3/3)

⇢ Gotta Be Fate (if We're Under the Covers) ~ Jimin is excited to just sleep for a day and maybe catch up on some tv shows at the hotel.That is, until they get to the new hotel they’re staying at, and he gets handed a room key that’s the same as Yoongi’s. Meaning, he and Yoongi will share a room and worse, he and Yoongi will have to share a bed.“Why do I have to share with Yoongi-hyung?” Jimin complains. He’s managed to avoid it this whole trip which is really in his best interest if he wants to keep his raging heart boner for him hidden. ~ 7895

⇢ Warm Mr. Wolfie ~ Jimin's late aunt left him a cabin last year, and he still hasn't been by so he takes time off to spend the holiday season there. Little does he know he'll meet a wolf on his hike behind the cabin, a wolf that will change form in front of him and claim to be his mate. ~ 7973

⇢ oil, lube, service ~ "Unless you know what a ‘rear oil change’ is? I mean, what the hell are they going to oil, my tires?” Jimin laughs at the ridiculousness. “Oh, I don’t know, but that sounds kind of kinky, 'changing your rear oil.' It sounds like the mechanic is preparing you for buttsex.”“Tae!” Jimin complains.AKA The mechanic AU where Park Jimin thinks Min Yoongi is overcharging him for car maintenance, but he's really not, cue Yoonmin falling in love. ~ 53313 (10/10)

⇢ soundtracks ~ What Yoongi doesn’t say is this: "If only you knew, Park Jimin. Every song I write, and all the words I have to give, will always be yours."(Or, Yoongi is a famous underground rapper from simple beginnings and Jimin is his hip-hop hating, exceedingly rich boyfriend). ~ 38877

⇢ Aeonian ~ In the year 1304 A.D., tensions between the Vampires and the Lycans are at an all time high. Min Yoongi is the Captain of the Death Dealers and the most elite of the Vampires' protectors. Over the long years of his life, Yoongi has grown unemotional and apathetic, no longer interested in feeling emotions. When the human nobles come to visit, Yoongi meets Park Jimin, the youngest son of a baron, and his whole life changes. Suddenly Jimin is the most important thing in his world, and Yoongi will do anything to protect him. ~ 54422 (3/3)

⇢ The Songbird and the Sea ~ In a world where dominance of the sea is an endless battle between pirates and mariners, Park Jimin is content living in his little village on a small, uninteresting island by the eastern mainland. He wants nothing to do with the bloodshed of good and evil, the heartless killing of both innocents and condemned, the constant establishment and disruption of order. What he wants is peace, to live his life in the same town he was born in, to spend his days in the beautiful forest, and to use the powers of his Blessed Rune to nurture the home he loves so dearly.But when his island is attacked by pirates, Jimin will have no other choice than to do as they command and leave all thoughts of peace behind in favor of boarding the Agust, a pirate ship captained by the infamous Min Yoongi, Black Fox of the East. ~ pirate!au, slow burn, enemies to lovers!au ~ 255878 (34/34)

⇢ Look My Way ~ It all started when Yoongi read his own name and the word 'cute' written in the same sentence on the wall of the boys' bathroom.But he kind of liked the way his name looked in the stranger's handwriting. ~ high school!au, fluff, crack ~ 5362

⇢ love is not a coincidence (it's fate) ~ Thirteen years into their friendship, and Yoongi finally realises that he's in love with his best friend. ~ high school!au, fluff ~ 10,694

⇢ thrill me, chill me, fulfil me ~ Yoongi is actually doing pretty well, thanks.Or he is until Jimin tosses himself in Jungkook's lap and breathes out toucha-toucha-touch me into the microphone pinned to his shirt front, looking right into the audio booth, and then Yoongi has to swallow and try not to cry out of sheer sexual frustration. Or, Jimin plays the lead in Rocky Horror, and Yoongi suffers. ~ college!au, musical theatre!au ~ 7465

⇢ maybe i hate you can be our always ~ When Yoongi thinks about it, really gives it genuine thought, it's possible that Park Jimin isn't the worst person in the world. (Or, Yoongi and Jimin get off on the wrong foot.) ~ enemies to lovers!au, college!au, slow burn ~ 35,919

⇢ Lil' Meow Meow ~ Jimin nods his head, biting his lip to prevent the giddy smile from showing on his face. With careful movements, he pockets the paper like a fragile piece of treasure, and he glances up at Yoongi through his eyelashes with a shy smile. “T-thank you, the flowers are really pretty.”Yoongi visibly preens at the compliment, chest puffing out subtly. “Anything for the pretty baby boy.”or: Jimin meets Yoongi, a straightforward and confident alpha cat hybrid, and proceeds to fall in love. ~ hybrid!au, college!au ~ 25,320

⇢ Pepsi Cola ~ “OK, fine, I’ll tell you one thing,” Jimin sighed as he shifted on the seat, his shoulder rubbing against the underside of his chin. “We’re going to a place that just opened this weekend, a really fun place.”“Fun place?” Yoongi repeated before making a noise under his breath. “A fun place in Seoul? Is that even real?”“Uhuh, we’re going to that new ‘roller skating rink’ that opened in Gangnam-gu,” the younger man explained, dropping the English words out of nowhere and surprising him. “You heard about it, right?”“‘Rollo…su…ting’?” he said, slurring the English words rather heavily and struggling with the last part of the funny word.“Yoongi, you do know what roller skating is; don’t you?” Jimin asked, his expression showing that he was trying his hardest to not laugh at him. “Surely you know what it is?”A.K.A. that oneshot in which Jimin's kisses taste like Pepsi, Yoongi can't pronounce the word 'disco' and everything is soft™ ~ fluff ~ 26,669 (1)

⇢ Queens ~ “Yoongi doesn’t know what bowling is,” Jimin said out of the corner of his mouth, that smirk reappearing on his face again.“Hey, I know what balling is!” Yoongi argued indignantly, turning to give him a faüx glare. When his friend raised his eyebrows, imploring him to explain, he quickly added. “It involves a ball, so, there.”A.K.A. that oneshot in which Jimin has to explain what bowling and pizza is, Yoongi keeps getting gutter balls and everything is still soft™ ~ fluff ~ 33,123 (2)

⇢ Hang On, Baby! ~ “OK, first, I need to tell you this. I thought about this date all week long, OK? I mean, all week long and that’s not a joke, Jiminie.”“Hmm, Yoongi,” Jimin said around his slushie straw, his lips lifting up into a smile. “That’s cute.”“Huh?” Yoongi hummed, lifting his eyebrows as he did. But his boyfriend just carried on sipping at his drink, which meant that he should continue explaining. So, he shifted on the wall and tried to think of the right words to say. “Well, you put a lot of thought into the first two dates, so, that meant that I needed to do something special too. But, I ain’t in Gangnam-gu, and it’s hard to find out about all of these new cool places to visit, yeah? And Seodaemun-gu is pretty much dead of an evening, which meant that I really had to think to find the right place. That’s when it hit me.”“What hit you, Yoongi?”“Something special, somewhere special, there’s only one place in this district like that,” he stated, before quickly adding. “The arcade, Jiminie: Electrozone.”A.K.A. that oneshot in which Yoongi is highly competitive whilst playing Galaga, Jimin bets kisses, and everything is soft like always™ ~ fluff ~ 32,333 (3)

⇢ So Kiss Me ~ Min Yoongi is stressed out. Park Jimin is stressed out. They're all stressed out.A.K.A. - the College!AU that nobody asked for. ~ college!au ~ 52,246 (1)

⇢ Make A Move (Before I Make A Move) ~ Yoongi thought that taking Jimin down into Gyeonggi-do for spring break was a great idea. Jimin thought talking Yoongi into staying in a love motel for the night was a great idea.A.K.A. - the Road Trip!AU that nobody asked for. ~ college!au, road trip!au ~ 49,372

⇢ i'll be a gentleman ('cause i'll be your boyfriend) ~ Yoongi isn’t an easy man to surprise, but kisses out of the blue and sudden boyfriend proposals can do the job. ~ college!au, fake dating!au, fluff, smut ~ 21,020

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⇢ my youth is yours ~ “What did you say your name was?” says Yoongi, after an eternity of awkward silence.“Jeongguk,” says Jeongguk. “Um. My name is Jeon Jeongguk. I’m a freshman.”“Oh,” says Yoongi. “Fucking hell.”(In which Jeon Jeongguk goes to college, makes some friends, and learns he’s got a lot of growing to do.) ~ 24957

⇢ The Art of Lost Stars ~ "You were supposed to come five hours ago."Jungkook sighed, handing Yoongi a couple bills. "I know, time got away from me.""Away from you, my ass. You're lucky I didn't walk out on the kid.""I'm sorry, thank you."Yoongi scoffed, looking through the money. "Your kid is upstairs asleep," he pocketed the money. "She kept asking where he dad was."Jungkook licked his lips, wiping his palms on his pants. He never knew why he got so nervous around Yoongi.Maybe it was the tattoos spread all over his arms, the piercings on his lip and eyebrow, or the fact that Jungkook had the biggest boner in the world. ~ 53557 (24/24)

⇢ Cerulean and Malachite ~ Ever since Jungkook could listen, he’d been watching. Watching the streets, the crowds, watching the people pour on and off the trains. Jungkook had watched for the flash of color that was said to indicate the instant when one found their Soulmate. Under normal circumstances, in everyday life, an aura would be invisible to the eye; but when two Soulmates found each other, it was said that they would see the color of each others’ auras. Jungkook spent his entire life with his eyes wide open, searching around him, waiting; watching and waiting. Jungkook became impressively good at observation. ~ soulmate, pianist!yoongi, college au ~ 16144

⇢ Sneeze once; I hate you. Sneeze twice; we're doomed ~ Jeon Jeongguk used to imagine himself being brave and confident in front of his soulmate. It wasn't until he realised that his soulmate is a gorgeous (and serious-looking) man dressed in all-black that he started to doubt the whole soulmate thing altogether.-Soulmate AU in which you sneeze at the same time as your soulmate. No exceptions. You have a flu? Your soulmate sneezes it all out with you. Your nose itches? Your soulmate finds out through experience. ~ soulmate au, college au ~ 13528

⇢ Love and Basketball ~ Jungkook and Yoongi are the star players on their high school basketball teams. They also cannot stand each other.What if one night changes that all? ~ basketball!au, high school!au, enemies to lovers!au ~ 44,197 (16/16)

⇢ By Your Side ~ Yoongi and Jungkook deal with the hardships of a long distance relationship. ~ basketball!au, college!au, high school!au, angst, long distance!au, fluff (sequel to above) ~ 34,388 (12/12)

⇢ take me out (we're going down) ~ There are a lot of things that Jungkook expected from his junior year of college. General stress. Student debt.He did not expect to be hit by a car.It’s going well. ~ fluff, humour, college!au ~ 20,202

⇢ these hallowed halls ~ “Bowtruckles,” Yoongi announces with grandeur, “Can suck my dick.”The Hufflepuff table is next to the Slytherins; Hoseok looks over and winks, along with Jimin’s second-year friend (Taesung? Taehyung?) but a group of girls giggle, and one of the Hufflepuff prefects rolls his eyes, piecrust stuck to his chin.“Just because the bowtruckles can suck your dick doesn’t mean they will,” says Gerry. “Bowtruckles have caused me so much emotional damage in the last hour that they should suck my dick just to make up for it.”Or, Yoongi goes to Hogwarts, and meets Jeongguk, and grows up. ~ hogwarts!au, friends to lovers!au, slow burn ~ 70,601

⇢ with a bang (stunted plants can bloom) ~ namjoon [1:12] so you met jimin and taes roommate last night yoongi [1:15] …...yeah namjoon [1:15] met him real good yoongi [1:16] oh my god

or what not to do when you find yourself falling for the guy you almost slept with but then didn’t because he turned out to be your friends’ roommate: a guide by min yoongi ~ college!au, humour, fluff ~ 24,450

⇢ hey, i like you a lot (not clickbait) ~ “why does yoongi-hyung hate me,” jungkook mumbles. “we’re still on that?” jimin raises his eyebrows. “he doesn’t hate you. he just doesn’t like being in front of a camera.” (jungkook is the only one yoongi won't film with and it just really bothers jungkook for some reason.) ~ office!au, humour, fluff, friends to lovers ~ 5873

⇢ You Stir up a McFlurry in My Heart ~ Jungkook is completely and utterly screwed the moment he develops a crush on the voice behind the McDonald’s Drive Thru speaker. ~ food service!au ~ 7985

⇢ 그 손을 내밀어줘, Save Me ~ That’s when Min Yoongi, self-declared ‘simple man’, turned the corner onto his street, mid-yawn, his breath escaping with a small squeak he’d never admit he made, when he collided into another body, and his ‘simple man’ life was thrown into chaos.In which Jungkook is angry, nearly a high school drop out, and alone, and Yoongi is an adult who is struggling, and somehow, they find someone to save them in each other. ~ angst, fluff, slow burn ~ 54,113 (15/15)

⇢ The Best of Me, 나 너밖에 없지 ~ Three weeks. It had been three weeks since the performance, two weeks since he and Jungkook had that silly little Romeo and Juliet talk. Silly and dumb, maybe, but the thought still made Yoongi smile, even in his groggy, half-asleep state. Nothing had really changed, per say, nothing except for the kissing. God, the kissing… Jungkook kissed, for all his inexperience, like he was trying to make up for lost time.Jungkook was still a little shit, Yoongi still indulged him. Days were long, nights were longer, and Yoongi loved Jungkook with more ardor than he’d ever thought possible. It was a pity he didn't seem to be what Jungkook needed. ~ fluff, angst, college!au, slow burn (sequel to above) ~ 65,937 (12/12)

⇢ The Sound of Winter ~ Yoongi has a lot on his plate, but when his pack discovers a small pup in their territory, he finds that he's about to have a lot more. ~ werewolf!au, angst, slow burn ~ 39,583 (5/5)

⇢ I know I'll fall in love with you, baby ~ The soulmate/soulbond au where Yoongi is part of a famous rap duo and Jungkook is his diligent fanboy, they meet at a fansign and things escalate from there (alt. Yoongi didn’t sign up for this) ~ soulmate!au, rapper!yg, fanboy!jk, fluff, angst ~ 31,461 (5/5)

⇢ ride out the storm with you ~ babysitting a field operative who probably has the shittiest measure of danger is definitely not a part of yoongi's job description. but that's what he still ends up doing half the time, anyway. ~ secret agent!au, slow burn ~ 26,528

⇢ watercolor ~ It’s a man, he realizes, his hair a muted shade of mint, like the pebbles that rest at the bottom of the water fountain outside of Taehyung’s dorm. He’s not the tallest, but people seem to give him space, so he’s easy to observe, despite his black on black outfit, a t-shirt tucked into tight denim. ~ tattoo!au ~ 18,655

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⇢ lost + found ~ Yoongi adopts a stray puppy that broke into his apartment in the middle of the night. Probably the best/worst decision of his life. ~ 406218 (61/61)

⇢ I Write Songs About Your Stupid Anecdotes ~ Taehyung keeps singing Spanish songs while Yoongi is trying to tutor his students. Jimin keeps "forgetting" his keys at Jungkook's apartment. Namjoon won't forgive Seokjin and Hoseok is the glue of all these six idiots.Or the 'listen i know we've been best friends for years but i'm trying to tell you that i'm in love with you so will you fucking stop singing spanish songs' au that no one asked for. ~ 30744 (20/20)

⇢ Settle Down and Let Me Know If You'll Stay ~ "I can grant you three, no wait it's four. Four wishes! Just say the word!""What?"Or the one where Taehyung is a genie who found himself in the company of a drunk with a wicked personality and can't help but want to make him happy. ~ 49658 (34/34)

⇢ The Nearness of You ~ Taehyung is a black cat hybrid in a magical world that detests his kind. When Yoongi, a student studying the Magical Arts, performs a spell to summon a witch's familiar, he unknowingly grants Taehyung the opportunity for freedom and love he's long been denied. ~ 10107 (2/2)

⇢ Will You B Minor? ~ “Hey baby, my brass isn’t the only thing that’s upright.”“Goddamnit, Kim Taehyung.”In which Taehyung is full of useless music-related pickup lines and Yoongi is too confused, too awkward, and too smitten with a certain Saxophonist. (A story with one too many midnight serenades, Americano’s, hungover misunderstandings, exploding washing machines, and that one little snore Yoongi does in his sleep that makes Taehyung want to catapult himself into space for No Apparent Reason.) ~ bffs!taekook, fluff, brass!au ~ 19,364 (2/2)

⇢ feelings you provide ~ Feeling a little daring, Taehyung slips the ring on his finger. He’s not expecting it to fit, he knows that part of the victorious appeal of this jewellery is it was designed to fit only Yoongi, but instead it slips over the knuckle of his ring finger like a glove. taehyung borrows one of the SUGA diamond rings when he needs a comfort object ~ canon verse!au ~ 3157

⇢ you’re my golden hour ~ Yoongi is taking a photography class because it's a required elective. Kim Taehyung is: 1. the best photographer in the class, and 2. The Most Beautiful Person In The Entire World. ~ college!au ~ 4259

⇢ disappearing act done poorly ~ Taehyung goes through a break-up and decides to 'cope' with his feelings by going to the cinema each night to watch the same film; Yoongi is a tired cinema employee but somehow manages to put up with Taehyung. ~ college!au ~ 13,574 (2/2)

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⇢ At 4 O'clock, I'll Stay ~ “I hate him so much, Yoongi, I'm thinking of saying he has rats in his stupid bar just to get rid of him!" "Well, what did he do?" "He said that I was the best soccer player and shouldn't talk shit about myself!"Or the one where Taehyung goes to Jimin's bar to talk bad about his latest soccer matches and Jimin waters down his drinks by "accident." ~ 35897 (22/22)

⇢ summer, winter, spring (i'm falling for you) ~ The school starts to take notice of Jimin.Taehyung has always noticed. ~ friends to lovers!au, high school!au, fluff, slow burn ~ 41,786 (4/4)

⇢ it's your heart i wanna live (& sleep) in ~ The first time Jimin sleeps over at Taehyung's, it's an emergency. The other times after? That's a different story. ~ college!au, fluff, crack ~ 22,658

⇢ true love's kiss ~ "Taehyung needs kisses!" Jungkook yells. Everyone in the Great Hall turns to look at them. Taehyung is suddenly glad he's fallen off his chair, because hiding under the table has never been more convenient. "He needs True Love's Kiss to lift his curse! Or he'll turn into a Squib!""Merlin," Taehyung whimpers, clutching Jimin's leg. "Merlin help me." (in which taehyung accidentally drinks a potion that looks like pumpkin juice, loses his magic and finds true love in his bestest best friend.or: in which jimin lifts a curse, falls in love with his bestest best friend and makes some bad, followed by some really good, decisions.) ~ hogwarts!au, friends to lovers!au ~ 19,711 (6/6)

⇢ Wanna Hear Your Body Talk ~ “What?” he asks, slowly, giving Taehyung a chance to change his mind about what he’s offering.Taehyung doesn’t take it. He probably doesn’t even notice it, because he’s a do first, think later type of person when it comes to his brilliant stoned ideas and Jimin should know better, should stop him, but… well. He doesn’t dare name it even in his own mind but if Taehyung is proposing what he thinks he is, stopping him is the very last thing Jimin wants.“Let’s make out,” Taehyung says, putting the bowl away, sounding ceremonious and completely, absolutely serious. “Prove me wrong.” (Taehyung doesn't believe making out is better than sex, so Jimin takes it upon himself to convince him) ~ college!au ~ 4826

⇢ Common Ground ~ Taehyung is rich, a little bit bratty, a lot a bit spoiled, and failing calculus. Jimin works full time, tutors, and is a straight-A student. There's a rulebook somewhere that states very clearly that people like Jimin should never associate with people like Taehyung. But rules are meant to be broken. And opposites always, always attract. ~ college!au, enemies to lovers!au ~ 44,136 (2/2)

⇢ Until my last breath ~ "I see colours everytime you speak"- Jimin said in a small murmur, as he hid his face in the curvature of Taehyung's neck - "The most beautiful colours I've ever seen" - he continued, not wanting to look Taehyung in the eyes. His small, delicate hands traveled along his back, carefully feeling the warm mesh that covered his skin."and when you touch me ... when you touch me, I hear the most beautiful melodies." Jimin brushed his nose into Taehyung's warm skin, causing a heavy shiver to run through his body."And what do those melodies sound like?" "It sounds... it sounds like peace" (Or Jimin finds himself in a situation he has never expected to be in, with the last person he would ever want to). ~ fluff, angst ~ 78,226 (15/15)

⇢ to whom it may concern ~ Taehyung believes in soulmates. He believes in soulmates to the moon and back, with the sort of fervor reserved for children and lunatics.Jimin believes in soulmates. He’s just not sure he wants his. ~ fluff, friends to lovers!au ~ 16,351

⇢ stay (until your dream holds mine) ~ "It wasn't love at first sight." ~ hybrid!au ~ 5115

⇢ now you're lost (lost in the heat of it all) ~ It’s not that Jimin was scared of dog hybrids. He just really really didn’t like them because how could he? Dog hybrids were gross.Kim Taehyung was tall, slim, had gentle but defined features, the most perfect eyebrows Jimin had ever seen and a playful glint in his eyes. But most importantly - he was a dog hybrid. ~ hybrid!au ~ 14,477

⇢ various stages of undress ~ in which taehyung has a crush, jimin takes his clothes off, and yoongi must be persuaded. ~ stripper!au ~ 14,820

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⇢ Days Are Numbered So Move On ~ Jimin is a spy. Jungkook is training to be one. Hoseok trains the agents to have agility. Seokjin just wants to be Employee of the Month. Namjoon is the leader nobody asked for. Taehyung loves the kids books. And Yoongi is in the wrong occupation.Or the one where Jimin is stuck training the new spies because of his last mission and Jungkook insists on being a nuisance to Jimin. ~ enemies to lovers ~ 34591 (28/28)

⇢ It's Still Beautiful How You See the World ~ "Wait, you promised him that if he graduates from high school, you'd date him?"Or the one where Jungkook confesses to Jimin in middle school. Jimin thinks Jungkook is too young to know what "love" is so he promises to date Jungkook after he graduates from high school and starts college. Now that Jungkook has graduated from high school, Jimin starts to back out of their promise. ~ 45550 (32/32)

⇢ I Shouldn't Be In Love With You ~ Star soccer player Jeon Jungkook has not spoken once to math nerd Jimin all year. That wouldn't be so strange if not for the fact they used to be best friends. ~ 10409

⇢ Home ~ Taking in what he assumed was a stray hybrid dog, Jungkook takes care of Jimin. The cute hybrid has brightened Jungkook's dreary days and warmed his lonely nights and Jungkook learns that he cares a lot for the elder. And Jimin finds that he cares for the younger just as much.The small apartment doesn't feel as empty anymore, now that Jungkook had Jimin to call his home. ~ 26412 (15/15)

⇢ More Than Your Body ~ Jungkook got an assignment to create a documentary about something he can get involved in and in the beginning, he had no idea what to do. However, when he sees Jimin dance, he knows what he wants.Or in which Jungkook is a film student and may or may not be a little obsessed with the silver-haired man he keeps seeing on his way to university. ~ 48670 (5/5)

⇢ All of you, all of me ~ Jungkook felt secure and protected with Jimin, like he could let himself get loose and open up to him without being judged. ~ 11621

⇢ The Jeon Family ~ Jungkook is the heir to Korea's biggest mafia group, and Jimin is an innocent employee that catches his eye. ~ 30499 (3/3)

⇢ In the Line of Fire ~ For some reason, Jimin was everyone's favorite target. ~ 1212

⇢ doubt thou the stars are fire ~ Jeon Jeongguk's got a Reputation™. Park Jimin learns how to not give a shit about it. ~ 3451

⇢ my heart is beating (like a jungle drum) ~ "He thinks you're a bully?" "You? Bullying? You're too anti-social to do that." "I know!" Jungkook bemoans. This is the worst thing that has ever happened to him. Jimin thinks Jungkook is bullying him when all he wanted was to give him a cupcake. To apologise. To see him again because he's cute. OR the one with a lot of misunderstandings ~ 3228

⇢ your body is a place to stay ~ In which Jungkook juggles a five-year-old daughter, Jimin the pretty bookstore employee, and coworkers who like to tease him too much. ~ single dad!au, tattoo parlour!au, cafe!au , fluff ~ 8783

⇢ who would have thought i'd get you? ~ in which jimin comes over for dinner, and jungkook and seoyeon try to impress. (follow-up to your body is a place to stay) ~ single dad!au, fluff ~ 2527 (sequel to above)

⇢ Blow Me Like Your French Horn ~ In which Jimin undergoes a transformation from Cinnamon Roll to Sinnamon Roll and Jeongguk is a little too competitive, a little too tsundere, and a little bit too moony-eyed for his own good.(A tale of red converses, sandpit wrestling, shitty best friends a little too obsessed with playing Cupid, emotional constipation, existential crises, and that one body roll Jimin does that makes Jeongguk re-evaluate his life)“i see that you adore playing your loud ass trumpet at random moments in the middle of the night, well fyi i happen to be a master at the French horn so fuck u i challenge you to a brass off” AU ~ slow burn, friends to lovers!au, fluff ~ 40,219 (8/8)

⇢ expensive lips ~ Jungkook goes to Sephora on a mission to get some lipstick. He leaves completely enamored with an employee named jimin. ~ fluff, smut, strangers to lovers!au ~ 12,385

⇢ the eyes are the window to the soul (and to the heart) ~ In which Jungkook’s eye colour changes according to his mood, but when Jimin wants to know what the colour ‘pink’ means, Jungkook hesitates. Jungkook doesn’t want to tell him that his eyes turn pink whenever he’s around Jimin because it means love. ~ college!au, fluff, humour ~ 7789

⇢ You Broke My Heart (but I broke it myself) ~ Jimin's fiancé has abandoned him on his wedding day, and Jeon Jungkook, Jimin's first love and worst heartbreak, is back. ~ high school!au, angst ~ 19,660 (3/3)

⇢ we're not broken just bent ~ “You’ll die,” Jimin hisses and they’re so close now that his perfect illusion is broken. Jungkook can see his dark circles, can see Jimin’s lips, red and raw from biting. “I did almost die in this house once, five years ago,” he whispers, watching as Jimin clenches his jaw but doesn't look away. “I think I can handle more. I’m bigger and stronger now, see?” Jimin holds his gaze for two seconds before it tracks south to move down Jungkook’s body. ~ hogwarts!au, enemies to lovers!au ~ 16,204

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⇢ Frooty Loopy ~ "We both reached for the last box of Froot Loops and I don't care that we're both adults I will fight you" AUaka: in which Taehyung fights Jungkook to the death for a box of artificially flavored and colored loops. ~ 30939

⇢ Hickory ~ Jungkook should be focused on winning, but his mind's stuck on wondering whether or not this Kim Taehyung guy fucks harder than he hits. ~ 48347

⇢ maybe we’re all just fools ~ Jeongguk likes to run. He’s never wanted anyone to run with him before. ~ 52675

⇢ change my world (you're the sunlight in my universe) ~ Jungkook is an artist who likes drawing on the cafe's freedom wall. Taehyung sees his drawings, and falls in love.Featuring Jimin as the 100% done wingman, Yoongi as the possessive boyfriend, and Seokjin as the sassy mom. ~ cafe!au, college!au, fluff ~ 6757

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⇢ a sugar coated pill and a pick me up ~ As Namjoon stood slightly removed from the scene, bemusedly watching the six-year-olds swarm around his cooler (which he had borrowed from his mom), he didn’t even notice that someone had sidled up next to him until he heard the tiny, but undoubtedly exasperated, huff.He followed the sound, turning his head to the right. A guy was standing there, arms crossed, lips pursed. He let out another huff, louder this time, but only slightly.Namjoon refused to acknowledge him. What the fuck was this guy’s deal? Was he really that bitter that his six-year-old just lost a soccer game for six-year-olds?One more huff from the guy.He was beginning to think this guy’s lips were just perpetually pursed and would simply never, ever unpurse themselves, when he, the guy, finally unpursed his lips to speak.“I just think it’s pretty irresponsible to bring Gatorade to a soccer game for first graders,” he said, huffily, “No offense.”(or: namjin are soccer dads who fall in luv) ~ 25023 (2/2)

⇢ It's Gonna Get You In Trouble ~ Kim Namjoon knows he's not the most handsome guy out there. It's just guys talking shit about each other, Jin Hyosang is an asshole, and anything that escapes his mouth is complete bullshit. But it's true though. He's awkward, clumsy, and a complete nerd; no one, not even the most desperate person in the world, will notice him.Kim Seokjin is having none of that. ~ high shcool!au, fluff, humour ~ 6107

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⇢ play the game ~ Yoongi and Hoseok get paired together for a class project. ~ smut, enemies to lovers!au, high school!au ~ 5148

⇢ Decorate Me Prettily ~ Yoongi blankly stares at his left wrist. Another batch of parallel lines decorating his very pale complexion. Another batch of parallel lines over parallel scars. Another batch of parallel lines revealing how his soulmate is feeling as of the moment.or (soulmate au where whatever written/marks you have in your body your soulmate has it too) ~ soulmate!au, self harm ~ 3259

⇢ The Philosophy of Special Relativity ~ Hoseok’s tongue is cold as it licks into Yoongi’s mouth, and his lips are slightly sticky, but Yoongi can’t help the way his tongue automatically brushes over Hoseok’s, the way a low moan claws it’s way up his throat. He can taste the sweet, slightly bitter flavour of chocolate over the muted spices from their dinner, and something else – something distinctly Hoseok that makes Yoongi’s knees feel like Jell-O.Or: Hoseok wants Yoongi to eat ice cream. Yoongi just wants to eat Hoseok. ~ eating disorder, smut ~ 5695

⇢ Flames just create us (burns don't heal like before) ~ Yoongi is a wolf and Hoseok is a lamb trying to run away from home.(Or: Hoseok is heir to a multi-billion company and Yoongi is the bartender he falls in love with.) ~ heir!hoseok, bartender!yoongi ~ 22,090

𝕄𝕌𝕃𝕋𝕀ℙ𝕃𝔼 𝕊ℍ𝕀ℙ𝕊

⇢ no more parties in seoul ~ tittytae: mail me my death certificate pls

tittytae: i jus accidentally liked Jungkook’s pic from fifty weeks ago

jimin neutron: YES YES YES

tittytae: I UNLIKED IT

tittytae: did i just make it worse

a chatfic where all of bangtan are in university, live to expose one another, and hoseok is a modern day cupid. ~ texting, fwb!taekook ~ 57,455 (yoonmin, taekook, namjin)

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