as someone who consumes a lot of mediocre fics in mass quantities, i feel it is my moral obligation to spread the good word of the ones that really changed my life. these are most likely all nct because if you couldn't tell, i really like nct.

• Practice & Theory dojae
  • 100% without a doubt the best fic i have ever read
  • if you follow me on twt you have seen me rave over it
  • great characterization, story arc, writing in general
  • draws you in and makes you feel a lot of nuanced emotions
  • the kind of fic that gets better every time you read it
  • just trust me
• Pandorica markhyuck
  • THIS is it boys!
  • stole the title of twitter user markhyuckist's favorite markhyuck fic
• i was lowkey that's the old me markhyuck
  • this fic is god
  • it has every trope i have ever loved
  • i'm genuinely in awe i've read it like 8 times
• the weekend, or whatever. markhyuck
  • the kind of high school love hazed enemies to lovers romance that you wish happened in real life
  • characterization and banter that's to die for
  • spearheaded the markhyuck fic movement
• Sunsoaked markhyuck
  • i think about this all the time
  • mark works at a flower shop and donghyuck buys flowers so basically it can't be bad
  • all i can say once again is i think about this all the time
• ice cream, sweet nothings and magic markhyuck
  • i put off reading this because donghyuck is a genie
  • but that's the best part
  • it's like the magic that comes with the honeymoon stage of young romance except there's actually magic
• Life In Cartoon Motion yutaeil
  • food for the rarepair soul
  • the characters are written so well
  • throws you into a web of relationships that you feel like you've always been a part of
  • taeil's characterization is Me to a T which was both unsettling and fascinating
  • really satisfying to finish
• you're my open road markhyuck
  • this is so wholesome
  • genderfluid donghyuck calls mark cute boy
  • i got butterflies while reading this
• i look for myself within you markhyuck
  • the enemies to friends to lovers fic we all deserve
  • emotional dynamics and characterization to die for
• future-bending markhyuck
  • i love the writing style so much it's so beautiful
  • IT GIVES OFF THE FEEL OF A GHIBLE MOVIE does that make sense
• Don't U Wait No More
  • this is a series so a bunch of ships
    • johnten, markmin, dojae, nohyuck
  • non markhyuck and i still love it so it must be good
  • it's literally a panera au what could be better
• first steps yuta/jaemin
  • created and fuels my love for yuta/jaemin
  • coming of age innocence that makes me feel warm inside
  • i have a weakness for age gaps and this one applies in real life
  • triggered my fascination with rarepairs
• Sunny Afternoon markhyuck
  • i love summer fics
  • if a fic is set in summer i will consume it at a rapid pace and cherish it forever
  • Yes
• nighttime skies and sunshine eyes markhyuck
  • summer fics i am telling you
  • if you wanna know how to make a bitch (me) love your fic
  • the answer is summer
• 눈을 뗄 수가 없어 noren
  • the characterization.. oh Yes
  • i'm usually not huge on sexuality crisis fics but this one does it so well
  • jeno centric so it's just overall superior
• my first and last markhyuck
  • the first chapter alone makes this fic worthy of being here
  • legend author
  • i want this to update so bad
• a little extraordinary markhyuck
  • weirdly enticing plot
  • i honestly don't know how to explain it
  • it just makes you want to keep reading
• you are markhyuck
  • a drabble written by a queenie
  • i don't know if she'll attack me if i out her here but
  • read it
• Dog days noren
  • i'm gonna be honest here
  • i love noren but the only reason this made it on here is for the background markhyuck
  • i apologize
• don't keep love around markhyuck
  • this is like hardcore ooc and i usually hate gang aus
  • but i cried like a bitch so i'm putting it here