SHINee

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Oneshots

• Alternative Advances by black_goose in inkingbrushes
• onho, jongkey
• forensic pathology AU; romance; PG
• Summary: One week later, Onew had ruined another Ralph Lauren shirt, spilled iodine solution on Minho's levis, and, just now, had splashed ink onto his face and managed to get it in his eye.
• Squealingducing awesomesomeness and witty banter. also, taemin is a little devil.

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• Tidal Pools by Just2Wings
• jongkey
• Alternative!AU, fantasy, romance, angst, mermaids; R
• Summary: He spent one month by the sea every year, one month to forget himself in the embrace of another reality.
• It's so friggin cute! Jonghyun doesn't even need legs to melt my heart.

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Ficlets

• There's Something About Jinki Part 2 Part 3 by Black_Goose in Inkingbrushes
  • onho
  • highschoolAU, romance; three-shot, PG
  • Summary: Onew really doesn't understand what Choi Minho, football captain, loved by the student body as a whole, is doing talking to him, but he'd quite like him to stop. Being the butt of someone's joke was never the point of Onew's high school career.
  • I love the characterization of Onew in this fic.

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Multichaptered

• Cosa Nostra by theinterval
  • jongyu, onkey
  • au, drama, humor, ~5 parts
  • _Summary: As far as Jinki could remember, he wanted to be a gangster. _
  • Highly entertaining

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• Up in Flames by liliac
  • jongyu
  • supernaturalAU, smut, angst, 11 chapters
  • Summary: Two races that once dominated the world have now diminished into forgotten societies that are only referred to as legends and myths. An age old feud has kept these two fighting for survival as long as anyone could remember, bloodshed being a result of it till this very day. Jinki and Jonghyun each come from these two races that never meant to get along. Jinki is the phoenix, Jonghyun his personal sun.
  • Well-written smut and delightful angst merge into this fine piece of literature. I especially like the Jonghyun here.

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• Whenever by Just2Wings
  • AU, Coming-of-Age, Sci-fi, 6 parts, jongkey, PG-13
  • Summary: Time is to Jonghyun as colours are to the blind. For Kibum, it’s a different story entirely.
  • The author created a beautiful brooding atmosphere of mystery and the feelings just wouldn't let me go.

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• Young Hearts Be Free Tonight (Or Minho and Kibum's Exceptionally Classy Investigative Services) by Madd4the24
  • detectiveAU, mystery, humor; 16 chapters, onho, PG
  • Summary: Wherein Minho and Kibum run a detective agency, platonically raise their sort of love child Taemin, and each manage to fall head over heels in love with people who are far less emotionally constipated than they are.
  • Okay, so this story is written by my favorite fanfiction author ever. It has a great plot (and even subplots!), it contains action and humor and Starlights sit up because this fic also has it's fair share of Vixx in it. Perhaps my favorite non-angsty story on this list.

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• The Second Time by Rawchicken
  • jongyu
  • AU, angst, romance, pining, 17 chapters
  • Summary: He never expected anything from him. No, Onew wanted nothing more than to just forget him and live the rest of his life peacefully. How could he do that, however, when Jonghyun had always had such a pull on him?
  • Reminiscence of a failed relationship. The Seoul bits are a cute high school romance but the bangkok/present time parts were the ones that really sold me.

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• Making an Exception by milkssi
  • jongkey, side!2min
  • highschoolAU, romance, angst, ~22 chapters, PG15
  • Summary: Filthy. Disgusting. Unnatural. Wrong. Jonghyun had always been taught that homosexuality was nothing less than revolting. He never questioned the fact, though he never saw what exactly was so bad about it... But after he meets the subtly-rebellious and always-honest boy who prefers to be called "Key", he finds himself wondering... If it was wrong, then why did it always make him so happy? And if it was so unnatural, then why can't he make it stop?
  • This piece is a rollercoaster of emotions - the interactions of Jonghyun and Key made me smile like crazy but then there were the angstier scenes which sped up my heartbeat and made me anxious for the characters. I sincerely recommend it!

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• Not All's Fair in Love and War by liliac
  • minkey, side jongyu
  • historicalAU, war, romance, angst; ~40 chapters, mostly PG (with a few r-rated ones)
  • Summary: Korea is in a war with Japan and Kibum, a nineteen-year old Korean from a small village, falls for one of the male British soliders who was sent to protect him and his village from the invading Japanese.
  • A beautiful story that made me cry. Some of the themes are slightly though to stomach but among the angst there is also a heartwarming bond between the characters. After certain chapters I felt emotionally drained.