ot5

take me to that secret (take me with you) by trinitarias (4k words) tags: dark academia!au, college/university!au, dubious narrator, ambiguous relationship

commentary:

• this is so cruelly beautiful
• i've read it multiple times, and each time something else stands out, it's so gripping
• the ot5 is so sinister - they're all obsessed with each other

choi line

the flirting game by shadowkissed (30.9k words, 5 chapters) tags: college/university!au, established beomjun, making out, drinking

commentary:

• beomjun are a hazard to soobin's health and are also idiots
• it's so bloody cute
• nonbinary yeonjun is everything to me
• beomjun are stupid and in love with soobin

let me be easy to love by renaissances (25.8k words) tags: college/university!au, kissing, established yeonbin, roommates and childhood friends soogyu, angst with a happy ending

commentary:

• yearner beomgyu who couldn't handle yeonbin kissing him and went into an entire spiral because of it: that's it, that's the fic
• beomgyus pining but too blind to see how whipped choi line are for him

i like the in-between by afraidioactivity (17.9k words, 3 chapters) tags: college!au, established beomjun, light angst, fluff, developing relationship

commentary:

• beomjun are whipped for soobin
• choi line are all so cute together but also really stupid at times
• the miscommunication just makes it soo much better

break a leg! by taegirights (17.3k words) tags: college/university!au, slow burn, comedy, friends to lovers, first kiss, high school crush

commentary:

• beomgyu is stupidly whipped for yeonbin, and honestly tyunning deserve an award for putting up with him
• the pining... they get there eventually
• without spoiling too much, the reconciliation scene is everything

rewrite the stars (part 2 of stars. (they will guide us home)) by shadowkissed (11.5k words) tags: soulmates!au, established soogyu, heartbreaks, mild angst

commentary:

• literally every dynamic from yeonbin to beomjun to soogyu in this fic is so perfectly written
• one of my fave shadowkissed fics ever, i absolutely adore it
• tattooartist!yeonjun which is more than enough incentive for you to read

check in by morebees (11.1k words) tags: stage actors!au, musicals, established relationship, relationship study, kissing, love confessions, hurt/comfort, angst, fluff

commentary:

• it's really just choi line working through their very new relationship and it's very adorable to read
• the set up of the three is incredibly done, they really do feel as part of a relationship with their own struggles
• they talk to each other about their feelings, god it's just healthy relatoinship things

just one yesterday (part 2 of the immortals series) by taegirights (10.6k words) tags: enemies to friends to lovers, strangers to lovers, witches, getting together, fluff, magic

commentary:

• this is a sequel to a tyunning fic
• fantasy kinda? or perhaps more magical realism
• each ship within choi line has it's own dynamic yet they come together so well
• it's a very cool fic, it was a joy to read, the narrative is unique and the way they're basically telling their love story to a kai.. it's so cute

three's a crowd by taegirights (10.1k words) tags: college/university!au, fluff, friends to lovers, strangers to lovers

commentary:

• soobin deserves all the love
• soobin. that's it that's the fic
• fashion major beomgyu, dancer yeonjun and psychology major soobin
• they're all really whipped for each other

idiots. by jjujutsu (5k words) tags: established soogyu, light angst, fluff, kissing

commentary:

• sue me if i end up including every choi line fic in the tag
• okay but fr, the established soogyu is cute af
• it's so well written - the way the writer goes from soobin having a crush, to soogyu having a crush is just. amazing
• beomgyu is the mvp, i love the way he's characterised in this fic

sinking ships on waters (so inviting) by stilljunhui (4k words) tags: college/university!au, angst, pining, unrequited love, childhood friends

commentary:

• this is. devestating to read
• it's kind of a love triangle, from beomgyus pov and very much an introspection - which explains why it's a fic that makes your heart drop in pain
• alternatively: the fleeting relationship of choi line

it'll be alright (when we are together) by angstoverload (3k words) tags: canon-compliant, hurt/comfort, fluff, sickfic, sad happy ending

commentary:

• based on that one dream episode where yeonjun was sick
• choi line are very cute together, ngl it's like beomjun moments and soogyu moments with a sprinkling of choi line but still cute regardless

taegyujun

i thought you wanted to dance by lovetwined (18.8k words) tags: college/university!au, underaged drinking, friends to lovers, ambiguous relationships

commentary:

• heed the ambiguous relationships part - one of the main bg pairings isn't endgame, but the fic was more fitting here than sole ship tags
• god, this fic left me reeling once I was done, it was written so incredibly from the characterisation to the dynamics, just everything.
• and the structure!!! the relationships between all the boys, everything was just mwah, chefs kiss

clear skies (part one of clear skies and dark clouds) by synically (10.5k words) tags: established beomjun, fluff, light angst, anxiety, confessions, pining

commentary:

• the holy grail of taegyujun fics, it's a must to read
• taehyun is precious
• they're all so whipped for each other
• taegyujun as the sun, moon and stars

dark clouds (part two of clear skies and dark clouds) by synically (12k, 2 chapters) tags: fluff, heavy angst, established relationship, major character death

commentary:

• i didn't read the tags and went into this blindly but it's okay anything for taegyujun
• despite the angst, it really was nice to read, the build up is done very successfully
• taegyujun love each other loads

different sunsets (part 3 of clear skies and dark clouds) by synically (18.5k words, 3 chapters) tags: parallel universe, implied suicide and death , yearning, getting back together

commentary:

• this is. devastating. and not just because it follows the storyline from part 2, but because of how broken taegyujun are without each other
• the sun, sea and cloud imagery is really really striking and despite the events of the story, it's a wonder to read
• as far as sequels go, this was nothing short of satisfying

boundary between the two worlds by cyberfluid (12.7k words) tags: domestic fluff, light angst, high school!au, college/university!au, ambiguous relationship

commentary:

• idek where to start this is just so beautiful
• a look into taegyu, then beomjun, then taejun and then how they fit as a whole, it's so seamlessly written
• there's so much fluff and they're all so endearing

crush culture by orphan_account (8k words) tags: college/university!au, fluff, friends to lovers, established beomjun, mutual pining, moving in together

commentary:

• beomjun are so so whipped for taehyun and he is just as whipped for them in return
• hobak is the solution to the pining
• it's fluffy and cute and taegyujun are dopes in love

untitled by orphan_account (2k words) tags: college/university!au, established relationship

commentary:

• taegyujun.
• taegyujun fluff.
• a self-indulgent read
• taehyun is cute but he always is

taebingyu

I'll just think about you ('til there's nothing left in my head) (part 1 of skater chois) by moonbeamlex (7k words) tags: skating, fluff, light angst, miscommunication

commentary:

• the miscommunication in this is SO worth it
• the only fic in the taebingyu tag so you are required to hype this /lh
• no but fr soogyu are a mess, taegyu are cute and beomgyu is the bridge between taebin

everything is going wrong (but we're so happy) (part 2 of skater chois) by moonbeamlex (3k words) tags: moving in together, established relationship

commentary:

• it's SO funny and so so cute I'm in tears
• soobin is taegyu's sugar baby and it makes soobin have a meltdown
• it's just them being a healthy couple and communicating with each other

tyunningyu

finally complete by txtpumaa (1k words) tags: established taegyu, fluff,

commentary:

• it's really short but encapsulates the relationship pretty well
• oh kai, my sweet summer child, he's just a mess

taejunkai

who said youth was finite? by decalcomania (2k words) tags: high school!au, growing up together, friends to lovers

commentary:

• it is SO soft
• kind of a slice of life, it's just taehyun being treated like a prince by yeonkai
• yeonjun pampers tyunning a lot - it's his love language, the dynamics are explored extremely well in this

taebinjun

more than two by ssoonbi (4k words) tags: established taebin, fluff, light angst

commentary:

• it's yeonjun centric so we see just how whipped he is for taebin
• yeonjun suffering through his feelings for taebin AND his library duties (honourable tag mention: he's only a librarian because he's gay)