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  1. Rec *

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    Sieun knows that his parents just want him to move past it, to get over it, even if they won’t say it out loud. But there’s no moving past it—not as long as Suho stays like this. There’s nothing to propel him forward, nothing to knock him out of this equilibrium.

    In physics, terminal velocity is the maximum constant speed attainable by an object falling through a fluid. It occurs when the sum of the drag force and the buoyancy is equal to the downward force of gravity acting on the object. Once it has been reached, the object has zero acceleration.

    Sieun has been falling for a long, long time.

    Ahn Suho wakes up. They pick it up from there. (Or: Ahn Suho's cram school for one.)

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    19 Jun 2023

  2. Rec *

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    When Akk was 18 his parents were attacked by corrupt businessmen looking to buy their land, it resulted in the death of his father and his mother being permanently deafened. To keep the last of his family safe, Akk took his mother and disappeared. Leaving behind his friends, his plans for his future and Ayan.

    Six years later, Akk is living as Yok. It’s not a perfect life, full of crime and lies, but it’s allowed him to get the revenge he wanted and keep his mother safe. At the age 23 he now has a job, friends and an active role in changing the landscape of his country’s government, Yok is pretty settled into his ways. That all changes when Ayan shows up at the garage and throws his entire life for a spin.

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    13 Oct 2022

  3. Rec *

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    "You're awake," Todd says, surprised. "Do you need anything?"

    "Yeah," Black says quietly. "I need you to leave me the fuck alone because I'd honestly rather rot than to have to be rescued by you again."

    There's a beat of silence before Todd lurches awkwardly to his feet. "Alright," he says finally, "whatever you want."

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    After the events of Not Me, Todd tries desperately to keep control over the broken pieces of his life. Black makes it worse. And then, he makes it better.

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    13 Jul 2022

  4. Rec 52

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    Black is all flintstone walls and gilded locks. His stance aggressive, wary of any and all attempts to be understood. His lips sow together at the mention of family. All emotion is kept filed away in the creases that line his palms, screwed up and processed into anger, anger, anger. Just like his name, he’s bitter. And yet, like coffee, he leaves others alight with energy, with righteous and restless need.

    Black was made to lead a revolution and Gram is happy to follow him.

    Alternatively,

    Gram is hopelessly, head-over-heels, desperately, completely in love with his best friend.

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    23 Jun 2022

  5. Rec 74

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    Yok had forgotten, but parents love Black – it was something Gram had mentioned once, that Black’s girlfriend’s parents adored him nearly as much as Gram’s own, and Yok had found it hilarious for like a week before brushing it off – anyway, Yok’s mae is apparently no exception.

    After the betrayal, and the van, and the rescue, Yok's expecting to go home and nurse his wounds in peace... but that's when Black shows up.

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    09 Jun 2022