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He’s ready to close his eyes, get a few winks in while he’s sure they won’t be stopping anytime soon, when a shout comes from outside.
Gunwook hesitantly moves to peer out of the boxcar, following the ground slowly rolling beneath to a boy running alongside the train, a large briefcase in one hand.or
In 1958 Korea, while stowing away in a boxcar, Gunwook meets a fellow freight hopper, Matthew.
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Gunwook knows exactly how the whole sequence goes. He’s spent countless nights reliving this moment, staying up late enough to escape his solitary limbo and enter his recollection of heaven.
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Gunwook visits his last memory of Matthew again, watching everything play out in a familiar cosmo-filled bedroom.
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Matthew isn't sure if he’ll see Taerae again, given it took this long for them to meet once more. He’s not certain the other means what he said, if those words were simply courtesy. But still, Matthew hopes their paths won’t diverge—that he can keep Taerae in his life. Just for the summer.
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In the pressing heat of July, between listening to frequency 200.2 and doing anything to pass the time, a loneliness festers within Matthew. That is, until his old schoolmate, Taerae, comes back into his life.
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“Matthew?”
A small gasp escapes his own mouth, something notches in his throat but he manages to get out a single word. “Gunwook.”
He’s different, but he’s still Gunwook, and at the moment, it means everything.or
Matthew moves back to Korea after three years and runs into Gunwook again.
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He looks different—dyed blond hair, new clothes, some stranger accompanying him. Which is wrong, Taerae thinks, then he reconsiders just how long it's been. What’s ‘wrong’ is that Taerae hasn’t changed. He’s been stagnant in this ugly, self-deprecating aftermath that won’t go away, but really, he’s made no effort to get rid of it.
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Taerae sees Matthew a year after they break up
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under the warmth and glamor of cannes, jo and yuma reconnect.
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yuma's in a band, jo's an up and coming actor. they broke up four years ago.
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Bookmarked by orangeberries
19 Feb 2026
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soo good!!! i love the sort of mixed media of the story, song lyrics, and movie scripts,,,,seriously so cool
not to mention the way the relationships were crafted gahhh i could Not put this down <333
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Ricky always trusts Gyuvin, whether it’s in the moment or from hindsight when he finds that once again, his best friend was right about something. He can’t even begin to guess what’s going on, but Ricky has a feeling deep in his gut that this is a moment where he needs to trust Gyuvin immediately.
So Ricky nods, and Gyuvin relaxes, and before he can really process that Gyuvin’s hand is at the small of his back to pull him close, Ricky is being kissed.
or: Ricky's ex-boyfriend is found dead and Ricky doesn't have an alibi. Gyuvin gives him one.
Bookmarked by orangeberries
14 Oct 2025
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the writing...the final sentences of each scene...i'm actually addicted
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It’s been a little over a month since their failed Drift, twenty-eight days since The Incident, and three weeks since they’d last seen each other at all. That had been right before Matthew got sent back to the mainland for additional treatments. And even then, they hadn’t really been able to speak much.
But he’s here now. Shouldn’t that be great?
In the shadows of the Jeju Shatterdome, scientist Kim Taerae and Jaeger pilot Seok Matthew strike up an unlikely friendship, though it inevitably blossoms into something-more-but-not-quite. That is, until one late night experiment threatens to compromise their carefully crafted dynamic for good. The Drift hides no secrets, after all.
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Bookmarked by orangeberries
18 Jul 2025
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the way they wrote, crafted the plot, and pieced it together for the reader was so engaging and beautiful i aspire to be able to write like this someday <333
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somewhere under the sky where the sun sets by cupidzhanghao
Fandoms: ZEROBASEONE | ZB1 (Korea Band)
22 Jun 2025
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Taerae's shift at work starts with a way too damaged yacht, and it ends with a same-aged friend who doesn't seem to have any intention of leaving his side". He figures out he doesn't really mind it though– not one bit.
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Bookmarked by orangeberries
28 Jun 2025
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i love the setting, the story, the scenes, everythinggggg
it’s so nice <33
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So I'll Run to You by ghostpokemon (crispycrayon)
Fandoms: ZEROBASEONE | ZB1 (Korea Band)
24 Jun 2025
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There are two simple rules to remember when using The Phonebooths:
1. Do not try to change the events of the past; and
2. Do not linger.Matthew tries to break them both.
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Bookmarked by orangeberries
24 Jun 2025
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beautiful concept, wonderful ending <3
author fit so much into so little i just gahhhhhhh i love it!