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The North does not forgive weakness. Its King, Kim Hongjoong the "Demon King", does not offer mercy. Prince Seonghwa of the Southern Kingdom enters both the country and his relationship knowing exactly what he's risking.
Given in marriage to the most feared ruler on the continent, Seonghwa expects survival to be his only victory. Instead, he finds a king who watches everything, a kingdom that demands honesty over grace, and a love that grows not from gentleness--but from trust, choice and shared strength.
A slow-burn arranged marriage AU featuring political intrigue, war, recovery, and a love fierce enough to survive the harshest winter.
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09 Apr 2026
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Park Seonghwa was once a high-end escort, with some of the city's most powerful men and women jumping at the chance to be in his bed. Then one fateful night from hell changes the course of his entire life in the blink of an eye.
Now listed as Inmate 31697, Seonghwa is just doing his very best to keep his head down and survive his ten year long prison sentence at Pineridge Penitentiary. Things become complicated though, when old friends and older clients start to pop out of the woodwork.
In a world where loyalty is both everything and nothing, and there's no such thing as being truly safe, can Seonghwa make it out in one piece?Bookmarked by cryptidz
08 Apr 2026
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Prince Park Seonghwa has been engaged to King Kim Hongjoong for as long as he can remember. And now, he's leaving everything he once knew behind to actually marry the man.
Scared out of his mind, he embarks on the journey to the Kingdom of Etria with his retinue of Sir Choi San and Sir Choi Jongho, not knowing what will await him on the other side of the sea. Are his worries unfounded? What is the famed King Hongjoong actually like?
And (perhaps most importantly) is he just as handsome as his portrait makes him out to be?(This is a Seongjoong/Matz centric arranged marriage au, based on my own knowledge of history and royal customs! Seonghwa's country is sort of an amalgamation of Renaissance Europe, while Hongjoong's is a fusion of Joseon/Mughal India, with some minor differences.)
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- Part 1 of OWAL-verse
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08 Apr 2026
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Seonghwa and Hongjoong are already proudly parenting their five foster/adoptive children when their social worker calls. They can't possibly take in another boy, can they?
Or: the foster kid AU that stars Seonghwa and Hongjoong as super parents and Wooyoung as their newest ('temporary') arrival.
Deals with some really heavy topics, please heed the tags.
Romanticisation of fostercareSeries
- Part 1 of When We Shine
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- English
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- 71/71
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23 Sep 2025
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AKA The days I prayed: The Puppy Years
A collection of one-shots and short tales detailing the Kim Pack's adventures in parenting. Not in chronological order!
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- Part 7 of the more you give
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20 Jul 2025
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this is what falling in love feels like by symphony (museraphoria)
Fandoms: ATEEZ (Band)
07 Jun 2025
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“Those sharp features, those eyes. He looks older, and quite frankly, pretty rough around the edges, but Seonghwa would recognize this face anywhere. Kim Hongjoong. The music production department prodigy who used to hang out with Mingi and Yunho all the time back when Seonghwa was studying dance. His first unrequited love.”
Or: Seonghwa is happy. His life is not what he expected it to be, but he likes his job, and his son is undeniably the best thing that ever happened to him. Seonghwa is happy. His life is not what he expected it to be, but he has a routine.
Everything changes the day his path crosses with Hongjoong's, an old classmate he used to have feelings for, but never confessed to.
Is life really all about timing? And if so, can they both get a second chance at love?
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- Part 1 of home is where the heart is
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20 Jul 2025
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Seongjoong Arranged Marriage AU.
When his mate of almost ten years divorces him due to his infertility, Park Seonghwa finds himself back at his family home in utter disgrace. To prevent his family from being bankrupted by returning his dowry, Seonghwa must at all costs find a new match.
But he is no longer considered young and the years of abuse at his mate's hands have worn away at his charm and beauty that was once the talk of the city.A match seems impossible.
Enter Kim Hongjoong, a newly aristocratic alpha with many sordid rumours surrounding the origin of his wealth. Some call him a conman turned businessman, others give him the benefit of the doubt and assume that he inherited his fortune from a distant relative. He is willing to pay a hefty sum for Seonghwa's dowry, however, and Seonghwa has no choice but to accept.
Will the Kim pack be even worse than what Seonghwa suffered before, or does he dare to hope that he will finally find a home?
Mind the tags!
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- Part 1 of the more you give
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03 May 2025
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Hongjoong misses the last train home and decides to walk through a run-down part of town — what’s the worst that can happen?
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Hongjoong is minding his own business, trying to fight off a series of bad memories, when an injured omega slams straight into him and changes everything.- Language:
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24 Mar 2025
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i know you ain't a drug (but you get me so high) by milkocaine for seraphthem
Fandoms: ATEEZ (Band)
15 Dec 2024
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“I can help you.” Hongjoong’s hands rest on top of his, but they don’t move otherwise.
Seonghwa’s laugh is strained. “I’m—I’m okay. I still don’t know if this is a good idea.”
Hongjoong chuckles, but there’s an edge to it that raises alarm bells in Seonghwa’s head, skin prickling with goosebumps. “That’s not the kind of help I’m offering.”
“T-then…?”
It takes Seonghwa a few seconds to realize that maybe he shouldn’t have asked for clarification. Hongjoong’s eyes darken, head tilting just a bit, hands constricting down on his own just a little bit harder. “I’m asking if you want us to help you get off, Seonghwa.”
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06 Jan 2025
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In a world in which humans and vampires live side by side, Seonghwa is a struggling human desperate for a steady income and a roof over his head. He applies to be a personal feeder for a vampire, to serve as a constant supply of blood and nothing more. However, he does not anticipate being assigned to the head of the most powerful coven in the area, Kim Hongjoong.
Seonghwa has never had a home, but he begins to find one in the least likely of places, discovering that Hongjoong and the vampires within his coven are kinder than most of the humans he’s encountered in his life. But humans look down on feeders, and Seonghwa catches the eye of many vampires as he becomes a permanent fixture at Hongjoong’s side.
He isn’t safe from anyone, humans or vampires alike, and when disaster strikes he finds himself more entangled with Hongjoong and his coven than he had ever expected.
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12 Dec 2024
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Pirates spend their lives hunting down treasure, but the most valuable treasure of all isn’t gold or jewels - it’s mermaid scales. After the majority of Captain Kim Hongjoong’s crew is decimated by disease, he has no choice but to turn to the hunting of mermaids to keep himself and his remaining men afloat. When a new pirate joins them, however, he struggles to maintain his control over his crew, his ship, and his emotions.
It’s only a matter of time until Hongjoong’s notorious reputation falls apart, but little does he know that darker plans are at play beneath the surface.
Mermaids can walk on land if they choose, but doing so is practically unheard of due to the risks. Seonghwa is the only living mermaid of his kind left, and after a life of hiding from ruthless hunters, he hatches a plan for revenge. He poses as a pirate and steps ashore for the first time in his life, all with the intent to destroy a certain captain, his crew, and his ship from the inside.
It’s only a matter of time until Seonghwa’s true identity is revealed, but he plans to destroy them all before it comes to that.
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- 17/17
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25 Nov 2024
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Complicated Creation by Elemental
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
09 Sep 2020
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Midoriya Izuku is medically quirkless, not technically homeless, perpetually exhausted and doing his damned best despite it all. He also sees spirits, which might be cool if not for the fact that a) no one else does, b) they really don't like him very much, and c) he's pretty sure the heroes now think he's a villain working for the League.
Aizawa Shota just wants to take down Overhaul, rescue Eri, keep his students alive, get some rest, and find out how this Deku kid knows things he absolutely should not know about his personal life and the Shie Hassaikai case.
Unless Nighteye's right, and the kid really is a villain.
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- Part 1 of sum of all (and by them driven)
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- English
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- 13/13
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23 Sep 2024
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Safe enough to trust by AngstRat
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
21 Jul 2024
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Six times Hizashi and Shouta work hard to earn Izuku's trust, and one time they don't have to.
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- 7/7
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31 Jul 2024
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He kept up his grumbling all the way to the door, where he was both stupid and tired enough to forgo checking the peephole before ripping it open.
“It better be important-” he snapped, the perfect picture of a disgruntled military commander, but the rest of the tirade died thick and sour on his tongue.
On his doorstep, his hand still raised, finger pointed as if to abuse the doorbell yet again, stood a young blond boy, drenched to the bone and looking at him like he had lost his mind.
“Yuriy?” he breathed and rubbed at his eyes once more to make sure the child wasn't a mirage of some sort.
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Ed's (pre)teen son shows up on Roy Mustang's doorstep in the middle of the night. This is troubling for several reasons!
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14 Jul 2024
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Eddie thinks that he’s probably judged Steve too quickly. He thinks Steve’s probably full of surprises, if the past two years are anything to go by.
And then, of course, Steve just has to prove him right by stepping out of his BMW in a full sailor suit fantasy that not even the most depraved recesses of Eddie’s mind could have cooked up. Jesus. He’s got the little hat and everything. Cute tiny shorts, too, that are regrettably not as short as the ones included in the Hawkins High gym uniform, but still short enough for Eddie to be able to appreciate Steve’s legs. He has nice legs. Good knees. White socks pulled halfway up his calves, for some reason, stark against his golden tan skin. Wispy little hairs that probably go up his thighs. Eddie needs to stop looking at his legs.
“Eddie Munson,” Steve calls as he approaches, his voice all easy and light like they’re actually friends. “Hi.”
Eddie blinks at him.
Because Eddie's life can never be normal, the summer of '85 finds him working a firework stand just outside of Starcourt Mall, catching up on school work, and tutoring Steve Harrington in all things D&D.
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04 Apr 2024
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paint smears on sunny days by SnowshadowAO3
Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
10 Oct 2020
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To say that he runs to his car would be incorrect, as he is a Lan, and running is both undignified and unnecessary unless in immediate danger. Nor does he slam his key into the ignition, or aggressively swerve around the cars on the freeway, or have a mild panic attack at the fact he is picking A-Yuan up late from school for the first time ever.
He comes close, though.
By the time he arrives, it’s 4:35PM, and he has imagined about fifty different worse-case scenarios. The door is partly open when he gets to it, a messy label of 104B—Art Room scrawled with chalk on a placard next to the faded wood. As he opens it fully, he expects to see a wailing, terrified child, or perhaps a scene of utter misery and betrayal.
What he finds is his son, hands covered in paint, being sung to by a beautiful, dark-haired stranger.
“Ducks live in the pond, yellow ducks, happy ducks!”
Lan Wangji stops in his tracks.
(Or: Falling in love with your son’s art teacher, in five parts)- Language:
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- 5/5
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26 Mar 2024
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Love, let me see my way back to you by StarsHideYourFires
Fandom Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Mar 2024
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Eddie Munson and Steve Harrington were high school sweethearts, separated by circumstance, and left broken-hearted. Thanks to their meddling twelve-year-old twins, they have reunited and have the chance to work at being the family they always wanted to be.
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10 Mar 2024
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There are worse ways to discover you have a soulmate, probably.
Steve can’t think of any, but there are.
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The “soulmates share pain” AU where the bond kicks into action and the only thing Steve can think is: that’s what bats feel like. And he knows exactly what that means.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 53,351
- Chapters:
- 12/12
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- 7
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- 538
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10 Feb 2024
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03 Dec 2023
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one of the best steddie/st/steve-centric works i have ever read oh my god
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After Steve Harrington goes missing, Eddie Munson gets exposed to the secret dangers of Hawkins, Indiana in 1985 instead of 1986.
Will a different first meeting lead to a change in his fate?
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- English
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- 7/7
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Bookmarked by cryptidz
03 Nov 2023