#243: Event Horizon

[sweetestjongin]

Title: Event Horizon
Pairing(s): Jongin/D.O
Rating: PG-13
Length: ~17 600
Summary: Kyungsoo is a space enthusiast and Jongin meets him and falls in love with the galaxies in his eyes.
Author's Note: The space facts I used are from space-facts.com and I had so much fun embedding them into the story. Also, it’s one of my first times taking part in a fanfiction festival and I just want to thank the mods again for their hard work and all the effort they put into making this such a wonderful experience for me! ♥




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Comments

[sugaryandsalted.livejournal.com]

This was a story I read progressively over three days. I might actually be slow and busy, but it's also because this is a fic that needs time. You can't just skim this, you gotta snuggle up under your warm blanket (possibly with chocolate, but that's optional) and really take your time with this. Because the characters certainly do, going at things at their own pace.

Everything built up slowly, but steadily, so my heart could twitch and ache accordingly when it burst so suddenly by Soo deciding to just kiss him already! *haha*
I like how Jongin stepped out of the frame Kyungsoo liked to put everything in, showing the self-awareness that life ain't no high school movie~
For a sec I feared there would be a quick smut scene squished in -just for the sake of it- but then I was really glad you didn't.

Last but not least I enjoyed all the space facts. I have zero clue about astronomy, but I had faith in you looking up all the little facts, so when Soo called Pluto a planet I stumbled a little, but was certain that it would be resolved later - and it did ♡

I saw this prompt, and I never expected it to become such a long, sweet story. Thanks for devoting so much love and time to this, it certainly payed off, in my opinion ♡

[yuku-chun.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for your comment!
I certainly took my time answering, too orz
I don't even know what to say because I'm just so happy with all the little details you pointed out and how the work and thought I put into them obviously resonated with you <3
I honestly thought about wether to include a smut scene or not because the prompt was open for NC-17 but when I looked at Jongin's and Kyungsoo's character dynamic and how they work, I realized I couldn't. They weren't ready yet.
I'm glad, relieved and happy that this decision gets so much positive feedback!

Thank you again for taking all the time to read my story and come up with such a lovely, heart-felt comment full of support, too. It means a lot ;u;

[sugaryandsalted.livejournal.com]

Haha, it's nothing :3 Watch me reply even LATER *why am I slacking off like this*

You're very, very welcome. It takes some courage not to do smut sometimes (weird as that sounds), and I think it totally pays off ♥