#augustbutwinter

~august

Haha, August, this one is so unlike anything else I’ve written or want to write! I’ve never attempted anything remotely historical. But I just can’t shake the image of Hoseok as Cupid, doting on his Psyche!Reader:

tagged by @augustbutwinter and @lcksndkys (thank you for the tag fellow Day6 enthusiasts)

1. what fandoms have you written for (but do not currently)?

i've been in many fandoms, but never written for any of them. i usually just write poetry lol

2. what fandoms are you currently writing for? only bts! i have considered maybe branching out into got7 fic 👀

3. how long have you been writing? The Library of Our Love was my first finished piece, and it was published in March!

4. on which platforms do you post your stories? just Tumblr! i have an AO3 (@triviafics) but there's nothing on there rn.

5. what is your favourite genre to write? i like angst lol... don't ask why i think i just like to make myself and readers sad.

6. are you a pantser or a planner? every single thing i've written has been 100% fly by the seat of my pants style.

7. one shot or multi-chapter? both! i tend to like to read long oneshots and then drabble series, so they both have their benefits for the type of story that needs to be told.

8. what is the perfect chapter length in your opinion? when the story for that chapter has been told.

9. what is your longest published story? is it complete?

series: burn after reading (7.6k and counting)

one shot: october (8.3k)

10. which story did you enjoy working on the most? i have a soft spot for everything that i've written, mainly because of how much i treasure the way readers react to it. you guys are the best! personally though, TLOL was really cathartic for me to write because it was based on my first real heartbreak and it helped me come to peace with the situation.

11. favourite request you’ve have written and why (if any?) i haven't written requests yet (i don't like feeling pressured to come up with things on the spot), but Sophie (@sunshinekims) gave me an idea for a lil something that i think I'll write once I'm done with boards.

12. are there reoccurring themes in your stories? i like to write stories about love that aren't love stories, angst with happy endings (there's always a silver lining, even if it's not what you may think), pining... masive amounts of pining.

13. current number of wips? literally, 0 bc i don't consider something a wip unless i have it down on paper. but 1284843929568 ideas live in my head constantly.

14. three things you have noticed about your own writing? 1) i like to focus on the member's development as much as the OC's 2) writing long stories is hard... i greatly admire anyone who can write above 10k words. 3) i write very spontaneously and jump around from story to story a lot.

15. a quote you like from a published story. i'm gonna pick one from each of my stories thus far.

the library of our love: maybe this library will no longer be an archive of your longings, but an incunabulum of a fresh start.

burn after reading: [we were] fools to think that love could have blossomed, could have thrived in these shades of grey. Love needs light to grow, to develop, it needs happy memories. It doesn’t need secrets, lies, and death.

scintilla: the cacophony of voices grows louder, building to a climax with the additions of cans of beer being slammed onto counters, and a hockey game coming from somewhere in the background, composing a grating, lilting rhapsody that draws you in like the song of a siren.

love is the true art: a vibrant rainbow of hues thrums underneath his skin. straight lines. curved ones. a flower here. a bold font there.

october: how both of you were two ships in the night, navigating the same murky waters yet never crossing paths. And now you’d become his anchor, and he was your lighthouse, guiding you to safety and security every hour of the day.

khwabon ke parindey: the two lifelong friends reflecting silently on all the memories they’d shared through the years, the empty chair at the end of the table representing the space left in their hearts during this joyous occasion.

16. a quote from an unpublished story

ok hehe since i literally have nothing down on paper at this moment, let me direct you to a story i want to write based on this moodboard i made just so i can put this one line in it:

“Sometimes I feel like strangling you, I hate you so much. But I don’t have the strength anymore.”

17. space for you to say something to your readers i'm so constantly touched by anyone who gives me and my little corner of this site the time of day. thank you, i appreciate you.

8: jimin + ex lovers angst

ooohhh guurrll. so i already shared a little bit with you in our pms but i changed some things around after crying with @lcksndkys about it 🤣🤣. the scene starts with jimin at the park with his baby girl and his [redacted] (is it a wife? partner? lover? friend? fwb? sibling? who knows! not me!) and he sees his first love for the first time in like 4 years. also he named his baby girl after his first love 😭😭😭 CUE THE ANGST

Love from ~august🍂

Bonus:

August, hello!! I’d be more than happy to talk about Jae and his infectious smile (it makes me smile seeing it too) 🥰

So I took a deep look at Jae’s smile and was actually reminded of another idol in the process: our very own Min Yoongi! When you put these two side-to-side, there’s no denying they have similar reverse, or gull-wing smile arcs!

I would say Jae's smile features are less exaggerated than Yoongi's, such as showing less gum and then also have less of that reverse curve. It may be subtle, but it's still there!

In addition, when viewed in profile, Jae's front teeth look a little bit more flared to me than Yoongi's, which makes him less inclined to the deep bite that Yoongi has and more learning towards the slightest overbite (both are deviations of the same type of malocclusion, or misaligned bite!)

shall i compare thee (to a summer's day)

- august

It's maddening, Seokjin thinks, to have been given the gift of eternal beauty. Every day he's showered with songs of his beauty, poems of his charm... It got old fast. Needing a change of scenery, one where no one would recognize him, he flees his kingdom with the assistance of his friends. After traveling for many moons, he finally reaches a small village, far removed from the control of his kingdom and there he meets you, an honest farmer just living life day to day. You're enchanted by him, sure, but you know nothing good would come out of it, so you feign indifference to save yourself heartache. What you don't know is that he is just as enchanted with you. Too bad the man doesn't know how to flirt for the life of him, as he's never needed to his entire life.

@augustbutwinter you sent this hours ago but this took me forever loolll you know i'll let you distract me any time <3

Thank you, August! Now if only I could finish one… 🙈

But anyway, Play That Back is a YoonKook x Reader idolverse request that I've been working on! I don't have any fun snippets to share but I can list some bullet points:

It's set during the PTD tour

Mint Kook and Mint Yoongi are the visuals

Reader is a session singer

JK ends up in the booth with reader while producer Suga directs the, um, action 🥴

The request is from last year so I'm hoping to have it finished sometime this year, but you know how it goes! 💕

-august

August!! Thank you for asking about these, I had to do some digging actually because I couldn't pin down distinctly what I was listening to then. These are the general vibes though:

The Modern Prometheus:

Scintilla:

What about: I wanna hold your hand and Covert Affairs? 🤩

~august

Ooh, August, you picked two with very different vibes!

For I Wanna Hold Your Hand, I was listening to some of my favorite love songs, and Arum Rae's "What Good is a Heart?" was the track I kept repeating. It's not just the lyrics that match the story, but something about the song just makes me think of wintry weather and holding Yoongi's hand as you wander through the snowy nights.

Covert Affairs was largely inspired by The Decemberists' "The Bagman's Gambit" for the basic plot of the story. But the heart came from BTS's own "Your Eyes Tell." I mean, Hobi's verse?

Shadows of the past keep on chasing me But the more I try to escape and struggle, the more it follows But I still want to hold onto it, wherever you are I'll find you To a tomorrow of us

That's Covert Affairs Jungkook right there. 😭