cortis — keonho x fem!reader — mini oneshot reaction

requested by an anon from this ask.

GENRE: fluff, workplace crush, light comedy, idol‑friendly

WARNINGS: none, just mutual embarrassment and awkward cuteness (also not proofread, and i think there might be typos)

SYNOPSIS: You’re an intern editor who usually works behind the scenes.. until you’re suddenly assigned to the production team. Keonho tries to act cool around you, not knowing you’ve seen every goofy moment he’s ever made on camera.

AUTHOR’S NOTE: hiiii! here’s a keonho fluff thingy where he has a crush on u! this was requested by an anon(tysm for this aa i love writing ittt!) enjoy everyone!

DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction. Characters are based on public personas only. Nothing here reflects real-life relationships or behavior. Please do not repost, translate, or copy my work to other platforms. Reblogs & comments are appreciated but never required!.

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You weren’t that nervous about the rotation week.

after all, you’d been editing the boys for months. hours of footage, retakes, bloopers, mic tests, and the occasional moments where some of then did cringy things that you had to pause the video and rethink your life.

you knew them better than they knew you. or.. atleast you knew their unedited selves.

stepping into the production studio for the first time still made your stomach flip. It was loud, busy, full of staff moving equipment and adjusting lights. You were supposed to “observe,” but you already felt out of place.

Then Keonho walked in.. or seonghyeon. even though you've edited them for months, you still can't tell them apart.

whoever it was, the spotted you instantly. you watched his posture change faster than you could finally figure out it was Keonho. His shoulders went back, his hands in pockets, expression suddenly neutral, almost bored. Trying so hard to look nonchalant.

“Uh- hi,” he said, voice deeper than usual. “You’re… the editor intern, right?”

You nodded. “Yeah. I’m just here for the week though.”

“Oh.” He nodded back, too quickly. “Cool. That’s.. cool.”

He leaned against a table. The table rolleda nd he almost went with it.

You pressed your lips together to keep from laughing.

He cleared his throat, pretending nothing happened. “So, uh.. you edit our stuff?”

"most of it," you said. "especially the behind-the-scenes."

His face went red.

Like as if he suddenly remembered every embarrasing thing he's ever done in front of a camera.

"Oh," he said, quietly. "So you've.. seen seen things."

You smiled. "A few."

He looked away, his ears turning pink. "Right. Yeah. Even the things I do.." he mutters, almost as if he's talking to himself (he's not cs u can hear him loud and clear)

You didn't mean to tease him, but it slipped out. "The wink you tried to do during the REDRED practice choreo was.. something."

His head snapped toward you. "YOU SAW THAT?"

"I edited it."

He covered his face with both hands. "Nooo. Please forgive me noona."

You huffed a laugh, and he peeked thorugh his fingers, eyes bright but still mortified.

He then dropped his hands, straightened up. "Well," he said, his voice soft, "I guess it's nice to meet you in person."

You felt your cheeks warm. "You too."

He smiled, a real one, not the cool act.

As he leaves and waves goodbye to you, you realize that he wasn't embarrased you'd seen him and his stupid antics.

He was just embarrased because it was you.

And maybe he didn't mind as much as he pretended

photographer!peter parker who is the epitome of a broke college student, deciding to take on a paid internship position at the local newspaper, the daily bugle, in hopes of making a little extra cash. 

photographer!peter parker who is always late to work — his jacket half shrugged onto his shoulders, his hair still mussed from sleep. he rushes through the office building’s doors every morning, pushing through the crowds hoping he’ll be able to sneak in before j. jonah jameson notices he’s missing. 

photographer!peter parker who gets caught coming in late every morning without fail. thankfully he wouldn’t be fired because he was just too good of a photographer. somehow.

photographer!peter parker who, despite his tardiness, is able to secure a big interview with an up and coming actress. like a really big interview. he wouldn’t be conducting the interview, just taking the pictures, but either way it was a huge deal. he was both nervous and excited as hell.

photographer!peter parker who fumbles with his camera and its settings despite using it nearly every day. the girl sitting in front of him was just too pretty and his palms were sweating far too much for him to be calm. it was just a couple of pictures, no big deal. right?

photographer!peter parker who makes awkward jokes and comments as he takes the pictures — murmuring something about computers or the internal workings of his camera or... something?

photographer!peter parker who then listens in on the interview to hopefully learn something about you, more than your name at least. he hears you telling the interviewer about your favorite drink, a simple coffee order that was probably too sweet for any other person to drink. 

photographer!peter parker who hands you your exact coffee order after your interview ends, a lopsided smile tugging at the corner of his lips. 

“i just ah.. heard you mention how you liked it in the interview and i just thought you might appreciate it, busy morning and all. uh not that i was eavesdropping or anything! i just walked by and heard it and…” his cheeks flush as he stammers, trying to explain himself. he wasn’t a creep, no, no, nothing like that, he just thought you were so cool. and so pretty. he gets nervous around pretty girls. flirting was seriously not his strong suit.

photographer!peter parker who’s surprised when you smile warmly and take the cup from him. he watches as you take a sip, humming in satisfaction when you confirm that he got your order just right — a feat few could accomplish. 

photographer!peter parker who smiles back, carding a hand through his short curls, which were still a mess from him rolling out of bed about an hour and a half before. he let out a sigh of relief, his chest feeling infinitely lighter.

Take this silly Idea I had

Sun and Moon are famous fashion designers and are known to be rather high maintenance and demanding.

Meanwhile Y/N is forced to take a position as their personal assistant (if they don't stick with the internship they don't graduate)

Lovely timezone, my dreamers!

So, I blame the constant brainrot I have somehow developed for a ridiculously dead fandom (but we continue to exist lol). The idea, however, is not entirely my own and I do have to give credit where its due (it simply wouldn't be possible without @7-inches-of-satanic-panic having made a post about it and i simply decided to write something for it!)

Now, to explain this AU- canon divergent storyline- it mostly follows McFist and Viceroy (it was Viceroy pfft) coming up with a new plan on capturing the ninja which leads to them creating an internship program in an attempt to unmask the city's 'vigilante'. By the power of well-placed plot logic, and because well, it'd honestly fit the theme- Randy's accepted as an intern and begins working at McFist Industries as he's using the opportunity to figure out the evil duo's next steps but of course, the question remains: what happens if he gets caught?

Unable to easily back out, Randy is left having to complete the internship and if he happens to be enjoying himself a little, that would be a lie- what are you talking about?

Now everything after this is my own interpretation!

Everything takes a sudden turn because Randy isn't exactly the most qualified, but at the same time- i feel he does have some range of skills that McFist and Viceroy could be interested in. ADHD! Randy taking an interest in math for instance? Absolutely, but now he's literally interning for his archenemies and for the time being, the Sorcerer isn't as major of a villain as he would be in the canon; anyway, moving on-

Randy doesn't really seem to find anything amiss and mostly spends his time interning under Viceroy as McFist is, well, McFist- but things get interesting when he (Randy) ends up in the radar of McFist who's a bit suspicious and comes to the conclusion that Randy might be the Ninja due to the type of slang he uses- (which becomes dismissed by Viceroy because apparently Randy is a bit clumsy, and how could someone like that ever be the Ninja, amirite? /lh)

Though I also like to imagine at least Randy and Viceroy bond because, well, who wouldn't be slightly interested in the new technology Viceroy's developed for video games? Honestly- this might be partially inspired by me having read other AU's where Viceroy sort of adopts Randy and I will get my dues with this pfft, but anyway-

At some point, things get tense because Randy mysteriously vanishes when a robot attacks the city, and now has to come up with a plausible excuse to why he left McFist Industries-

(author's cut: i might either write this as a long one-shot or it's going to be a multi-chaptered work where it explores dynamics a little bit more and may gain more 'lore' behind it so to speak)

Headcanons + Thoughts

~ To fit the theme a little, Randy is something of a math prodigy- though it's not something he made an effort in showing before and it's due to this he's accepted into the internship program

~ Personally the program is only meant to last the course of a single month since it's mostly to unravel the Ninja's identity, but things kind of... derail- because Randy does have his skills and Viceroy's curious

~ Randy is peak ADHD in this; I can cover everything about it in a separate post (but basically- he can't sit still for longer than five minutes and is always fidgeting with something)

~ McFist isn't a total idiot and he suspects something strange about Randy, but it's mostly him realizing that Randy uses the same sort of slang as the Ninja- even attempting to bring this idea to Viceroy, though it's not enough

~ All of the expenses are paid for- including lodging in order to make the internship seem more legitimate (and it is, it's also a ploy to capture the Ninja but no one needs to know that)

~ Bash and Randy? We'll see where this goes, but they'll definitely have interactions with Bash being McFist's stepson and well, Randy's interning so they're bound to see each other repeatedly

~ the Sorcerer isn't an overarching element in this as he would be in canon, but he might get cameos- or it's something introduced in the second half of the series to keep things interesting, genuinely we'll have to see

~ if there is going to be reveal, I honestly want the suddenly dawning realization that the Ninja is a teenager- that it's not something to be taken lightly, and while McFist may honestly ignore it, Viceroy certainly will not (and that's all I'm saying on the matter right now)

~ what lesson am i going to be using for this? i'm honestly on the fence of whether i use a preexisting one, or if this is going to be something entirely new Randy's facing-

~ for the sake of how things are going to run, Randy's family is absent during this- i do think he either lives with another relative (half-credit to @7-inches-of-satanic-panic since it's possible it could be an aunt acting as his surrogate mom? or the hc i've talked about before- that his parents are just constantly working and busy, and tend to neglect Randy a lot)

Under-the-Cut Information (+ Thoughts)

I am definitely treating this as a more lighthearted story, but there's going to be serious elements because there isn't a single way that Randy's completely fine being the Ninja and sure, he does love it, though there's got to be an emotional toll happening he isn't realizing (we've seen this in canon, it isn't out of the realm of possibility)

I do want to say that I am using neurodivergent and LGBTQ+ headcanons and elements in this piece, and if that's going to be a problem- please, find something else to read

I'm going to explore the depth of Randy's personality as he genuinely should've gotten more development and I felt his character had a weird... switch during the second season-? Like, it still felt like him but he also could be a massive jerk for seemingly no reason and then regret his actions as if this isn't the most adhd coded kid i have ever seen in my life, it would explain a lot

might play around with character designs? i'm not sure yet honestly-

currently the au will be titled intern randy au until further notice, so if you want to follow the story- the tag is #internrandyau

That is all I've got for now!