[Archive Of Our Own (AO3) stray kids fics excluding minsung fics]
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[made: 10-31-20]
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    long fics (mostly chaptered) and 45k+ words

    catalyst to the crown by demonglass
    [seungjin, 176k words, fantasy, kingdom au, slow burn, found family]
    Though they come from different districts and different lives, as lurking dangers and unknown forces begin to stir in the shadows of their world, one way or another, they all seem to find their way to District Nine.

    so... you're a chanwitch? by theswingbyjean
    [minchan, urban fantasy au, magic, enemies to friends to lovers, witches, 136k words]
    The PROS of being a District Witch: Discovering the joys and convenience of courier service.
    The CONS of being a District Witch: Falling in love with the rival witch opening up shop across the street.

    han jisung: the charity case by yourfuture
    [minsung (oops), canon divergence au, strangers to lovers, slow burn, 94k words]
    Jisung, a struggling music producer, wins entry to a charity gala hosted by 'Korea's Leading Man', Lee Minho. After meeting in a theatre bathroom after Jisung has downed 7 glasses of champagne, Jisung finds himself entangled in the famous mans' life a little too deeply.

    wild thing by yeolinski
    [minchan, NSFW!, canon compliant, 89k words]
    Chan and Minho decide to play gay chicken, while the rest of the members frolic around.

    wicked by eph3meral
    [changlix, supernatural elements au, witches, ghosts, werewolves, 85k words]
    Changbin just wanted to keep himself from having to use his dark abilities and live peacefully with his precious boyfriend. What he didn’t expect was to be forced to use them /because/ of his boyfriend.

    the book of us: electricity by strayion
    [seungjin, high school au, ldr, coming of age, 85k words]
    Seungmin falls for Hyunjin from 2000 miles away. He expected that it would be inconvenient. He didn't expect quite how much Hyunjin would change his life.

    through cracks in the cobbles, we bloom by nettlestingsoup
    [minchan, descs of violence, magic, slow burn, 1930s, 81k words]
    Minho's been chasing a revolution his whole life.

    something in the water by iridessence
    [seungjin, siren!seungmin, 69k words]
    When Hwang Hyunjin rescues a boy from drowning during a vacation in Sydney with his friends, he really didn’t expect to fall for him, but feelings are a weird thing, and there must be something in the water because Hwang Hyunjin did not just fall for people. Problem is, there definitely is something in the water, and it’s out to get him.

    lost stars by cherryjaem
    [seungjin, slow burn, self-indulgent, in-progress, currently 65k words]
    In which Seungmin learns it's okay to put himself first before others, learns to accept and let go. He learns what it's like to fall in love with Hwang Hyunjin.

    broken compass, young wings by !orphanaccount
    [changlix, soulmates au, university au, 61k words]
    Changbin never had a soulmate, but he can’t seem to get Lee Felix, the energetic violinist next door, out of his mind.

    the shrike to your glorious thorn by hyunsparkles
    [seungjin, sports au, soccer, 59k words, lots of yearning]
    that one where aspiring Olympian Kim Seungmin joins the Korean soccer national team and becomes more and more involved with one of the team's best players, the mysterious Hwang Hyunjin.

    thistle by thisismk
    [hyunsung, coffee shops au, college au, slow burn, 53k words]
    Sometimes the only way to move on from pain is to love, and the only way to find true art is to create it with someone new.

    cake pops, magic tricks, and pretty smiles by seungjinchan
    [university au, mutual pining, strangers to lovers, 51k words]
    Seungmin's been living his whole life wearing a mask to bury away his emotions from the world. Then he meets Hyunjin.

    forever and one day by herehero
    [hyunho, historical au, 1930s, enemies to friends to lovers, vampire!minho, thief!hyunjin, 64k words]
    Minho is an immortal vampire who tells Jeongin the story of his life and how he fell in love with Hwang Hyunjin.

    start over by brainworm
    [2mins, urban fantasy au, exes, fae & fairies, 50.5k words]
    “My entire existence is built on a lie,” says Seungmin. “I’m sure speaking a couple won’t hurt.”

    “Prove it.” Minho leans forward in his seat. “Is the sky purple?”

    “Of course,” Seungmin answers smoothly.

    “Fair enough,” says Minho, sitting back upright. "Good to know you can lie openly to my face. Really makes me feel at ease."

    between waves of fire by omile
    [changjin, fantasy au, slow burn, 45k words]
    In an attempt to make his father proud of him, Changbin, the crown prince, goes on a journey to an island to save a captive princess from a dragon, with his best friend Jisung by his side. It turns out that there is no princess, but that is the least of his problems.

    oneshots, mostly 16k-40k words

    isosceles by bitsori
    [binseungjin, poly relationships, pre-poly, love triangles, ambiguous ending, 20k words]
    Three love stories, or, A love story in three parts.

    small, steady steps by bitsori
    [college/university, strangers-friends-lovers, slow burn, character study, 47k words]
    Falling in love isn't always a steep dive; sometimes falling in love happens slowly, gradually, comfortably, and you don't really realise until you're right there at the bottom. And if you're lucky enough, you find that you didn't fall alone.

    keep the car running by bitsori
    [seungbin, road trips, exes, enemies to lovers, 22k words]
    Hyunjin is getting married, and Seungmin & Changbin get stuck on a trip together.

    one for the road by bitsori
    [seungbin, modern royalty-ish, strangers to lovers, 14k words]
    In which Seungmin tasks the thief who stole his most prized possession to accompany him in its retrieval.

    when we cross at intersections     by !orphanaccount
    [seungjin, canon divergence, friends to lovers, non-linear narrative, 24k words)
    Hyunjin is a part-time waiter; Seungmin is an idol. Seven years later, they meet again on a Wednesday at the Nine & Dine.

    blessings wait by seenstealers
    [seungjin, hogwarts au, slow burn, mutual pining, 30k words]
    Ravenclaw Seungmin and Slytherin Hyunjin have been in the same friend group for years, but are essentially strangers. Falling in love during tutoring sessions was not part of the plan, but plans never quite go as expected.

    The problem is, they're both utterly clueless.

    kim seungmin's guide on how to raise your (very own!) baby
    dragon     by lightbeams
    [2mins, urban fantasy au, domestic fluff, 5+1 things, 16k words]
    Kim Seungmin is just trying his best to get along in life when a pretty-faced stranger, looking like he’s stepped straight out of the Scarlet Heart Ryeo drama Seungmin just binged, appears on his doorstep. With a baby dragon in his arms.

    eight hugs a day (keeps the doctor away by tuanpark
    [seungjin, college au, cafes, fluff&humor, strangers-friends-lovers, 21k words]
    Seungmin is a stressed college student, and Hyunjin is a self-proclaimed hug therapist.

    the beat between five and six by tuanpark
    [seungsung, high school au, enemies to lovers, humor&fluff, 17k words]
    Seungmin missed his audition for the school play but so did his long-time rival and self-proclaimed arch-nemesis, Han Jisung. Good news for them, there's a make-up audition in three weeks' time. The catch? It has to be a duet piece.

    take another little pizza my heart by quindelynn
    [hyunsung, univ au, enemies to friends to lovers, 24k words]
    In a world that's constantly changing around him, Jisung has found his own bubble of serenity working for his local pizza shop with his friends and crush. Then a certain Hwang Hyunjin is hired, and his world is flipped upside down.

    learning to stay afloat by hotelcortez
    [minbin, strangers-lovers, summer romance, sharing a bed, 16.5k words]
    Seo Changbin, despite not being able to swim, has always managed to stay above the surface.

    That is until Chan drags him on a beach holiday and he meets Lee Minho, another less-than-adequate swimmer who somehow manages to pull Changbin head over heels into the water.

    the politics of love and danger by hotelcortez
    [seunglix, bodyguard au, politician!seungmin, fluff&angst, 18k words]
    a seunglix bodyguard au in which seungmin becomes a little too curious about the tiny boy with the lethal taekwondo skills.

    im a (blood) sucker for you by chronosaurus
    [seungchan, univ au, vampire!seungmin, romcom, humor&fluff, 16k words]
    “You said you know my secret,” Seungmin began, voice no more than a rumbling growl. Chan nodded, wordlessly.

    “Say it.” Seungmin muttered, as he stalked up to Chan’s back. “Out loud.”

    With his supernatural hearing, he acutely heard Chan gulp. Hard.

    “You’re...iron deficient.” Chan said, after an inordinately long dramatic pause. And with the utmost certainty.

    you're an angel in disguise(in my eyes) by thenationsrapper
    [seungsung, guardian angel!seungmin, fluff&humor, 23k words]
    Han Jisung discovers guardian angels are very much real, and Kim Seungmin is proof enough.

    (mini fics are supposedly only 1k-5k words long but adik ako so)

    mini fics, 1k-15k words

    in this pale orange light by geborgenheit
    [seungjin, high school au, friends to lovers, graduation, non-linear narrative, 12k words]
    Hyunjin falls in love with Seungmin, slowly, under the pale orange light of the lamp posts by their houses, of the sun as it starts to set when they walk home together from school, of the old lamp inside Hyunjin’s room whenever they would have sleepovers, of the headlights of Seungmin’s beaten old car which he got from his dad but wasn’t supposed to drive yet, of the small lightbulb by the fire exit at their hagwon’s building.

    baseball is like a game of go by theswingbyjean
    [seungchan, comedy/humor, baseball, pining, board games, second-hand embarrassment, 10k words]
    Approach. Invade. Encircle. Capture.

    no need for dreaming by bitsori
    [seungbin, non famous au, childhood friends, ldr, friends to lovers]
    Seungmin and Changbin are childhood friends separated by dreams of tomorrow.

    the pitfalls of being presumptuous by bitsori
    [2mins, enemies to lovers, beach resort au, feelings realization, 8k words]
    Seungmin likes to be organized, and in line with this, Seungmin loves lists and tables.That is to say, he keeps an up-to-date list of people on his good side, and an even more up-to-date list of people who aren't.

    Lee Minho? Right at the top of the second one.

    miss it by a second, miss it by a mile by clemiroh
    [seungjin, college/university, friends to lovers, photographers!seungjin, 10k words]
    hyunjin gets jealous over an instagram post, starts a silly rivalry that's really not quite there, and falls in love along the way.

    young gods by yoonbot
    [seungjin, high school au, friends to lovers, coming of age, 6k words]
    On the last day of break before their final year of high school, Hyunjin runs to the half-court line with Seungmin's old, slightly deflated basketball and says that if he makes the shot, Seungmin has to grant his wish.

    nights like these by ninchannie
    [3racha poly, nsfw!, metaphors, summer, threesome, semi-public sex, 8k words]
    The wind softly chisels his hair and it prompts him out of his momentary reverie of nostalgia and heavy pressure on his heart, sweet yet painful like cement is filling up his guts and slowly hardening up with every thought rushing through his brain.

    And in this moment, he knows more than ever before: He made it.

    adventures in the five galaxies by tuanpark
    [seungsung, sci-fi, aliens au, fluff and humor, 14.5k words]
    “You house strange creatures,” Seungmin commented, walking along with hands behind his back like one would in a museum. “Such as this organism! It has not taken a break from its ceaseless clicking. I have not heard of such life forms residing on Earth.”

    “That's because that's no organism," Jisung snorted. "It's a clock.”

    critical impacts by bg97
    [2mins, nsfw!, debate au, enemies to lovers, pwp, semi-public sex, 7k words]
    Seungmin and Minho are debate rivals who fuck in a university bathroom after round.

    to a waking dawn by whiskerprince
    [binsung, fake/pretend dating, 10k words]
    Changbin has endured trials, but no trial could have prepared him for Han Jisung.

    flagship of my rue by peachgloss
    [minsung hehe, enemies-friends-lovers, hogwarts au, mutual pining, 6k words]
    It’s no secret that fifth-year Han Jisung and sixth-year Lee Minho absolutely despise each other, but if you were to ask Jisung, he wouldn’t be able to tell you why. It’s one of those facts of life that seems so obvious he’s never thought about it—the sky is blue, water is wet, and Jisung hates Minho.

    mad (mutually assured destruction) by chronosaurus**
    [enemies!hyunsung, trainees, rivals, 5k words]
    Jisung first challenges Hyunjin to an arm wrestling match so he can beat that punk into proverbial pulp.

    Jisung challenges Hyunjin to an arm wrestling match again, because he soon finds out that holding his hand is much better than beating him into proverbial pulp.

    personal favorites

    only you, always you by singsungie

    when the world comes down by bitsori
    .... tba

    OOPS deleted na yung in this pale orange light by geborgenheit sa ao3 :p but na sakin yung file naka-save sa google drive hihi hiningi ko kay author,, sabihin mo please master erin, give me the copy