The Closer You Get, The Harder I Fall

[lotusk]

Title:The Closer You Get, The Harder I Fall
Author: lattelotus
Rating: PG
Pairing: Jongin/Joonmyun (with bff!sekai)
Length: 8456 words
Warnings: age switch, pining, beer & general awkwardness
Summary: Joonmyun’s had a dead-end crush on his best friend’s older brother Jongin for years. Things get complicated when they end up as roommates.
Notes: A belated birthday fic for my baby bear, Kim Jongin.


It was going to great. Living with Jongin was going to be great. Just great.

Comments

[holycrapola01.livejournal.com]

*sighs*

You know that feeling when every time you read some quality sukai and regardless of its length you don't want it to end because you're privy to the details of their everyday life if possible? That's how I feel every single time!

This AU is like so random but because it's sukai it becomes so special. Like, I the age switch is kinda difficult for me cos Jongin is always been Junma's baby for me but the way that Jongin spoke here makes it easier as I read.

Nursing an 8-year crush is difficult especially if the person is THAT close to you, you know? I mean, I can totally relate because my boyfriend right now was my highschool crush who happened to be my bestfriend's OLDER brother [is 7 years too old? well, who cares!] anyway, I'm so feeling the feels! That excitement of going to your friend's house cos you want to see the crush is just.. no words, and for it to finally be no longer a one-sided feeling is the best.

I'm so amazed you wrote this beautiful sweet sukai in what- 5 hours, you say? Two days ago I started a one-shot sukai for Jongin's bday too and now, I've only had 249 words. Hopeless.

But you! You made such perfectly heartbreaking [in a good way] sukai fic and the greedy me just can't get enough! I love you so much! Thank youuu! I'm just right here. As always.... waiting.... muwah! xoxoxoxo

[lotusk]

i'm so glad you connected with this in such a personal way. I've always had a weakness for BFF stories or brothers of BFFs stories - e.g. my firefly sukai fic where Jongin falls in love with his older brother's BFF lol.

That's so sweet that you ended up with your BFF's older bro ♡ and no age gap is too wide TBH if people are in love! As for the age switch, I'm the opposite of you where Jongin often seems the elder of the two lol. When Joonmyun unleashes the derp, he really seems like the younger. Have seen these gifs?

Thanks again for reading this and for sharing your story! (Ps: I finished this story in November and left it for ages bc I wasn't happy with it :/ it was 7k when I started editing it yesterday but it ended up being 8.5k by the time I was done OTL. Sukai gives me verbal diarrhea lol)