037: Out of My Reach (But I'm Reaching Out For You)

[byuldeureul]

Title: Out of My Reach (But I'm Reaching Out For You)
Pairing: YunJae, hinted YooSu
Rating: PG (-13?)
Summary: Jaejoong discovers that life comes in full circle with insecurities and realizations in turn, insecurity is only natural in love, and love is something impossible to ignore.  Title is a reference to this song.

Originally written for a fic

Comments

[byuldeureul]

G-Goodness, so many compliments within this one comment kjfhsknla;gls/d I'm really touched, darling. Touched to know you felt that way and can't help but agree with your point on Junsu! Though it's been ages since I read DBSK fics regularly, I know that - in the ones I've read - several portrayals of Junsu just...don't align with my headcanon for him, making it quite hard to enjoy the fic as a whole.

It's wonderful to know you didn't feel that way about this story, though ;w; and I'm particularly glad you got that "yunjae but yet so ot5" sentiment from this piece. No matter how much I try to deny it, that seems to be the type of fic I feel most comfortable with? Something that involves all five of them, a particular focus on the deep bond/relationship between YunJae, and plenty of member-interaction. Something I miss in small spurts even now...

But I digress. This comment alone made me smile more than I can say this morning and I have you to thank for it, bby. Thank you for reading and for that lovely comment; it's a pleasure to be back writing/posting fic like this after such an extended hiatus and I hope to see you around again in future posts! ♥

[byuldeureul]

sometimes i feel like the innocence is played up too much <-- yesssssssssss exactly~ That's probably my biggest quibble with Junsu as characterized in fanfic as well. It's not that I mind an innocent!Junsu (he did occasionally give off that aura to me, especially back then), but there's so much more to a person as well? I always got the sense, too, that if there was anyone in the group who had a philosopher's soul besides Changmin, it was Junsu. He's cute, sure, but his soul must run impossibly deep...it's easy to see that, just based on the songs he writes and the way he performs alone ;;

I almost thought about it - not coming back, I mean. Fandom is a strange, strange place nowadays; after drifting so far out from it, for quite a while I thought about giving it up entirely. But nothing has swayed my adoration for these five thus far and-- well, I still kept writing, no matter how busy I got with uni work/RL and such...so, in the end, this piece was symbolic for another reason as well as to herald a "return" to the fandom nearest and dearest to my heart. It was a work which represented much of my unchanging emotions for each of the members in turn, (particularly Yunho and Jaejoong, though, not only because they're the oldest in the group but because I feel so many interesting group dynamics revolve around them - and, even in their current situation of 2- and 3-member groups, I find that still holds true ^^), and it's an absolute relief to hear I'll see you around in future fics. Looking forward to sharing more of the work that's been waiting to be posted once this crazy midterm week is over and thanks once again, darling! ♥