Eight Minutes, Twenty-Three Seconds

[the_night_thief]

Title: Eight Minutes, Twenty-Three Seconds
Fandom: SHINee
Rating: pg-13
Prompt used: "We’re frightened of what makes us different."  -- Anne Rice, found here
Word count: 3,130
Genre: au!bandverse, angst
Warnings: It's very sad and rife with death.
Disclaimer: I own nothing herein.
Summary: Wherein Taemin's ability is more of a curse than a gift.

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[the_night_thief]

dejavu_love

I hope you enjoy it. :3

[dejavu_love]

and this is your first shinee fic?? WHAT IS THIS? THIS IS TOO PRETTY. SAD BUT PRETTY BUT OH AM GEE WHAT IS THIS.

I AM INCOHERENT. AND I WANT TO GLOMP YOU LIKE THE TWO LITTLE ONES IN YOUR USERPIC. BUT OTHERWISE I AM GENERALLY INCOHERENT. this whole idea is just FABULOUS.

[the_night_thief]

Yeah, this was my first SHINee fic. ^^
THIS IS A STORY. WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S TOO PRETTY? AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SAD AND ASDFGHJKL RAWR

I accept glomps. :D
They make my life bearable. *nodnod*

So...I take it you liked it? xD
Honestly, I have no idea where the hell this idea came from. I just....I don't even know. xD; I pulled the numbers-above-your-head from a book I remember reading years ago, but applying it to SHINee? And killing 2min? No. Clue.

[the_night_thief]

helloimej

WAYFLT?

[helloimej]

YOU~! I WISH YOU COULD SEE THIS! *points to face* I'm fucking crying!

Ugh... I really wanna drive 8 hours just to come smother you with a flippin' pillow until you pass out, then revive you so I can hug you and squeeze you to death because, honestly, that was so fucking amazing.

I can't even.... I said I wasn't going to read this tonight and I probably shouldn't have (meaning, I'll reread tomorrow when I don't have a sinus-pressure migraine)... but holymotherofshisus......

You win this round of out Word War, but I will have my revenge. I'm working on a few little things now......

Re: WAYFLT?

[the_night_thief]

*utterly and forever beaming*

.......can we please not smother the Ariel? I mean, she has a lot of stuff to do. Mandarin to learn. California to travel to this summer. Korea and Germany to invade. She's really like to stay ALIVE.

Well. After rereading, what did you think? And be unbiased! I mean.... I had spell check and whatnot, so what I'm looking for is more along the lines of the flow and the general idea of the story. Did you understand it all? And did the thing with Key make sense?

*utterly. beaming. forever*
I AM SPARTA QUEEN. Temporarily. Again. Mwahaha. Ha. Work all you want~ I have DBSK in the makings now. And all my other projects.
Have I told you lately how much our word wars mean to me? ^^

Re: WAYFLT?

[helloimej]

I said I'd bring you back, right? No? Oh... well... yeah..... I want you to stay alive too. (Thought it'd amuse you to know that I typed "alove" first instead of "alive".)

And I still need to reread..... when my mind isn't all "WHATTHEFUCKAREYOUDOING? WAYLT? STOPSTOPSTOPSTOPSTOP!!!!!!"

And yes... you are Queen. For now. But I will have my moment.

I don't think you've told me this........ but I'm glad they mean something.

[23elevens]

HOW IN THE WORLD DID YOU WRITE THIS, AS YOUR FIRST FIC? I loved this omgomgomg. Taemin, silly you should have told someone!!
I love you. You're my new friend. <3 2MIN CAN'T BE BROKEN!

[the_night_thief]

I don't even know how! XD;
Ahh, but Taemin did tell someone. He told Key, but Key didn't believe him. And, think about it -- would you have believed that?
I'm so glad you liked this, though. :3 I'm always a little iffy when I introduce concepts that aren't totally grounded in reality. ^^;

Aww. :D I FEEL SO LOVED!
YES! 2MIN, FOR THE WIN!
Seriously, I could write those boys forever and not get tired of it.
I'm in the process of writing more 2min, actually. ^^

[23elevens]

Well, that's very true :/ But I wish Key would believe his precious baby! 2min, RIP (ONLY IN THIS OMG!)
It's okay dear, its great to try out new concepts xD I myself have problems thinking up good ones so..

2min, and Minkey! xD I'll be waiting for your next 2min!

[illusions_chan]

I remember seeing this concept for the first time in (of all things) a MV by Nickelback and I've always wanted to try but I've been afraid that I wouldn't do it justice.

You captured it beautifully, like "this is how a story should be written". I love Taemin's desperation. His every emotion is just so tangible and his interactions with the others so poignant. It's heartbreaking, but it's so beautiful. Bravo!

[the_night_thief]

Nickelback -- really? I remember reading a book where this was the concept. I should go scope out this MV now. >D

Ahhh, thank you so very much! ^^
I really wanted to his desperation across, but other than keeping specific count of the running time, I wasn't sure how to do it. I'm pleased that I successfully captured it!

In all honesty, the emotions were difficult to write. We all know that Taemin and Minho are close friends, and death is a stranger to no one, but to see death approaching and to know that no matter what you do, your best friend will die....I wanted that shock-fear-resistance-shattered-acceptance. I wanted it to be real.

Really, thank you so very much for your kind words. :3

[the_night_thief]

Aww, thank you. ^^

I'm sure it would be very stressful. Even more so to see it's your best friend and know that you can't do anything to change it.