Lay Your Heart Next To Mine (I feel so alive)

Description

When Sehun loses his husband and child to a horrific accident, the best part of him dies. When Luhan stumbles his way home from the bar with a stranger, the best part of him is created. What follows is hope, and the last real chance for two people to start over, with one innocent life hanging in the balance.

Foreword

First and foremost, I suppose I need to get it out in the open, and therefore out of the way, that this story is centered around mpreg. It might have been easy to miss in the tags. But make no mistake, it’s heavily featured in this story. I used to write a lot of it when I was younger, and into other fandoms that catered more towards it as a popular genre. But then as I started writing more and more kpop, I stepped away from it. This is my first wading back into the shallows, so to say, in a very long time. That said, if it isn’t your cup of tea, if that sort of thing turns you off, or disinterests you, no harm no foul, that back button is up there for a reason.

That said, this story isn’t really about mpreg after all. I know, I know, let me explain. There is mpreg in this story. It is a focal point. But that’s not really what this story is about. I write stories based around characters, and character arcs. This story is no different. And at its heart, this story is about two people who are lost, or broken, or maybe need to do a lot of changing to get to a better place in their lives. This is a story about character growth and development, about loss and the pain that comes with it. This is about adversity and personal struggle, about themes of control and suicide, family duty, peer pressure, and challenging relationships. Yes, there is a baby here, and yes, the baby is the catalyst, but the story is more about two people learning to fix themselves, and learning to love each other.

As always, I want to give warnings for anyone sensitive to specific topics contained herein. This story is heavily, heavily themed by the topic of loss. There has been the death of a child in this story, before the child was born, but late into the pregnancy. As a result, the topic of suicide does come up a couple of times. If you’re sensitive to the topic of child death so late into a pregnancy, or the topic of abortion, or the topic of outside parties attempting to control the gestation of a pregnancy, bow out now. All of these things occur in this story, along with some heavy angst topics like grief and remorse and guilt, and most of this story features characters who do not have it together. Don’t get me wrong, there’s some lightheartedness to the story, and some happiness, but also some heavy things. This is the warning.

Otherwise, please be warned that this story is extremely long, character rather than plot based, and if you choose to read, buckle in.

The story updates every weekend barring any real life issues.

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NishaJiyongi
#1
Chapter 34: I reread this story for the 4th time tbh
xiaolin98 #2
Chapter 35: Do you realize that you wrote a wonderful story ??? I am amazed of this story and I even ignore my duty to study because I have mid-term test tomorrow, but your story is worth. I remembered I ever read it before but I forgot if I ever left a comment. Rereading this over again and I am still crying all over again over the conflicts.. I love this. Thank you for writing and sharing this amazing story with us.
nameless_cat
#3
I am here to reread this story again because I miss it a lot :) I hope you are fine and doing really well now author-nim :)
cuteicycream96 #4
Chapter 34: I have been searching for this fics a lot and finally i found it. This story is so realistic . I love the angst the pain and the sweet moments. They are not too cringy like some of other stories. I love this fic a looooooot ! Thank you author-nim ❤️
blahblahpok #5
Chapter 36: So I'm back reading this for the 4th time and it suddenly occured to me midway through - hunhan are the only malexmale pairing in this story! (Don't think you can really count chanyeol flirting with that guy at the wedding)
I'm curious why you paired anyone who had a partner with a girl, especially since this is mpreg. But i'm guessing you didn't include any other OTPs cos it would've meant you'd have to develop their story which would've taken away from hunhan?
BabyHan
#6
I found this story at first on AO3 and i didn't expected that you also have aff account. This story is amazing. I really" love it. I really love the story line. Hope you can make another hunhan story again
monoyixing
#7
Chapter 34: This was such a beautiful story I have no words! Every chapter was so wonderful and it was so beautiful not once has this story bored me I was constantly on my toes and the amount of feelings I got reading this was too much! Your writing style is so amazing this story me into their universe and made me feel what the characters we feeling thank you for that. I loved the alternating of chapters between sehun's "pov" and luhans THANK YOU THANK YOU for sharing this story with us readers. Thank you I hope everything goes well in your life!!
Tubbywubby #8
Chapter 34: I really loved this story. All the angst and everything was perfect. I'm so glad I read it. It took me some time to complete it but I'm glad I did the ending was so worth it. Thank you for taking the time to share it with us!
gustin82
296 streak #9
Chapter 34: I love this story so much ♡♡♡
Can't stop reading again and again...this is amazing
blahblahpok #10
Chapter 34: This is my third time reading this story but it never gets old. I still love how you fleshed out the characters and story, and each time I read it, it completely draws me in. See you again when I come back to read it a fourth time! :p