NEW ROMANTICS
Description
At age 32, Joohyun is still waiting for a promotion, five years and counting at the height of her career, in the process of getting over her last break-up with a man her parents wanted her to marry satisfied with the state of her love life, and wondering if this is all life really has to offer living each day to its fullest. That is, until her best friend's younger brother comes back from studying abroad, and shows her that there might be more to finding happiness than she'd originally thought.
Foreword
NEW ROMANTICS
starring -- Bae Joohyun, Seo Youngho, Seo Joohyun, Kang Seulgi, Kim Yerim
genre -- Slice of Life, Romance, Office AU, Workplace Dynamics, Age Differences
inspiration -- Pretty Sister Who Buys Me Food (2018), societal pressures and expectations for women, She Used To Be Mine by Sara Bareilles
(GIF CREDITS: X X)
"Come take my arms and go, 'I'll be yours for sure.'"
(YERIN BAEK, SQUARE (2017))
A/N: Ok, originally planned to write a Vrene fic but then I saw this video ??? and this ??? and Johnny posted an IG story about how Irene bought him lunch during Kick It promotions and now I have Irene x Johnny tunnel vision, sorry @ all other Irene ships oop. Also cute height difference! Thank you for coming to my crackship TED Talk!!1! I'm just going through a NCTVelvet moment!!!
But in all seriousness, this is not intended to just be a story about a romantic relationship -- I'm planning on delving into subjects such as ism in the workplace, societal (double) standards for women, and how does someone navigate that entire minefield and find happiness? But it won't be super bleak and serious all the time (I think...) I'm also thinking this will be a shorter fic (at most 10 chapters) but with longer chapters.
I hope you will stick around for this story <3 :)
An entry for Scent of a Rose Writing Contest hosted by luv_kero.
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