Hi everyone!

It's been a while. I've missed you guys so much. I still see your messages from time to time (sorry for my tardy replies), but I'm honored you guys even remember me. 

I'm finally home for the winter holidays. College's been taking a toll on my life. I've made the best of friends and had so much fun, and I've also had the opportunity to have my heart broken and mended in the strangest way. If I look back, I guess I wouldn't change a thing - my mistakes have led to some of the best things that has ever happened to me.

I'd like to know how you're doing! Do hit me up with a message, I'd love to reconnect. 

Below you'll find a list of plans, but I've tried not to be overly detailed. College is pretty busy so I can't make too many promises, but I know that I want to go back to writing here again. You'll also see that I've been making a concerted effort to continue whatever I've been writing.

I also need your help! I hope you'll scroll down and complete some polls for me.

ongoing fanfiction (ones that will definitely be continued as they are, without revamps)

1. one card shy

soohyuk/jinhee | romantic comedy | multi-chaptered |

2. back to square one

seulgi/smtown | bildungsiroman | multi-chaptered

3. the puppets of joseon

soohyuk/jinhee/jongsuk | historical fiction | multi-chaptered

upcoming fanfiction

(descriptions included subsequently)

1. If SMTown Moved On...

smtown | family | multi-chaptered

2. division 6174

smtown | crime thriller | multi-chaptered

3. a house on fire

soohyuk/jinhee | half-true romance | multi-chaptered

If SMTown Moved On...

Synopsis: 2025. The SMTOWN family is still ridiculous- except, now, with the addition with several plus ones.

A/N: I think you guys are incredibly surprised and excited to see the inclusion of this. I've been wanting to rewrite this for a while, just never really had the time to do so. While I think TPM and TJP represented different breakthroughs in my creativity, ISMO was a learning process and a platform of which I truly connected with you readers. I was thinking about which of my old stories I really wanted to bring back to life, and this one gave me the most nostalgia. This rewrite is dedicated to you guys and to Delaney, who inspired me to write this. If anything, ISMO is a fanfiction of "The Beginning of Forever". It isn't only mine, but also Delaney's and you readers'.

However, I must admit, I cannot work with the old six-seven pairings. I'm going to be trying new, but not so new ones. I've decided on one already - Changmin/Seulgi, but I'm leaving four open. I've made a list of pairings below in the four polls. The pairing with the most votes from each poll will be put in the story. 

I tried to divide the polls such that no matter how the polls turn out, every SMTOWN group (except perhaps NCT because I don't really know the members yet) will be represented in the main pairings. I've also vetted through the polls - I'm quite confident to try out every pairing that I've listed. If I'm not willing, they wouldn't be listed. (This should come as a surprise, since I've included MinYul and KaiStal.)

Happy voting! Voting closes in 24 hours so I can prep for the story. More details will be out tomorrow after the results are in.

You may be wondering - I'm always doing these vote thingies, can I actually handle these pairings this time? Yes I can, because I gave each pairing much thought. If they were listed there, I want to write about them.

And do you know what's better...? The second highest voted pairings may even be added in as side pairings wheeeeeee (or love triangles hihihi).

division 6174

A/N: This will be the long-awaited crime procedural fanfiction. Not SM-5, but bigger and better SM-7. It'll star Changmin, Victoria, Kyuhyun, Minho, Yoona, Seulgi and Chanyeol as detectives of one of the most prominent task forces on the Gangnam Police. More details to be released on this one, but the roles are somewhat different from that in TPM.

I won't reveal too much, but obviously Changmin will be the team leader, Victoria the forensic pathologist, Minho and Seulgi the profilers, Kyuhyun and Chanyeol the resident I.T. geeks, and Yoona the true and blue cop. So excited to place Vic/Min/Seul/Yoong/Yeol in brand new roles.

NOTE: The love lines in this are SO complicated you have no idea.

a house on fire

A/N: Aha. This one you probably didn't expect. This is a really short story, probably about 10-12 chapters, about a college couple on the verge of breaking up. It's a semi-true story based on my real-life experience. It isn't entirely true (thank goodness), but many elements of it are true and well there are some feelings you can write about only if you've felt them.

Well, I hope you're excited! It feels so good to be back and I can't wait to present to you the whole line of my new work.

- laura