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Description

Jaebum has a problem going on dates: he can't talk to his date. He can barely utter out his own name, he doesn't even really know why but the pressure of impressing a date gets to him and he just closes up. So in order to try and solve this problem, Jinyoung sets him up with the most talkative person he knows, if anyone can get him to talk it's this guy. However things don't go quite how he imagined...

Foreword

After writing this I realised that many people may this I'm trivialising or romanticising anxiety but believe me that is not the case. I suffer badly from anxiety so have projected myself on to these characters and the situation. In reality most of the 'awkwardness' in this is not linked to anxiety and is instead a more fictional experience however there are elements, especially Jaebum's experience before the date, that are directly linked to anxiety, taken from my own feelings. Anxiety is not cute, I know that better than many.

Anyway, please enjoy! My twitter is @OofL1998 if you want to talk about the fic in more detail than the comments can provide. 

This is also a cross post from AO3
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parclassicc #1
Chapter 1: IM CRYING THIS IS AMAZING SO CUTE AND THE PLOT IS REALLY REALLY AMAZING LIKE HOW CAN YOU EVEN THINK THIS?!!! UR AMAZING DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER JACKBUM STORIES PLEASEEE IF YOU DONT WRITE MORE KALDKSKKDLA I REALLY LOVED THIS UH
aSilverPretzel #2
Chapter 2: This is so cute! I can't imagine Jackson ever not being able to speak though ^^
Ihateeveryonearoundm #3
Love everything!
littlemarku #4
Chapter 2: when I opened this I was so scared that it might be an april fools joke and you didn't really update but it wasnt and it made me so happy omg, this was the cutest thing ever, its 1am in the night and I'm trying not to squeal due to the adorableness. I love this so much, how jackson held jaebums shaking hands when he wanted to open the ring box touched me a lot
Sev7n7 #5
Chapter 1: That was adorable. I don't know what more I could say to you! I'm in love with speechless Jaeson. Thank you! ç2
esthieIgot7 #6
Chapter 1: omg, this story is so cute!! ^^
Ecklipse #7
Aww, That was absolutely adorable ~ A speechless Jackson is hard to imagine tbh ^^ But I think it was a really good idea to make him like that because you know, he is only like this with Jaebum *winks winks* which makes it even more precious ~ And I really liked the whole between brackets dialogue, it was very sweet :)
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