safe spaces
Description
Anyone who ever worked at Café Neo knows that working there is a dream. It's always cozy and warm, the fellow coworkers are wonderful, the customers are kinder than most, the manager lets everyone invent daily specials and take home leftovers, and it's never too busy. Some see it as a safe haven, and others as an escape.
But, when tragedy strikes just two blocks from their little coffee shop, everything around them starts to come apart at the seams. All is not as it seems.
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"You know, it's funny; when you look at someone through rose-colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags." - Wanda the Owl from BoJack Horseman
Foreword
Wellll I'm back once again with a new fic even tho I have a bunch of fics I need to work on lolllllll (im crying on the inside). This one is an ode to my favorite kind of au: COFFEE SHOP AU - but with a lil twist that's angsty and about a topic that is very important, imo. Though this time, I'm aiming for an optimistic ending. Rather than a focus on a specific character, it'll be an ensemble! And pairings are a surprise/slightly ambiguous.
title: safe spaces
characters/pairings: baekhyun, jongdae, sehun, oc (kwon naeun), seulgi, irene, wendy, other exo and rv members though they are not a part of the main ensemble, brief mentions of other idols, too.
rating: pg 13!
word count: 20k
genre: angst, drama, coffee shop au, a lil bit of suspense thrown in there? it's more like tension, social issues
disclaimer: shout to the trailer for the minding the gap hulu documentary for making me feel a certain way and then getting inspired to write this at 3am lmfao, shoutout to one more thing that i will mention in the final authors note after this is posted bc its a spoiler, there will be serious topics ya girl is tired of the portrayal of jealous men being a good thing, poor/questionable consent, entitled men, and many other issues. As usual, anything triggering i.e. mentions of abuse/violence will not be explicitly written about.
warning: there are brief moments of dubious consent, so please be aware of that!
COVER ART BY: bluelixir
(her work is so gorgeous, go check out her shop through the link below!)
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