NCT Secret Santa Dear Writer

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Hello! Thank you for being here and writing for me! I am looking forward to reading your story and hope you enjoy yourself.

Pairings:

In terms of the pairings I have chosen, I don't have a preferred or least preferred pairing, so do not worry about that at all! The relationship between the entire group is so lovely and you can see there are some genuinely close friendships between a lot of the members, which lends itself so well to ficdom!

If you would like an idea of why I have chosen each of the above pairings, I have written a little about each of the six pairings below:

Ten/Johnny: Firstly, how giggly and comfortable they seem around each other makes me very soft. Their intense looks always kill me, and they often seem to be in their own little world. They have their fair share of flirtatious moments (John’s Banana anyone?) & they have the whole foreigners-looking-out-for-each-other relationship that I am a sucker for, too.

Ten/Lucas: This clip totally got me on board with this pairing, but aside from giant, wandering hands, I think they have a really fun dynamic. Ten seems to side-eye Lucas a lot, which I love, and despite the fact that there isn’t a ton of footage of them together, they seem to be really good friends. Also, cute hand holding!!

Lucas/Jungwoo: I am super fond of these two. They were so cute as rookies together, and now they're even cuter! Boss era was such a great time for Luwoo (including the moment Jungwoo literally coined their couple name), and they always have really genuine interactions. Adorable!

Yuta/Winwin: Like with Johnten, I am such a sucker the foreigners-looking-out-for-each-other dynamic these two have. Their friendship is really cute and I love their dynamic with Yuta being tactile and very open about how much he adores Winwin, and Winwin being  fond of Yuta in his own, understated, way.

Yuta/Doyoung: I  think they have a lot of mutual respect for each other. I love that they both have similarly snarky, witty personalities, but with hearts of gold, and for me that dynamic is great for fic. Plus, they’re adorable and clearly get along super well.

Doyoung/Jaehyun: My favourite thing about these two is that their friendship is super layered. Sometimes they can be quite flirty, other times they are all about soft looks and then sometimes they just tease each other! Plus, Doyoung really, really likes Jaehyun’s lips.

Prompts:

Here are some things that spring to mind when I think about the types of stories I really enjoy to read. You can take as much or little inspiration from it as you like!

Found families, (enemies)-to-friends-to-lovers, mutual pining, dystopian universes, character studies, non-linear storytelling, bittersweet or melancholy stories, UST (& eventually resolved UST), complicated feelings, bed-sharing, falling in love while living together, hurt/comfort, stories set in space.

I have decided to suggest some non-specific prompts based on the things I enjoy reading. I would like to read about any of my chosen pairings in any of the below scenarios, but don't feel like you have to stick to using exactly what I have suggested!

- Any sort of roadtrip au! Take the boys on a long Summer vacation by the coast, chilled out & falling in love, or force them on the run from oppressive forces/the law/space pirates. Or one of the characters picks up a stranger hitchhiking at the gas station and they slowly make friends (& more) as they drive across the country! I love roadtrip and travelling fic and would love to read about any of the pairings I have chosen on the road. Force them to share a bed at a motel or to snuggle in the back seat of the car together and I'll probably love you forever.

- The characters move in/ room together for arbitrary reasons! They're roommates! They're work colleagues who are put in the same hotel room on a week long business trip abroad! If you like writing canon fic, they're rooming together on tour! Whatever the setting, I love reading about people learning more about each other in close company, seeing each other first thing in the morning and last thing before they sleep and realising they enjoy it, so any story at all with this as a plot point I will love.

- I love "Five Times + One" style fics, and any story written in little snippets, so I would love to read your take on a story about 'Five times Character A wanted to kiss Character B (and C if applicable!) and one time they did' ... Or any other type of five times + one fic!

Feel free to take as much or as little inspiration from my letter as you want, and, most importantly, have fun!