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deadwine ([personal profile] deadwine) wrote in [community profile] 17hols 2023-01-25 03:50 pm (UTC)

sport is the purest form of admiration...and foreplay

Ship/Member: Any (But please consider Seokmin as Yurim and Seungkwan as Heedo)
Major Tags: N/A
Additional Tags: 2521 (kdrama), fencing, rivals to lovers, fan to rival to lover
Do Not Wants: None

Prompt: Twenty Five Twenty One AU (spoilers ahead)
More specifically, the Yurim/Heedo AU we deserve.

Please consider character A and B, both fencers (or any other sport of your choice). Character A is an international medalist, beloved star of the country. Character B used to be gifted as a kid but now is in a perpetual slump, never getting anywhere in competitions but not giving up because they idolise and worship character A from afar and their dream is to become their rival. Not to win a gold medal, not to go to the Olympics. Just to become their rival. When they finally reach the same level, they realise Character A hates them.

Also consider: they play their lives' most important matches against each other and are there for e/o's retirement.

Optional: they do not know they are close confidants on an anonymous online platform.

TLDR: rivals to friends to lovers, fencing au, mistaken identity. (You could also contemplate how the metaphor of idol worship extends from idolverse to this or vice-versa...)

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