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The Mending of The Gold-Lined Fracture by donewithlifefornow
Fandoms: SEVENTEEN (Band), TOMORROW X TOGETHER | TXT (Korea Band)
17 Dec 2025
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If a cup is broken, can it be fixed?
Suppose you gather every last shard. You spend countless patient hours fitting them back together. You fill the cracks not with invisible glue, but with liquid gold – the ancient art of kintsugi. You do not hide the breaks. You illuminate them. The mended cup is now more beautiful for having been broken.
But what then? Can it still hold scalding tea? Will it bear the heat, or will the golden seams betray it? Is it stronger at the breaks, or forever more fragile?
And is the time, the pain, the hope poured into its repair worth the risk of it shattering once more? Because cups are fragile.
Hearts are, too. Are his mates worthy of being trusted with his heart a second time? And has he learned the most devastating lesson of all – that sometimes, to survive, you must learn how to hold yourself?
[Cross-posted on Wattpad under the same username]
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- Part 2 of The Kintsugi Series
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A few years ago, the cup of their pack lay in pieces. A little after that, it was mended with gold – the ancient art of kintsugi, where breaks are not hidden but illuminated, made beautiful for having been broken.
Now, the mended cup must prove it can hold tea.
As SEVENTEEN embarks on their monumental 10th Anniversary World Tour, the fire that once shattered them returns. This time, it is not a breaking fire, but a tempering one. The pressure is immense: sleepless travel, relentless schedules, and the ghost of old fractures whispering in the chaos.
Chan, the pack’s sole beta and once-lonely cornerstone, is no longer on the periphery. He is woven into the centre of their bond. But when the heat rises, will the golden seams hold? Or will the mended places prove to be the most fragile?
[Cross-posted on Wattpad under the same username]
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- Part 3 of The Kintsugi Series
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With four members enlisted in the military, suddenly Chan is missing four of his partners and unable to see the light at the end of the tunnel. After a particularly bad practice—that left Chan getting scolding by Seungcheol—the maknae just wants his producer.
Unluckily for him, Jihoon is nowhere to be found. That is, until his phone lights up just past midnight.Or…
Chan gets called a baby and has a breakdown about not being enough.
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What happens to a child who isn't loved properly?