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• The Answer by eggyleggy

  Fandoms: ATEEZ (Band)  

  • Explicit
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • F/M, M/M
  • Work in Progress

  27 Jul 2024

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • ATEEZ Ensemble/Reader
  • Song Mingi/Reader
  • Choi San/Reader
  • Kim Hongjoong/Reader
  • ATEEZ Ensemble
  • Park Seonghwa
  • Kim Hongjoong
  • Jeong Yunho
  • Kang Yeosang
  • Choi San
  • Song Mingi
  • Jung Wooyoung
  • Choi Jongho
  • Cults
  • Religious Cults
  • Character Death
  • Murder
  • Torture
  • Implied/Referenced Torture
  • Psychological Torture
  • Aftermath of Torture
  • Religion
  • Religious Imagery & Symbolism
  • Slow Burn
  • INCREDIBLY SLOW BURN
  • Abusive Relationships
  • Abuse
  • Emotional/Psychological Abuse
  • writing these tags is making me insecure
  • Gaslighting
  • Hurt
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Angst
  • Heavy Angst
  • Trauma
  • Psychological Trauma
  • there literally is not even that much romance
  • reader and mingi have a past
  • hongjoong is a cult leader
  • hongjoong is a prophet of the lord
  • do i tag potential spoilers....
  • please dont trigger yourself omg
  • mentions of other Idols
  • Mentions of Loona
  • Mentions of Stray Kids - Freeform
  • obviously not an accurate depiction of the poor ateez members
  • Female Reader
  • alcohol consumption
  • mentions of the boyz - Freeform
  • Minor Kim Hongjoong/Park Seonghwa
  • Eventual Smut
  • (i am embarrassed)

  Summary

  Life is great until your best friend goes missing your senior year of university, leaving little more than an apology and goodbye. Months later, you're determined to find out what happened to him and discover a situation much more complicated than you would have ever anticipated.

  as in

  Kim Hongjoong doesn't like the word 'cult.' He prefers 'sect.'

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  193,203

  Chapters:

  32/?

  Comments:

  554

  Kudos:

  737

  Bookmarks:

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