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Is your name Julia? Do you have a book hangover?
Are you dying to relive this story beat by beat but you're not ready to put yourself through all 179k words again because you have healthy boundaries and a real life?
May I suggest, LINGER: THE PLAYLIST.
Come find me on spotify! My handle is Kinsong VB, or you can search for this public playlist where I have gathered all the song below for you. There is a song for every major story beat, and the playlist follows chronological story order.
Not on spotify? Need a specific song for a specific story beat so you can just wallow in your favorite moment? Below is the soundtrack I created while writing this novel. Search for them via your favorite streaming platform and you too can revisit the highs and lows of Linger in an easy to enjoy audio format.
Love you all so much, and Happy 1 year anniversary to the Fic that consumed my entire being for 8 weeks strait in 2023. Hope to see you all in our next adventure together - XOXO, VB
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Song Title - Artist : Pairing (Story Beat) ***Asterisks mean Extra Perfect Lyrics/Vibes
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ARC 1 - Yume-Kakashi
Linger - Punchline : Saku/Kaka (Opening Credits)
1950 - King Princess : Saku/Kaka
Lonely - Noah Cyrus : Sakura
There's No Way - Lauv, Julia Michaels : Saku/Kaka (Hospital)
Imported - Jessie Reyez, 6lack : Saku/Yume (Sensory Drills)***
Kiss Me More (feat. SZA) - Doja Cat, SZA : Sakur/Yume (General Vibes)
Stay Next To Me - Quinn XCII, Chelsea cutler : Saku/Shika (Ino's Birthday Party)
Crash My Car - COIN : Shika/Saku (Shika is an Idiot)
Perfect - One Direction : Saku/Yume (Marketplace)
Searching For A Feeling - Thirdstory : Kaka/Saku (Kakashi's Apartment)***
Wild Girl - Francisco Martin : Yume (Konoha Gates)
Love Is Alive - Louis the child, elohim : Sakura (Trying to move on)
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ARC 2 - Shikamaru
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Stunnin' (feat. Harm Franklin) - Curtis Waters, Harm Franklin : Team Utsuho ("SuperSpeed Sonic I'm Runnin")
FEELS LIKE HOME - Bea Miller, Jessie Reyez : Saku/Shika (Sitting around the campfire)
Call Me Queen - Ndidi O : River General's Anthem***
F.W.T.B. - Grandson Remix : Sakura & River General (Daimyo Dinner)
Fabulous - C.U.T. : Sakura (Medical Summit Hype Song)
Eat Your Young - Hozier : Daimyo (Medical Summit)
I Don't Wanna Be Friends - Jake scott : Shika/Saku (Interrupted kiss)
Dancing In The Dark - Acoustic - John Adams : Sakura Being a SadGirl getting ready with Kiwa
Vice - Miranda Lambert : Saku/Yume (Embassy Royal Bathroom)***
Last Night's Mascara - Brynn Cartelli : Sakura (Next Morning Regret)
Fine - Kyle Hume : Sakura (Panic attack)
Skin Like Summer - Nic D : Shika/Saku (Shika has a crush)
The Only Exception - Paramore : Shika/Saku/Yume ("I'm on my way to believing.")
Wonder - Shawn Mendes : Shika/Saku (First Kiss)***
Kiss Me - Ed Sheeran : Shika/Saku (Vulnerability under the eves)
Pull Me Down - Mikky Ekko : Shikamaru (First Time / "Trouble")
Easy - Connor Price, Nic D : Shika/Saku (New Love Vibes)
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ARC 3 - Kakashi
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Serotonin - Nic D : Shikamaru (Obsessing/Debrief)***
Monster - Shawn Mendes, Justin Bieber : Kakashi ***
Water Under The Bridge - Adele : Saku/Kaka (Exam Room)
Look At Us Now (Honeycomb) - Daisy Jones & the Six : Kaka/Saku (Power / Hospital Room)***
Love Somebody - Lauv : Kaka/Saku (First Kiss / Checkmate)***
Come To Your Senses - Alexandra Shipp, Vanessa Hudgens : Saku/Kaka (Ultimatum)
Dissolve - acoustic - Absofacto, NITESHIFT : Shika/Saku (Shikamaru hears everything)
If You Want Love - NF : Shikamaru (Decides to take the COO Position)
Broken - THEY, Jessie Reyez : Sakura
Pretty Wings (Uncut) - Maxwell : Saku/Yume (Echo)
Crazier Things (with Noah Kahan) - Chelsea Cutler, Noah Kahan : Saku/Yume
No Complaints - Noah Kahan : Sakura (No more flowers)
Alaska - Performance Version - Francisco Martin : Sakura (Option 3)
Love Myself (The High Note) - Tracee Ellis Ross : Sakura (October)
Stupid Deep - Jon Bellion : Kakashi, Team 7 ***
Better Not (Acoustic) - Louis The Child, Wafia : Ino/Sakura (Lunch Date/Kiba)
Shake It Out - Florence The Machine : Sakura (Running to find Kakashi)
Who Am I - NEEDTOBREATHE : Kakashi ("Okay. I'll Try.")***
Give Me Love - Ed Sheeran : Kaka/Saku (The Re-do)
Lover - Taylor Swift : Naru/Saku (Roommates / Platonic Soulmates)***
Cover Me Up - Jason Isbell : Kaka/Saku (Block Party - The Potential Us)***
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ARC 4 - Enemies
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Rivers and Roads - The Head And The Heart : Shikamaru (Commuter Job)
Alaska - Ciaola : Shika/Saku (Mutual Pining)
Lost In Japan - Shawn Mendes : Shika/Saku ***
Last Laugh - FLETCHER : Tayuya/Shika (Tayuya Attacks) ***
Survivor - 2WEI, Edda Hayes : Tayuya's Anthem ***
Chainsmoking - Jacob Banks : Shikamaru (On the Run)
Hold On, I'm Coming - Book, Ndidi O : Sakura (Tracking Shikamaru)***
What's Up Danger - Blackway, Black Caviar : Shikamaru (Standing from the Dirt)***
Everything Black - Unlike pluto, Mike Taylor : Shika/Saku (Standing back to back)
Dancing With The Devil - Demi Lovato : Tayuya/Orochimaru (Sympathetic Resonance)
Scars - James Bay : Saku/Yume (Goodbye) ***
Scars - Papa Roach : Sakura /Tayuya (Final Battle Moments) ***
Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco : Sakura/Tayuya (Survival Vibes)
Home - American Authors : Shikamaru (Returning Home)
Orange Sky - Alexi Murdoch : Naruto/Team 7 (Sitting on the Hospital Roof)
Quietly Yours - Birdy : Saku/Shika (Confession)***
The Bones - With Hozier - Maren Morris, Hozier : Sakura/Everyone***
Speechless - Dan Shay : Shika/Saku (coming home)
Ricochet - Ryan Caraveo : Shika/Saku (Lemonade Epilogue)
Keep Me in Your Heart - Trampled by Turtles : Yume/Sakura
Still - Seinabo See : Sakura/Yume
Naruto - Pelly : End Credits
Hold On I'm Coming - Cynthia Erivo : End Credits 2