New Beginnings: A Taegi Fest

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🚨🚨Round 1 submissions are due today, 28 February, EOD your time zone!!🚨🚨

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Our #FicRecFriday series might officially be fortnightly now, but since we skipped Valentine's, we have two taegi romances for you to check out this week!

📢 Also, a reminder to all our authors that the February Check-in emails/DMs have been sent out! Responses are due by Sunday, the 22nd!

Fic Rec by - New Beginnings: A Taegi Fest (2025-26) The Romance of Old Clothes By fringecity (indiachick) Words: 59,641 Rated: E Status: Complete 5/5 Tags: Wardrobe Stylist Taehyung, Art D irector Yoongi Hate to Love Love/Hate, Magical Elements, Attempt at Humor Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn , Twisted and Fluffy Feelings, Eventual Smut, Angst Fashion & Couture Summary: Min Yoongi is an art director with zero tolerance for bullshit, looking for ultimate perfection in everything he creates. Kim Taehyung is the co-owner of a vintage fashion boutique who talks to clothes and learns magic from Tumblr. It’s a match made in the depths of hell. [“Taehyung-ah,” Seokjin says, wily and soft, “You’re not scared of meeting Yoongi, are you?” Taehyung knows this is bait. Seokjin knows this is bait. Even Yeontan, running circles around Taehyung now, knows this is bait. His angry brows are very expressive, and right now they’re saying 'don’t take the bait, don’t be a stupid fish.' Taehyung's a stupid fish.]

For #FicRecFriday today, we have

The Romance of Old Clothes @/ fringecity (indiachick) (AO3)
🔗: archiveofourown.org/works/15164768

✧⁠*⁠。We may be past Valentine’s, but it’s never too late for a dash of old-school romance

Fic Rec by - New Beginnings: A Taegi Fest (2025-26) The Romance of Old Clothes By fringecity (indiachick) Words: 59,641 Rated: E Status: Complete 5/5 Tags: Wardrobe Stylist Taehyung, Art D irector Yoongi Hate to Love Love/Hate, Magical Elements, Attempt at Humor Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn , Twisted and Fluffy Feelings, Eventual Smut, Angst Fashion & Couture Summary: Min Yoongi is an art director with zero tolerance for bullshit, looking for ultimate perfection in everything he creates. Kim Taehyung is the co-owner of a vintage fashion boutique who talks to clothes and learns magic from Tumblr. It’s a match made in the depths of hell. [“Taehyung-ah,” Seokjin says, wily and soft, “You’re not scared of meeting Yoongi, are you?” Taehyung knows this is bait. Seokjin knows this is bait. Even Yeontan, running circles around Taehyung now, knows this is bait. His angry brows are very expressive, and right now they’re saying 'don’t take the bait, don’t be a stupid fish.' Taehyung's a stupid fish.]

For #FicRecFriday today, we have

The Romance of Old Clothes @/ fringecity (indiachick) (AO3)
🔗: archiveofourown.org/works/15164768

✧⁠*⁠。We may be past Valentine’s, but it’s never too late for a dash of old-school romance

Fic Rec by - New Beginnings: A Taegi Fest (2025-26) a spoonful of suga By ellievolia Words: 38,582 Rated: E Status: Complete 12/12 Tags: AU: Radio, Mistaken Identity, Mutual Pining Romantic Comedy, Radio Host Yoongi, Late Night Conversations Misunderstandings, Artist Taehyung, Light Angst Introspection, Blow Jobs, Rutting, First Time Summary: “Good evening, ladies and gents. You’re listening to First, the premium digital station, and this is Spoonful of Suga, hosted by your very own Suga. Relax, let the music do its job. We’ll be taking requests later, but first, please enjoy the next uninterrupted half hour of music.” Min Yoongi, a late-night radio show host, has a regular caller. He also has busybody best friends, too much music on his playlists, dreams that feel too big for his heart, and a genius dog. Kim Taehyung works nights as a mortuary cosmetologist, likes to listen to the radio, and he also has a genius dog.

For #FicRecFriday today, we have

a spoonful of suga by @/ ellievolia (AO3)
🔗: archiveofourown.org/works/18032489

✧⁠*⁠。Sleepless in…Seoul?

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We are officially just ten days away from Round 1 Submissions! Anyone interested in sharing a sneak peek for #wipwednesday ? 👀

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I witnessed this dynamic during our cover photo shoot too, when V animatedly danced to Wiz Khalifa and Snoop Dogg's "Young, Wild & Free," as if daring Suga-who had to hold still as he was touched up by the hair-and-makeup team—to join him.

New #taegi crumbs do fall into our laps from time to time 👀👀 to the first one of ‘26 and hopefully the first of many!

Anytime is a good time for inspo, I say.

If this inspires you to write something new, skim through our fest prompts here: archiveofourown.org/collections/...

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Fic Rec by - New Beginnings: A Taegi Fest (2025-26) Team Tiger! By vminhoes Words: 29,549 Rated: E Status: Complete 1/1 Tags: AU: Hybrids Tiger Hybrid Taehyung, Human Engineer Yoongi Yoongi is Patient, Taehyung is a Ray of Sunshine Protective Taehyung, Soft Yoongi Dom Taehyung, Sub Yoongi, Explicit Sexual Content Angst, Past Abuse, Slow Burn, Hurt/Comfort Love Confessions, Angst with a Happy Ending, Summary: When Namjoon asks Yoongi to take care of his new friend named Taehyung, he neglects to mention that Taehyung is his newly adopted, hyperactive, and extremely cuddly tiger hybrid. Yoongi is in for a long and arduous summer, and Taehyung being sweet and incredibly gorgeous won't change Yoongi's mind about that...

Our recs this #FicRecFriday come from authors writing new taegi stories for our fest 💜

Team Tiger! by @vminhoes.bsky.social
🔗: archiveofourown.org/works/65263144

✧⁠*⁠。The feline agenda is strong this week & this one gets spicy!

Fic Rec by - New Beginnings: A Taegi Fest (2025-26) | I Spy With My Little Eye…a Perplexity | By aporias Words: 13,748 Rated: T Status: Complete 1/1 Tags: AU: College/University 5 + 1 Fic, Secret Relationship Comedy , Romcom, Angst-free OT7 Shenanigans Summary: On paper, Yoongi and Taehyung were arguably the oddest pair in their seven-person friend group. It was an open secret that they truly had little in common to help them bond unlike their relationships with the others. Left alone, they were amicable at best. They were simply too different for anyone to reasonably expect anything more of them. And so, when the others started noticing that the dynamic between Yoongi and Taehyung had begun shifting into something unexpected, and unusual even, months after they all met, they couldn't help but squint in confusion, utterly mystified by the development they bore witness to. Mysteries, after all, were meant to be solved. Or Five times one of the other members was sure there was something going on between Yoongi & Taehyung and the one time they didn't have to speculate very much at all!

Our recs this #FicRecFriday come from authors writing new taegi stories for our fest 💜

| I Spy With My Little Eye…a Perplexity | by @aporias.bsky.social
🔗: archiveofourown.org/works/57756292

✧⁠*⁠。Mod 🕸 was honestly flattered to see her work recommended!

Fic Rec by - New Beginnings: A Taegi Fest (2025-26) What's the Male Version of Damsel in Distress? by @/2019_0201 (returnoftay on twt) Words: 220,949 Rated: M Status: Complete 37/37 Tags: Found Family, Rebuilding Friendships & Freedom Best Friends Vmin, Childhood Best Friends Yoonmin Implied/Referenced Domestic Violence Emotional healing after a bad relationship Angst with a Happy Ending Panic Attacks, Slow Burn, Romance Falling In Love, Sexual Content Summary: Yoongi flees his abusive boyfriend and ends up on his childhood friend's doorstep. Now in Seoul, Yoongi tries to regain the life he lost while meeting new people and even falling in love again. As long as the past doesn't come back to get him.

Our recs this #FicRecFriday come from authors writing new taegi stories for our fest 💜

What's the Male Version of Damsel in Distress? by @/2019_0201 [AO3]
🔗: archiveofourown.org/works/277751...

✧⁠*⁠。We recommend you settle in for this one!

Fic Rec by - New Beginnings: A Taegi Fest (2025-26) it had to be you By dinominmin Words: 8,702 Rated: E Status: Complete 1/1 Tags: AU: Office Fake/Pretend Relationship, Co-workers Mutual Pining, Not Actually Unrequited Love Top Taehyung, Bottom Yoongi, soft but sexy Fluff & Humor & Smut, No Angst Summary: A couple of guys, sure.  A couple of pals, oh yeah.  A couple of coworkers, most definitely.  But two people in an exclusive romantic relationship with each other?  Certainly not. 
--- Where coworkers Taehyung and Yoongi get mistaken for a couple by their boss and end up getting invited to a couples only company retreat, only to find themselves wishing their fake relationship was actually a real one.

Our recs this #FicRecFriday come from authors writing new taegi stories for our fest 💜

it had to be you by @/dinominmin (AO3)
🔗: archiveofourown.org/works/26130043

✧⁠*⁠。They do say fake it til you make it!

Fic Rec by - New Beginnings: A Taegi Fest (2025-26) ‧͙⁺˚*·༓☾ I, AGUSTUS ☽༓·*˚⁺‧͙ By AzaiaJinn Words: 26,922 Rated: E Status: Complete 1/1 Tags: AU: Shifter x Human Cat Hybrid Yoongi, Human Taehyung Strangers to Lovers, Fluff & Humor & Smut, Light Angst Scenting, Mating Bites, Bottom Taehyung Crack Treated Seriously, Happy Ending Jealous Yoongi, Background Jikook & Namjin Summary: Kim Taehyung is an introverted college student who just lost his job (again) He needs money to pay his tuition, and the cat-sitting job on the college message board seems like the perfect solution. But this cat is very special... and some things are not always what they seem... -or- A reincarnated emperor cheerfully bosses his new "plebeian" errand boy around

(𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸!)

Our recs this #FicRecFriday come from authors writing new taegi stories for our fest 💜

‧͙⁺˚*·༓☾ I, AGUSTUS ☽༓·*˚⁺‧͙ by @azaiajinn.bsky.social
🔗: archiveofourown.org/works/57228886

✧⁠*⁠。I have it on good authority that this one is a purrfect riot!

We skipped last week but we're back with Fic Rec Fridays, with recs from the very authors who are hard at work writing new Taegi fics for our little fest🤍

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Fic Rec by - New Beginnings: A Taegi Fest (2025-26) Team Tiger! By vminhoes Words: 29,549 Rated: E Status: Complete 1/1 Tags: AU: Hybrids Tiger Hybrid Taehyung, Human Engineer Yoongi Yoongi is Patient, Taehyung is a Ray of Sunshine Protective Taehyung, Soft Yoongi Dom Taehyung, Sub Yoongi, Explicit Sexual Content Angst, Past Abuse, Slow Burn, Hurt/Comfort Love Confessions, Angst with a Happy Ending, Summary: When Namjoon asks Yoongi to take care of his new friend named Taehyung, he neglects to mention that Taehyung is his newly adopted, hyperactive, and extremely cuddly tiger hybrid. Yoongi is in for a long and arduous summer, and Taehyung being sweet and incredibly gorgeous won't change Yoongi's mind about that...

Our recs this #FicRecFriday come from authors writing new taegi stories for our fest 💜

Team Tiger! by @vminhoes.bsky.social
🔗: archiveofourown.org/works/65263144

✧⁠*⁠。The feline agenda is strong this week & this one gets spicy!

Fic Rec by - New Beginnings: A Taegi Fest (2025-26) | I Spy With My Little Eye…a Perplexity | By aporias Words: 13,748 Rated: T Status: Complete 1/1 Tags: AU: College/University 5 + 1 Fic, Secret Relationship Comedy , Romcom, Angst-free OT7 Shenanigans Summary: On paper, Yoongi and Taehyung were arguably the oddest pair in their seven-person friend group. It was an open secret that they truly had little in common to help them bond unlike their relationships with the others. Left alone, they were amicable at best. They were simply too different for anyone to reasonably expect anything more of them. And so, when the others started noticing that the dynamic between Yoongi and Taehyung had begun shifting into something unexpected, and unusual even, months after they all met, they couldn't help but squint in confusion, utterly mystified by the development they bore witness to. Mysteries, after all, were meant to be solved. Or Five times one of the other members was sure there was something going on between Yoongi & Taehyung and the one time they didn't have to speculate very much at all!

Our recs this #FicRecFriday come from authors writing new taegi stories for our fest 💜

| I Spy With My Little Eye…a Perplexity | by @aporias.bsky.social
🔗: archiveofourown.org/works/57756292

✧⁠*⁠。Mod 🕸 was honestly flattered to see her work recommended!

Fic Rec by - New Beginnings: A Taegi Fest (2025-26) What's the Male Version of Damsel in Distress? by @/2019_0201 (returnoftay on twt) Words: 220,949 Rated: M Status: Complete 37/37 Tags: Found Family, Rebuilding Friendships & Freedom Best Friends Vmin, Childhood Best Friends Yoonmin Implied/Referenced Domestic Violence Emotional healing after a bad relationship Angst with a Happy Ending Panic Attacks, Slow Burn, Romance Falling In Love, Sexual Content Summary: Yoongi flees his abusive boyfriend and ends up on his childhood friend's doorstep. Now in Seoul, Yoongi tries to regain the life he lost while meeting new people and even falling in love again. As long as the past doesn't come back to get him.

Our recs this #FicRecFriday come from authors writing new taegi stories for our fest 💜

What's the Male Version of Damsel in Distress? by @/2019_0201 [AO3]
🔗: archiveofourown.org/works/277751...

✧⁠*⁠。We recommend you settle in for this one!

Fic Rec by - New Beginnings: A Taegi Fest (2025-26) it had to be you By dinominmin Words: 8,702 Rated: E Status: Complete 1/1 Tags: AU: Office Fake/Pretend Relationship, Co-workers Mutual Pining, Not Actually Unrequited Love Top Taehyung, Bottom Yoongi, soft but sexy Fluff & Humor & Smut, No Angst Summary: A couple of guys, sure.  A couple of pals, oh yeah.  A couple of coworkers, most definitely.  But two people in an exclusive romantic relationship with each other?  Certainly not. 
--- Where coworkers Taehyung and Yoongi get mistaken for a couple by their boss and end up getting invited to a couples only company retreat, only to find themselves wishing their fake relationship was actually a real one.

Our recs this #FicRecFriday come from authors writing new taegi stories for our fest 💜

it had to be you by @/dinominmin (AO3)
🔗: archiveofourown.org/works/26130043

✧⁠*⁠。They do say fake it til you make it!

Fic Rec by - New Beginnings: A Taegi Fest (2025-26) ‧͙⁺˚*·༓☾ I, AGUSTUS ☽༓·*˚⁺‧͙ By AzaiaJinn Words: 26,922 Rated: E Status: Complete 1/1 Tags: AU: Shifter x Human Cat Hybrid Yoongi, Human Taehyung Strangers to Lovers, Fluff & Humor & Smut, Light Angst Scenting, Mating Bites, Bottom Taehyung Crack Treated Seriously, Happy Ending Jealous Yoongi, Background Jikook & Namjin Summary: Kim Taehyung is an introverted college student who just lost his job (again) He needs money to pay his tuition, and the cat-sitting job on the college message board seems like the perfect solution. But this cat is very special... and some things are not always what they seem... -or- A reincarnated emperor cheerfully bosses his new "plebeian" errand boy around

(𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸!)

Our recs this #FicRecFriday come from authors writing new taegi stories for our fest 💜

‧͙⁺˚*·༓☾ I, AGUSTUS ☽༓·*˚⁺‧͙ by @azaiajinn.bsky.social
🔗: archiveofourown.org/works/57228886

✧⁠*⁠。I have it on good authority that this one is a purrfect riot!

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taegi are a newly married couple, with an adopted child. the child loses their first tooth and their dads teach them about the tooth fairy. they're skeptical. taegi being sneaky about writing letters in cursive and slipping money under their kid's pillow ensues dw/ fluff
dnw/ standard stuff - nothing sexual or inappropriate

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Do we have the hankering for adorable parents Taegi, anyone?
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Yoongi and Taehyung have been in a relationship for a while, recently engaged, but after a lot of discussion, they decide to elope instead of going through the trouble of planning a wedding. Cue the first day of the rest of their lives! Do they bring a few friends along as witnesses? Is there a spicy honeymoon moment? Domestic fluff and discussions of their new future? All up to the author! DW: fluff, humor, maybe some found family vibes, nsfw is welcome
DNW: 1st pov, bp, sad ending, fest restrictions

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taegi are a newly married couple, with an adopted child. the child loses their first tooth and their dads teach them about the tooth fairy. they're skeptical. taegi being sneaky about writing letters in cursive and slipping money under their kid's pillow ensues dw/ fluff
dnw/ standard stuff - nothing sexual or inappropriate

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