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• "Fairy dust is just pure sugar really": The Summer Jimin Park (not-yet-PhD) was Supposed to Finish his Critical Magic Studies Dissertation but Became a Sugar Baby Instead by thearmyprof for evil_espresso

  Fandoms: 방탄소년단 | Bangtan Boys | BTS  

  • Explicit
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  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  26 Jan 2025

  Tags

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  • Kim Seokjin | Jin/Park Jimin
  • Kim Seokjin | Jin
  • Park Jimin (BTS)
  • Kim Namjoon | RM
  • Min Yoongi | Suga
  • Jung Hoseok | J-Hope
  • Kim Taehyung | V
  • Jeon Jungkook
  • Alternate Universe - Sugar Daddy
  • Alternate Universe - College/University
  • Graduate Student Park Jimin (BTS)
  • PhD students
  • Barista Park Jimin (BTS)
  • Politics
  • Alternate Universe - Fantasy
  • Magic
  • Magic Realism
  • Alternate Universe - Modern with Magic
  • Government Agencies
  • Politician Kim Seokjin
  • Explicit Sexual Content
  • gratuitous mentions of academia
  • Jimin is working on his dissertation
  • and literally can't stop talking about it
  • Graduate Student Kim Taehyung | V
  • Graduate Student Jeon Jungkook
  • Postdoc Kim Namjoon
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Romantic Comedy
  • but the comedy is so niche
  • radical activist Min Yoongi
  • Admin Jung Hoseok
  • PA Jung Hoseok
  • Kim Taehyung | V is a Little Shit
  • Jeon Jungkook is a Ray of Sunshine
  • Jimin is a nerd
  • Critical Magic Studies
  • the veils are extremely thinly veiled in this
  • political activism
  • Kim Namjoon | RM is Trying His Best
  • Broke Grad Student Rich Politician AU
  • the tropes are troping hard
  • if you are an academic and are using fic to escape then this might not be the fic for you
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • or maybe the academic humor will be cathartic
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Fluff and Smut
  • we deal with our pain through humor sometimes
  • If you're a grad student and you feel seen by this fic I'm sorry
  • Or alternatively you're welcome
  • Enthusiastic Consent
  • good communication
  • Kim Seokjin | Jin is Good at Feelings
  • lots of communication
  • Overcommunication even
  • and overthinking
  • Because half the characters are academics and overthinking is literally their job
  • Sugar Baby Park Jimin (BTS)
  • Sugar Daddy Kim Seokjin | Jin
  • Yeah i almost forgot the most important tags for this fic
  • likely due to overthinking on account of being an academic
  • mentions of police and activism
  • smoking in epilogue

  Summary

  Jimin is just trying to make ends meet as a part-time barista and get his dissertation done. When a primary source for said dissertation (who happens to be smoking hot) offers Jimin the opportunity to be his sugar baby? That might just be an offer he cannot say no to.

  Series

  • Part 1 of Fairy Dust Universe

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