Category Archives: fanfic
starts like this
It starts like this: Haruki kisses Kazuki first. It’s late afternoon in the student council office. The other members have long since gone home, and even Yuki has left early, muttering something about a family dinner and looking about as … Continue reading
in the name of the king
The smell of blood is heavy in the air–the taste of it is metallic on Haruki’s tongue each time he breathes in. If he looks down, he can see the young woman who’d tried to stab him to escape from … Continue reading
sex and violence (a horror story)
It may be said that she had a very long white neck and that it was quite lovely. +++ The weight of the folds and layers of the wedding-outfit were still familiar to her, even if the color was different. … Continue reading
and they won’t call me mother, or sister, or wife
“I’m not afraid,” she whispers. Her voice is rough-edged, but when it’s this quiet it sounds soft. Gentle. She stares ahead into the darkness with her hands folded in her lap, and she doesn’t tremble. “If I am to die, … Continue reading
wishes.come.true.
A ball bounces out into the street, bright orange and patterned with neon cartoony flowers. A little girl runs out after it, her dark curls flying. She isn’t paying attention to anything else with the unique tunnel vision that children … Continue reading
such are dreams
It’s all about instinct; Roxas is good at that. If an opponent shifts just so, the attack will come from the left. If his gaze flickers he’ll come from above. If her knees lock she means to stand her ground. … Continue reading
The King’s Burden
There is a story where a king disguised himself as a beggar for a day, to walk among the poor of his kingdom. He took with him a slave to guide his steps through the city, to whisper the right … Continue reading
All In Fire
When he returned from Kyoto he found Suzaku waiting. Perched on the edge of a rock that had not been there before he left, her scarlet robes fluttering in the breeze, she sat with hooded eyes and tense shoulders. Touda … Continue reading
work in progress
There are two hundred and six bones in the adult body, a thousand interlocking pieces that fit together simultaneously better and worse than any puzzle human can create. River can remember looking at the glossy pictures in her brother’s imager, … Continue reading
Winterbride
Sometimes, she thinks she was dreamed into existence, like the oni she used to create. Her parents left her no memories as their legacy; there has only been the sense of her destiny–the weight of a thousand Asakura brides settling … Continue reading
Who You Are
Because he does not like relating to people, Shido tends to think of those closest to him in terms of animals. Raitei had been a wolf, lean and confident in his power, with his teeth bared to those who threatened … Continue reading
wish for luck
The day of his thesis defense is a bright and sunny one. Morinaga wakes from a fitful sleep and dresses carefully as he can — a new suit that cost more than he really wants to think about, and his … Continue reading