Tag Archives: shounen onmyouji
and all comes to ash
That last summer, no fireflies gathered at Kifune. +++ They say that if you visit the Seimei Jinja in Kyoto on a certain night, near the end of spring, there is a ghost that walks the grounds. From sunset to … Continue reading
Assorted Drabbles (from lj)
The cutest thing about humans is how hard they try to ignore their fragility: they struggle to the bitter end, battering their tiny bodies of ash and dust like it could mean something. Sebastian personally finds it charming. His tiny … Continue reading
For Want Of
Moonlight bleaches Seimei’s skin pale and highlights the all the sharp lines and angles of his narrow face, till it makes the throat ache to see him. This is about the best that Seiryuu can really come up with — … Continue reading
as it often goes
It took approximately three laps around the estate with lullabies low in Masahiro’s throat the entire time before Kohime finally fell asleep. Even then, he continued humming as he carried her back to his own room and lay her gingerly … Continue reading
Trick or Treat — 2007
Loveless: on gossamer wings he flies “Oh look,” says Yuiko. “A butterfly.” — It rains all throughout the end of the month, and only on the very last day does the sun break through. It’s almost too late in the … Continue reading
Birthday Mathoms — 2007
Ahiru finds Fakir in his studio, tottering in on the new legs he has written for her. She keeps a hand pressed to the wall for balance, watching as he goes through the long arching stretches of warmup. Without looking … Continue reading
15 Things About Seiryuu
1. He was not Seimei’s first shikigami, nor his first Shinshou — but he was the first that Seimei named; it bothers him still that Seimei would name others, and that Seimei has to consciously remember to call him “Shouran” … Continue reading
The Familiar Anew
I. The first time Guren slept with Masahiro had been more an accident than anything else: he’d been dozing under a tree, his back to the trunk, and woken some hours later with a tiny infant curled determinedly in his … Continue reading
The Adaption of Fear
What do you fear? the wind sang, its voice high and keening. What do you fear, what do you fear? Guren scowled as he scanned the area, one fist still wreathed in flame and ready. The spirit in question had … Continue reading
Winter’s Night
Gods do not feel heat and cold the same way humans do: they exist only temporarily in that brief world, and so pass through the changes of the seasons without much incident. One’s elemental alignment can also be counted in … Continue reading