Tag Archives: tsubasa reservoir chronicle
Birthday Mathoms 2011
Madoka Mafia AU She’s nervous, of course. To be selected as a bodyguard for the head’s granddaughter at her age, when there are those far older and more experienced who would (and have) lost their heads over this particular dream, … Continue reading
These Songs Still I Hear
There was a song his mother used to sing in her high lilting voice, a story about two children lost in the woods, who walked hand-in-hand until they came to rest in the shadow of an icefruit tree and lay … Continue reading
The Fairy Tale Try
“We’re going to try an experiment,” Fye told Syaoran and Sakura one day. Sakura cocked her head to one side. Her fingers were tangled up in string, in an attempt to try playing cat’s-cradle with Syaoran (which failed miserably, as … Continue reading
The Story of Evil (Tsubasa Remix)
Once upon a time, there was a kingdom that existed in the perpetual grasp of winter. Even during the height of midsummer, snow could be found upon the ground, heavy enough to leave clear footprints. And yet, despite this fact … 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
the fairytale’s gone into hiding
They land in a desert world that has both of the children bright-eyed and excited; the princess still doesn’t remember much, but her entire body seems to relax into the punishing heat, and there’s a healthy flush to her white … Continue reading
No Small Thing
(Pay attention. Breathe.) “The rules are simple,” says the smiling man. He holds up the collar and turns it, showing them where it fastens shut and where the chain hooks in. “The master gives commands. Strength of will determines whether … Continue reading
by thorn uncut
“You’re not serious,” Fay protests. He leans into the mirror, so that they’re cheek-to-cheek, and for maybe the first time in their lives, the reflection is different. “Uncle will be furious, you know that.” “But Uncle isn’t coming tonight,” Yuui … Continue reading
The List Starts From Here
The good: One, there was no loss of strength in his grip or his arm in general. He could still swing a sword with the same deliberate strength as before. Amaterasu herself had complimented him after a sparring match. A … Continue reading
those things unasked
She wears mostly black in this country, like she does in every other — black jeans and a low-cut black tanktop and a light black jacket over that — all provided by President Daidouji, of course: after she practically adopts … Continue reading
a nameless first meeting
He is eight years old the first time they meet: the day of the harvest festival, when people from as far away as the capital come to Suwa to buy and sell and trade, and the entire province is turned … Continue reading
various genderswitch
Firefly (Mal) It ain’t that he’s got a problem with women in charge — his momma’d whup him good if she ever heard him saying gorram idjit things like that — it’s just that the woman who’s tryin’ to bargain … Continue reading
For Want of Kindness
“You are your father’s child,” her mother sighs, and touches her face with soft fingertips. “Don’t lose that kindness, my darling, and your heart will be as strong as your arm.” +++ Kurogane’s first kiss is when she’s fifteen and … Continue reading
Impending
1. Muko-iri was a common-law marriage custom practiced in ancient Japan, in which a man would visit a woman nightly until his parents died or she became pregnant, at which point he would move into her household, and eventually they … Continue reading
when nothing remains to cover her eyes
She remembers the stories that the maids used to tell of her mother, behind cupped hands when they thought no one else was listening: how she had not always been that fragile pale creature who spent her days either in … Continue reading
