at the courier's discretion (written for hxhbb26)
happy to be part of the hunter x hunter big bang for the second year in a row 🩷
this time around, i'm writing a killugon AU that's all about one of my long-time personal interests—the postal system! gon and killua are two of the newest couriers at the national courier consortium, an elite institution that champions autonomy and expediency.
so here's the first chapter of at the courier's discretion, and i hope you'll follow their journey! all of the chapters are written already, and i'll be posting once every few weeks.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
i wanted to give a big thank you to the @hxhbigbang26 mods for hosting such a fun event. i love how different the process is from any other bang i've participated in—all writers and artists are secret from each other up until the very end, there's a lovely camaraderie between writers leading up to the fic submission date, we have consistent writing sprint sessions (shoutout to @leviathiane and @amalialia for being such fun sprint buddies all those late nights!), the long editing period where i can forget everything i've ever written and clean it all up later, and the final reveal day when we get to meet our artists and see what they've created.
speaking of artists, i was very lucky to be paired with TWO incredible artists this time around: @spinoodlesss and @noit-art-surf!!! i love that they captured both sides of life as a courier: goofing off and having a great time racing mail carts at headquarters, and venturing through difficult conditions to complete their deliveries (while still having a great time!). please take a look and show them some well-deserved love!
💬 1 🔁 3 ❤️ 10 · Here is my submission for the HXHBB26!!! This year I got assigned to @sunshinemagic's fic, "At The Courier's Discretion,"
💬 2 🔁 3 ❤️ 6 · HXH BB 2026 (2nd piece) !! · Thank you again for all the amazing people at @hxhbigbang26 , both mods and participants this
if this is your first time hearing about hxhbb, we'd love for you to join us next year!
