#805927

So this is my go at reconciling all known elements of Gokudera’s backstory, both from the Daily Life and Future arcs. Expect a lot of headcanon, painstakingly woven over the past six years, which I spent never getting over the end of this stupid series.

You can also expect:

805927 friendship (especially 5927)

Mafia intrigue

A decent amount of action

Lots of character development

SO MUCH ANGST. Hoo boy

This is about 90% complete; final word count is expected to clock in at around 50k. Right now the planned update schedule is Tuesdays & Thursdays.

Title – Blood of the Covenant (Prologue & Chapter 1)

Rating – PG-13 for language and violence

Characters – Gokudera, Tsuna, Reborn, Yamamoto

Warnings – Overall tw for psychological abuse. See individual chapter notes for more specific warnings.

Summary – When a long-concealed threat reemerges from Gokudera’s past, Tsuna and the Vongola find themselves embroiled in the midst of a violent family conflict, with their Storm Guardian’s future at stake—and possibly his life.

The man grinned. “I gotta say, you’ve grown up a lot, Hayato. Last I saw you, you were still a little kid playing the piano.” Gokudera felt a surge of furious adrenaline at the memory. “What the hell are you doing here?” The smile wilted. “Delivering bad news, unfortunately.” Gokudera frowned. “Sorry to tell you this… but your old man passed away.”

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Hey guys, so I’m going to do something I don’t think I've ever done this blatantly on this blog, which is to shamelessly self-promote my own fanfics. And the reason I am doing so is because I have actually written a new fic (see the bottom of this post for more details), for the first time since 2010 (I'm not counting the crack stuff in this case). And I am very excited, but also nervous, because after eight years of inactivity, I’m basically diving into an entirely different fandom landscape. And I think I am currently “known” (so to speak) mostly for my recaps and crackfics, as opposed to a bunch of character studies and angst pieces I wrote like ten fucking years ago lol.

So! These are my fanfic archives:

Archive of our Own

Fanfiction.Net

Livejournal

Themes I tend to write about (and some recs):

Character Studies: When I first started writing KHR stuff, I did a bunch of these. This was back before I had the attention span and confidence to try writing longer fics, but I think these are still pretty good.

Rec:

Dieci Anni - introspective piece on Gokudera and the contrasts between his 14 and 24-year-old selves

Gen: SO MUCH GEN. I love friendship. I mean, like romance too, but I just don’t write much of it.

Rec:

Invincible - 8059 car chase in Italy, because it’s the mafia and you gotta have a car chase at some point damn it

8059 Gen: Yeah I’ve written enough of this that it probably warrants calling it out as a specific genre fave of mine. I will take 8059 friendship in any and all forms. Friendship, fluff, rivals, brothers in arms, partners in crime, shoulders to cry on; you name it and I’ve probably written it.

Rec:

Indeterminism - um. This one is a bit harder to describe. It’s Yamamoto first-person POV, and the premise is that he’s somehow died?? Apparently?? but somehow Gokudera can see and talk to his “ghost” self, and then after a bit they get it into their heads to try and go back in time to stop Yamamoto from ever dying to begin with, and things get really kooky from there because time travel physics yep yep. This is currently my favorite thing that I’ve written up til now.

Angst: For the most part nothing too extreme, but I really dig characters having minor emotional crises and being bailed out by their loyal friends (and/or pragmatic but secretly loving infant tutors).

Rec:

Please Give the Name of the Person Who Referred You - this takes place immediately post-Future Arc and features Tsuna freaking out because he killed someone (Byakuran! Yeah, this was before he inexplicably returned) for the first time ever

First Kills: Another specific genre for you. I’ve written three of these, one for each of the main trio. Idk. They’re in the mob and sometimes I just want them to act like it (but then freak out and wrestle with their emotions after).

Rec:

The Test - and here we have Yamamoto’s first kill, during which he freaks out about how much he is not freaked out, because lol natural born hitman and all that

Being Mean to Yamamoto: The most specific genre of all. I don’t know why I’m so compelled to fuck around with this kid all the time. Probably because he’s so naturally angst-resistant that I just can’t help but want to throw terrible situations at him just to see how he would react if shit ever really hit the fan.

Rec:

Down the Stairs - this is an alternate-timeline fic in which Yamamoto’s dad was killed by the Ninth’s son Enrico, resulting in Yamamoto siding against Tsuna and Gokudera in the resulting Vongola civil war. I will also tell you right now that this features a major character death so if that’s an immediate ‘no’ from anyone I completely understand

Lastly, here’s a barefaced plug for my soon-to-be-posted new fic, because I’ve had this idea in my head for more than six years, and I’ve finally managed to get it all on paper, and it's very, very long, and I put a lot of love and thought and planning into it so fuck modesty. I am a strong, independent woman who... uh...

...SO YEAH, I WROTE A NEW FIC, AND IT FEATURES:

805927 Gen - That's right, all three of these losers. The last two canon arcs did not focus on this trio much, due to having too many additional characters to keep track of, so you can be damn sure I aimed to do otherwise, because I love them.

Post-Series Plot - One of the good things about KHR having ended (sob why does the wound still feel fresh) is that I can take the story in any direction I want to from here and not have to worry about canon trying to undo all of my hard work for once. So this takes place about three months after the end of the series. There are new bad guys and a new threat which is more personal than in previous canon arcs.

Italy - This takes place in motherfucking Italy

Headcanon - Ohhhh man. Okay so have you ever had a headcanon so powerful that you couldn’t escape it and it just grew and grew and eventually became canon!canon to you, but it was also so fucking convoluted that you felt like you couldn’t ever explain it to someone else without writing a 50k word fic about it so you could show how it all would make sense? I’m sure that’s a problem everyone has had. Anyway yeah so this features my giant headcanon which I’ve held secret and safe for more than half a decade but am now finally presenting to the world for approval and/or sound rejection.

Gokudera’s Past - Oh right, and the headcanon is all about Gokudera’s past

27 Character Development - So I also have some thoughts on Tsuna and his steadfast refusal to accept the title of Vongola X even after everything he’s been through, and what it might take for him to begin to change his mind. And this is another thing that I for some reason found easier to explain via a novel-length story rather than just writing meta like normal people. So yeah.

5927 (Friendship) - For ten fucking years I’ve insisted to people that while I endgame 8059, I also totally support 5927. And then I’ve proceeded to write nothing but 8059 content. The problem is that I’ve always thought there was some development missing between Tsuna and Gokudera that was needed in order to truly make it work. But to make that development happen, I needed a massive, angsty plot to act as the impetus. So that’s literally the only reason why I’ve never written 5927 before, but now it is finally happening so strap in. (Though I should repeat that in terms of story this development is strictly gen, like every other damn thing I write.)

A Yamamoto Fight - Oh you bet

Angst - Of fucking course

So! I will be posting part one of that tomorrow. Ha ha ha I hope there is some interest, but if not at least I finally got it out of my brain and it feels fucking good.

Things happening in this chapter:  

Luca has issues

Gokudera returns to his childhood home

Yamamoto embodies the Blind Weaponmaster trope

Tsuna isn't so happy to meet this guy who's been tormenting Gokudera for the past 8 chapters

dramatic showdown is dramatic

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“Hayato,” Luca said. “Have you made your decision?”

Gokudera took a steadying breath, willing himself to focus. This would not go like their last encounter.

“Yeah,” he said. “I have.”

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Read on Archive of our Own - Prologue - 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 08 - 09

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Things happening in this chapter:  

the Vongola put their plan into action

Luca loses control

Tsuna and Gokudera are caught off guard in a really bad way

Yamamoto is the only one just having a nice, normal swordfight with no drama!!

sacrifices are made

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“Gokudera. Have you calmed down, now?”

Gokudera feels heat rushing to his face as he realizes Reborn must have secretly witnessed most, if not all, of his breakdown a few minutes earlier.

“Yeah,” he says.

“And you won’t try to leave the family again?”

There is no rebuke in Reborn’s voice; yet the question hits Gokudera like a slap in the face regardless. He glances down at his feet, all of a sudden feeling deeply ashamed. “No,” he says quietly, shaking his head and shoving down the urge to drop down on all fours begging for forgiveness. “I’m sorry.”

“Don’t apologize.”

That catches him off guard; he looks at Reborn in surprise. Next to him, Tsuna looks startled as well.

“You were putting the family’s needs above your own,” Reborn says simply. “That’s something your brother has yet to learn.”

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Read on Archive of our Own - Prologue - 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 08 - 09 - 10

Read on Fanfiction.Net - Prologue - 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 08 - 09 - 10

Things happening in this chapter: 

a flashback

more angst

Tsuna and Yamamoto finally show up yay

 SECRETS ARE REVEALED

805927 bonding

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Title – Blood of the Covenant

Rating – PG-13 for language and violence

Characters – Gokudera, Tsuna, Reborn, Yamamoto

Warnings – Overall tw for psychological abuse. See individual chapter notes for more specific warnings.

Summary – When a long-concealed threat reemerges from Gokudera’s past, Tsuna and the Vongola find themselves embroiled in the midst of a violent family conflict, with their Storm Guardian’s future at stake—and possibly his life.

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“Why were they after Gokudera?” Yamamoto asked.

“You should ask Gokudera,” Reborn replied.

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Read on Archive of our Own - Prologue - 01 - 02

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Read on Livejournal - Prologue - 01 - 02

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