New YYH Fic: Before Now, After Then
I don't know if this is going to find its way to anyone who used to read my fics, but crossing my crossables that it might. (And I hope they forgive me that it's not an update to The Unknown Grounds.)
A few years back, a new fic stole my heart. I started it (even started posting it), but writing and I have been at odds for a while, and I lost steam. Happy to say that is over now. This whole story is written, and of all the stories I've ever shared, it is the one I'm most proud of. I wrote it for me, but I hope it finds an audience who might adore it like I do.
So with that preface out of the way...
Before Now, After Then
Summary
BEFORE: Prior to his Jagan surgery, Hiei fights to survive among Demon World's riffraff, but when he meets Nozumi, he discovers there's more to living than being the last demon standing.
AFTER: Years after the Demon World Tournament, the tracker Nozumi receives an offer she can't refuse—find the missing apparition Yukina and a fortune can be hers. But only if her heart can bear it.
AO3: FIRST CHAPTER | LATEST CHAPTER FFN: FIRST CHAPTER | LATEST CHAPTER
TAGS: Hiei/OC, Kuwabara/Yukina, Kuwabara&OC, POV Alternating, Pre-Canon, Post-Canon, Pre-Series, Post-Series, Demon World Centric, Expands Hiei's Backstory
TEASER (Excerpt from Chapter 3)
As promised, once Hiei had scrubbed his every last crevice clean and climbed the steps to the boarding rooms, he discovered her door ajar. The light of a lantern flickered within, and he slipped inside, the shadows dancing over his toes.
She sat upon the bed, her tawny hair spilling over her shoulders in loose, riotous waves. Her eyes were closed, her head tipped back to rest against the wall, exposing the long column of her neck. Even in the unsteady light, Hiei’s keen gaze picked out the fragile drumming of her pulse just below her jaw.
His breath caught in his teeth.
(Stunning.
She was stunning.)
