#returned au

A Returned Christmas Special

With art by @resuri-art!

A Returned Christmas Special

Summary:

TK knew the reason his partner had stopped bothering with seasonal festivities. The truth of the matter was, there hadn’t been anyone to share them with. Well now there was, and TK had an idea. He was going to make this Christmas the best one ever.

In the wake of Returned

Summary:

As the shouting and pointing intensified, along with the splitting headache he had, Ryou’d had enough. “WILL THE BOTH OF YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY!?” Two shocked expressions quickly turned in his direction.

So the results you pulled were TKB and Ryou!

As for the prompt...

So...I started writing this using the Returned AU and well...it mutated into something. Unfortunately there is another Returned addition that was also inspired a bit by an older prompt (that I completely forgot about until this turned into another addition), and I want to finish that one and post it before this one on AO3 (I want to be able to mark Returned as part of a series and post each part in order, if that makes sense?).

I won't leave you empy-handed though! I have the first 156 words that I can share without spoiling anything below the cut!

This is definitely Returned AU material. TK is TKB for those who haven't read this fic.

"I'm not ruining anything, I'm enhancing it." The death-glare TK received as a response told him he was very close to a trip back to the Afterlife. The tool he’d been holding in his hand clattered loudly on the table, shattering the threatening silence of the room. “Ya know, on second thought, I think it could do without my touch,” he said nervously. Ryou leaned in close, following TK as he tried to lean away until he was trapped against the wall, their faces too uncomfortably close for TK’s liking at the moment. “Do. NOT. Touch. ANYTHING. In. MY. Crafting space. Understood?” TK quickly nodded his head, wondering if the only reason he’d gotten away with altering Ryou’s Monster Word figures-in-progress before was because at the time they’d shared a body.

(For the 1st line fanfic ask <3)

Up early and had a bit of time to kill. Decided this prompt fits the Returned universe. You get a bit more than 5 lines lol

"Tell me you didn't steal it,” Ryou demanded, refusing to accept the box of new (and expensive) paints that TK had presented as a gift. TK hesitated before replying. “I didn’t steal it.” Ryou covered his face with a single palm. “Tee-Kaaaay…” he said in exasperation. “Did you forget the one rule I made about staying here?” There was a brief pause, which prompted Ryou to peek through his fingers. TK was just standing there looking a bit dumbfounded. “Ummm…I haven’t tried to kill anyone…recently…” Ryou threw his hands up in defeat. “I don’t know why I bother…” he said while snatching the box out of TK’s hand to put it away.

Returned AU lives rent-free in my head, and it's been banging on the brainrot door lately. I don't get much beyond a few hundred words at a time on current sequel, but I gotta share my favorite part so far.