#shiburan

In the mountains bordering Ranpo’s village, there lives a dragon. If you ask most people in the town, they’ll say it’s nothing but a legend, made up so the little kids won’t stray too far from their parents’ sides. If you run away, the dragon from the mountains will find you and eat you. It’s effective, mostly. It’s also completely, entirely, 100% true.

or: ranpo tracks down a dragon. it's just for the sake of satiating their curiosity and taking advantage of his willingness to spoil them—until it's not

“Fiiiiine. I’ll do it. For you. Just for you.” - Shiburan

“Stop it. Can’t you see that staying away from you is torture for me too?” - Hawell

“Aren’t you at least a little ashamed of how blatantly you’re exploiting my feelings for you?” - Setsuyami

“You’re the only one I have opened up to like this.” - Fyostein

“Just when I think you couldn’t make me go even weaker in the knees, you go and say stuff like that. Do you want me to collapse? Maybe melt into a puddle too while I’m at it?” - Mushiango

“fiiiiine. i’ll do it. for you. just for you.” + shiburan

FIVE pairs of gays

1. bramcraft + "the waves are pleasant to listen to"

2. tachigawa + "you're utterly hopeless"

3. nikonathan + "we're going to hell and it's your fault"

4. lemon futon + "i told you that'd happen"

5. shiburan + "i tricked you!"

I did in fact want five pairs of gays, and all good quality ones too. Hope you enjoy!!

Bramcraft:

"The waves are pleasant to listen to," Bram murmurs, leaning against the bow of the boat. "Mh," Lovecraft hums in agreement, approaching his side. "I was certain that it would relax you." "Were you that worried about me, dear Howard?" The count chuckles, leaning his head against the other man's shoulder. "I assure you, doing such a thing is foolish." "Of course it is," Lovecraft murmurs, "but I do it all the same."

Tachigawa: (ADA Tachihara edition!)

"You're utterly hopeless," Akutagawa hisses, and the damned Agency member laughs at him. "Maybe I am-" Tachihara grins down- "but as long as we have this alliance between our groups, we might as well make the most of it, right?" Akutagawa scowls, crossing his arms. "Had I not promised the weretiger not to kill you, you would be dead where you stand." "But you did, and here we are." He swings an arm around his shoulders. "So- how does the Port Mafia's fearsome hellhound spend his day off?" Internally, he decides that Gin cannot know about this.

Nikonathan:

"We're going to hell, and it's your fault!" Nathaniel shouts, grasping at the cross as if such a thing could save him now. Nikolai, of course, laughs, arms spread in an almost joy. "As if we weren't going there already, reverend!" "Repentance was always an option-" he grabs the clown and snarls in his face- "but now, now-" Nikolai's returned grasp is gentle on his face, a soft caress that startles him more than the violence they've been surrounded by. "Now, reverend, we are free."

Lemon Futon:

Kajii cannot help but laugh, even if it makes his ribs hurt. "Well! That was a complete and utter disaster!" There's shuffling behind him, and a blurry shape- ah, Katai, of course- looks down at him with a sigh. "Oh, I told you that would happen," he laments, voice ringing slightly. "Are you happy with yourself?" "Mostly, yes!" Kajii chirps. "Though, I might feel be more happy with myself if you'd kiss it better-" Katai splutters, and smacks him with a pillow.

Shiburan:

“Shibuuu!” Ranpo Edogawa runs in, leaning on the counter with so much of their body that their noses touch. Shibusawa chuckles, not minding a customer so late if it’s them. “Yes?” He and Ranpo have been going out for about a month now, and the young Dazai and Chuuya would say this is thanks to them. But the two actually in the relationship know better; Ranpo was intrigued ever since Shibusawa came to town, finding the ex-model now looking for a fresh start away from the busy city fascinating. - on shibusawa, ranpo, and a quiet evening

written for @bsd-rarepair-week-2024, shiburan, shibusawa pov, soft, 1487 words, brief skk mention

aka: shiburan fluff <3

HELLO TY FOR THIS ASK

i have so fucking many aus so i'll ramble about a few

my latest one takes inspiration from this post and it's basically, dazai takes in atsushi and the akutagawa siblings, but realizing he can't really find a job to support all of them at once, he decides to go and (try to) reopen odasaku's favorite curry place. there are a few issues.

he is Not a great cook

atsushi can only make chazuke

aku and gin don't know how to cook

the place is kind of a mess

so eventually he goes and calls up chuuya and he's like "hey, you know how to cook, can you help me" problem is, chuuya's pissed at him bc THIS is when he calls him again and it's not an explanation of why he left, not a "sorry for blowing up ur car", not any of that, it's just another favor. so his immediate response is "fuck you, no" and dazai has to nag him into coming and helping, this being via taking some random pm member for hostage and specifically requesting that chuuya come pick him up

chuuya does indeed arrive, but he also breaks dazai's nose, so dazai ends up vaguely explaining with an ice pack on his face lmfao. this bit is what i have planned most vividly and is hopefully? gonna be a fic i publish. but also, later, ranpo ends up at the curry place and is like "damn you live like this" and dazai replies just kinda, "either order or get out" but ranpo offers him a better job (that being working at the ada), and while he hesitantly agrees, it's only a part time thing for the first bit. also although i haven't decided yet i think he might also end up finding kyouka before the pm gets to her and tachihara before the hunting dogs find him bc i am weak to 1. found family 2. BIG found families.

chuuya is absolutely fucking baffled when he runs into dazai during an ada job, btw.

"i thought you ran a fucking curry shop" "i do that too" "?? what the fuck" "it's called being a PART TIMER chibi" "i'm gonna break your nose again"

anyway next au!!

cowboy au (btw, they still have abilities) where nathaniel is a travellng priest looking for a doctor to cure margaret who's deathly sick, and he hasn't really been having any luck (he's been searching for months to no avail), and eventually at this one town it's like.. it's late at night, nathaniel's thirsty, he heads to the bar to get some water. nikolai promptly swaps their drinks, nathaniel drinks something really strong and passes the fuck out, wakes up to being in an inn room (with noteably less money) and storms the hell out of the building just to find nikolai petting his horse and acting all innocent about doing anything. nathaniel just tries to leave, nikolai follows, and they travel like that for a bit (occasionally trying to kill each other) before they get the third member of their dysfunctional little party

do you remember that one kid fyodor killed?

this little guy (karma), is a pickpocket who steals nathaniel's bible in the hopes of selling it to get food. the two find him, both kinda realize his situation and while nathaniel is about to point him in the direction of the town's local church nikolai goes "fuck that" and just straight up kidnaps him, and they keep traveling. nathaniel and nikolai are mutually, regrettably, falling for one another, but this just manifests as more murder attempts, to the point that one night, nathaniel tries to strangle nikolai, nikolai wakes up and strangles him back, and when nathaniel passes out he fucking dreams about nikolai and is HORRIFIED. things only get worse and gayer from there and i also think they go on a train at some point.

karma's enjoying the horse rides at least, and there's some other characters that show up though tbh idk who besides this one dazai scene and gin at one point

okay this other au is shorter, but basically: ada kajii. this is built off of SO many headcanons, but essentially kajii's backstory is just the lemon short story. except that kajii never found lemons, bc instead kunikida (his old friend/school friend that fell out of contact with him) reaches out, they become friends again, and so when kunikida joins the ada, so does kajii. kajii works as a clerk bc, like, he doesn't. know he has an ability. Oh Boy Does He Get A Surprise during dead apple

okay i was gonna talk about my eternal winter au but that would be an essay /lh

SO instead!! shiburan au, an au i never. properly named beyond that it's a shibusawa x ranpo focused au. also co owned with my bestie @feralshadowdemon <33

basically, yokohama is a smaller, calmer seaside town, no abilities or anything. shibusawa moves in, working at the pet shop across the street from this coffee shop that's connected to a bookstore. the coffee shop is run by (most of) the ada, and the bookstore is run by yokomizo; mushitaro and poe work there. the members of the ada who work at the coffee shop are fukuzawa (he owns it), ranpo, kunikida, and yosano. dazai is fukuzawa's newest adopted kid, and ran away from home. (he was living with mori (and elise) before) yosano Understands his situation, having done the same years before.

ranpo starts going over to the pet shop a lot, both bc he's running errands (fukuzawa owns three cats) and bc he likes talking to shibusawa. they eventually exchange phone numbers and start texting. in the background of this, btw, is soukoku: they had a messy breakup years ago, they act like they don't like each other, etc etc normal skk things. the flags are a biker gang who are alive and well here, and chuuya hangs out with them a lot. dazai is a bit jealous of them, ranpo knows this, and so when chuuya starts volunteering at the pet shop, ranpo brings dazai along on an errand run so the two run into each other again. they start talking again, slowly bonding again by virtue of wingmaning shiburan

also misc details

dazai and aku are just. they are just friends here :)

aku and tachi are friends!! also higugin is real

the akutagawa siblings live with hirotsu

fukuchi is the hunting dogs' dad; except for tetchou, who's jouno's boyfriend. he has stricter parents.

fukuchi here is a retired military veteran AND ex movie star. his movies are awful /aff

shibusawa has a pet cornsnake named draconia

odango is engaged here but oda travels a lot so they haven't got married yet

ango works in an office in the big city, but he visits dazai sometimes. they are friends

bramcraft is married, they adopted aya

kyouka and kenji also live with fukuzawa!! twincoded tbh

kyouka has narcolepsy

there is so much more but i have been writing this post for an hour SO just shoot me (another) ask if you're curious :D

a kiss to the forehead + gincott

Snowflakes drifted down outside as Louisa watched from her desk. Gin was perched on the window sill, silent as ever. Louisa signed something, yawning, then glanced up at them. Even if she couldn't use her ability like this, she found that she couldn't bring herself to mind. Another yawn, and her movement to grab another paper was stopped by a hand under her chin, angling her head up. Gin's fingers were cold, but she didn't really mind it, just blinking up at them. "Um..?" Gin leaned down, swinging their legs onto the desk, giving Louisa a kiss on her forehead through the mask as they wrote something down on a sticky note. ('Take a break; you've earned it.')

a kiss against the wall + shiburan