Written for the @pegoryu-week - Day 7: Free Day

Title: Other Self Fandom: Persona 5 Ship: Kurusu Akira/Sakamoto Ryuji Rating: Teen and Up Words: 13011 Warnings: Major Character Death (In the introduction, but still...) Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Timelines, Friendship, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Bittersweet, Hopeful Ending, Grief/Mourning, Death, POV Persona 5 Protagonist

Synopsis: That day, Akira lost everything: his friends, the boy he loved, his own life. But then, he wakes up in Ryuji’s arms, back to months before the end. At first, he believes he was sent back in time, but soon realizes things are even more complicated than they seem.

Written for the @pegoryu-week - Day 1: Experiment

Title: Roller Coaster Fandom: Persona 5 Ship: Kurusu Akira/Sakamoto Ryuji Rating: Teen and Up Words: 1878 Tags: Fluff, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Established Relationship, First Dates, Amusement Parks, POV Persona 5 Protagonist

Written for the @pegoryu-week - Day 5: Argument

Title: Breaking Point Fandom: Persona 5 Ship: Kurusu Akira/Sakamoto Ryuji Rating: Teen and Up Words: 4031 Tags: Established Relationship, Fluff and Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Aged-Up Character(s), Arguing, Anxiety, Self-Neglect

Written for the @pegoryu-week - Day 4: Alone

Title: Puppet Fandom: Persona 5 Ship: Kurusu Akira/Sakamoto Ryuji Rating: Teen and Up Words: 2525 Tags: Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Possession, Homophobia, Love Confessions, POV Persona 5 Protagonist

Written for the @pegoryu-week - Day 6: Beach

Title: Starry Sky Fandom: Persona 5 Ship: Kurusu Akira/Sakamoto Ryuji Rating: Teen and Up Words: 1511 Tags: Fluff, Beaches, Love Confessions, POV Persona 5 Protagonist

Written for the @pegoryu-week - Day 2: Warmth

Title: Conflicting Grief Fandom: Persona 5 Ship: Kurusu Akira/Sakamoto Ryuji Rating: Teen and Up Words: 1090 Tags: Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Established Relationship, Grief/Mourning, Past Child Abuse, POV Persona 5 Protagonist

Written for the @pegoryu-week - Day 3: Mementos

Title: Unravelling Fandom: Persona 5 Ship: Kurusu Akira/Sakamoto Ryuji Rating: Teen and Up Words: 3927 Tags: Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Established Relationship, Hallucinations, Panic Attacks, Vomiting, Status Effects, Horror Elements, Body Horror, POV Sakamoto Ryuji

Synopsis: After being hit by the blood of a strange shadow in battle, Ryuji’s senses warp, and he sees his body come undone and change into something monstrous.

Title: Lingering Darkness Fandom: Persona 5 Ship: Akira/Ryuji Rating: T Warnings: Nightmares, Anxiety, Swearing Words: 6539 Synopsis: Something changed after his almost death at Shido’s palace. At first, Ryuji thinks he is just tired. However, no matter what he does, the feeling that part of him is perpetually trapped in the Metaverse only gets worse with time. Akira is the first one to see through his cheerful facade, and tries to help him find the reason for that change.

Prompts used: @badthingshappenbingo - That's Not Normal @hurtcomfort-bingo - Learning to Be Loved @seasonaldelightsbingo - Pressing Foreheads Together

My cards under the cut.