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Fandom: Hunter x Hunter

Ships: PitoKai

Ratings: T+

Warnings: PitoKai getting frisky in places I wouldn't go with a gun

Summary: Two lovers rendezvous in the worst place possible, and end up getting a surprise visit from a curious third party.

[PitoKai, modern AU, horror hijinks]

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Fandom: Hunter x Hunter

Ships: Hisoka/Senritsu/Kurapika; background PariGing

Ratings: M+

Warnings: Gothic Horror Mystery; Post-Dark Continent Arc; angst; getting together; exploring Dark Continent lore

Summary: Four years after the sinking of the Black Whale, assorted personalities who survived the great tragedy attempt to make something of their lives. Hisoka finds himself enamored with the newest mystery in town, while a thousand miles away, Senritsu accepts the case of a missing dancer. Deep in the forests of Lukso Province is Kurapika, the former head of the Nostrade crime family. With the Kakin Empire in shambles, it's inevitable that the three personalities meet. Together, they realize that there's a lot more at stake than just a few ballet numbers and free tickets to the theater. Their world may have moved on from a sunken ship and hybrid ant people, but something else hasn't. It's a feeling that tells them that even though their world has forgotten, the Dark Continent has not – and that the monster that destroyed the ship may just be hunting down its survivors.

[Written for the 2020 Hunter x Hunter Big Bang]

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Fandom: Hunter x Hunter

Ships: PariGing; background KuraSen, HisoBisky, & Killua/OMC; past Ging/Gon's Mother

Ratings: T

Warnings: Post-Dark Continent Arc; AU ending; Angst; abusive relationships; reconciliation, dads and sons in the kitchen being sad

Summary: Ging Freecs returns to Whale Island after his seven-year round-trip to the Dark Continent- but not alone. When Gon learns that his father intends to marry Pariston Hill at the family home, he wonders if he's still floating in a coma, detached from reality but still very much alive. It's a family reunion from Hell, but it's a reunion nonetheless. Friends and enemies alike gather on the tiny island for the wedding, forcing father and son to address the choices that led them to this moment, the broken relationships they left unhealed, and the individual hatred that neither could touch upon until it was too late.

[Written for the 2019 Hunter x Hunter Big Bang]

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Fandom: Hunter x Hunter

Ships: Hisoka/Biscuit Krueger; background Kurapika/Senritsu, Killugon, & Alluka Zoldyck/Zushi

Ratings: M+

Warnings: Beauty & the Beast/Prostitution Fusion AU; no powers; sneaky killers; sexual violence; substance abuse

Summary: Power is so beautiful that Hisoka wants nothing more than to be on an arm strong enough to bring the world to its knees, but tender enough to stroke him to climax and play with his hair after a long night. Biscuit Krueger never shows her face, but she's the most fearsome mercenary Yorknew has ever known, and she's determined to stay that way. When a bid for affections results in an 8.2 billion jenny buyout, a man with no soul offers up his services to a woman with no face. It's a game for both of them, and it's one neither are willing to lose. 

[Published in 2017]

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Fandom: Hunter x Hunter

Ships: Kurapika/Senritsu; Hisoka/Senritsu; Senritsu/OC; Feitan/OMC

Ratings: M+

Warnings: AU-Canon Divergence set during Succession Contest War; Dark Sonata lore; serial killers, murder, ableism; the never-ending horrors of being on a boat destined to blow up

Summary: The piano piece of the Dark Sonata has appeared deep within the treasure trove of the Kakin Royal Family. Compelled by its lure, Senritsu rejects Kurapika's offer to join the expedition as a bodyguard, and instead sneaks into the ship under the guise of a peasant searching for a better life. Hidden in the subaltern, she shadows the princes as she pieces together the secrets behind the notes. Meanwhile, a clown stalks a cluster of spiders, but catches a hint of a melody in the wind. Putting his initial quest on hold, he offers a helping hand to the short woman. Following close behind is Kurapika, his heart torn between the Scarlet Eyes and Senritsu's song. Maybe it's fate, or maybe it's the evil seeping out of every corner of the ship, but either way, a song haunts the hallways. It's a song Senritsu knows well. It may be the last song she ever hears- and the last song she ever plays.

[Written for the 2018 Hunter x Hunter Big Bang]

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Fandom: Hunter x Hunter

Ships: Neferpitou/Kite; Killugon; Hisoka/Biscuit Krueger

Ratings: M+

Warnings: Dark Fantasy Horror AU

Summary: Every moment Kite and Neferpitou spend together is another moment they inch closer to each other’s throat. Every bruise is another mark of repentance, every kiss an act of treason against their respective races. As the war comes to an end, both species are reminded that even in death, there’s no difference between man and monster.

[Written for the 2017 Hunter x Hunter Big Bang]

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Fandom: Death Note (Manga)

Ships: Light/Ryuk

Ratings: M+

Warnings: consummating relationships hehe

Summary: Light knows he's not the sanest person around, so it doesn't surprise him one bit when he realizes that he's attracted to a prettyboy cannibal that may or may not be terrorizing the streets of Tokyo.

[AU - Light x Shinigami Ryuk, but make it 100x worse]

Chapter Summary: In the end, love is the most terrifying thing there is.

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Fandom: Death Note (Manga)

Ships: Light/Ryuk, background Light/Misa, Light/Takada, & Light/Mikami

Ratings: M+

Warnings: abusive behavior, seggs

Summary: Light knows he's not the sanest person around, so it doesn't surprise him one bit when he realizes that he's attracted to a prettyboy cannibal that may or may not be terrorizing the streets of Tokyo.

[AU - Light x Shinigami Ryuk, but make it 100x worse]

Chapter Summary: Light grows up, and Ryuk never changes.

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I think there are aspects of Light that can't be pathologized or blamed on the Death Note's influence. I believe he's always had the mean streak on account of being a privileged child of a cop, and he treats women poorly not unlike the typical Millennial misogynist. I think the Death Note merely fueled Light's more abusive tendencies, but I also think he was capable of such violence by sheer virtue of being undiagnosed and enabled for so long 😂

Fandom: Death Note (Manga)

Ships: Light/Ryuk

Ratings: M+

Warnings: manipulative ass behavior; easily manipulated Shinigami

Summary: Light knows he's not the sanest person around, so it doesn't surprise him one bit when he realizes that he's attracted to a prettyboy cannibal that may or may not be terrorizing the streets of Tokyo.

[AU - Light x Shinigami Ryuk, but make it 100x worse]

Chapter Summary: Ryuk is shy, but that doesn't stop Light.

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This story is fast approaching its end. It's just one of my favorite things about Death Note, this funny -ism that Shinigami might be sexy rockstars hiding underneath their monstrous forms. I do hope Ohba and Obata will pull the trigger on it one day. Death Note 2030 sequel-sequel-sequel set in the Shinigami Realm, here we come!

Fandom: Death Note (Manga)

Ships: Light/Ryuk

Ratings: M+

Warnings: undiagnosed depression and personality disorder

Summary: Light knows he's not the sanest person around, so it doesn't surprise him one bit when he realizes that he's attracted to a prettyboy cannibal that may or may not be terrorizing the streets of Tokyo.

[AU - Light x Shinigami Ryuk, but make it 100x worse]

Chapter Summary: Light doesn't understand why the Shinigami Ryuk would bond with a loser like Ryo when there are far worthier choices - namely him.

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Fandom: Death Note (Manga)

Ships: Light/Ryuk

Ratings: M+

Warnings: undiagnosed depression and personality disorder

Summary: Light knows he's not the sanest person around, so it doesn't surprise him one bit when he realizes that he's attracted to a prettyboy cannibal that may or may not be terrorizing the streets of Tokyo.

[AU - Light x Shinigami Ryuk, but make it 100x worse]

Chapter Summary: Light's a smart boy. He knows that the feelings churning inside him aren't typical for a boy his age, but he's also smart enough to know to keep his mouth shut.

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Fandom: Death Note (Manga)

Ships: Light/Ryuk

Ratings: M+

Warnings: cannibalism & undiagnosed personality disorders

Summary: Light knows he's not the sanest person around, so it doesn't surprise him one bit when he realizes that he's attracted to a prettyboy cannibal that may or may not be terrorizing the streets of Tokyo.

[AU - Light x Shinigami Ryuk, but make it 100x worse]

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Fandom: Mission: Impossible (Movies)

Ships: eventual Julia Meade/Ethan Hunt; Benji Dunn/Jasper Briggs; Degas/Paris

Rating: M+

Warnings: SELF-HARM, SELF-HARM, SELF-HARM

Summary: When Julia's husband is hurt in a car accident, she has no choice but to send a signal to the IMF for help. On the other side of the world, the IMF and CIA are swamped cleaning up the Entity's mess. And Ethan Hunt? He's no where to be found, and hasn't been seen in the last six months.

Who hurt Julia's husband? Why are the Entity's followers still clogging up the mission queue? Where's Ethan?

And who the hell is Michael?

[Post-Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning]

Chapter Summary: Moments between those who loved, those who are in love, and those who haven't quite figured it out just yet.

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And that's a wrap for this year! Thank you so much for reading this attempt at bringing Ethan x Julia back into the public consciousness in the most gnarly way possible. I hope you've enjoyed their (mis)adventures thus far. The story is now officially going on hiatus until 2027!

Fandom: D.Gray-man (Manga)

Ships: Johnny Gill/Kanda Yuu; past Kanda/past Alma; background LenaLavi propaganda

Ratings: M+

Warnings: people are having sweet, sweet reunion sex

Summary: Kanda and Johnny reunite, and Kanda accepts that a man can be dead, alive, and in love, all at the same time.

[in canon; post-Chapter 250; Kanda-centric]

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Fandom: Mission: Impossible (Movies)

Ships: eventual Julia Meade/Ethan Hunt; Benji Dunn/Jasper Briggs

Rating: M+

Warnings: meat hammers, graphic violence, unreality

Summary: When Julia's husband is hurt in a car accident, she has no choice but to send a signal to the IMF for help. On the other side of the world, the IMF and CIA are swamped cleaning up the Entity's mess. And Ethan Hunt? He's no where to be found, and hasn't been seen in the last six months.

Who hurt Julia's husband? Why are the Entity's followers still clogging up the mission queue? Where's Ethan?

And who the hell is Michael?

[Post-Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning]

Chapter Summary: Julia and Ethan reunite.

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