slipping sideways

Fandom: Naruto
Pairing: Shikamaru/Temari
Genre: Tragedy, Hurt/Comfort, Romance
Rating/Status: PG-13 / 490 words, complete
Summary: In the aftermath of war, Temari stands beside him, steady. And Shikamaru finally understands.

Author's Note: This one has been sitting in my drafts for well over a year (soon after ch.616 of the manga came out, to be exact), which means there's a peripheral mention of SPOILERS that occurred in said chapter. It took so long to get posted because I kept struggling with the wording, so it ended up getting stashed away until now.

Applicable prompts: 500themes, #169 - A time for tenderness.

( Steady Against the Tide )

Fandom: Kuroko no Basuke
Characters: Kasamatsu Yukio, Kise Ryouta
Genre: Gen, Crack, Silly Stuff
Rating/Status: PG / 216 words, complete
Summary: The one where Kasamatsu's life is in Kise's hands. Or (less dramatically), Kasamatsu is a passenger and Kise is the pilot.

Author's Note: This was written about a year ago when I tried to imagine what Pilot!Kise and Passenger!Kasamatsu would be like after the whole future jobs thing was released in the character bible. It was supposed to be part of a longer fic, but it refused to be anything other than crack (which would have been ridiculous for the fic I was planning). So here it is, by itself, along with a version 2 that turned out so similarly it's probably more accurate to call it version 1.1.

Applicable prompts: 500themes #115 - Deliverance.

( Professionalism, Except Not Really )

Fandom: Naruto
Pairing: Gaara/Sakura
Genre: Romance, Drama, Humor/Crack
Rating/Status: PG-13 / complete
Summary: Four snippets; a tiny peek into the various shades of Gaara and Sakura.

Author's Note: These are just a few short drabbly things (not inter-connected) written back in January on Tumblr for the GaaSaku month event. I'm only now realizing I actually never got around to archiving them here. Due to the delay and the fact that a couple of them are super short, I've gone ahead and lumped them together in one post.

All of these are written with prompts or specific requests in mind, but they also crept out of some kind of head canon where Sakura and Gaara are sort of already in a relationship... I think. The latter explains the somewhat lame title of this collection, unfortunately.

Applicable prompts: 500themes, #84 - How you suffered for your sanity, #88 - Serenity Incarnate (for the 1st one and the 2nd one, respectively)

( Shades of Them )

Fandom: Ao Haru Ride
Characters: Makita Yuuri
Rating/Status: PG / 274 words, complete
Summary: Next time, Yuuri would find someone who could love her back.

Author's Note: Written as a missing scene following manga chapter 15, because as much as I'm completely cheering for Futaba, I do hope Yuuri finds her own happy ending (even if Futaba's own happy ending is a tad dubious at the moment).

Written for my Ao Haru Ride claim at 24_times, #19 - Next time. Table index here. In conjunction with 500themes, #060 - One final look back.

( Tonight's Tears )

Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke
Rating/Status: PG-13 / 387 words, complete
Summary: There are four times Naruto thinks he may have understood Sasuke, but when all is said and done, there is perhaps just once when he finally does.

Author's Note: Old fic dump, written ten months ago or so. I know it seems like I'm always doing old fic dumps, but between my lame writer's angst and the fact that I haven't actually been online in months, it should probably be a positive thing that I'm able to post something at all right now. :\

Applicable prompts: 500themes, #009 - Sensation of loss.

( Unraveling a Circle )