Walking the Line Between "Hobby" and "Mental Illness"

Title: Wild Justice
Characters/Pairings: Tsuna/Kyouko; Gokudera/Haru; Chrome, Mukuro, I-Pin
Summary: Most people assume that Kyouko's really nice. They're mistaken: she's simply polite. And there's a huge difference between "nice" and "polite."
Notes: Teen and up. A hugely belated fic for round four of khrfest, prompt III-17: Kyoko – Haru is killed by a rival family, Kyouko doesn't take it lying down; "Fly away/ Take control / Beyond the edge will make you whole." Character death, angst, Kyouko being a badass. Kind of a grim AU to "They Also Serve". 8801 words.

( There was no pleasure in having been proved right after all. )

Title: Morning People
Characters/Pairings: Gokudera/Haru
Summary: Haru is a morning person; Gokudera isn't. But he manages to cope with that.
Notes: Adult for smut. For Porn Battle XI, prompt Gokudera/Haru: morning, languid. 2198 words.

( Haru had a thing for the morning sunlight—was, in fact, a morning person, God help him—which meant that most mornings, Hayato woke up to the sun in his eyes long before anything like a civilized hour. )

Title: After Hours
Pairings: Tsuna/Gokudera
Summary: Sometimes it takes a little bit of doing to get Gokudera's attention.
Notes: Adult for smut. For Porn Battle XI, prompt Tsuna/Gokudera, service, after hours, devotion, glasses, paperwork. 2456 words.

( Tsuna had learned through experience—how else?—that if Hayato felt the Family needed it, he would work unceasingly and uncomplainingly right up until he pitched over sideways or passed out over his paperwork. )

Title: All or Nothing
Characters: Gokudera Hayato, Yamamoto Takeshi, Sawada Tsunayoshi, Reborn | Gokudera/OFC; Yamamoto/Gokudera; Dino/Bianchi
Summary: Gokudera can't bring himself to compromise on some issues, even when he'd really like to. Having a sense of responsibility can be a real nightmare that way.
Notes: Adult for about two paragraphs of smut-in-passing; future fic; completely ignores stuff happening after ch282; angst, dutiful self-sacrifice, and other tasty things. 14742 words.

( This had all the hallmarks of ending up as yet another grand-scale disaster, Hayato decided as he surveyed the room from over the rim of his glass. God only knew what was going to go wrong, but it was only a matter of time before it did. He just knew it. )

Title: Dexterity
Pairings: Yamamoto/Gokudera
Summary: Gokudera never stops paying attention.
Notes: Adult for smut. Future fic. Vignettes, not plot, 1050 words.

( Seven moments in the course of a day. )

Title: Corrective Measures
Pairing: Yamamoto/Gokudera
Summary: Takeshi was pretty well convinced that he was going to spend the rest of his life trying to figure Gokudera Hayato out. Most of the time that didn't seem like a bad prospect, but there were times when he had to stop and ask himself whether he was sure he knew what he was getting into.
Notes: Adult for smut. For khrfest, prompt V-2: Yamamoto/Gokudera – glasses . Future fic, diverges from canon at chapter 282, fluff wrapped around a cranky Gokudera core. 2560 words.

( Takeshi freely admitted (to himself, anyway) that he kind of lost his brain around Hayato sometimes. This was one of those occasions; he was too caught up in ogling his boyfriend and being surprised that he didn't notice how red Hayato was getting until Hayato tried to blow him up. )

Title: Off-Label Use
Pairing: Yamamoto/Gokudera
Summary: Flames can be good for more than just fighting.
Notes: Adult for smut. For khrfest, prompt I-44: Gokudera/Yamamoto – rain flames; Gokudera needs to relax. 1874 words.

( Hayato hated the world and everything in it. He said as much when the day from hell had finally come to a close and he was finally able to strip out of his jacket and tie and collapse across the bed. )

Title: Love, Duty, and Other Difficult Things [1/1]
Pairings and Characters: Dino/Bianchi, Gokudera, Tsuna, Reborn, Kyouko, Haru, miscellaneous OCs
Summary: It's time for Bianchi to come into her own, whether she likes it or not.
Notes: Written for ladiesbigbang2010. Contains smut, politics, a Hollywood view of mafia life and all that might entail, original characters, and high romantic melodrama. Diverges from the manga canon at chapter 282; takes place several years in the future, after Tsuna et al. have graduated high school. Deepest thanks and appreciation go to the mods of ladiesbigbang2010 for organizing and running the fest and to red_eft for cheerleading; to branchandroot, theodosia21, mercuria, and chronolith for cheering me on, holding my hand, offering feedback on the in-process drafts, and beta-reading the final draft. If any mistakes remain, it is because I ignored their sage advice and went my own stubborn way. 90,032 words.

Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five | Part Six | Or read the fic on one page at AO3.

Bianchi had rented apartments that were smaller than the bed Dino Cavallone slept in.

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Title: Prepare a Face to Meet the Faces that You Meet
Characters: Yamamoto, Gokudera
Summary: Gokudera prefers it when Yamamoto isn't serious.
Notes: Teen. For Round III of khrfest, prompt VI-22. Yamamoto – serious; “it’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt”. 1181 words.

( They'd all seen Yamamoto get serious over some matter or another. )

Title: Costs and Benefits
Characters/Pairings: Sena, Monta; Tsuna, Gokudera, and Yamamoto
Summary: What could be more important than baseball?
Notes: General audiences. For Round III of khrfest, prompt II-47. Any – crossover: Eyeshield 21; "games and winners and costs". Crossover, obviously. 1308 words.

( At least Sena could console himself with the fact that no matter what, Monta was always going to be weirder than he was. )