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

And here are a collection of miscellaneous drabbles and ficlets from various prompt memes & such—stuff that isn't going to make it into actual full-length fic form.


From fic_promptly: Prince of Tennis, any, waking up a girl doesn't change the fact that there is still tennis practice

Yuuta & his team; sort of in the same universe as Clownfish; futurefic. 614 words.

( Trump )

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From fic_promptly, prompt: Katekyo Hitman Reborn, any, tying a tie

Hibari Kyouya on the common necktie; 221 words.

( When in Rome )

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For a prompt from branchandroot: Xanxus/Squalo/Yamamoto, Xanxus is watching this time.

Squalo/Yamamoto, smut, 630 words.

( Exhibition )

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From anehan, prompt: Yuuta faces Sanada in the high school tennis circuit.

From the same 'verse as something in my WIP files, where Yuuta is completely in love with tennis and going pro (among other things). 603 words.

( Up-and-Coming )

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For andreaphobia, prompt:
... here we are at the place
          where I get to beg for it
where I get to say Please, for just one night, will you lay down next to me, we can leave our
clothes on, we can stay all buttoned up?
          or will I say
Roll over and let me fuck you till you puke, Henry, you owe me this much, you can indulge me
this at least, can’t you? but we both know how it goes. I say I want you inside me
          and you hold my head underwater, I say I want you inside me
and you split me open with a knife.

Reborn, 287 words.

( Inherent Features )

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From anruik, prompt: Yamamoto/Gokudera - The former spends some time curled up with Uri.

Gokudera, Yamamoto, and Uri; 191 words.

( Suborn )

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From branchandroot, Natori takes Natsume out flower viewing.

Hiiraga, Urihime, and Sasago pondering the strangeness of humans. 100 words.

( Hanami )

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From askerian, prompt: Their peers/friends/agemates find out about Hibari and Yamamoto's torrid relationship.

Gokudera and Tsuna, traumatized. 206 words.

( Traumatic Experiences )

Title: Conflagration
Pairings: Hibari/Yamamoto
Summary: There is something strange going on with Yamamoto's behavior and Hibari isn't sure he approves.
Notes: Adult for smut; violence as foreplay; this is basically a love-letter to the essential hotness of Yamamoto. Natural Disasters series [index]. 4309 words.

( It is a Sunday and heat lies on Namimori as heavy as a hand. )

Title: A Year in the Life: Kyouko
Characters: Kyouko, Tsunako, Bianchi, Yamamoto, Gokudera, Reborn, Hana, Mochida
Summary: In which Tsunako gives Kyouko a purpose.
Notes: Continuing the re-imagining of the Daily Life arc from Kyouko’s perspective. Skeevy sexual politics, genderswap, Kyouko revealing her awesome hidden depths, and the mafia. Part of Choice: The Betrothal Arc. Series Index. General audiences. 15055 words.

Also submitted for ladiesbigbang, with the consequent result that the ever-marvelous esmenet put together a fanmix, Let Them Eat Cake for this fic. Go and check it out, because it's awesome!

( The one problem, if it was a problem, was that Tsunako-chan went around so much with Yamamoto-kun and Gokudera-kun these days that it was next to impossible to get a word with her privately, which was something Kyouko dearly wanted to do. )

Title: Truth Be Told
Characters: Tsuna, Hibari, Yamamoto
Summary: Dealing with Hibari and Yamamoto requires a great deal of forbearance; it's a good thing Tsuna knows how to be patient.
Notes: More vampire AU! [Series Index] General audiences; 7101 words.

( Tsuna no longer got headaches, but sometimes Kyouya seemed determined to precipitate one for him nonetheless. )

In which there are vampires and hunters and watchers and humans, Yamamoto Takeshi is more than a little bit crazy, and Gokudera Hayato is caught in between a whole bunch of loyalties and duties.


Bloodsport: Gokudera knows that this can't possibly end well.

Blood Debt: Squalo is going to owe him for this.

Under Cover of Darkness: The last memories of the man are of these things: agony and defeat.

Nail in My Hand: It's going to take him a while to put himself back together.

Rules of Conduct: It's time Yamamoto began to learn the rules.

Best Served Cold: Squalo contemplates the vengeance he's planning.

Stillness in a Curl of Steam: Hibari contemplates the mess that is his fledgling.

The Death Instinct: The next day, Hibari left to hunt alone.

Truth Be Told: Dealing with Hibari and Yamamoto requires a great deal of forbearance; it's a good thing Tsuna knows how to be patient.

Happily Ever After: A series of linked shorts that follows Gokudera, Yamamoto and Tsuna after the end.

Title: Got Your Back
Characters: Tsunako, Bianchi, Reborn, Gokudera, Yamamoto, Bianchi
Summary: Every mafia princess needs a bodyguard. Or two.
Notes: Part of Choice: The Betrothal Arc. Series Index. General audiences. 3455 words.

( This was how it started, Tsunako told herself firmly: they hooked a person with interesting stories and then the next thing a girl knew, she was down the rabbit hole with everyone else. )

Title: Indelible
Pairings: Hibari/Yamamoto
Summary: This is what you want, and he gives it to you.
Notes: For round five of khrfest, prompt TYL Yamamoto/TYL Hibari - trade; "that's another suit you've ruined". Adult for smut: rough sex, biting, blood, downbeat ending, second-person pov. 1798 words.

( It takes the better part of the hour to do it and the room is a wreck by the time you catch your ankle around his and get Shigure Kintoki to kiss his throat, but you're not worried about the means, just the ends, and Kyouya finally stops raging. So you're going to count it as a win. )

Title: Counterbalance
Pairing: Hibari, Gokudera, Yamamoto
Summary: In the suppression of one sense, the others sometimes become sharper.
Notes: For anruik's prompt "Anyone/Yamamoto – blindfold." You may blame andreaphobia for who the "anyone" ended up being. Adult for smut (and how!), blindfolds, and restraints. Seek ye plot elsewhere. 2158 words.

( Takeshi can't see a thing, not even the edges of light around his eyelids or seeping in under the edges of the scarf tied around his eyes. )

Title: Refresher Course
Characters/Pairings: Gokudera/Yamamoto
Summary: Some things, no matter how effective, are not to be used as negotiating tactics.
Notes: Adult for smut; for branchandroot's prompt Yamamoto/Gokudera? Some night, after getting home from work. Prompt phrase: remind me. 1679 words.

( In my defense, it did work. )

Title: The Pursuit of Perfection
Characters/Pairings: Xanxus/Yamamoto/Squalo
Summary: Yamamoto has kind of a thing for stuff that's perfect. He thinks that's perfectly natural; just about everyone else thinks he's crazy.
Notes: Adult for filthy, filthy smut. For Porn Battle XI, prompt Xanxus/Yamamoto/Squalo, threesome, sparring, watching, desire. 2813 words.

( Yamamoto Takeshi knew perfectly well that his friends thought he was crazy for, well, a lot of reasons, actually, but they especially wondered about his taste for wandering down to the Varia's headquarters whenever he was in the mood to scare up a good sparring match. )