this is a rather small list of fav stories that i've read throughout the fandoms that i've been part of. i'll carry them with me forever.

crossfire by kittebasu

• pairing: miyuki kazuya/sawamura eijun
• fandom: daiya no ace
• summary: kazuya tries to put together a future he can live with, and sawamura’s right there to make a mess of it.

children of the storm by ink-and-stars

• pairing: park chanyeol/byun baekhyun
• fandom: exo
• summary: most people his age had already given up their mermaid dreams, but chanyeol had always been different. [...]

where your loyalties lie by writingfromtheshadows

• pairing: dazai/chuuya
• fandom: bungou stray dogs
• summary: loyalty is the foundation of the yakuza code, something that was drilled into chuuya at an early age. however, his lessons did not cover how to manage a political marriage with his organization's oldest rival.

don't you ever tame your demons by writingfromtheshadows

• pairing: dazai/chuuya
• fandom: bungou stray dogs
• summary: [...] chuuya has never known a life outside of the routine he's forced to follow, but when the boss of yokohama's port mafia offers him a chance of freedom, chuuya is not prepared for the rebellion he's stumbling into.

when you come home by pressforward

• pairing: leorio paladiknight/kurapika
• fandom: hunter x hunter
• summary: after the events of dark continent and another disappearing act, kurapika shows up on leorio’s doorstep with no explanation and a simple request: to help him bury the remains of his family.

two-step by choir

• pairing: dazai/chuuya
• fandom: bungou stray dogs
• summary: something in dazai snaps. it bubbles up in his chest, overwhelming him in an instant. something that he knows to exist yet has never felt himself; something that only has one name. alternatively: dazai says i love you.

cheers to the tin man by pixim

• pairing: asagiri gen/ishigami senkuu
• fandom: dr. stone
• summary: "another question for you, senkuu-chan," gen says, still smiling but it's happier now. mirthful. "what would you do if i kissed you? right now?"