When Satoshi looked at portraits of his ancestors, each and every one of them was painted alongside a bird. An egret, a sharp-beaked falcon, a tiny ruby throated humming bird, or, as one memorable portrait showed, an albino peacock with its tail spread in all its resplendent glory. His grandmother’s daemon had settled as woodpecker, and his mother’ ( Read more... )

long time no see. feeling like hell and not wanting to write lately, so posting some stuff that I did write over the last few months to feel better. woo. >_>

Any, Any, Baby shoes. Never worn.

( len and alec universe: Family Traditions )

Prompt: Any book fandom, any, "A very merry UnBirthday to me." (Saw this and thought of Howl immediately in all his irritating glory. This is the man who pretended to be a 4 yr old to annoy his wife after all. A glance at dates, and it's even likely book Howl could have seen the Disney movie as a child.)Sophie woke feeling that something was wrong ( Read more... )

Reversal - Magic Kaito“Breaking and entering, Tantei-san?” Kid said from the shadows ( Read more... )

30. Expectation - Magic KaitoThe human mind has the unfortunate ability to warp perception, Saguru reflects. In the distance, Nakamori-keibu chases a Kid decoy yet again. It is not because Nakamori-keibu is stupid or inept that Kid continues to escape month after month. In fact, Nakamori-keibu has adapted with each trick Kid unveils, weaving the ( Read more... )

29. Regret - Detective Conan“Do you ever stop to wonder, Tantei-kun, what life would be like if you were born someone else ( Read more... )

28. Anxious - Skip Beat ( Read more... )

27. Believe - Hunter x HunterIt is three years and four months since Killua left and Gon found his father. Years in which Gon has reworked his life from the bottom up, reconnected with his father, traveled more of the world, and made new friends. He suspects he will always be making new friends because that is part of who he is, but he still keeps ( Read more... )

26. Blood - Lagoon EngineCousins. Sharing 12.5% of genetic material on average. Mother’s sister’s son. Shared maternal grandparents. No matter how Yen lays it out in his head, the factual knowledge of ‘cousin’ fails to match up to Housui Ayato ( Read more... )

25. After - xxxHolic If asked, Doumeki would say that his first impressions of Watanuki were that he was loud, spastic, and annoying. Those first impressions never really went away even though Doumeki got to see Watanuki as more than that. Watanuki was loud, yes, but as loud and angry as his words often were, his actions contradicted them. He was ( Read more... )