Fic: Footfalls in the Snow. Hisagi+Kira.

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Title: Footfalls in the Snow
Rating: PG
Pairing: Hisagi Shuuhei+Kira Izuru
Notes/Warnings: Angsty with a happy-ish ending! Set right after Aizen and Ichimaru save Hisagi and our favorite academy trio from the disastrous field training in the transient world. A birthday present for live_with_love and just a little something for everyone who participated in shuukira's

Comments

[denshi_no_ultra]

Amazing fic! I absolutely loved your Kira, he was so insightful and kind, it was totally like him to try and comfort his senpai.

And I thought your description of Hisagi's thoughts was perfect - you showed really well how sad and guilty he feels, and his sense of loss.

The end was really good, it was a hopeful note, I liked the idea that Hisagi wants to be there for Kira, always.

All in all, I really loved your fic, thank you very much for writing!

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Oh, hey, wow! I's so happy you liked it that much!

My biggest problems with this fic were the characters themselves. This is one heck of a role-reversal for me so it was very difficult to try and keep it all realistic and not go overboard with...well, anything...in addition to still keeping the boys in the same voice I'm used to.

Shuuhei's thoughts and emotions were particularly hard to keep from going overboard so thank you for saying I got it right!

As for the ending, that was a challenge as well, but I'm glad the "hopefulness" of it got through to you. Not exactly a happy ending but that's what I was aiming for.

Thank you so much for reading this and leaving a very encouraging and perceptive comment! ♥

[ceestar]

I-Antha ... this was .... I'm just....*explodes*

Ooh the drama of this fic was amazing, suffocating almost (in a good way? Like ...in a "I was completely wrapped up in the moment" sort of way). You somehow put plot bunnies in my head, how I ask, HOW?!

My favourite was the end and the heart warming, then breaking and slightly warming again foreshadowing. Gooddd my heart bleeds for these two, and the way you express them just...mrgghhh.

Lovely job Antha~!! ♥

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NO, DON'T EXPLODE! I NEEDS YOU!!!! *FIXES*

Ah, yes, the drama. OH, the drama. I tried my best not to overdo it and I'm glad it had you completely wrapped up in the moment! I'm sure you can tell that this is quite the role-reversal for me so I had to wrestle our boys into their new roles and still try to maintain the characterizations that I'm used to!

Shuuhei was a particularly nasty little bugger to subdue. It was a feat to make the boy cry.

The ending was also quite a challenge. A part of me wanted to stick a kiss in there somewhere, maybe even make them have sex but idk. In the end, I decided against it. I wanted to keep it as realistic as I could and that couldn't involve smut or much of a happy ending.

But am rambling...XD

Thanks for reading and commenting, Cee! I'm glad you liked it!!!!!

Also, woman, it is SO not my fault your beautiful mind is so easily swayed by tiny little plot bunnies that never meant to cause you any harm! NOT MY FAULT!!! (Though I consider an accomplishment every time XD)

[ceestar]

You definitely did not overdo it, I assure you! What Shuuhei (and the Academy trio) had to go through that night was just ... and you did a marvelous job of breaking Shuuhei down. His character was built to be so strong all the time. The way you wrote him ... the way he was dealing with the incident... simply brilliant; he was broken, shattered, for a while it looked like beyond repair, but it was still in a very Shuuhei way.

Izuru also seemed timid and innocent, but of course the boy is too mature for his own good.

/rambles

[silverharmony]

Ahh thank you so much for organizing the V-Day Exchange sweetie!! <333 And congrats for your 100th LJ entry and your 50% progress at 50scenes too xD

I really love the gentleness in this fic. (I think you already know I have the biggest weakness for gentle kind of stuff). Even though it's so hopeful, it's really heartbreaking. And I think their relationship here is perfectly written (great job) because it's exactly how I'd see them in their Academy Days, too; the young student who admires his Hisagi-senpai as much as he'd claimed and would be there for him even without really having known him. It's not a surprise how close they became as friends in future canon ♥

Once again, you didn't disappoint (not that you ever would) <33

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It was a pleasure, dearest! ♥ And lolo haha thank you. XD

Aaaaaaand I am SO glad you liked their relationship here! It was so hard to keep it realistic and not give in to the (rather large) part of me that wanted them to have angsty hurt/comfort smex!

Though I have to admit, I wasn't even thinking of Izuru's admiration for Shuuhei here or even of him actually wanting to be there for Shuu. He was just there, which is the beauty of it.

These two are so meant for each other!!!!!!!

And lastly, my greatest fear has always been that I'll disappoint my readers so thank you so much for saying that I didn't this time. ♥

Thank you for reading and commenting, Bb!!! ♥

[oriya_chan]

Wow... just... wow. Definitely one of my most favourite Hisagi & Izuru- themed fics.
It's just that one seems to actually feel what these both do... and the outlook on the coming events made me go teary-eyed. ♥

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Definitely one of my most favourite Hisagi & Izuru- themed fics.

Wow! What an honor! Thank you!

The emotions in this fic were quite delicate and I had a hard time with them especially because I'm so used to writing them being in a relationship or already knowing each other like the backs of their hands. Them meeting for the first time under such circumstances was quite the challenge to write so I'm really happy that you liked it and that the effort paid off! ♥

Thank you for reading and commenting!!! ♥

[kwansan]

Academy days! :D

I love the parallel you drew between Kira's parents and Hisagi's friends and that was the way they connected. Their conversation was so realistic -- Kira being a gentle push and a quiet yet stable pillar of support, and Hisagi trying to resist but giving in in the end when he realizes that it's better to not be alone.

The ending references to events in the series was so sweet.
I’ll be there, he would finish. I’ll be there.

I love this to pieces ♥ ♥

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Academy Days FTW! ♥

I'm so happy you liked it! Thank you for reading and commenting! ♥