[FIC] "by thorn uncut" and "No Small Thing" (TRC: Kurogane/Yuui & Syaoran/Sakura)

[nekokoban]

Annnnnd today's springkink fics! Phew. Now I don't have to worry about it till the 20th, and I can take a little break! (Haha, yeah right; that's not terribly likely. XD)

Also guys, guuuuuuys, I want to go back and revise/update my Haruka/Kantarou ship manifesto. :( Someone stop me.

by thorn uncut
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle -- Kurogane/Yuui*
2073 words
From the prompt: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, Kurogane/Yuui: Cross-dressing - Rose of impropriety / with thorns to hide your feeling
* This fic is a Valeria AU, where Fay and Yuui's family have not all died/gone crazy -- for the purposes of this fic, Yuui = Fay as we know him in canon.

by thorn uncut

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No Small Thing
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle -- Syaoran/Sakura
Infinity through current spoilers implied
From the prompt: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, Sakura/Syaoran: Collars and chains - This is nothing to show his loyalty.

No Small Thing

Comments

[ningen-demonai.livejournal.com]

2) Oh. Oh. That's beautiful and I really liked the bits with the parentheses and oh Syaoran and Sakura. Why you gotta hurt me? ;;

[nekokoban]

♥♥ Thank you, hon! o/

I keep desperately hoping for their happy ending, because seriously -- it's Syaoran and Sakura, it's NOT OKAY if they're not going to have a happy ending. D:

[ningen-demonai.livejournal.com]

Asdflkj we're ALL hoping for it, cuz they're socute and OTP and if CLAMP doesn't give them a happy ending, I will cry tears of BLOOD.

[danly.livejournal.com]

by thorn uncut ---> I wish I could say more but... I LOVED this.

[nekokoban]

Thank you so much! This is actually another AU (ahahaha orz) that I really want to expand; I'm really glad to know that people have enjoyed it. ♥

[ontogenesis.livejournal.com]

This was very intriguing. I feel like there's a whole rich world behind this small story, and I want to see it. ^_^ I particularly like the twins' relationship, and I'm curious about Kurogane. I don't think (like Yuui thought) that Kurogane was angry per se at the crossdressing, just confused... and interesting. LOL.

[nekokoban]

I'd really like to expand this Valeria AU, I have to confess! I've got some obligation fics I'd like to finish first (INCLUDING YOURS ORZ I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN o/;;), but we'll ... have to see where inspiration takes me. *g*

(Plus, you're absolutely right: Kurogane wasn't angry about the crossdressing, just confused. ;))

Thank you for reading! ♥♥ I'm really glad you liked this. :D

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[inte-grit-y.livejournal.com]

Oh oh oh. ;____; This is so very different from the other "living-Fay" AUs I've read! Most of the time it seems like they're used as an excuse for happy fluff, which is all well and good so far as it goes, but this. Oh, lords, I'm wincing and ♥ing and wibbling all at the same time, and it is glorious! These lines in particular:

He's not the sort to give up against impossible odds, as his father is fond of saying (as his uncle is fond of darkly muttering).

he fixes the smile onto his face -- the one he uses when at dinner with his uncle, the one that always makes the old man glower at him --

He smiles then, and Yuui's breath catches -- his brother doesn't smile very often, not like this, not meaning it --

just drive home the fact that, even if the royal family haven't all died or gone crazy, all is still not well with the twins in Valeria. It's twisted and yet very reasonable, and the same with all the references to fashion and coy flirting and court intrigue; he has Fay as a support, so Yuui doesn't seem to be as broken as the person we know in TRC, but it still feels like the two of them are trapped inside a choking, gilded cage. And then the parallels, with Yuui flirting and smiling and running away, just like in canon; and Kurogane, who seems to be a shock to the system no matter where he is, and who's still able to see through Yuui's masks and. Oh. You've managed to take the characters and their relationship and transplant them into a setting that's both new and very fitting.

I. I think I love you. ♥ ♥ ♥

;_____;

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[nekokoban]

I ... have to confess I haven't read a whole lot of living!Fay AUs because -- yeah, like you said, most of the summaries I've seen seem to be solely for the cute and fluffy, and while I like that too, I think I have a thing for the Valeria twins being a bit messed up. :|b I wanted to show that they've had a more stable family life, but Yuui especially still, at his core, has the same things that made him such an avoidant personality as Fay in TRC actual-canon.

Which means I am REALLY REALLY glad you liked this, thank you so much for reading! o/ I want to expand the Valeria AU soon; perhaps once I get some promised fic out of the way. ♥

[tsu-chan79.livejournal.com]

Since I'm not a member of springkink, I thought I'd come leave a comment here. ^.^~

By Thorn Uncut:
Awwww, Kuro-tan didn't reject Yuui! *smiles* That was very well-done, full of imagery. Fantastic job! I'd love to read more from this AU setting, it sounds very interesting! <333

[nekokoban]

Awww, thank you for taking the time to read and comment! :D And I'm glad that you enjoyed this, since it was a lot of fun to write♥

I do plan on writing more for this AU eventually -- I just gotta get through February and all the other writing-obligations I have, first. *g*