[Fic] A Theme in Pentatonic - Four

Cross-post from my archive.

Fandom/Arc: GetBackers, Ivory Bridges
Characters/Pairings: Kakei Sakura, Sakura/Saizou, Toufuuin Saizou
Summary: Sakura wants Saizou to stop holding back from them, and from her in particular; it takes some coaxing, but she eventually succeeds in style.
Meta: Drama, Angst, Porn, spoilers vol 33, I-4
Wordcount: 2610

Sakura slipped up beside her quarry on soft feet until she was close enough to be heard by no one else when she asked, "Why do you hold yourself apart from us, Saizou?"

He stilled, laughter dying, eyes turning dark and distant though he didn't look at her. "Is shame so hard to understand?"

( A Theme in Pentatonic: Four )

[Fic] A Theme in Pentatonic - Interlude Six

Cross-post from my archive.

Fandom/Arc: GetBackers, Ivory Bridges
Characters/Pairings: Fuuchouin Kazuki, Saizou/Kazuki, Toufuuin Saizou
Summary: Saizou needs to know that Kazuki accepts all of him, and Kazuki is perfectly pleased to show him.
Meta: Porn, Fluff, I-4
Wordcount: 1160

Every protective impulse in Kazuki urged him to gather Saizou to him, to hold and reassure him, but Kazuki knew from personal experience that protection wasn't always what was needed. This time, instead, he made himself relax and lean into Saizou's chest, let himself be cradled in Saizou's arms. The catch of Saizou's breath told him he was right. "I always trusted you," Kazuki said softly. "And I was never wrong."

( A Theme in Pentatonic: Interlude Six )

Draft - Preface to Global Steam

Once upon a time, there was a fanwriter who looked around and thought that steampunk costuming looked like a lot of fun. She'd had some passing contact with the genre through literature, and while some of it made her twitch with unexamined imperialist assumptions, a heartening majority of it seemed to be performing useful social critique alongside the cool gadgets and giant squid adventures.

( It still seemed awfully... limited, though. )

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[I have decided on format: this will become a website. It needs to have different sections for the history, for the particular technology, for the costuming. I don't think it will need to be a WP installation, though. It won't be that big.

Surely it won't be that big...]