PoT: Translated: Washed Dry

[branchandroot]

Fic post from my archive.

Washed Dry

Fuji decides to try his hand against Echizen. It provokes a lot of thought. Drama and Romance, I-3

Shuusuke felt a touch of excitement flicker along his nerves as they moved out into the open, feet scuffing up tiny puffs of dust to mark where they set themselves. Echizen was good. Not good enough to make Shuusuke lose, but perhaps...

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[written-in-blue.livejournal.com]

*squeaks* *squeaks some more*

I don't know what I like most -- the brilliant-sharp edges of the fight, or the friendship between Tezuka and Fuji, or the tenderness between Tezuka and Ayame, or the beautiful tragedy of Yumiko and Fuji...

*settles for loving it all and squeaking some more*

Wash and Dry

[lady-readwolf.livejournal.com]

I'll echo Em, and raise her two buckets of warm, gooey, goo.
[grins] and the title of this bit... ^_____^ Did so enjoy it all.

[fromastudio]

I've delayed on commenting on this for a while, partly because of my reactions to the piece. I had a hard time with the relationships, partly because I have this sense of the canon relationships superimposing over my reading. But the Fuji/Yumiko really works for me, despite that reading.

And I love Tezuka being understated and wise. "Even someone who finds his way doesn't always go down it." ♥