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    “I sell you no phony forgiveness— I’m a desperate man.”
    -Ralph Ellison

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    He doesn’t know how to do this. He is cold and hard. Made for war, not for weeping. But he needs to believe otherwise; needs to know there is something still inside of him that was human, that could break, that could be reduced to skin and bone and salt, ashes, embers. He wanted to know there was something in him that could still be damaged. That could still bleed.

    (That could still grow back.)

    “You are not worthy of condemnation, Angela,” promised the man made of metal, and flesh, and miracles. It was the first time he called her by that name. The taste of it lingered in his mouth.

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    (OR: Angela is hurt, and Genji knows.)

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    11 Sep 2020

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    11 Dec 2018

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    “I hate my life,” Oikawa complained miserably.

    “Why? Because your neighbour’s hot and he doesn’t like you?” Kuroo asked, plopping down on the couch next to Oikawa.

    “Because my neighbour’s hot and he doesn’t like me,” Oikawa confirmed, lip jutting out in a pout.

    “To be fair, you did let your dog almost maul him,” Kuroo reminded, head jerking to the Akita whose ears perked up at his mention.

    “I did not ‘let him!’” Oikawa shouted, appalled by the accusation.


    For Oikawa Tooru, his dog has been the most important part of his life for the past three years. He's content that his world revolves around Aki until his new neighbour, Iwaizumi Hajime, moves in and Oikawa realizes that there's definitely room in his heart for more than one.

    But his dog isn't as keen on the idea and doesn't hesitate to make his displeasure known. It's easy for Iwaizumi to earn Oikawa's love but he comes as a package deal. Unfortunately for Iwaizumi, earning Aki's proves difficult although he isn’t willing to give up that easily.

    Cue: lots of vying for Oikawa's attention, gratuitous wooing, unintentional fame, and a case of dognapping.

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    25 Nov 2018

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    Iwaizumi raised his eyebrows at Oikawa in surprise. “You like cars?” he asked, removing his hands from the pocket of his black joggers, standing up straighter, the backs of his legs hitting the hood of his car.

    “Like them?” Oikawa laughed brightly, stepping into the already slight space between them. “Baby, I bring them to life,” he whispered into the increasingly hazy air.


    For an esteemed racer, intended for the big leagues, owning a garage and racing on the streets should feel like settling rather than a dream. But Oikawa is happy as long as he's behind the wheel of a car; until a misstep lands him a heavy fine, and a crumbling future.

    Having grown up in one of the roughest neighbourhoods in Tokyo, Iwaizumi is no stranger to the gang life. He's a man of action, someone who does what he's asked without any questions. But when the people he's tried so hard to distance himself from come knocking, he realizes that he finally has to establish a side: his own.

    Iwaizumi wants Oikawa's expertise: someone who can both drive well and knows his way around cars. And Oikawa wants absolutely nothing to do with gangs, the kind of people that lit a fire to his life.

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    23 Nov 2018

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    It's just a job that brings them together.
    Then, it's just sex that keeps them close.

    So why is Oikawa feeling more than he has in years for Iwaizumi, an MMA fighter who only cares about the ring?

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    18 Nov 2018