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   Stray Dog by LadyofBoneandIvory

   Fandoms: Chainsaw Man (Manga), Chainsaw Man (Anime)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   21 Feb 2023

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Denji/Mitaka Asa
   • Denji (Chainsaw Man)
   • Mitaka Asa
   • Pochita (Chainsaw Man)
   • Waiters & Waitresses
   • Pre-Canon
   • Bathing/Washing
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Idiots in Love
   • Eventual Happy Ending
   • Touch-Starved
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Homelessness
   • First Kiss
   • Heavy Petting
   • First Time
   • falling in love while hiding from the authorities
   • Denji Has a Praise Kink
   • Protective Mitaka Asa
   • Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting
   • Non-Sexual Intimacy
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Poverty
   • Denji Needs a Hug (Chainsaw Man)

   Summary

   Every night, waitress Asa Mitaka gives her leftover food scraps to a local feral teenager named Denji. Denji doesn’t know what to make of her attention. Asa’s true intention? To give him a bath, of course.

   An alternate universe that occurs before the events of Chapter 1/Episode 1.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Times are Changing

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   114,202

   Chapters:

   24/24

   Comments:

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