a_kanna



Recent bookmarks

  1. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Xie Lian has spent long enough around sirens to have some grasp of their communication, and some of it is even a little similar to mer noises. This sound, for example, is like the one podmates use to call for each other—curious, beckoning. He suspects it means much the same thing for sirens. Has this siren lost someone, maybe?

    Hopefully it will find its lost someone soon, so Xie Lian can go back to sleep.

    Then, because nothing good can ever happen to Xie Lian, the siren peeks beneath the overhang. It hangs its head over the jut of stone, its hair billowing like a crown of ink and the yellow sclera of its eye bright against the black. That singular eye catches on his, its pupil dilating, and Xie Lian stiffens.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    78,753
    Chapters:
    18/?
    Comments:
    784
    Kudos:
    3,378
    Bookmarks:
    898
    Hits:
    69,316

    18 Nov 2022

  2. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Shen Qingqiu encounters Luo Binghe two years early in a brothel in Jin Lan City. Upon seeing his once most beloved disciple, Shen Qingqiu promptly starts coughing up flower petals. (Again.)

    Then things get worse.

    * * * * *

    Or: I wondered, "What would happen if I smashed truth pollen and hanahaki disease together as tropes?" This is the result.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    42,033
    Chapters:
    7/7
    Collections:
    1
    Comments:
    472
    Kudos:
    3,214
    Bookmarks:
    888
    Hits:
    47,146

    17 Jul 2022

  3. Public Bookmark 9

    Tags
    Summary

    “I’m… not sure I know where to start.”

    A chuckle surprised him. “That’s alright,” the priest assured. “What brings you here today? Anything in particular?”

    Ainosuke considered how honest he really wanted to be— but lying about his sins would be a sin in itself, wouldn’t it? “Guilt, Father.”


    Ainosuke returns to the church in preparation for his wedding. There, he meets a kind priest who changes his life.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    11,442
    Chapters:
    3/3
    Collections:
    1
    Comments:
    36
    Kudos:
    48
    Bookmarks:
    9
    Hits:
    571

    14 Jun 2022

  4. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    It has been six months since Mo Ran has seen Chu Wanning. It has been on purpose. Once Chu Wanning had been promoted upwards in both position and office floor, Mo Ran made sure to give wide berth to the cold and unfeeling man who’s butted heads with him since he started at Sisheng.

    This changes one night, when a friend puts forth a wager.

    “Not him.”

    “Hm?” Mei Hanxue peers over, and his eyes go wide before an absolutely shit-eating smile crosses his face. He doesn’t even bother with an over-saccharine “Why not?” because he can already see Mo Ran’s hackles start to rise.

    “No,” Mo Ran warns before Mei Hanxue can open his mouth, and Mei Hanxue gives him a positively feline look. “Do you want me to die?”

    “For him, I’ll double what I said I’d give you,” Mei Hanxue says and Mo Ran raises an eyebrow. “What? If he says yes, it’d be one of mankind’s greatest accomplishments. Statues would be made in your honour.”

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    124,256
    Chapters:
    11/11
    Comments:
    2,336
    Kudos:
    5,824
    Bookmarks:
    1,476
    Hits:
    146,273

    26 Mar 2022

  5. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    There’s a clash that leaves his ears ringing and body trembling as lightning bursts in the sky above him. It’s familiar, Xie Lian knows this feeling of empowerment running through his veins. The next time he blinks, he’s standing on marble floors, tainted with the dirt on his worn boots and Heaven meets his gaze with it’s perfect palaces full of luxuries and riches.
    The Crown-Prince of Xian Le has ascended for the fourth time, almost two centuries early.
    ______

    Xie Lian remembers falling asleep at his husband's side in their shared bed, but he wakes up to the familiar scent of rotting, dirt, and iron in a familiar coffin more than seven hundred years ago. His memories are a mess and he can't figure out how he landed in the past although he isn't entirely alone. Black Water Sinking Ships is there and while he can help fill in some of the blanks, the reality of their situation is grim and there doesn't seem to be a way back home.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    145,897
    Chapters:
    20/20
    Collections:
    3
    Comments:
    1,024
    Kudos:
    3,733
    Bookmarks:
    1,012
    Hits:
    90,340

    18 Mar 2022