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1. before it's some kind of murder by lumensd

   Fandoms: Persona 5  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   13 Jul 2026

   Tags

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   • Akechi Goro/Kurusu Akira
   • Akechi Goro/Persona 5 Protagonist
   • Post-Canon
   • Angst
   • Unhealthy Relationships
   • akira's complicated relationship with akechi but also joker
   • Repression
   • them-typical emotional intimacy issues
   • Self-Harm
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Smoking
   • Drinking
   • Introspection
   • prose leans poetic in some places
   • Sadomasochism
   • Under-negotiated Kink
   • violence kink
   • Light Dom/sub
   • Dry Orgasms
   • Multiple Orgasms
   • Knifeplay
   • Top Akechi Goro
   • Bottom Kurusu Akira

   Summary

   How many parts of yourself can you lace through the parts of someone else and get away with it, before your eyes can no longer distinguish between the two, before it's some kind of murder?

   Written for Day 7 of Bottom Joker Week 2026: Free Day

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