madimpossibledreamer

written on a late night plane flight

Main Points:
Cowboy Bebop
Chapter Summary: A quick glimpse at the relationship between Jet and Spike.
Word Count: 300
Rating: Teen
possibly pre-Jet/Spike?  There's some flirting and attraction there at least

         Spike isn’t allowed in Jet’s room. The excuse had been Spike’s grubby mitts and the possibility he’d make off with whatever remained of Jet’s worldly possessions. Somewhere along the line it turned out they were sharing whatever remained, aside from maybe some stuff about Jet’s daughter. The real reason, and they both knew that despite it never being said out loud, eventually became that Spike might be a lazy son of a bitch, but even when he was acting casual, those sharp eyes saw too much. Being seen like that was uncomfortable, and Jet knew that even while they’d become friends, maybe, or something maybe just as close but not as easily defined, that was still a step too far, a little too personal. It’s why he never took Spike’s poking fun too personally, because it helped reestablish those boundaries even when he griped right back.
         Spike, meanwhile, has a room but almost exclusively refuses to stay there. He’ll haphazardly toss his things, whatever he does pick up (Jet doesn’t ask questions, just in case Spike’s possible pickpocketing exploits or kleptomaniac tendencies land him on a bounty sheet someday) all over the goddamn ship. Jet complains that it’s worse than picking up after his kid used to be, Spike fires back, “Yeah, but she wasn’t so pretty, right?”, and Jet deadpans, “Much prettier,” to which Spike will shrug and comment something about being a dad. He’ll also jokingly call Jet “daddy”, now and then. Jet’s pretty sure it’s at least partly serious, that for a secretive guy like Spike letting an ex-cop snoop around his things (or trip over them) is an asshole method of a trust fall, but he’s not in a position he can even afford to move under anything less than an all in, for both sides.

I am very proud of this dungeon design and symbology.

Main Points:
Persona 2/Persona 4 crossover (Broken Hero)
Chapter Summary: The Investigation Team enters the new dungeon.
Word Count: 765
Rating: gen

 

( it's a feeling that's inside your soul )

 

Main Points:
Persona 2 Eternal Punishment
Chapter Summary: They love each other, but that doesn't make anything easy.
Word Count: 400
Rating: gen

 

( Katsuya's method of helping just pushes Tatsuya away. )

 

Main Points:
Ace Attorney AU (Turnabout Histories) Prequel
Summary: Edgeworth's life goes a little differently before he meets Phoenix again.
Word Count: 1891
Rating: T
SPOILERS for Turnabout Histories and general plot spoilers for the series, lightly mentions some of the darker themes in canon

 

( Let us move forward; don't look behind. )

 

Main Points:
Yakuza
Summary: How to avoid getting bit.
Word Count: 320
Rating: Teen (Majima)

        Everyone knows that the Mad Dog of Shimano is hardly all bark and no bite.  There are those who think he means to bite, every time; he just gets distracted.  There are those, of course, who thought his reputation was a dog's shadow in firelight.  He took great care in introducing them to the Demonfire Dagger.
        His boys, who are the closest, know the truth.  If he's all high and manic, you've got a 50/50 chance, and you can increase your odds of making it out relatively unscathed by taking responsibility and offering to make it right in a way that he'll trust you to follow through.  If his voice goes low and deep, you're screwed, as he one hundred percent will follow through or die trying, and in most cases he means to inflict death.
        When Shimano had been alive, he'd also follow every order like the obedient rabid dog he is.  Might get a bit creative about the how, but he'd been so trusted by Shimano because he got the job done.
        There's other indicators of things you should steer far clear of.  Hurting people he cares about, for one.  Tacky things, like pulling in civilians, especially women and children.  Littering, that's a big one.  The biggest on the list, separated out by just how bad of an idea it is, is messing with Kiryu-san.  You only do that under orders, and if you get the hankering to up the ante, maybe run the idea by the Boss, just to be safe.  They're probably the only people in Kamurocho that have memorized both the trademark outfit and the face and steer clear unless the Boss has a new stunt he really wants to try, like the zombie thing, shaking their heads even as they enjoy the action and occasionally taping Kiryu-san's fights against less sensible yakuza or civilians who should really know a legend when they see one.

It's October again, so time for this series to return again.  (also just that's how it worked out prewriting wise).

Main Points:
Star Trek (the 2009!movie verse)/Constantine crossover
Summary: Bones sees more than Kirk thinks--things like the fact that the love and attraction isn't a one-sided deal.  That Kirk is showing uncharacteristic restraint in holding back, because he thinks he'll break Bones, extra lives or not.  But he also sees things the wizard doesn't--like they're equally broken, equally likely to break each other, but also that it all might be worth it in the end.
Word Count: 500
Rating: Teen

( we both matter don't we? )

no clue how common knowing Perry Mason is in Japan but they made a reference in Ace Attorney, the English translation anyway.
I don’t think they mentioned Tak’s father’s name so I just chose one.

Main Points:
Lost Judgment (spoilers until the end of ch 3 + some of the mystery club plot + Tak Judgment backstory)
follow-up to Unexpected Twists
Mystery: Why is Yagami-San Unhappy?
Chapter Summary: Amasawa and Yagami have another enlightening conversation, while Itokura continues to be hostile.
Word Count: 510
Rating: Teen
warnings: Yagami might be depressed, describes some of Yagami's dark backstory stuff

 

( side story )

 

Main Points:
Lost Judgment (spoilers until the end of ch 3 + some of the mystery and dance club plot)
follow-up to Initiate Investigation
Mystery: Why is Yagami-San Unhappy?
Chapter Summary: Amasawa starts digging into the mystery.
Word Count: 615
Rating: Teen
Pairing: Yagami/Kaito

( sometimes, the truth is heartbreaking )

Based on what I’m pretty sure was a panic attack followed by a postdrome sort of thing earlier in the week. It veered off into some weird territory in the end but I think I was needing the fluff, and I’m keeping it because I really like some of the dialogue.
...this song.  this song.  I just started looking at Tokio Hotel because I've got Übers Ende Der Welt on my Turnabout Histories playlist for Klavier, noticed the title and went...huh...and then google translated the lyrics and went huh, because this song is all of Klavier's anxiety and breakdown in the wake of the end of Apollo Justice, and the feels.  The feels.  Also it's perfect for this fic, so.  Ja.

Main Points:
Ace Attorney
Chapter Summary: Klavier's acting a bit off.
Word Count: 1225
Rating: Teen
Pairing: Klavier has a crush on Apollo that he hasn't managed to convince him is legit yet.  Partly because Apollo has observation powers and still manages to miss the obvious.
Warning: brief flashback to Kristoph being Kristoph.
any German is a mix of the dreaded google translate and really, really old personal memory (like, elementary school lessons), please hit me with any constructive criticism or corrections

 

( here comes Justice (to the rescue) )