my mind palace is a garden

natalia / in her 20s / multifandom creator / living in hell (also known as eastern europe)

[natty-f]

🌿My name is Natalia, she/her. You can act like we've known each other for years.

🤍Connect with me here, on twt and ao3.

💫Check out: my art ○ my fics.

[natty-f]

Aziraphale and Crowley at 2008s ESC

FOR PEACE WE PRAY

[natty-f]

Cried like a little baby when I saw Pratchett staring at them from the wall. Sir, you created this beautiful story, and you also fought to be able to leave on your own terms, with loved ones next to you. Oh, it is such a beautiful miracle to be born on Earth, to live and to love.

I will learn from you for the rest of my life about how to be human. xx

[share-the-damn-bed]

the so-called love triangle in ST5

[natty-f]

[natty-f]

stonathan nation right now

[natty-f]

sir they're soooo in love

[sabellart]

sorryyyyy had to get this out

[natty-f]

perfect frame to cross out “lies” on my stonathan bingo

[natty-f]

[kakairu-discord-server]

It's time for the KakaIru Server Spooktacular 99 Minute Exchange Masterpost!

9 artworks and 20 fanfics were submitted, with a total of 72,133 words and 29 works!

✨ You all did amazing! ✨

Without further ado, here's the list of submitted works:

ART

By @microrockets for @wegastar https://discordapp.com/channels/866491325250666506/869282814233813012/1432680717476696247

By @anniemaar for @vulcanhighblood https://archiveofourown.org/works/73255271

By @doodlesbyzoomies for @Virtualcarrot https://www.tumblr.com/doodlesbyzoomies/798482574573977600/my-piece-for-the-kakairu-discord-server-2025?source=share

By @sakurinhatake for @You6Are6All6Sheep https://www.tumblr.com/sakurinhatake/798514668141412352/when-you-organize-a-tag-game-disguised-as-an?source=share

By @william_049 for @crimsonleaf https://www.tumblr.com/william-049/798506067231375360/my-gift-for-the-kakairu-servers-great-2025?source=share

By @lijau for @Sweetysamaa https://www.tumblr.com/lijau/798531078094831616/iruka-maybe-i-should-warm-you-up-kakashi-yes

By @Animetrashmuffin for @caeseria-k https://www.tumblr.com/animetrashmuffin/798518879043354625/feeling-extremely-rusty-but-overall-happy-with

By @twodirt for @natty-f https://www.tumblr.com/twodirt/798260070502842368/my-gift-to-natty-f-for-the?source=share

By @lijau for @twodirt https://www.tumblr.com/lijau/799686558343217152/be-careful-when-sneaking-into-places-you-shouldnt

FANFIC

By @Hkandi for @ihave-nocontrol Title: Treats, Not Tricks Rating: G Summary: It's Kakashi's first time for the annual Halloween mission in Konoha, and his team is paired with Iruka for it. Kakashi not only survives quite a few festive events with the team but realizes maybe Halloween isn't all that bad. Or, maybe spending more time with Iruka than he has before is what makes the difference? WC: 6050 https://archiveofourown.org/works/72954826

By @ihave-nocontrol for @lightningblade Title: Kabocha Squash Soup for the Soul Rating: G Summary: Iruka really wants to impress his friends at his housewarming party; however, things get a little messy when it comes to cooking the main dish. Kakashi, the ever-loving partner, swoops in to help. Here is hoping cooling temperatures only make their meal all the cozier! WC: 1914 https://archiveofourown.org/works/73301466

By @lightningblade for @thegigibeegees Title: warmest life Rating: T Summary: Kakashi forgets to wear his jacket, and it accidentally solves all his problems. WC: 1594 https://archiveofourown.org/works/73188336

By @thegigibeegees for @microrockets Title: AB+ Universal Recipient Rating: G Summary: A haunted manor rumored to be occupied by a lone vampire. A desperate young thing and his charge seeking sanctuary. Kakashi has read enough bodice-rippers to know where this is going. Or, er, he thought he did. WC: 3650 https://archiveofourown.org/works/73232161

By @wegastar for @anniemaar Title: Snowflakes in the Night Rating: T Summary: The night is dark and scary. Iruka has to do it, but he is only human. One of big hope, but only human. Alone against uneven odds, with the most precious gift to protect. Will he succeed? Or will he be left at death’s mercy? Unless… WC: 2794 https://archiveofourown.org/works/72976791

By @vulcanhighblood for @biancaboop Title: Iyashi Rating: T Summary: Iruka is a wandering monk accompanied by a demon-possessed boy. Passing through a village where people are going missing, he stops for the night, only to be confronted by a vengeful ghost. WC: 2891 https://archiveofourown.org/chapters/190781601?show_comments=true&view_full_work=false#comment_1023892006

By @biancaboop for @howdoistormspirit Title: Trick or Trick Rating: G Summary: After Kakashi brings home a kunai he found stuck in the path leading to Konoha, he becomes the target of a relentless prankster. WC: 3244 https://archiveofourown.org/works/73123296

By @howdoistormspirit for @harpyienkind Title: How frugal is the Chariot That bears the Human Soul– Rating: E Summary: Really, Iruka was just trying to help Kakashi relax post mission with some reading… he didn’t think it would end up like this. Not that he’s complaining. WC: 1974 https://archiveofourown.org/works/73101291

By @harpyienkind for @doodlesbyzoomies Title: The Run Rating: M Summary: Iruka never joined the mating run, as he was only interested in Kakashi. With 22 he decided it was enough and signed up. So did Kakashi. WC: 1574 https://archiveofourown.org/works/73210486

By @Virtualcarrot for @mtorolite Title: The tide of the moon Rating: M Summary: There's rage in Iruka’s veins and too many teeth in his mouth. Months, he's spent feeding off the elements. In return, he fed his captors to the land. or : Iruka goes missing and comes back. Changed. WC: 2205 https://archiveofourown.org/works/73116631

By @Adelaide388 for @IndianaJ Title: Gone Rating: M Summary: In the shadows of the forest surrounding Konoha, Iruka goes missing. In the confines of a dark room, Iruka's heart is torn between sweet memories of the past, dreams of what could have been, and the pleasure of the present WC: 2141 https://archiveofourown.org/works/73186116

By @IndianaJ for @sakurinhatake Title: This Time of Year Rating: E Summary: Their eyes meet twice more before Iruka hears one of the baristas call his name. Esteem boosted for the day, he swipes up his coffee and saunters out the door, a little more swing in his step than when he came in. He really did love this time of year. Iruka and Kakashi meet for the first time at a cafe. WC: 3872 https://archiveofourown.org/works/73519931?view_adult=true

By @You6Are6All6Sheep for @Paxohana Title: Gone, but not Forgotten and, always Returned Rating: T Summary: A tale of love, loss and reconnection. Iruka and Kakashi had lost their son but were told that he would one day return. With this information they would search the globe for him and one day he would be back where he belonged. WC: 2510 https://archiveofourown.org/works/73192171

By @Paxohana for @will_049 Title: Tender Loving Care Rating: E Summary: Kakashi comes home from a gruesome mission, searching for comfort from Iruka to help cope with his mental anguish. Kakashi arrived home just as twilight set though no one could tell due to the deluge affecting Konoha. It had been a nightmare of a mission, the type he would never want to go on again. He tried to shove it out of his mind time and again on his way back to the village but flashbacks plagued him relentlessly. Finally reaching the apartment he shared with his partner, Kakashi opened the door and went inside before collapsing onto the floor, rainwater streaming from him onto the tile below. “Hey,” Iruka said with a cheerful smile until he took in the ANBU member sitting on the floor with his arms propping him up, “Bad mission?” “The worst,” Kakashi replied, struggling with Iruka when he knelt in front of him and pulled him into his arms, “I’m soaking wet.” “I don’t care,” Iruka stated, “I have a partner that needs some tender loving care. You can tell me about your mission if you’d like.” WC: 2303 https://archiveofourown.org/works/73145186

By @crimsonleaf for @kageillusionz Title: A Halloween Night Rating: G Summary: The last Trick or Treater is a bit strange... WC: 1402 https://archiveofourown.org/works/73162471

By @kageillusionz for @lijau Title: To Tame a Silver Demon Rating: T Summary: Captain Umino Iruka of the Devil’s Trickster encounters the rumoured Silver Demon on an island. WC: 2731 https://archiveofourown.org/collections/KKIR_Server_Spooktacular_Exchange_2025/works/73065026

By @Sweetysamaa for @Animetrashmuffin Title: The Ma 間 Rating: T Summary: The Ma (間), is initially this fundamental concept that designates the space or interval between things, which is considered both an emptiness and a significant presence. And if one had asked Iruka Umino to describe what emptiness meant to him, he probably would have mentioned rainy Sundays or those moments when the classroom empties after his last theater class. Never would he have imagined that the emptiness could be a presence capable of reducing you to the strangest silence imaginable. But that, he would only discover later, when he crossed the threshold of that place his grandmother used to called the Ma (間). WC: 5807 https://archiveofourown.org/works/73169631/chapters/190685936

By @Caeseria-k for @rosegoldbug Title: Threshold Rating: E Summary: When one of Konoha's decoys doesn't report back from a mission, Hound is recalled from retirement and sent out to locate him. Not only is Hound surprised to find out the decoy is his lover, but he starts to realize there's a lot of things he doesn't know about Umino Iruka. WC: 4112 https://archiveofourown.org/works/73178636/chapters/190710396

By @natty-f for @Renegad3rogu3 (Akutō) Title: Our love is six feet under Rating: M Summary: Kakashi stopped at a glass case covered in autumn leaves. He scooped them up with his bare hands and threw them onto the cobblestone street, sighing. Old, rusty frame and grimy glass held one of the last remaining posters announcing Iruka's disappearance. WC: 3464 https://archiveofourown.org/works/73041036

By @Renegad3rogu3 (Akutō) for @sakurinhatake Title: Missing in the Mire Rating: M Summary: When a routine diplomatic mission ends in silence and fog, Iruka vanishes without a trace. The search yields only rumors: no chakra, no footprints, only cold, listening mist where the forest used to be. As diplomatic pressure mounts and old griefs resurface, Kakashi enters the mire alone. Drawn by duty, by instinct, and by something he refuses to name. WC: 15901 https://archiveofourown.org/works/73236281

By @mtorolite for @Adelaide388 Title: No One Else. Never Again. Rating: M Summary: Iruka's having a hard time getting any rest and healing after Mizuki's attack. Everyone wants to see him get well - so much that the Sandaime has promised Iruka a round-the-clock Anbu guard. Being Anbu, Iruka never sees him. Until it's too late. WC: 3589 https://archiveofourown.org/works/73176501?view_adult=true

[stoncybangs]

Monster Hunting Mini Bang Round Up

August Slipped Away (into a moment in time)

Fic by @monsterhunting | Art by @nomadic-wolf

Rating: Teen | Words: 9991

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Pairings: Steve Harrington/Nancy Wheeler/Jonathan Byers, Steve Harrington & Robin Buckley & Dustin Henderson & Erica Sinclair

Characters: Steve Harrington, Nancy Wheeler, Jonathan Byers, Robin Buckley, Dustin Henderson, Erica Sinclair

Summary:

Erica raises her eyebrows behind her sunglasses. “You're hanging out with Nancy and Jonathan now? Didn’t Nancy dump you and stomp all over your heart last year?”

“Whoa, that is not what happened.” Erica turns to Robin, as if seeking confirmation, and Robin says, “Well…”

“Robin!”

“What I can’t understand,” Dustin starts. “Is why? You don’t even like Jonathan.”

“I like Jonathan just fine!” Steve shouts, loudly enough that the couple in the car next to them shoots them a look that makes the back of Steve’s neck heat.

Nancy Wheeler and the Case of the Russian Bunker

Fic by @salamandergoo | Art by @alicetallula

Rating: Teens and Up | Words: 9687

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Pairings: Jonathan Byers/Steve Harrington/Nancy Wheeler

Characters: Nancy Wheeler, Jonathan Byers, Steve Harrington, Robin Buckley

Summary: Something weird is going on with Starcourt Mall and it's going to take a star reporter in the making, her photographer extrordinaire boyfriend, and... Steve to figure out what is going on.

Numerical Precision in Falling For Him

Fic by @dragons-dice | Art by @xirayn | Art by effimeralvicho0

Rating: General Audiences | Words: 10374

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Pairings: Jonathan Byers/Steve Harrington

Characters: jonathan, steve, nancy, will, background joyce, the Party

Summary: Jonathan develops a crush on Steve while sniping at each other at the Byers Family Farm’s market stand, but he refuses to let it grow into something. (Until it does.)

driving away from the wreck of the day

Fic by @falsewings | art by @arilssyrups

Rating: Teens and Up | WC: 3114

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Pairings: Steve/Nancy/Jon, pre-stoncy

Characters: Steve, Nancy, Jonathan, Robin

Summary: On a visit to Hawkins, Jonathan & Nancy find out Steve's also in town, for his dad's funeral. They catch up.

Camaraderie

Fic by @artianaiolanthe | art by @alicetallula

Rating: Mature | WC: 3047

Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence

Pairings: Jonathan Byers/Steve Harrington/Nancy Wheeler

Characters: Jonathan Byers, Steve Harrington, Nancy Wheeler, Danny "Jed Olsen" Johnson | The Ghost Face

Summary: Another day in the fog among many. Jonathan doesn't know if he'll get used to it, but he won't be doing so alone

(you are) The Wings I need to Fly Away

Fic by @nomadic-wolf | Art by @almadevicho0

Rating: Explicit | WC: 7009

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Pairings: Jonathan Byers/Steve Harrington

Characters: Steve Harrington, Jonathan Byers, Robin Buckley, Chrissy Cunningham

Summary: Steve is a flight attendant who is very much looking forward to some time off after a long shift.  With his luck, his room isn’t ready when he arrives at the hotel, and he’s forced to wait – exhausted and in need of a nap.  Fortunately, one of his passengers comes to his rescue

The Raven's Wolf

Fic by @xirayn | Art by @armadeer

Rating: Mature | WC: 9,186

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Pairings: Jonathan Byers/Steve Harrington

Characters: Jonathan Byers, Steve Harrington, Will Byers, Great Aunt Darlene

Summary:

"Our ancestors are from the Between," she explains. "Throughout history they have been known as wizards, sorcerers, druids, witches—people able to harness the power of forces few can access and even fewer can understand." "Magic," Jonathan murmurs in awe at the idea. "To some," Aunt Darlene agrees with amusement that yields back to gentle severity as she continues. "Not everyone can access those forces the same. You, for instance, are what our minds interpret as a raven. A weapon you forge, even with your imagination, has the potential to create a deep, unbreakable bond between you and the person who wields it. They become a wolf through that bond, giving them access to those forces. Without the guidance of their raven, however, those forces may cause them to lose their grip on reality." or When Steve wielded the weapon forged by Jonathan, he answered the call of the raven and became the wolf.

In The Middle

Fic by @panstutteringbill | Art by @munsonbyers

Rating: Explicit | WC: 3829

Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence

Pairings: Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler/Steve Harrington

Characters: Jonathan Byers, Steve Harrington, Nancy Wheeler.

Summary: Jonathan Byers is approximately seventeen years old when he realizes that Steve Harrington and Nancy Wheeler's hair is roughly the same color - a chestnut brown with slight golden blonde touching the edges when the sun hits their hair just right. Jonathan Byers is seventeen when he realizes that their smile always reaches both of their eyes : that Nancy's stern and domineering energy covers her insecurities like a blanket sewn around them. That Steve's anxieties are, instead, soothed by worrying, by protecting over those he cares with extreme stress not unlike a mother. Jonathan Byers is seventeen when he realizes he's one of the people Steve Harrington cares for, soothing over after the mall incident and Steve visiting him and Nancy after like they're equally important to him or the way that Nancy tucks a hand into his blanket to pull it taut around Jonathan's shoulders. Jonathan Byers is seventeen when he realizes he's falling a little bit in love with them both. AKA: the roadtrip of death, doom and despair leads them to Feelings-Realizationville.

Fangs and All

Fic by @songfrog | Art by @munsonbyers

Rating: Mature | WC: 6834

Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence

Pairings: Jonathan Byers/Steve Harrington/Nancy Wheeler, Jonathan Byers & Will Byers, Minor Nancy & Mike

Characters: Nancy Wheeler, Steve Harrington, Jonathan Byers, Will Byers

Summary:

“He’s the one I told you about,” Will muttered against Jonathan’s flannel. “What?” “The hunter I killed.” Or... Nancy is a newly reinstated vampire hunter with an assigned babysitter, one Steve Harrington. So when a vampire turns Steve, she's understandably a bit pissed off.

Nancy's Birthday

Fic by @munsonbyers | Art by @natty-f

Rating: Teens and Up | WC: 10,199

Warnings: No archibe warnings apply

Pairings: steve harrington/nancy wheeler, jonathan byers/nancy wheeler, jonathan byers & steve harrington

Characters: jonathan byers, nancy wheeler, steve harrington

Summary: after a mix-up during their respective winter breaks, jonathan and steve both forget to get nancy a birthday gift.

Collection | Ask the Mods

[natty-f]

STONATHAN OUR FAV PLATONIC SOULMATES @munsonbyers

[natty-f]

Steve is cupping his face and turning into him, Jonathan brought the rest of the way on his tiptoes, staying in place while Steve presses further. Nancy shields her eyes, obviously not meant to see that. Was she? No. Yes? They’re kissing when she closes her fingers in front of her face, and when she creaks them open to peer through them, they aren’t. Fuck. She’s drunk, is what it must be.

You can read the full story here!

My artwork created for @munsonbyers's fic Nancy's Birthday. We collabrated for @stoncybangs Monster Hunting Mini Bang 2025.

Nancy had to convince the two repressed weirdos she calls lovers that one bed was fine enough for what they planned on doing. She had to convince herself that there weren’t times during their time that Steve hadn’t kept a hand on Jonathan’s lower back, or that Jonathan hadn’t brushed a strand of sweaty hair out of Steve’s face so that he could see Nancy better. Nothing extremely out of the ordinary.

[munsonbyers]

monster hunting trio mini bang - nancy's birthday

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

artwork by @natty-f - collab for @stoncybangs

after a mix-up during their respective winter breaks, jonathan and steve both forget to get nancy a birthday gift. | ship: jonathan byers/nancy wheeler, steve harrington/nancy wheeler, jonathan byers & steve harrington | bg characters: ted wheeler, karen wheeler, original characters | words: 10.2k | warnings/tags: drunken kisses, complicated relationships, holiday parties, fluff and humor, sickfic, wildgoosechasefic, stonathan can be read as both platonic and romantic

[natty-f]

Our love is six feet under

kakairu / naruto / oneshot

Kakashi stopped at a glass case covered in autumn leaves. He scooped them up with his bare hands and threw them onto the cobblestone street, sighing. Old, rusty frame and grimy glass held one of the last remaining posters announcing Iruka's disappearance.

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Written for @kakairu-discord-server Spooktacular Exchange 2025!

[twodirt]

my gift to @natty-f for the @kakairu-discord-server halloween gift exchange! i hope it's to your liking😊!!

i went with some vampire iruka x vampire hunter kakashi for teamspook! whatever else is going on here is open to interpretation...

@kakairu-discord-server

(full pic under the cut!)