pasta after dark

Adventures in writing.

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About PastaAfterDark

Hi! I write as PastaAfterDark on AO3. I don’t post much here, but I try to update when there are new chapters or new fics or if I stumble on some lovely fanart.

If you enjoy my writing and would like to show support, I’m always up for a coffee. ☕️

Thanks for stopping by! 💕

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

Once Shikamaru figures something out, he can’t stop thinking about it. And so one day, only a few weeks after he entered academy with the other young students, Shikamaru finally breaks down and asks his father, “Why doesn’t anyone just tell Naruto about the nine-tailed fox sealed inside him?”

Rating: Teen Relationships: None Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence Chapters: 21/21 Status: COMPLETE

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Puzzles Chapter 17 is up!

I’m a bit conflicted about how to post the next few chapters... I might post them all at once next week since there are only a few left, but we’re also getting to the point in the story that I originally thought I might want to make some changes to. I am leaning towards posting it as-is in its original form from 2017, which means the rest of the fic would go up next week, even with the weird bits and pieces that I would probably have edited out... Ahhh, I’ll think about it!

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Puzzles Chapter 16 is up!

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Puzzles update!

Puzzles Chapter 15 is up. Featuring a very tiny cliffhanger? Whoops. XD

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Puzzles Update

Chapter 14 is up! 😁

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Puzzles update~

Chapter 13 is up! On Friday the 13th no less. I couldn’t have planned it better. 😁

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Puzzles update

Puzzles Chapter 12 is up! A little bit of AO3 weirdness when posting it, but it seems okay on my end now. :3

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Puzzles update!

Chapter 11 is up now!

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Puzzles update!

Chapter 10 of Puzzles is up! Time for some behind-the-scenes politics 🤭

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Puzzles & DoLS Updates!

Puzzles Chapter 9 is up! And earlier this week I posted Dreams of Leaves & Sand Ch 22.

Thanks so much for your patience to anyone who has been waiting on updates for these two fics. ♥︎

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Puzzles Chapter 5 is up!

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Puzzles Updated

Puzzles Chapter 2 is up. <3

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

Once Shikamaru figures something out, he can’t stop thinking about it. And so one day, only a few weeks after he entered academy with the other young students, Shikamaru finally breaks down and asks his father, “Why doesn’t anyone just tell Naruto about the nine-tailed fox sealed inside him?”

Rating: Teen Relationships: None Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence Chapters: 1/21 Status: Old completed fic, but posting weekly as I clean it up

Notes:

This is not a new fic. Instead, this is the first Naruto fic I ever wrote but never posted anywhere. I wrote it in the summer of 2017 after mainlining a bunch of the most popular Naruto fanfics in the fandom, and because of that, it's completely full of tropes. Just everything you could imagine stuffed into one little fic. But somehow I still find it completely entertaining, and it feels like a great way to start off 2021 to share this with you. Just be warned - this is going to be very different from my current style, but I hope you'll enjoy it anyways. 😸

There are currently around 21 chapters but they are shorter than my usual chapter length. I’ll be posting them weekly on Fridays as I clean it up a bit. I am trying to sort them out as I post them, because I originally just threw chapters in all willy-nilly without really worrying about proper chapter endings, so the chapter count might change. 😅

I'm probably not going to be doing much otherwise in the way of editing or new writing for this. For the first chapter at least, I’m going to post it as-is, even if I wish I could come up with a better title than the original one… I might rework the final few chapters just a tad, because it seriously gets bizarre. 😂 But maybe not. We'll see how I feel when we get there.

Also!! This will not affect the timeline on updates to Dreams of Leaves and Sand! So don’t worry about that.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy it, even if it ends up going a bit off the rails. (Especially towards the end. Just you wait!!) As always, thanks for reading, and I hope 2021 is a better year for all of us. ♥︎

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nyxthemagicdragon said:                                                                                        I….just read all 21 chapters of this at once…askdjksdjf……literally in love with how you depict Gaara, and the interactions with him and Naruto and their demons. Also?? Shikamaru is now my favorite character, like, based solely on your representation of him. Also??? My brain is now fried, cause I literally just fuckin gobbled this all up in one sitting, you are fantastic, thank you       

<3 <3 <3

Thank you so much! I’m sorry I fried your brain, but I seriously appreciate the comments.

(Also I obviously have no idea how to do tumblr replies. 😅)

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Dreams of Leaves & Sand Updated!

Chapter 21 is up!

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

When he opens his eyes, Gaara worries for a small moment about what destruction he’s caused this time before he realizes that he’s still asleep. Dreaming. He’s in an apartment, small and cluttered with empty ramen cups and open milk cartons. The window’s open and the air coming in from outside feels fresh and cool. There’s nothing like this in Suna, he thinks, and he’s never had a dream this nice, this bright, this vivid before. He takes a deep breath of the air, feeling the strangeness of moisture, humidity. He wonders briefly how his mind could even conjure up an image, but then he’s distracted by the quiet.

Rating: Teen Relationships: None Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fusion Chapters: 1/? Words: 2,818 Status: WIP