#kresnikcest

[theholeyness]

[naoyaoi]

uhhh i uhhhhh drew more of. this

[crush3dmary]

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

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Tales of Xillia (Video Games) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Relationships: Julius Will Kresnik & Ludger Will Kresnik Characters: Ludger Will Kresnik, Julius Will Kresnik Additional Tags: Bad end, Ambiguous Relationships, Blood and Violence, Angst and Hurt/Comfort Summary:

“Can I ask you something?” Ludger finally says, looking Julius in the eye. The dark patches of skin surrounding it look like an oil slick, like an ink stain. Julius responds by brushing his blackened hand over Ludger’s cheek, and he’s surprised to find that it still feels exactly like skin. Skin was skin was skin (Wasn’t it? Wasn’t it? Wasn’t it?)

Julius smiles that beaten-down grin back, brows raised. He says nothing, beckoning for Ludger to continue.

“Are you happy?” Ludger asks, then, making Julius falter.

[kohakhearts]

holy meowtrimony

When Elle says she is planning a surprise for his birthday, Julius expects cake and balloons, not his brother in a wedding dress.

fandom: tales of xillia 2 rating: g relationship(s): ludger/julius word count: 2.5k tags: crossdressing, everyone lives/nobody dies, fluff and humour prompt: “i knew" written for @julybreakbingo 2025 read it here!

[larkawolfgirl]

Kresnikcest Questions

I haven't done these in forever, so I figured I might as well do some again for kicks.

Rate     the Ship - 

NOTP | Ew/uncomfortable | Eh |Alright | I like it! | They look nice together| Let’s do it! | OTP | OTP of OTPs

Who realized they were in love first- I love the idea that Ludger fell in love with Julius very early on but does not register his sexual feelings until much later. Whereas, Julius realizes he loves him when he starts having sexual feelings when Ludger begins going through puberty.

Who said “I love you” first- Ludger, both platonically and romantically

How did they fall in love? – Julius started falling in love with Ludger because he was such a genuinely good person compared to the family drama Julius grew up with. Then he became overly attached to taking care of him and making sure that he was safe to the point that it grew into more. Ludger pretty much always loved Julius after they moved in together. He loved how caring he was to him and Rollo and how he always put Ludger before himself.

How was their first kiss? – Desperate. Pretty much every way I see it going is Ludger desperately kissing Julius to make him see that he loves him. Either because Julius is being stupid and trying to leave or avoid his feelings altogether.

Who proposed? – Ludger in canonverse, Julius if they weren’t related

Who is the best man/men? – Jude

Who is the braid’s maid(s)? – Nova

Who did the most planning? – Ludger

Who stressed the most? – Julius

Who was specifically not invited to the wedding? - Bisley

Who is the one to instigate things? – Ludger

Who gets stuck with the most diapers? – Ludger but only because Julius is gone so much

Who is the stricter parent? - Ludger

Who stops the kid(s) from doing dangerous stunts after school? - Julius

Who  remembers to pack the lunch(es)? - Ludger

Who is the more loved parent? – Julius because he is more indulgent

Who is more likely to attend the PTA meetings? –Julius

Who cried the most at graduation? – Julius

Who is more likely to bail the child(ren) out of trouble with the law? – Ludger

Who does the most cooking? - Ludger

Who is the most picky in their food choice? - Julius

Who  does the grocery shopping? – Ludger

Who is more likely to surprise the other(s) with an anniversary dinner? – Julius

Who is more likely to suggest going out? - Julius

Who is more likely to burn the house down accidently while cooking? – Julius

Who cleans the room? - Ludger

Who cleans up after the pets? - Julius

Who is more likely to sweep everything under the rug? - Julius

Who stresses the most when guests are coming over? - Ludger

Who takes the longer showers/baths? – Julius

Who takes the dog out for a walk? – They have a cat, but Julius takes car of Rollo

Who is  most likely to sleep till noon? - Ludger

Who plays the most pranks? – Ludger

Who would have the others’ picture as their phone background- both of them

Who leaves notes written in fog on the bathroom mirror- Julius

Who buys the other cheesy gifts- Julius

Who initiated the first kiss- Ludger

Who kisses the other awake in the morning- Julius

Gives nose/forehead kisses - Julius

Who starts tickle fights- Ludger

Who asks who if they can join the other in the shower- Ludger

Who surprises the other in the middle of the day at work with lunch- Ludger

Who was nervous and shy on the first date – neither of them were shy with each other, but Julius was nervous about going out in public

Gets jealous the most- Julius

Drags the other person out into the water on beach day - Ludger

Who kills/takes out the spiders- Julius

Who loudly proclaims their love when they’re drunk- Julius

When I started shipping it- I can’t remember when during the game I started seeing the ship but I know I started thinking that they cared an awful lot about each other’s wellbeing. That’s natural for siblings, but Julius kept sacrificing himself for Ludger and Ludger seemed to constantly be thinking about Julius. The moment when I fell for them and couldn’t go back was the bad ending. Ludger loves him soo much. No one can tell me otherwise.

What makes me happy about them- They are cat and tomato dorks. I want them to grow old together with a house full of cats.

What makes me sad about them- The fact that they cannot get a happy ending. Even if you take away all of the canon misfortune, as long as they are siblings they will always have angst hanging over their heads.

Things done in fanfic that annoys me- Nothing stands out from the fanfic I’ve read for them. Which is almost all of them at this point.

Things I look for in fanfic- Julius hating himself because I love angst

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other- Ludger/Fractured Milla (who I had wanted to be Elle’s mom) or Ludger/Lara because then Elle is still born. I don’t ship Julius with anyone else besides Victor which doesn’t really count as an answer, so idk maybe Rideux.

My happily ever after for them- Them and Elle all surviving and living happily together with Rollo. They eventually tell their friends about their relationship and their friends accept their relationship

[kresnikcest]

presence (2000 words)

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Tales of Xillia 2 Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Julius Will Kresnik & Ludger Will Kresnik, Julius Will Kresnik/Ludger Will Kresnik Characters: Julius Will Kresnik, Ludger Will Kresnik Additional Tags: Ambiguous Relationships, Christmas, Inspired by Folgers "Home for the Holidays" Commercial, Mistletoe, Forehead Kisses, Pre-Canon, Not Beta Read, Schmoop

Summary:

“You’re my present this year.” Julius gave a soft chuckle. "Does that really count when I already live here?” “Yes. ‘Cause it means you’re present.” Julius stared. Then he pulled off his glasses and pinched the bridge of his nose, letting out a long-suffering sigh. Ludger beamed.

[oniusagimaru]

[Kresnikcest Fanfiction] - Unknown Territory

Title: Unknown Territory Pairings: Julius/Ludger Author: Oniusagimaru Rating:  T Chapter: 1/? Warnings: Ludger being a big ass nerd Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters Summary: Julius just wanted to know what Ludger's hobbies were...he didn't expect to get sucked into them as well. A/N: This is what happens when you detest OreImo but like the idea of one sibling discovering the other is a huge ass anime fan

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Staring down at the box he’d placed on the kitchen table, Julius knows this one accident has screwed up his entire relationship with his little brother.

The package in the mail had simply been addressed to a ‘Mr. Kresnik’, and Julius had ordered their cat an assortment of toys that was expected to arrive that very week. So of course he opened the inconspicuous brown package without a second thought, and if he could rewind time, he’d punch himself straight in the jaw for being so hasty. What slipped out of the package was a thick, rectangular box wrapped in plastic, and as soon as his eyes landed on the cover, all Julius could do was stare in utter shock.

Across the top was the title ‘Your Sweet Love – Fan Disk – ENGLISH PC VERSION‘, and underneath it was a drawing of a man surrounded by several other men, their hands all over the body of the one in the center. His mind went blank for a good minute, and once he came to his senses he damn near dropped it in a moment of panic. After a quick catch he placed it on the kitchen table, and for a longest time all he could do was stare at from where he sat.

Running his fingers through his hair, Julius knows there’s only two options right now. One, he can put the game back in the parcel, seal it up as best he can, and pretend he’d never touched it in the first place. Or…he could confront his little brother about it and just get the awkward moment over with. Julius really, really wants to go with the former, but his mind screams at him that the latter is the correct way to go. Why? Because as hard as it is to admit, Julius knows NOTHING about Ludger.

Despite growing up together, he couldn’t think of one time when his brother picked up a hobby or expressed an interested in something. Well, except cooking, but that was only because Julius is an absolute disaster in the kitchen. He really didn’t know what his little brother like outside of the basics, and this is a golden opportunity to finally dig a little deeper. Ludger liked…whatever the game is enough to purchase it, so maybe he could get him to talk about it, if only a little.

He jumps upon hearing the door to their apartment open, and all he can do now is swallow hard as he readies himself for what’s to come.

“Sorry I’m late,” he hears Ludger say, “I stopped at the grocery store since they were having a sale. Is lasagna okay for tonight? I know we’ve had pasta two nights in a row already-”

“Hey, um, could you come here for a second?” Julius asks, and he’s really trying his best to hide the nervousness in his voice.

“Sure,” Ludger says before placing the plastic bags he’s holding on the counter.

Clenching his jaw tightly, Julius can hear his heart pounding in his ears which each approaching step Ludger takes. Oh god…he’s really going to do this…wait, can he really do this?

“What’s up-?”

His words are cut off by the strangled sound he makes once he lays eyes on the box on the table. Ludger’s eyes widen, and for a split second his face pales before it’s dyed a shade of bright red that manages to reach the tips of his ears. Julius has never seen him so embarrassed before. Damn, now he doesn’t know what to say, so he watches Ludger fidget in place like a kid that’s in trouble-

Shit…Another wave of panic begins to set in because Ludger thinks he’s done wrong; Julius hasn’t given him a reason to think otherwise, so that’s probably the first thing he should address.

“I’m so sorry, I thought the package was for me since I ordered cat toys for Rollo, that’s why I opened it,” he quickly says, “and um, it’s okay if you like cartoon games, really.”

Seemingly explicit cartoon games he wants to say, but he manages to choke that one back.

“Ah…” Ludger squeaks out, eyes on the floor.

They go silent, and it feels far more awkward than Julius had imagined. He wanted to know what Ludger is interested in, but how does he even start that conversation? ‘Oh hey, tell me more about this weird game’, ‘what are those guys doing?’, ‘it’s porn, right?’…None of those were going to work, and it’d only make him shrink back further. Julius really wishes he’d thought this through a little more, at least enough to get past this silence.

“It’s, um…a dating sim…” he says barely above a whisper.

“Oh…okay. So, you, uh…play a guy that dates other guys?”

Ludger lets out a groan that makes it clear he’s absolutely mortified, and as he covers his face with his hands, Julius feels terrible for making him feel like that. He should stop the conversation now.

“Please just tell me it’s weird, you don’t have to beat around the bush,” he says, voice raising a good two octaves as he does so.

Julius clenches his jaw again before answering.

“Yeah, it’s…it’s weird, Ludger, but…” he lets out a long, shaky breath before continuing, “It’s your thing. I may find it weird, but you’re an adult. And really, I want to know more about the stuff you like…because I feel so out of loop when it comes to your interests. I mean, if you really don’t want to talk about it, I understand.”

Silence falls between them again, but this time it doesn’t feel as heavy as it did before. Ludger slowly begins to drop his hands from his face, but his eyes are still glued to the floor. Julius opens his mouth to say something else, but quickly closes it. He’s said more than enough, so he leaves whatever needs to be said to Ludger.

“…Can we…talk about this another time? J-Just so I have some time to think and make a decision…”

“Yeah, of course.”

The moment he sees Ludger start to relax a bit, Julius begins to do the same. He quickly retreats into the kitchen without another word, so Julius takes this as a hint that the conversation is over.

An entire week goes by, and Ludger seemed to do everything within his power to pretend that their little talk hadn’t happened. The very next day he was all smiles as he went about his daily routine, but as Julius watched him, he couldn’t help but notice Ludger’s slip-ups. The two of them never held eye contact for more than a few seconds before his little brother averted his gaze elsewhere or quickly excuse himself. When not actively fleeing from him, Ludger looked lost in thought, which wouldn’t have been a problem if he wasn’t doing chores while it happened.

He’d ironed through three shirts, burned their dinner twice, and walked right into the wall next to his bedroom door. But when Ludger damn nearly cuts off a finger while preparing a meal, Julius realized he needed to put a stop to things. On his way home from work he was determined to tell Ludger that it was all right, that he didn’t need share anything with him if just thinking about it was causing him so much distress.

Well that was the original plan before Ludger grabbed his wrist as soon as he entered the apartment. Before he could get a single word out, he was quickly dragged to his brother’s room, the door shutting loudly as soon as he entered.

So he just sits on his brother’s bed, watching as he gives him a stern look. Despite the air of seriousness Ludger tries to give off, Julius can see a light dusting of pink on his cheeks. After a few seconds Ludger looks away, but he seems to gather his wits and look back. Now is probably a good time for Julius take a bit of that weight off his brother’s shoulders, but as he opens his mouth to speak, Ludger beats him to it.

“Did…did you mean what you said before…?” he questions, leaning forward a bit as he does so.

“Um, about what-?”

“About being interested in the things I like.”

Without hesitation he tells him that yes, yes he meant what he said, but more importantly he wants Ludger to be comfortable talking to him. Another silence falls, but this time Julius thinks it’s not from awkwardness but from Ludger taking what he said to heart. Julius might’ve been curious, but he would not allow his curiosity to win out at the expense of his little brother’s comfort.

“…I don’t think I’ll ever be totally okay with talking to you about it, I mean…” he averts his gaze, the blush on his face deepening a bit. “You’d be the second real life person I’ve talked to about it, and Nova barely counts since she was already in the know about this stuff.”

Straightening up, Ludger admits that having someone else to ‘rant to’ other than Nova would be nice, though Julius withholds feeling flattered until his brother gives him the okay. After a few seconds Ludger lets out a loud huff, and Julius doesn’t resist as his brother pulls him up by the wrist. They don’t go far; Ludger stops in front of his closet, a place Julius never ventured into so of course it’d be the perfect place to hide whatever. Ludger pushes aside a couple of shirts to get to the back, and he knows exactly what he’s doing.

With both their closets there’s a space for extra storage behind a sliding door in the back, and even though Julius thinks it’s not quite big enough to fit a bunch of stuff, Ludger has clearly made it work for his hobby. His brother gives him a quick look over his shoulder before he begins to open the door, and once Julius has a clear view of what’s inside, he’s dumbstruck.

The first three shelves are lined with what looks like books, and as he scans each row he sees boxes that resemble the one he’d accidently found in the mail. Some of the titles on the spins are in English while others are written in a language he vaguely recognizes; Ludger will probably explain it to him, so he simply moves on. The middle two shelves are occupied by figurines of various sizes, each one striking a different, dynamic pose. He stares at one positioned near the front for a few seconds, and then it dawns on him that he’s seen that character…on the cover of that PC game.

The last shelf holds plush toys of strange animals Julius can’t even begin to identify, though one does vaguely resemble a cat if he squints. Next to the toys are an assortment of keychains; some of them look like miniature versions of the figurines, while others looks like drawing printed on a thin piece of plastic. There’s just so much stuff that in front of him he can’t help but feel overwhelmed, and it’s amazes him that he’s never he caught a glimpse of any of it until last week.

“I like anime and manga…they’re basically Japanese cartoons and comics,” he mutters, blush reaching the tips of his ears again.

Julius doesn’t mean for the ‘huh’ he gives off to sound indifferent, so he clears his throat to give a proper response.

“I see…Wait, so you can understand Japanese?”

“Yeah, I’ve been teaching myself since middle school.”

That’s…impressive. As soon as he tells Ludger how amazed he is, his brother gives him a goofy, lopsided smile, but it disappears as quickly as it appears. He admits that learning a language just to further enjoy his hobby doesn’t seem like that big of an achievement, let alone something worth praising. Julius can’t help but feel taken aback, even if some part of him was expecting a response along those lines. Sometimes he forgets about his brother’s self-esteem issues, and it’s in these moments that Julius knows he needs to flex his big brother muscle.

“No, I mean it, I’m seriously impressed,” he says while placing a hand on Ludger’s shoulder. “I don’t think I’d have the motivation to learn a different language just because, let alone for as long as you’ve been doing it. I’m proud of you.”

Ludger looks skeptical, but as a small smile slowly spreads across his lips, Julius knows he’s taken his words to heart.

Once he relaxes a little more, Ludger goes over everything in his closet, from the comic books called manga and why they’re read backwards, to a brief history of what anime is. As he listens intently, flipping through one of the books as he does so, something catches his eye in the corner of the closet.

“What’s that?” Julius asks while motioning to the unmarked carboard box.

“Oh, that? I just keep my old OTP stuff in there. I mean, I still ship a lot of it, but newer stuff…takes …priority…u-um…”

He has no idea what his brother just said, and as Ludger blushes deeply while covering his face, Julius has a feeling this is going to be a long process…

[kokone-kizuki]

“~It would complicate the situation~”