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Author Name: EveryMountainClimbed (DemiPalladium)
Rating: M
Words: 6,885
CW/TW (Remember to Read the Tags Before Reading!): No Archive Warnings Apply
Rating: 13/10 (Love Shujin Goro! Love acespec Akira!)
Two Sentence Summary: Shujin’s student council president Goro Akechi has been trying to ask Akira out for several years. Akira finally agrees.
Absolutely lovely! Watching Goro pine, fight for his composure and short circuit at Akira's romantic advances is both adorable and funny. I loved all the little nods to the little rituals and inside jokes of their friendship along with just how well they know each other. The way they manage to make a slow burn out of an established relationship is also beyond amusing. Ann's little cameo at the end made me laugh, it was amazing!
CW/TW (Remember to Read the Tags Before Reading!): Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Rating: 13/10
Two Sentence Summary: The Phantom Thieves prepare to steal Akechi’s heart. Then they realize it will most likely kill him.
Despite how short this work is, it left a strong impression on me! It has an interesting and wonderfully symbolic palace concept and explores how the palace can affect the shadow instead of vice versa. Akechi’s hopelessness contrasting with Akira’s unshaken determination to save him made me very emotional. Definitely one of my favorite fics!
Two-Sentence Summary: During Maruki's reality in January Haru seeks out Akechi so she could get closure after her father passed. They realize they're not as different as they thought and Feelings happen.
Do you love Haru? After this fic you will, because you'll fall in love with her along with Akechi. The writing is wonderfully sweet, poetic and beautiful, the tentative moments of softness between them made my heart ache. Haru and Goro's relationship starts as apprehensive and guarded, they're capable of easily pressing each other's sore spots. But as the story progresses so do their understanding and blossoming feelings.
I had lots of favorite moments in this fic but if I had to pick one I'd choose the entirety of the last chapter. It was sweet, domestic, cozy and heartwarming. This bad boy can fit so much YEARNING in it.