Coming to you live from a very steamy journal post~

[badbadbathhouse]

Why, hello there, kittens! I'm Kanji, esteemed reporter of all things fabulous and ever so delightfully naughty, and I'm here with a most special update for a fandom just beginning its long, hard... journey into adulthood~!

SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI: PERSONA 4 KINK MEME

In this scintillating post of mine, you can comment anonymously with any pairing

Comments

another attempt

[anonymous]

Sorry, this may be a bit similar to the much better response by the first author (overlapping writing times)

------

Breathe in, breathe out, keep running, or she'll--

Naoto, Naoto. Why are you so scared?

She isn't, she just has to keep going, she has to call Souji, he'll know what to do but she can't dial the numbers because her hands are shaking and she has to keep going and--

Friends, Naoto-kun. You understand, don't you?

The fog's getting thicker. Why? Rationalize this, she has to rationalize--

Doesn't that count for anything? We're a team.

Used to be, but not now, not like this, yellow lights in the fog and fire in her lungs and--

You're the only one left over there, Naoto-kun, and you can't do it by yourself.

There were seven of them, seven seven seven and why does she have to be the only one left, it isn't--

You can't fight this.

Of course she can, she's been fighting all her life and this is nothing. They'll handle it, they always--

It's too late, Naoto-kun. The end of the year, remember?

But there was supposed to be more time, they had six more days, they had--

Poor, lonely little Naoto-kun.

They're laughing at her now and she hates it, it's all people have ever done and she's so damn angry and--

Something's hissing at the back of her mind. It's as loud as the voices in the fog.

C'mon, Naoto.

Kanji's voice and she almost stops but it's him and it's not him and she can't--

Her head's swimming, a clawed hand dragging her under the tide.

You did your best, yeah?

And her best's never been good enough, has it? A disappointment from start to finish and it isn't--

The fog thickens; the water rises.

Don't do this to yourself.

She should listen to him, she owes him that much because there's a hundred things she neve got around to saying and she wishes she'd just--

S'okay, Naoto. I know.

She can't think straight. It's like wading through a lake, except the water's pitch black and the current's pulling her under the--

Naoto. It's time.

Here's what should've happened: they capture Adachi weeks ago and the Shadows never come. They never know the price of failure.

We'll do this together, yeah?

Here's what could've happened: she manages to dial Souji's number and somehow he fixes it and saves them all, because it's what he does.

We're here for you. Everyone's here.

Here's what could never happen: she finds a way to fix it herself. She becomes useful. They capture Adachi, he pays for his crimes, and no-one even remembers this.

Just let go.

Here's what does happen: the tide closes in. She's trying to stay above the water but she hasn't got the strength. She screams once and the fog's in her lungs and--