Six Drabbles
General note: I've been writing these off and on today as I finished my "crossover of doom" (four fandoms, yo). All of these are exactly 100 words and are answers to requested prompts that kind of tugged at me for this romantic holiday. Enjoy!
Title: To Great Heights
Pairing: Byakuya/Yoruichi
Rating: PG
Spoilers (if applicable): None
Warnings (if applicable): None
Summary: They were themselves around each other.
Authors Notes: Written for unwritten_icons, with the prompt "Byakuya/Yoruichi, You shed your pride/and you climb to heaven/and throw yourself off."
She was the one he shed his armor for, the one he let his guard down for, that saw the vulnerabilities in him. None since Hisana had done that, and she had breached the walls he had built. She returned in kind, that he knew, and he savored the soft and gentle side of her. When they were alone together, they would reach the highest heights, and, when filled with passion, throw themselves off into oblivion, rest and peace. It was what he loved most about her, and she about him, the complete abandon that they had with each other.
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Title: Growing With Each Other
Pairing: Hisagi/Isane
Rating: PG
Spoilers (if applicable): None
Warnings (if applicable): None
Summary: It helped that they had history.
Authors Notes: Written for darkmagic_luvr, with the prompt "Hisagi/Isane, a history." There hasn't been much backstory with Isane so I made one up.
It all started with a hello as children, a peek around her mother’s legs at his take-charge attitude. It began with playing games, and continued throughout the academy. Isane Kotetsu was the one he showed his playful side to, when everyone else saw calm and maturity. And Shuuhei Hisagi was the one she opened up to, told all her worries and fears. And now, as adults, it culminates in the wonderful, the shared glances and gentle touches, the sweet kisses and sweeter nights, and the history between them only makes it sweeter, and makes them appreciate it all the more.
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Title: Flowing
Pairing: Renji/Rukia
Rating: PG
Spoilers (if applicable): None
Warnings (if applicable): None
Summary: They had traveled different paths, but now they traveled together.
Authors Notes: Written for valentineninja, with the prompt "Renji/Rukia, Misunderstandings."
He and she, they had always been two different rivers, flowing side by side. Even as children, something about her was different, special. It continued when she became a Kuchiki, only the gulf had widened, and they were no longer side by side. He used to ponder what would have happened if he’d told her how she felt at a younger age. But when she kissed him the first time, happy because he had finally told her his true feelings, their currents mingled and became one, and they both began to flow towards the same goal: a fulfilling life together.
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Title: What Was Between Them
Pairing: Mayuri/Unohana
Rating: PG
Spoilers (if applicable): None
Warnings (if applicable): None
Summary: It didn't matter what the others thought.
Authors Notes: Written for laerkstrein, with the prompt "Mayuri/Retsu, tangled."
What they shared, it no longer troubled them. It didn’t matter what others thought, not when limbs and sheets were tangled and the heat of passion surrounded them. In those moments they were not the healer and the scientist, the compassionate medic and the madman, but they were a man and a woman who knew each other intimately, who had a trust that nothing could shake, and had a relationship that no one else could understand. But it didn’t matter to them, as they fell asleep next to each other. All that mattered was they had found peace for themselves.
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Title: Stop The World For Your Smile
Pairing: Ichigo/Orihime
Rating: PG
Spoilers (if applicable): None
Warnings (if applicable): None
Summary: For her smile, he would do anything.
Authors Notes: Written for thiscanbegin, with the prompt "any pairing, and when you smile / people stop and stare for a while." I'll be answering this one multiple times, but for this drabble I chose Ichigo/Orihime.
He loved her smile. He loved it more than the sun and the fresh air and the song of birds, and when she smiled at him it would melt his heart. He would go to battle for that smile, see that smile in his sleep, and he knew that the day he died he would see that smile as his last waking image. He would tear the world apart to make her smile, and build it back up to make her laugh. Of all the things Ichigo loved about Orihime Inoue, her smile was at the top of his list.
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Title: There All Along
Pairing: Ichigo/Tatsuki
Rating: PG
Spoilers (if applicable): None
Warnings (if applicable): None
Summary: When he looked back, she had always been there.
Authors Notes: Written for tasteslikemiso, with the prompt "Ichigo/Tatsuki, remember those things we have shared." I'll be answering this one again for a longer fic, but this just came out now.
It had taken a long time to really see her. It had taken a nudge from friends, a push and a shove to start, but in the end it was memories that drove them together. When he sat and thought of who knew him best, who was there for him the most, Tatsuki came up time and again. When he asked her out on a date, he was afraid he would get punched, but instead he got a blush and a yes, and he felt glad that he finally paid attention to the girl who had been there all along.
Title: To Great Heights
Pairing: Byakuya/Yoruichi
Rating: PG
Spoilers (if applicable): None
Warnings (if applicable): None
Summary: They were themselves around each other.
Authors Notes: Written for unwritten_icons, with the prompt "Byakuya/Yoruichi, You shed your pride/and you climb to heaven/and throw yourself off."
She was the one he shed his armor for, the one he let his guard down for, that saw the vulnerabilities in him. None since Hisana had done that, and she had breached the walls he had built. She returned in kind, that he knew, and he savored the soft and gentle side of her. When they were alone together, they would reach the highest heights, and, when filled with passion, throw themselves off into oblivion, rest and peace. It was what he loved most about her, and she about him, the complete abandon that they had with each other.
---
Title: Growing With Each Other
Pairing: Hisagi/Isane
Rating: PG
Spoilers (if applicable): None
Warnings (if applicable): None
Summary: It helped that they had history.
Authors Notes: Written for darkmagic_luvr, with the prompt "Hisagi/Isane, a history." There hasn't been much backstory with Isane so I made one up.
It all started with a hello as children, a peek around her mother’s legs at his take-charge attitude. It began with playing games, and continued throughout the academy. Isane Kotetsu was the one he showed his playful side to, when everyone else saw calm and maturity. And Shuuhei Hisagi was the one she opened up to, told all her worries and fears. And now, as adults, it culminates in the wonderful, the shared glances and gentle touches, the sweet kisses and sweeter nights, and the history between them only makes it sweeter, and makes them appreciate it all the more.
---
Title: Flowing
Pairing: Renji/Rukia
Rating: PG
Spoilers (if applicable): None
Warnings (if applicable): None
Summary: They had traveled different paths, but now they traveled together.
Authors Notes: Written for valentineninja, with the prompt "Renji/Rukia, Misunderstandings."
He and she, they had always been two different rivers, flowing side by side. Even as children, something about her was different, special. It continued when she became a Kuchiki, only the gulf had widened, and they were no longer side by side. He used to ponder what would have happened if he’d told her how she felt at a younger age. But when she kissed him the first time, happy because he had finally told her his true feelings, their currents mingled and became one, and they both began to flow towards the same goal: a fulfilling life together.
---
Title: What Was Between Them
Pairing: Mayuri/Unohana
Rating: PG
Spoilers (if applicable): None
Warnings (if applicable): None
Summary: It didn't matter what the others thought.
Authors Notes: Written for laerkstrein, with the prompt "Mayuri/Retsu, tangled."
What they shared, it no longer troubled them. It didn’t matter what others thought, not when limbs and sheets were tangled and the heat of passion surrounded them. In those moments they were not the healer and the scientist, the compassionate medic and the madman, but they were a man and a woman who knew each other intimately, who had a trust that nothing could shake, and had a relationship that no one else could understand. But it didn’t matter to them, as they fell asleep next to each other. All that mattered was they had found peace for themselves.
--
Title: Stop The World For Your Smile
Pairing: Ichigo/Orihime
Rating: PG
Spoilers (if applicable): None
Warnings (if applicable): None
Summary: For her smile, he would do anything.
Authors Notes: Written for thiscanbegin, with the prompt "any pairing, and when you smile / people stop and stare for a while." I'll be answering this one multiple times, but for this drabble I chose Ichigo/Orihime.
He loved her smile. He loved it more than the sun and the fresh air and the song of birds, and when she smiled at him it would melt his heart. He would go to battle for that smile, see that smile in his sleep, and he knew that the day he died he would see that smile as his last waking image. He would tear the world apart to make her smile, and build it back up to make her laugh. Of all the things Ichigo loved about Orihime Inoue, her smile was at the top of his list.
---
Title: There All Along
Pairing: Ichigo/Tatsuki
Rating: PG
Spoilers (if applicable): None
Warnings (if applicable): None
Summary: When he looked back, she had always been there.
Authors Notes: Written for tasteslikemiso, with the prompt "Ichigo/Tatsuki, remember those things we have shared." I'll be answering this one again for a longer fic, but this just came out now.
It had taken a long time to really see her. It had taken a nudge from friends, a push and a shove to start, but in the end it was memories that drove them together. When he sat and thought of who knew him best, who was there for him the most, Tatsuki came up time and again. When he asked her out on a date, he was afraid he would get punched, but instead he got a blush and a yes, and he felt glad that he finally paid attention to the girl who had been there all along.