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arostine

Second Shift- Angstshipping

Mar 01, 2011 21:10

Title: Second Shift

Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh is the intellectual property of Kazuki Takahashi. I write only as a much-needed mental health break, and don't make any money off this.

Summary: They've been meeting like this for some time now, in the half-darkness of Ryou's bedroom, at whatever ridiculous hour of the night Ryou arrives home from his ( Read more... )

ryou, ishtars, yu-gi-oh fics, yu-gi-oh, angstshipping, malik

Comments 2

demoerin March 3 2011, 15:32:17 UTC

Even after his...career shift (redemption), he hadn't much believed in taking time off for trivial things like sleep.
"Career shift" vs "redemption" is great. It's nice to see Malik hasn't lost all his disdain for authority even as a good guy.

And the bit with the liberated tombkeepers - !!! I love the ideas there desperately - that they went to free the others Tombkeepers, that Malik had a minute sense of responsibility about them, and 3, RISHID'S PART OF THE FAMILY NOW. ;__;

At the end of the day, they both just want...freedom. Even from each other.
No wonder this ship is called Angstshipping. The current character of their relationship really works, but I like that both of them have yearnings for more genuine closeness.

arostine March 4 2011, 01:01:21 UTC

Oh man, the fact that you thought Malik still seemed...Malik-ish means so much to me. He's a lot more subdued here than he is in my previous fics, partly just because the writing was more...distant, I guess. I was so worried that he seemed irredeemably OOC. *sigh of relief*

RISHIIIIIID. ;A; I love him to pieces. And I'm sure that while Malik's floundering over here, not knowing what to do with himself, Rishid is being a good and just leader and generally having his shit together. But still missing his siblings. Calling home regularly. I love Rishid ( ... )