Stranger on the Shore. D.Gray-man. PG13. 6100 words.

[finite_farfalla]

D.Gray-man. Lavi/Fourteenth Noah. Lavi/Allen Walker. PG13.

Warnings: Sacrilege, language
Beta: nherizu. She has worked hard for her own gift. :P
Summary: Following someone is not easy.

Read on AO3.

For nherizu and sheilaluv. Thank you, guys, for being fab friends.

This is a pain to write. The first sentence was put to paper back in 2009, when D.Gray-man was not as complicated

Comments

[pooka_neko]

I rather enjoyed this. It has great atmosphere and I like seeing the Noah explored as non-entities rather than evil or good. And I love that chronologically, it jumps all over the place.

There were a few places in the writing where it changed to present tense and I wasn't sure if that was intended or not. I also think the word "rust" was used one too many times, but rust is one of those incredible words, so I can see why one would love using it.

I'm not big on pairings, but the exploration on these characters is great. My favorite line was probably: "Outside, Lavi could hear the crash of waves, and recalled a folk-story he told Emma, that waves were a tempest of thousands of souls making their useless attempt to climb over rocks, to come back to human domain." This makes me want to read the rest of your work!

[finite_farfalla]

Thank you for taking your time to comment and critique. I'm glad overusing 'rust' and the mistakes didn't adversely affect your ability to enjoy the story.

Initially, I was only trying to build Lavi based on an image I had in my head, a more serious and sarcastic Lavi behind his easy going personality depicted in the manga. It grew hands and feet, becoming what you read today. The whole Noah thing was written/thought up way before Hoshino revealed the Fourteenth Noah's name. I am glad it still somewhat fits the current canon.

Thanks again!
<3