FIC: Giving It All Away - for crescentium

[oracle_dreams]

Author: oracle_dreams
Recipient: crescentium
Title: Giving It All Away
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Yohji Kudoh, Brad Crawford, faceless OC
Summary: Yohji faces his life long battle with control. Luckily, Crawford steps in to offer some expert advice...and assistance.
Warnings/Content: non graphic allusion to non-con
Word Count: 4319
Author's Notes: Undying gratitude to summerbutterfly for the

Comments

[crescentium]

Oh.

YOHJI. AND OH. CRAWFORD.

I had difficulties formulating a response because that's kind of the topmost thought in my mind. :P While I kind of die to see the smut play out to the end, I actually really love the ending. Yohji and Crawford are so beautiful here, damn you. Agh! Damn it, the way you write Crawford kills me every time. <3

Also? I love how you pulled off Yohji "seducing" Crawford accidentally, with his tears!! :D :D ♥ Well played.

Crawford is being a kind of white knight... and kind of calling himself out on it... :D :D I really liked Yohji's struggle. Poor Yohji. I'd feel sorry for him, but HIS TEARS ARE DELICIOUS. Yum.

(However, all the possibilities for the future, damn it, you know I want to see MOAR.)

And, of course (among other awesome lines from Crawford)...

“Let me take control for a while. I would be glad to do that for you.”

I'M SURE YOU WOULD, BRAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

♥ Essentially, I loved it. Thank you so much!!

[oracle_dreams]

So it wasn't too much angst? I mean I know its WK and all and, for gods sake, Yohji of all people. But not too much?

Confession - I was glad to have an excuse to expunge dacryphile!Crawford. Oh I have an exchange between Brad and Schu over this whole thing... Let's just say that they are more or less agreed that Brad will need to go elsewhere to fulfill this little quirk.

Can you imagine a more perfect pairing? The submissive who desperately wants to relinquish all responsiblity of his life and the dom who essentially lives for all encompassing control?

I'm glad it worked for you! <3

[crescentium]

Too much angst? You're asking ME whether it was too much angst? Me???

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Ahem. ♥ I really loved it.

Oh no doubt Brad would have to go elsewhere for satisfaction on that particular little kink, hee. I'd love to see them talk about it. In fact I kept thinking, as Crawford was telling Yohji about the rest of Schwarz, how much I want to see Schuldig walking back home to find the blond in Brad's bed...

The pairing is almost a little too perfect. :D Crawford was always the PERFECT dom to claim Yohji for himself. Hehehe. But then, he's the perfect dom, period...

[oracle_dreams]

Brad Crawford is everyone's seme! :) See, it's all part of his plan to take over the world.

[mereprototype]

I love a Yohji whose sanity and actions with women are slipping. I also completely love Yohji as a sub, no matter the time point. At first it's because he loves them so much he puts their pleasure first; after Asuka dies it's because he gives no regard for his own pleasure. So seeing how you wrote both of those into here was gorgeous. The line "Everyone, in his entire life, was determined to force him to be a man, to take control, when all he desperately wanted was to give it all away." is probably my favorite.

This is not a pairing I would have thought of on my own, but it makes a ton of sense. I'm going to love it forever.

[oracle_dreams]

I always saw that instant connection between Brad, Schu and Yohji - the only three characters with no background to anchor them in canon space. I'm not really a fan of Schu/Yohji - I just don't see the personality dynamic there. BUT I do clearly see Brad/Schu/Yohji. Brad and Schu are just different shades of dom and a sub between them would be the absolute perfect solution.

Thank you for the high praise!

[madisuzy]

This is just beautifully tragic, and yet you've managed to spin in a thread of hope amongst it all. I adore your Brad and Yohji. Yohji's despair is just heartbreaking but competely believable and I think you wrote it in a way that made it kind of attractive, in a dangerous way. I can understand Brad's attraction completely and felt it with him to a degree. Brad's confidence and control are so clear here, and you can almost feel the calm that radiates off him. I have to say though, I could read a million pages of this. lol The ending was timed wonderfully and those last sentences were just perfect, but I still can't help wanting more, just because I enjoyed it so much. It is a rare pairing, but one I have always loved, and you did it beautifully.

[oracle_dreams]

We need so much more shaking up of the usual OTP's!

A million pages?! Just set that bar HIGH, why don't you?! LOL... but I appreciate the intensity of the compliment! Always a joy to know someone else gets you and your vision.

Danke!

[summerbutterfly]

Just wanted to say, this turned out beautifully. And that it was an honor to beta for you. Hit me up any time :).

[oracle_dreams]

Thank you again. I hope to have something to abuse you with in the somewhat near future.;)

[zeph317toho]

Ouch, poor Yohji. The beginning confrontation was so powerful and then Crawford bandaged Yohji’s hand. Even though he knew it ahead of time, it was still such a curious, gentle gesture. This Crawford is very intense, and the control issues between the two of them are very interesting. It broke my heart when Yohji started crying and Crawford admitted to himself that "fixing" Yohji would have to happen. I love how you showed that even Crawford can be surprised when Yohji cried. This was so interesting, and I would love to read more of what happened between these two.