Knight-Pepper

Title: The Misadventures of an Early Morning Fandom: Gintama Characters: Gintoki, Katsura, general cast Warnings: light language Words: 6,011 Summary: Patience is a virtue, albeit one which the majority of even occasionally sane human beings sorely lack at three o'clock in the morning. Gintoki, Katsura, and the cast navigate a few such dysfunctional ante meridian hours. . . . . . Lesson 1: What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger . . . . . Gintoki huddled in a corner, his back pressed to the wall, a glass containing a half-melted, soupy parfait seized in one hand's white-knuckled grip and his bokuto clutched defensively in the other.

Title: Baby, It's Cold Inside Fandom: Durarara!! Pairing: Shizuo/Izaya, established Warnings: language Words: 1,179 - - -     Shizuo stomped down the dark hallway of a certain Shinjuku apartment building, his boots tracking a trail of melting snow across the imported tile all the way from the elevator doors to the threshold of Izaya's loft.   The hallway was lit only by the dim emergency lights powered by the building's backup generator, but Shizuo tread this same path often enough that he didn't need to worry about tripping over any fine furnishings in the darkness—although smashing one of the celadon vases and its spindly little side