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Branch presents:

It's the Motion

Genre: Porn without Plot (but with Motorcycles)
Rating: NC-17
Pairing/Characters: Yamamoto/Gokudera
Word Count: 705

Summary: Gokudera thinks it’s unfair how good Yamamoto looks on a motorcycle; Yamamoto thinks it’s the perfect opportunity. Written for DW’s inaugural comment porn meme with the prompt: Yamamoto/Gokudera, motorcycles as aphrodisiacs.

It was easier, Hayato decided, when Yamamoto was actually driving the motorcycle. And it was easier because Yamamoto was an idiot, and liked to do silly, flash moves, and it was easy to roll his eyes at someone popping a wheelie and laughing like a kid.

The hard part was when Yamamoto was holding still on the damn thing. And the hardest part was keeping his eyes away from long, long legs spread casually over a sleek machine and not, not, looking at the way worn denim pulled taut over Yamamoto’s thighs.

Branch presents:

Working Till the Sun Don't Shine

Genre: Pure Porn
Rating: NC-17
Pairing/Characters: Yamamoto/Gokudera
Word Count: 693

Summary: Fifth in the Saving Nickes, Saving Dimes arc. Gokudera has a stressful day and wants Yamamoto to help him unwind, which Yamamoto is perfectly happy to do.

Hayato closed the door to his office carefully, breathing deep and slow.

"That didn’t go very well," Takeshi observed from where he stood looking out the window.

"No. It didn’t," Hayato said, with what he thought was a commendable lack of screaming rage, under the circumstances. He hung his jacket on a chair and undid his tie with short, precise movements, eyes narrowed at empty air.

Branch presents:

Going Back Someday

Genre: Drama, Romance, Porn
Rating: R for sex
Pairing/Characters: Yamamoto/Gokudera
Word Count: 1345

Summary: Fourth in the Saving Nickles, Saving Dimes arc. Yamamoto comes to visit Gokudera and they navigate around their trust and need for each other–indirectly as always.

"Takeshi?" He blinked, hands full of his front door and his math textbook, neither free to adjust his reading glasses the way he felt a momentary need to.

"Hey." Takeshi leaned in the doorway, grinning. "Thought it was about time I stopped in for a visit."

After over a month away. Hayato sniffed, but stood aside for him. "I suppose you might as well come in, yes."

Title: Devotion
Author: lysapadin
Rating: NC-17
Characters & Pairings: Chrome Dokuro, Rokudou Mukuro, Joushima Ken, Kakimoto Chikusa, all in various permutations.
Warnings: Post-TYL arc, no-holds-barred smut.
Summary: Sometimes it's really difficult to figure out what Mukuro-sama actually wants.
Notes: 11,602 words, most of which are definitely not safe for work.

The summer after Chrome returned from the future, the boys discovered sex.

Branch presents:

Comfort Food

Genre: Unmitigated Fluff
Rating: PG
Pairing/Characters: Yamamoto/Gokudera
Word Count: 800

Warnings: May cause tooth decay. To prevent cavities, brush thoroughly after every reading.

Summary: Gokudera is sick and being stubborn, and Yamamoto decides to step in.

"’mb fide," Gokudera muttered around his wad of handkerchief. It hadn’t moved far all day, but when it had his nose had looked absolutely raw. "Not goig to slack off by job ’cause of a code."

Takeshi sighed and made a note to himself that Gokudera got more stubborn and foul-tempered when he was sick. He wouldn’t have thought it was possible if he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes.

Branch presents:

Body Language

Genre: Romance, Drama
Rating: PG-13
Pairing/Characters: Yamamoto/Gokudera
Word Count: 1821

Summary: Second in the Saving Nickles, Saving Dimes arc. Gokudera’s trust issues are Yamamoto’s new hobby; he has his work cut out for him.

"Delivery!" Takeshi called, cheerfully, banging on Gokudera’s door. It took a few minutes for Gokudera to answer the door, and another for him to finish staring in disbelief.

"What are you doing?"

"Bringing you dinner." Takeshi dangled the bag of carryout from raised fingers.

Branch presents:

Gray Willow Catkins

Genre: Drama, Romance
Rating: PG-13
Pairing/Characters: Yamamoto/Gokudera
Word Count: 2413

Summary: First in the Saving Nickles, Saving Dimes arc. Yamamoto decides Gokudera is broken and needs to be fixed. It takes a while to find the right opening.

Gokudera’s constant growling had always kind of amused him, and he admitted that every now and then he sort of poked Gokudera just to get him going. Like playing with a cat; a few scratches were fair trade for getting to watch it flail at you. Actually, Gokudera reminded him a lot of a cat, sometimes, a feral cat that would only let one person pet him without biting, and that person was Tsuna. Even when they’d just met it had made Takeshi wonder a little how often Gokudera must have gotten kicked, to be that way, and now he was wondering more seriously.

Title: They Also Serve
Author: lysapadin
Rating: PG
Characters & Pairings: I-Pin, Sasagawa Kyouko, Miura Haru, Sawada Tsunayoshi, Gokudera Hayato; Tsuna/Kyouko, Gokudera/Haru
Warnings: Mild swearing; Family politics
Summary: Kyouko and Haru deal with Family (and family) politics.
Notes: Originally written for khr_undercover; revised and expanded. Goes along with branchandroot's arc The Bond Between the Land and Sea; though it should stand alone on its own merits, you may enjoy it more if you've read those stories as well--which are well worth looking at in their own right. 18065 words, post-TYL arc, assuming a divergent future.

The first day of her official duty as Sawada Kyouko's personal bodyguard was nothing like I-Pin had imagined it would be.

Branch presents:

May Flowers

Genre: Porn with Characterization
Rating: NC-17
Pairing/Characters: Tsuna/Yamamoto
Word Count: 806

Summary: Tsuna gives his people whatever they need, and Yamamoto is no exception.

It was easier, he thought, to give Gokudera what he needed. Gokudera was far more straightforward. When Yamamoto came to him, Tsuna had to look harder and make guesses.

Sometimes Yamamoto just sat quietly at his feet for an evening. Sometimes he wanted to hold Tsuna, to shelter and shield him, and Tsuna rested against his chest until his arms relaxed and loosened. Sometimes he wanted to touch, slow and gentle, and kissed Tsuna’s fingers softly until he said yes.

And sometimes he needed to not be the protector, for a while.

Branch presents:

A Scratched Record

Genre: Drama
Rating: PG
Pairing/Characters: Uni, Kyouko, Haru, Tsuna, Gamma
Word Count: 802

Summary: Fourth in the Bond Between the Land and Sea arc. Kyouko and Haru meet Uni as she’s introduced to Tsuna, and get a shock.

Abruptly Haru’s mouth snapped shut and her eyes narrowed. "Your necklace," she murmured, as if casually. "Is it your rememberance of your mother?"

The quirk to Uni’s mouth turned a bit sour. "Exactly."

Kyouko looked down at the pendant, puzzled. She’d seen it once or twice before, though Unità usually wore it under her clothes. It was an odd shape, she remembered…

And then her heart nearly stopped as she really looked at it for the first time.

Branch presents:

She Danced Across the Mountain

Genre: Drama, Romance
Rating: PG
Pairing/Characters: Uni, Kyouko, Haru, Gokudera, Gamma
Word Count: 2572

Summary: Third in the Between the Land and Sea arc. As Kyouko and Haru settle into their lives with the mafia, sometimes they need advice.

"…and never, ever accept red flowers. All right, I think I got all that." Kyouko sat back, one hand rubbing her forehead.

Unità’s lips quirked in sympathy. "You’re doing very well, for someone who’s never even traveled abroad before."

Kyouko’s soft smile was more wry than usual. "And here I thought that, once I was done with the university entrance exams, I wouldn’t be studying any more."

Branch presents:

Saints of Palermo

Genre: Drama
Rating: PG
Pairing/Characters: Uni, Kyouko, Haru
Word Count: 1971

Summary: Second in the Bond Between the Land and Sea arc. The Giglio Nero boss talks to Kyouko and Haru about the other side of the mafia.

"I did mention that those girls were transparent?" She nibbled on the end of her pen. Coffee, yes, that would be… unthreatening. "If we’re to be allies, I’m not letting Vongola stand around with a weakness like that hanging out where anyone can aim at it. And those boys probably won’t even see it until far too late."

Branch presents:

Give One Heart

Genre: Drama
Rating: G
Pairing/Characters: Hibari, Kyouko, Haru
Word Count: 742

Summary: First in the Bond Between the Land and Sea arc. Hibari thinks it’s about time someone told Kyouko and Haru a few things.

He remembered the point in his past, his old past he supposed he should say, when Kyouko had finally coaxed the truth out of her brother and Sawada; it had been the first time he’d thought the girl might have teeth after all. He remembered the impressive black eye and the hangdog expression that Sasagawa and Sawada had sported, respectively, afterwards; the bruise had faded sooner. He remembered the fierceness in Sawada’s eyes when he’d demanded Kyouya’s word that he would protect the younger Kyouko and Haru, when they came forward; only after that word was given had he, reluctantly, agreed to the whole plan.

Of course, in Kyouya’s opinion, the best way to protect someone was to sharpen their teeth.

Title: Supplemental Forms
Author: lysapadin
Rating: G
Warnings/Notes: Post TYL-arc; assumes a divergent future. Quite fluffy. 6908 words.
Summary: When Yamamoto Takeshi returns from the future, he has to cope with the loss of his box weapons. Fortunately, his father is there to help.


It took Takeshi an entire pot of tea, and then some, to tell his story, since he had to go all the way back to the beginning of the thing.

Branch presents:

But For the Love of You

Genre: Porn with Characterization
Rating: NC-17
Pairing/Characters: Tsuna/Gokudera
Word Count: 711

Summary: Tsuna accepts what Gokudera offers, so that he can give what he can.

Tsuna had thought, ever since he started to think about it at all, that the reason Gokudera seemed harsh to most people was that the brash manner he wrapped around himself clashed so with the fine elegance of his mind and presence. In the rare moments he let himself quiet, Gokudera seemed quite gentle to Tsuna, voice lowered into smoothness, the lines that usually caged his eyes tight relaxing into something like serenity.

Branch presents:

It's All a Metaphor

Genre: Mind-Porn
Rating: PG-13
Pairing/Characters: Tsuna/Xanxus
Word Count: 1011

Summary: Sixth in the Breaking of the Day arc. Remixed ending, a kind of AU to the rest of the arc. This is another way Tsuna and Xanxus might have come to their final understanding–a somewhat more dramatic one.

"Your Flame is strong enough." Xanxus took Tsuna’s wrist and pulled his hand up, placing it flat against his chest. "Show me, again."

Tsuna swallowed, trying to get his voice back from wherever shock had taken it. "Xanxus. I don’t know if…"

Xanxus eyes were burning, locked with Tsuna's, and his words vibrated through his chest under Tsuna’s palm. "Show me."

Branch presents:

I Said, You Said

Genre: Drama, Fluff
Rating: PG
Pairing/Characters: Tsuna, Xanxus, Gokudera, Yamamoto
Word Count: 1545

Summary: Sixth in the Breaking of the Day arc. Xanxus finally hears what Tsuna means when he says Xanxus is one of his Family.

Gokudera leaned an elbow on the back of Tsuna’s chair and chuckled softly. "You sure have a way with people like that, boss."

Branch presents:

What's Love Got to Do With It

Genre: Drama, Angst, Fluff
Rating: PG
Pairing/Characters: Xanxus, Ninth, Tsuna
Word Count: 1965

Summary: Fifth in the Breaking of the Day arc. The Ninth helps Xanxus find someone he can bear to be.

It wasn’t that Tsuna didn’t trust the Ninth, because of course he did. And it wasn’t that he didn’t think the Ninth could handle Xanxus, even, or especially, now, because he did, really. It was just… well, his dad had made him solemnly swear he’d make sure the Ninth didn’t overstrain himself.

And that was really the only reason Tsuna kept just happening to pass Xanxus’ rooms or the balcony beyond them to check on them every couple days.

Branch presents:

The Nature of You

Genre: Drama
Rating: PG-13
Pairing/Characters: Tsuna, Xanxus, Gokudera, Yamamoto, Squalo, Various Vongola
Word Count: 2897

Warnings: If you have a non-con squick, the climactic scene may hit it, despite not being sexual. Some Spoilers

Summary: Fourth in the Breaking of the Day arc. As Tsuna grows into his position, his conflicts with Xanxus escalate again and finally break.

Tsuna sat at an oval table with the advisors and lieutenants so newly inherited and tried to feel leader-like. It still wasn’t easy.

Branch presents:

Off-label Use

Genre: Humor, Romance
Rating: PG-13
Pairing/Characters: Dino/Hibari
Word Count: 489

Note: This will be funniest if you’ve read any of the Edo period love-advice for samurai, though it should make sense even if you haven’t. If you haven’t I quite recommend it, it's quite entertaining.

Summary: Dino is reading up on Japanese history and culture, and finds just the thing to provoke Hibari with.

Dino sat cross-legged on Kyouya’s couch, reading down a page in his book and ticking things off with a highlighter.

Five years whole-hearted devotion, check. Kyouya certainly didn’t leave much room for anything else, at least if a person wanted to live on with all his bones intact.