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Title: Cultural Exchange
Fandom: Pokémon Main Video Game Series
Pairing: Professor Augustine Sycamore/Professor Birch
Rating: G (for this chapter)
Summary: Winter in Sinnoh does not agree much with Hoennian natives who suffer through it only for the sake of furthering their education. It's grueling, and freezing, and there is little comfort to be found. Maybe this year could be different, though – and maybe that difference could take the shape of a stranger from yet another region whose odd demeanor is strangely captivating...
Notes:

Hi 👐 I started working on this fic in January 2023. I moved in November of that same year, and then moved again 10+ times since then. I've been writing it little by little, putting it down and then picking it back up, and mentioning it here and there on Tumblr et al. A lot of what's in it is actually based on concepts I came up with even earlier than that, art I drew of Birch and Sycamore being fellow students from all the way back in 2015, which makes me feel bonkers insane to think about.

This year has been complicated for me creatively, especially irt writing, and this project was at the back of my mind all the time. I wanted to wait until I was done writing all of it before posting it, but at this point it's been over two years of writing on and off and over a decade of daydreaming also on and off, and I'm hoping that maybe unveiling the beginning will get my brain to finish it before 2025 is over and Z-A is upon us. No update schedule because I don't know!!! If/when I post the second chapter, it will hopefully be with a writing update.

I have 4/5 chapters written and the last one probably a third of the way done. There will be a bonus chapter/epilogue as well. I went over this first chapter a lot but there is a strong possibility that I'll still allow myself some last minute edits once everything is ready; stating this just for the sake of transparency. The fic is rated E because there will be sex scenes later on, but the first two chapters are 100% sex-free.

As I'm sure you expect, this story is 100% speculative and based on nothing canonical (except the fact that Prof. Rowan was Augustine's mentor.) Birch is my favorite Pokémon Professor so I just wanted him to get to stumble upon a twink he inadvertently caught in his bear trap as a treat. If this turns out to be something you're also into, I'd really appreciate you letting me know that you've read and enjoyed 💗

AO3 Link: Here.

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Title: GIRL
Fandom: Petscop
Pairing: None
Rating: G
Prompt: Any, any, growth and decay
AO3 Link: Here.
For threesentenceficathon.

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Titre: Averse
Fandom: Yume Nikki
Pairing: Aucun
Rating: G
Résumé: Il pleut.
Notes: Écrit en une heure et quelques dans le cadre de La Nuit de l'Écriture de lepetitsalondecriture. Le thème était Ferme les yeux et Rêve. Un peu abstrait, et pas forcément l'interprétation stricte que je fais du personnage de Madotsuki, mais j'ai bien aimé tenter de représenter un personnage très détaché, un peu monotone. J'espère que ça vous plaira. L'histoire contient de la transphobie implicite et des références au harcèlement scolaire.
Lien AO3: Ici.

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Title: All is Fair (in Love and War)
Fandom: Like A Dragon (specifically, Yakuza 0)
Pairing: Nishikiyama Akira & Oda Jun, with background Kiryu Kazuma/Nishikiyama Akira and Oda Jun/Tachibana Tetsu
Rating: T
Summary: Two men in love with other men walk into a bar. They have a lot in common, but that doesn't mean they're going to get along.
Notes: A Nishiki-centric fic set in the late spring and early summer before the events of Yakuza 0 and told from his POV, mostly about him coming to terms with liking men and how it's just, a thing, that happens. This was the first fic I wrote after a long hiatus, encouraged by my friend Dalee! I'm still fond of it, and glad it resonated with people.
AO3 Link: Here.

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