Gintama fic: Resuscitation 1/3

[xparrot]

So I've written GinZura - but not happy OTP-compliant GinZura. Er, sorry? It's the same character continuum as "Everyone's got to write their own happy ending," but with far more sex and angst. Joui war angst, so about as un-Gintama in mood as it gets. Yeah, I dunno. Warnings for that and sadness and misleading fluff and not-very-graphic consensual sex between young men. Also potential OOC - since there's so little canon backstory to work with, the characterizations are mostly my own invention, though they may betray influence from various Joui-4 doujinshi I've read.

Gintama: Resuscitation, 1/3 {3,362 words}
R; Gintoki/Katsura, Joui war-era
"For a while Katsura tells himself that it's no more than the camaraderie of the battleground."

"The first time Katsura encounters an Amanto stun-shield, he literally doesn't know what hit him."

Read it on AO3

Comments

[antimonial.livejournal.com]

There's so much I love about this that I don't even know where to begin. Crack is all jolly good, but seeing the darker side of the war/their relationship on the battlefield is always so heartbreaking and thrilling at the same time.

I love how you wrote their dialogue and meaningless (and sometimes not so meaningless) banter. Also using bickering as a way to ease the tension around them is such a Gintoki thing to do. And that wink was by far my favorite part.

And even though we only got a glimpse of Takasugi so far, I really like your characterization of him.

Really looking forward to chapters 2 and 3!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Wah, thank you so much! Yeah, I always feel a bit like I'm fanning on the wrong things, when I delve into Gintama's serious side - but much as I love the crack, the chars and their crazy AU world are so fascinating on darker levels as well.

Takasugi was a, umm, challenge to write, since we see so little of him anyway, and he must have been different then...so very glad he's working for you!

I'll be posting the rest very soon...