GINTAMA and all characters/ideas/concepts/places therein are not mine, although the writing certainly is.



Title: Every act of love is separateness.
Characters/Pairing(s): Sakamoto and Takasugi
Rating: G
Summary: This is what comrades do, on those things you call 'last nights'.
Warnings? N/A
Notes: Dedicated to Ri. Belated Happy Birthday, partner. ♥


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GINTAMA and all characters/ideas/concepts/places therein are not mine, although the writing certainly is.



Title: Bathing in artificial light.
Characters/Pairing(s): Takasugi x Nizou
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Sometimes, Takasugi can be rather generous.
Warnings? Dubious con, homo love, spoilers if you don't know who these two are.
Notes: The title is taken from Prompt #15 over at the 52 Flavors community.


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GINTAMA and all characters/ideas/concepts/places therein are not mine, although the writing certainly is.



Title: Something’s Burning: Epilogue.
Characters/Pairing(s): Kawakami Bansai, Takasugi Shinsuke, Katsura Kotaro
Rating: G
Summary: A possible look into how Kawakami Bansai and Takasugi Shinsuke met, and why Bansai follows Takasugi in the first place. Last chapter.
Warnings? N/A
Notes: This takes place before the start of Gintama, well after the end of the Joui resistance but years before the beginning of the series.


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GINTAMA and all characters/ideas/concepts/places therein are not mine, although the writing certainly is.



Title: Something’s Burning: I will be the water for your thirst.
Characters/Pairing(s): Kawakami Bansai and Takasugi Shinsuke
Rating: NC-17
Summary: A possible look into how Kawakami Bansai and Takasugi Shinsuke met, and why Bansai follows Takasugi in the first place. Part seven of eight.
Warnings? Graphic sex between two men.
Notes: This takes place before the start of Gintama, well after the end of the Joui resistance but years before the beginning of the series.


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GINTAMA and all characters/ideas/concepts/places therein are not mine, although the writing certainly is.



Title: Something’s Burning: Nautical dawn.
Characters/Pairing(s): Kawakami Bansai and Takasugi Shinsuke
Rating: PG
Summary: A possible look into how Kawakami Bansai and Takasugi Shinsuke met, and why Bansai follows Takasugi in the first place. Part six of eight.
Warnings? N/A
Notes:
+ This takes place before the start of Gintama, well after the end of the Joui resistance but years before the beginning of the series.
+ We're all still in the dark, I would think, about how things fell apart before the series, so I'm taking some liberties here.


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GINTAMA and all characters/ideas/concepts/places therein are not mine, although the writing certainly is.




Title: Something’s Burning: Regarder la lumiere.
Characters/Pairing(s): Kawakami Bansai and Takasugi Shinsuke
Rating: PG-13
Summary: A possible look into how Kawakami Bansai and Takasugi Shinsuke met, and why Bansai follows Takasugi in the first place. Part five of eight.
Warnings? Graphic violence.
Notes:
+ This takes place before the start of Gintama, well after the end of the Joui resistance but years before the beginning of the series.
+ The title of this chapter means “Watch the light” in French.


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GINTAMA and all characters/ideas/concepts/places therein are not mine, although the writing certainly is.



Title: Something’s Burning: Deny, deny, deny.
Characters/Pairing(s): Kawakami Bansai and Takasugi Shinsuke
Rating: R
Summary: A possible look into how Kawakami Bansai and Takasugi Shinsuke met, and why Bansai follows Takasugi in the first place. Part four of many.
Warnings? Implied sex, violence.
Notes: This takes place before the start of Gintama, well after the end of the Joui resistance but years before the beginning of the series.


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GINTAMA and all characters/ideas/concepts/places therein are not mine, although the writing certainly is.



Title: Errands and affairs.
Characters/Pairing(s): Bansai Kawakami, Takasugi Shinsuke, Katsura Kotaro
Rating: PG
Summary: A possible look into how Kawakami Bansai and Takasugi Shinsuke met, and why Bansai follows Takasugi in the first place. This takes place before the start of Gintama, well after the end of the Joui resistance but years before the beginning of the series.
Warnings? None.
Notes:
+ Taking a cue out from a pre-series fic that my friend nique wrote for some of the details I’ve included here, revolving around Gintoki and Katsura. Read it sometime soon – it’s a lovely, lovely thing.
+ Canon details on exactly how Shouyo died and the like remain fuzzy, so I’m taking some liberties.


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Title: Open up and let me inside.
Characters/Pairing(s): Kawakami Bansai & Takasugi Shinsuke
Rating: NC-17
Summary: A possible look into how Kawakami Bansai and Takasugi Shinsuke met, and why Bansai follows Takasugi in the first place. The second part of many.
Warnings? Graphic sex between two men.
Notes: This takes place before the start of Gintama, well after the end of the Joui resistance but years before the beginning of the series.


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Title: Something’s Burning: Fate could create you and I.
Characters/Pairing(s): Kawakami Bansai and Takasugi Shinsuke
Rating: NC-17
Summary: A possible look into how Kawakami Bansai and Takasugi Shinsuke met, and why Bansai follows Takasugi in the first place. Part one in many.
Warnings? Graphic depictions of violence.
Notes: This takes place before the start of Gintama, well after the end of the Joui resistance but years before the beginning of the series.


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Title: A lover as faithful as guilt.
Characters/Pairing(s): Takasugi & Katsura
Rating: PG
Summary: Loyalty's a bitch.
Warnings? Gay things.
Notes: The title is taken from the 31_days theme for March 2, 2009. Set before the Benizakura Arc.



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Title: The world is tiny; the heart’s enormous.
Characters/Pairing(s): Okita and Kagura, with guest appearances from Gintoki, Shinpachi, Sadaharu and Hijikata
Rating: PG
Summary: It always starts with a disruption in the routine.
Warnings? Contains spoilers for the Mitsuba Arc.
Notes: The title is taken from the 31_days theme for February 27, 2009.


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GINTAMA and all characters/ideas/concepts/places therein are not mine, although the writing certainly is.



Title: This broken world we choose.
Characters/Pairing(s): Takasugi
Rating: PG
Summary: A little trip through Takasugi’s head, while he’s watching Gintoki and Katsura fight their way out of his trap.
Warnings? Spoilers for the Benizakura Arc.
Notes: The title is taken from the 31_days theme for September 28, 2009.


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Title: What brought us to this.
Characters/Pairing(s): Gintoki, Takasugi
Rating: PG
Summary: Shoulda, woulda, coulda.
Warnings? N/A
Notes: The title is taken from the 31 Days prompt for May 27, 2010.


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GINTAMA and all characters/ideas/concepts/places therein are not mine, although the writing certainly is.



Title: Will you get your wish?
Characters/Pairing(s): Takasugi
Rating: PG
Summary: All it takes is one more push.
Warnings? Best not to read this, if you have no clue who Takasugi is.
Notes: \o/!


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Title: …But don’t let the sun catch you crying.
Characters/Pairing(s): Gintoki, Takasugi, Katsura
Rating: R
Summary: Waking up in sunlight.
Warnings? ...You'll see.
Notes: For Pris. The title is taken from a line from the song “Deadweight”, by Beck.


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Title: Every hour wounds.
Characters/Pairing(s): The Jooi Boys (Sakamoto, Katsura, Takasugi, Gintoki), Mutsu, cameo appearances of the Kihetai hos
Rating: PG-13
Summary: A not-so-average day in Sakamoto's life.
Warnings? Mutsu. Sakamoto POV. Some suggestive shit.
Notes: The title is taken from the 31_days theme for October 27.


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Title: When the darkness falls under your hair, there I’ll be.
Characters/Pairing(s): Takasugi & Katsura, Bansai & Takasugi, plus a Gintoki somewhere in there
Rating: R
Summary: Fucking him while you think about him and thinking about him while HE'S fucking you.
Warnings? If you have no idea who Takasugi is, then this fic is full of spoilers.
Notes: The title is taken from the 31_days theme for...


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GINTAMA and all characters/ideas/concepts/places therein are not mine, although the writing certainly is.




Title: The way the blue sky suited her.
Characters/Pairing(s): Hijikata & Mitsuba
Rating: G
Summary: These things they (used to) share.
Warnings? If you don't know who Mitsuba is, PROCEED NO FURTHER.
Notes: The title is taken from the 31_days theme for July 15, 2009.


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Title: Such a natural, normal lethality.
Characters/Pairing(s): Bansai & Takasugi
Rating: PG-15
Summary: “I’m your god, you know.”
Warnings? If you don’t know the characters here, then you probably shouldn’t read this. XD
Notes: The title is taken from the 31 Days theme for April 11, 2009.


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