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In the early days, when Astarion had first set out to seduce Tav in order to secure his loyalty, he’d thought the wizard was as easy to read as an open book. He wasn’t so sure anymore. As their bond deepened, instead of gaining clarity, Astarion found himself more and more often second-guessing what was going on inside Tav’s head. Too frequently, when Tav looked at him with those sharp, unreadable eyes, Astarion found himself at a loss for words.
He was losing control over this - whatever this was.
Astarion had perfected the art of seduction over nearly two centuries, but with Tav, he was entering uncharted territory.
How did he even end up here?
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As their merry band of misfits arrives in the Lower City, Astarion feels the shadow of his former master looming larger than ever. Haunted by his past and the inevitability of facing Cazador again, he finds himself grappling with something entirely new: the uncertainty of being in a relationship. As he struggles to navigate these unfamiliar waters, he begins to realise he’s not the only one interested in Tav.
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Something about that Kiryu guy stirred up forgotten thoughts or feelings, twisting uncomfortably in Majima’s gut. Whatever it was, he wasn’t eager to dig into it. Not now. He had more important things to focus on—like a promise he made to a kid and a treasure he needed to find. He couldn’t afford distractions, not from the past and certainly not from some guy he couldn’t even remember. Right then and there, Majima decided this stranger was getting off his ship as soon as they arrived in Honolulu.
While sailing the high seas and embarking on swashbuckling adventures with his crew, Captain Majima encounters a handsome stranger who stirs his heart as a storm churns the waves.
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“That leaves us with the romance part,” Nanba said. “What do we know about Kiryu-san’s love life?”
“Yumi Sawamura,” Seonhee replied matter-of-factly. “Dead for nearly twenty years.”
Silence fell around the table as they all considered this new angle. If they were talking about any other guy Seonhee would have suggested finding him a pretty girl who’d show him a good time. [...] But she knew it just wouldn’t work. It’s not that Kiryu-san didn’t appreciate beautiful women; he just wasn’t a man who’d fall head over heels for one so quickly. It was a quality she admired about him, and which, at the same time, annoyed her to no end. The man was immovable like a mountain.
“There had to be someone else,” Saeko said. “You don’t really believe Kiryu-san didn’t even have a crush on anyone after Yumi died, do you?”
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Kiryu's friends are not ready to give up on him just yet and come up with an idea.
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Green Willow, Pink Blossom by lolu
Fandoms: 龍が如く | Ryuu ga Gotoku | Yakuza (Video Games)
04 Jun 2024
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I can't lose this, Kiryu thought desperately, not again.
Miraculously, he was getting another chance, and he would never forgive himself if he didn’t take it, regardless of what came next. Despite everything, Majima still had feelings for him, and it made him feel hopeful for the first time in years. Maybe together they could make everything better. A sudden, profound realization struck him like a bolt of lightning—this was his last chance to turn back from the grim, lonely path he was walking on.
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Do all love stories have to end when the couple finally gets together?
What if a happy ending was just the beginning?This is a story about the quirky adventures of two old ex-yakuza who still can’t get enough of each other.
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Impure Intentions by lolu for celadon_dreams
Fandoms: 龍が如く | Ryuu ga Gotoku | Yakuza (Video Games)
20 Dec 2021
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Majima was not making Kiryu’s life easier in any respect. While Kiryu took up his new post with deadly seriousness, which was the only way he knew how to approach things, Majima acted like he didn’t notice the shift of power between them, and kept misbehaving like a little kid. He was still on what seemed to be a never-ending quest to rile Kiryu up every chance he got. Because he couldn’t follow Kiryu around Kamurocho anymore, he instead popped out from around every corner Kiryu turned at the clan’s headquarters. He was always ready to offer a provocative look or an ambiguous comment that made Kiryu want to put his fist right through Majima’s face and then kiss him until he stopped running that stupid mouth of his. Somehow, Majima still was everywhere.
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Majima gets a chance to relive his life starting from '85. So this time, he's going to make sure everything is perfect.
That should be easy, right?
Bookmarked by lolu
14 Apr 2025
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Spoilers for the entirety of Gaiden and Infinite Wealth
It had just been back pain, Kiryu thought. Just a weak muscle, expected from all the years of abuse he’d endured. The cough had just been evidence of his bad habit, typical. All old men had back pain; all smokers had a cough. It wasn’t fair that it was anything more than that.
He briefly thought he should tell someone. That was what people did, right? He didn’t know who he’d tell, and stranger still, he couldn’t ignore the impulse to hoard this death sentence, to keep it all to himself. This was what he’d hoped for more than anything: a way out of limbo. An exit. He’d wanted this — somehow in some form — and yet a small part of him raged against it, furious and afraid of the shape it’d taken.
Bookmarked by lolu
17 Mar 2024
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It's All About the Bit by LerxstInSpace
Fandoms: 龍が如く | Ryuu ga Gotoku | Yakuza (Video Games)
23 Aug 2023
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It's a long story but here's the quick and dirty version: they have to convince pretty much the whole-ass Kamurocho criminal underworld they're in love and other than two very specific people nobody, absolutely fucking nobody, can know it’s just a bit till the job is done.
You want the long version, including the part where this whole dumb stunt was Majima’s idea? Kiryu kind of insists that it be made real nice and clear that this was, in fact, Majima’s stupid idea and he just went along with it because he didn’t know what the hell else to try. Which, y’know. Fair enough.
[In which Majima and Kiryu pretend to be a Thing for family business reasons. With these two, this is easier said than done.]
Bookmarked by lolu
20 Jun 2023
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"He works all night and lies in his apartment pretending to sleep during the day but it creeps upon him, the neon lights, the parks and the yakuza roaming the streets. So much like Kamurocho, an uncanny valley of its absence: no Champion District alleyways, Theatre Square drunks or a draughty apartment to call home.
The illusion of freedom is a chain on its own; and Majima is a free man as long as he stays in the city, as long as he keeps doing his job; as long as he ignores the sword hanging above his head. If he just lets the sun pooling in his apartment, the serene river and gulls shrieking under his window lull him.
As long as he doesn’t pull on the leash."
Bookmarked by lolu
01 Sep 2022
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2005 is the year when everything quite literally goes up in smoke for Goro Majima.
2006 is the year when he rebuilds.
(set directly post-Kiwami, written as a Majima-centric companion piece for 'Ephemerality'. Might not make a whole lot of sense if you haven't read that one first, but can mostly be read on its own, minus a few key scenes.)
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- Part 2 of Loss, Love, and Other Four Letter Words
Bookmarked by lolu
13 Mar 2022