"Once Upon a Time” Lasts Forever

Title: Tell Him About It
Author: opalmatrix
Fandom: Bleach
Warnings: none
Rating: T (PG)
Word count: 736
Pairing(s): Ayasegawa Yumichika/Madarame Ikkaku
Spoilers: nothing much
Notes: For sprinkgink. Prompt: Public displays of affection - Just hold my damn hand, okay? Title from Billy Joel: "Tell Her About It." Beta by smillaraaq.
Summary: Yumichika's tired of keeping things on the down low.

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Title: Fire at Midnight
Author: opalmatrix
Fandom: Saiyuki
Warnings: a little violence, a little blood kink
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 2,896
Pairing(s): Gojyo/Hakkai
Spoilers: mild for Gojyo and Hakkai in general
Notes: for springkink. Prompt: Familiarity - Middle age is when you have a choice of two temptations and choose the one that will get you home earlier. Beta by smillaraaq.

Summary: Their adventuring days were over and that was just fine with Gojyo. Or so he thought.

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Title: Perfect Fit
Author: opalmatrix
Rating: R
Warnings: m/f sex
Prompt: Discworld, Carrot/Angua: biting - "Don't do that."
Word count: : 559
Summary: A little thing like that won't stop him.
A/N: Written for springkink IX. Beta by the ever-attentive smillaraaq.

Carrot had overheard women talking about their sweethearts ...

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Title: Simple Joys
Author: opalmatrix
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: sensuality, swearing, mild m/m
Prompt: Saiyuki, Gojyo/Hakkai: Domesticity - The weirdest part was that he was getting used to it.
Word count: : 2520
Summary: Gojyo's learning that the right company makes even the mundane joyful.
A/N: Written for springkink VIII. Beta by the indispensable smillaraaq. The title is from a song from the musical Pippin: "Simple joys have a simple voice / that says time is living's prize ... ."

The mid-morning light woke Gojyo. Or maybe it was the smell of pork buns ...

Title: The Next Step
Author: opalmatrix
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: mild m/m
Prompt: Samurai Deeper Kyo: Benitora × Akira, Testing the lines of friendship, "I found myself wanting sympathy"
Word count: : 1485
Summary: Benitora is there when his old friend needs him.
A/N: Written for springkink VIII. Set between the last two chapters of the entire series (306 and 307), but I've tried to finesse any spoilers for volumes 35-38. This story assumes familiarity with canon in vols. 1-34 (the ones released in English so far), so there are some spoilers from those volumes. Beta by the insightful smillaraaq, the always-helpful blue_hobbit, and the surprising kispexi2

The noise of the common room of the roadside inn faded out as the host led Benitora back ...