HAPPY (late) BIRTHDAY, STARK! ♥


Title: Pep Talk
Author: Akuni
Universe: Bleach
Genre: Drama, pre-slash if you squint
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairing: Shuuhei & Renji
Spoilers: SS arc
Word Count: 663
Summary: Shuuhei hasn’t stopped being Renji’s senpai just because they’ve left the Academy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach, I'm just borrowing it for a while.
Distribution: This is only for stark_black, so no. :) Crossposted eventually to shuuren, kurosaki_clinic, and bleach_yaoi.

Dedication: For Stark on her birthday, because she deserves a pick-me-up. :)

A/N: It’s no secret that I adore Renji. I also quite like Shuuhei, and I enjoy using him as a side character in my fic. For some reason, though, I never quite got into the ShuuRen pairing, and that hole in my shipping tree makes absolutely no sense! Stark’s recent birthday gave me a reason to think about it more closely, and try and get into it. Gosh, I think it might’ve worked. ^_^ (Sorry for the lateness, eep!)

Also, there’s a serious lack of Shuuhei in official art. What’s up with that?!

Thanks moshesque for the beta and assurance that this could be read shippy or non. :)

( Read 'Pep Talk' )

Hope you're having a great day. :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, IRONDOG! ♥

Title: Matching the Missing Pieces
Author: Akuni
Universe: Bleach
Genre: Romance, PWPish with a nod toward some background plot
Pairing: Ichigo/Shirosaki (would I give you anything else?)
Rating: NC-17
Spoilers: for SS arc
Word count: 2556
Summary: When you take what you want, sometimes you get what you need.

A/N: Writing this pairing was a fun challenge. I can’t quite shake the feeling that IchiHichi is really an elaborate form of masturbation, which adds a certain extra hotness to the whole thing. ;) I’m glad I had a reason to try this, because I’m happy with how this turned out and I doubt I would’ve tackled it on my own. Thanks for the motivation. :)

Thanks as always to moshesque for the lightning-fast beta and not yelling at me when I wibbled overmuch (and accidentally cut off the beta attribution, aljgnubwu!).

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach, I'm just borrowing it for a while.
Distribution: This is just for 2metaldog, so no. :) Crossposted to ourshakinthrone, kurosaki_clinic, and bleach_yaoi.

Dedication: For IronDog on her birthday, because she’s a wonderfully corrupting influence. *grin* (sorry it's so late!)

( Read 'Matching the Missing Pieces' )
 

Oh I am so spoiled this year! *beams*
For some reason, I didn't think I was going to get any online pressies this year. Clearly I am a dork, and need to adjust my radar!


 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOSH! ♥

Your birthday present is in two parts. On to part one!

Title: “I’d do it right!”
Author: Akuni
Universe: Bleach
Genre: Drama/Romance, PWPish
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Renji/Ichigo
Spoilers: minor for SS arc
Word Count: 2248
Summary: One-upmanship taken to extremes.

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach, I'm just borrowing it for a while.
Distribution: This is just for moshesque, so no. :) Crossposted eventually to ren_x_ichi, kurosaki_clinic, asterisk_plus, and bleach_yaoi.

Dedication: For Mosh, on her birthday. You’re a spectacular beta, and an even better friend. =:)

A/N: Hah, I bet you thought I forgot about this convo! I wrote it for xmas, but I decided to save it for your birthday instead since I had to give up individual xmas gifts. I hope this lives up to the potential in the original idea. Thanks Shelagh for checking it over for me.



Part two of your present!

Warning! We’re jumping fandoms here from Bleach to Saiyuki, so consider yourself warned! If you’re not a Saiyuku fan, or if you are but you’re not a 39 fan, then by all means just stop reading here and carry on. :)

 
 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KAGE! ♥

As promised, some links to some arts. Some are fun, some are smexy, and all are for you! Erm... yeah, my collection tends rather heavily to the Renji and Ichigo - people keep sending me links, what can I say? *grin*


Hope you find something you like! ^_^

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GWY! ♥

It's still early here, but it's midnight in Germany and officially your birthday, and you know I can never wait on these things. *grin*  Even though I know you probably won't get this tonight, maybe not even for a couple days since you have company. Have a great time on your birthday!

Do you know how hard it was to not mention this? I’ve had this ready for your birthday for months, and you kept asking me for ByaRen and I kept having to sit on my fingers so I wouldn't give it all away. ^_^


Title: The Only Thing
Author: Akuni
Universe: Bleach
Genre: Drama, Romance
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Renji/Byakuya
Spoilers: SS arc
Word Count: 1173
Summary: When Byakuya can’t break the rules, Renji finds a way around them.

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach, I'm just borrowing it for a while.
Distribution: This is just for gwy, so no. :) Crossposted eventually to bleach_yaoi, kurosaki_clinic, and bya_ren.

Dedication: For Gwy on her birthday. Thanks for all the fun comments, and the beautiful birthday gift, and for being your sweet self. :)

A/N: My first ByaRen piece. I don’t know exactly what kind of stories you like for this pairing, but I think in general this is rather nice and I hope you enjoy it. :)  Many thanks to the usual behind the scenes peeps Shelagh and moshesque who helped me tweak this and kept me from panicking.

 
 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CLAIRE! ♥

(Gee, yellow doesn't look very spiffy with my layout... oh well! I'm glad you're four hours ahead, so I don't have to stay up late to post at midnight my time, hee!  And see how unsubtle I am at asking Q's?  *lamer* :D)

A/N: I know you like drabbles, so I though you might get a bigger kick out of these than a birthday ficlet. I tried for three different themes - humour, smut, and fluff/romance. The 'smut' isn't terribly smutty, but I think it's steamy enough to get the point across. *grin* They're all RenIchi, of course.

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach, I'm just borrowing it for a while.
Distribution: These are just for cmc42, so no. This time I’d rather not share, thanks. ;)


Title: Askew
Genre: Humour
Rating: PG (language)



Title: Instead
Genre: Smut/Romance
Rating: PG-15



Title: Home
Genre: Fluff/Romance
Rating: PG-15



Hope you have a great day - and find lots of lovely things in your birthday package. ^_^
 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RUKIA! ♥


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Title: Hummingbirds
Author: Akuni
Universe: Bleach
Genre: Romance
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Renji/Rukia
Spoilers: SS arc
Word Count: 1166
Prompts: ritual; a single gesture; lost for words
Summary: Every year on Rukia's birthday, Renji performs the same ritual. This year, the end is slightly different.

A/N: Written for Rukia’s birthday, January 14, 2008. It took a while, but I'm glad I finally got something written for these two. Thanks to Mosh for reminding me that 'pale' is not a colour, and to Shelagh for once again saving me with a most excellent title. :)


 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PAÏ! ♥

I know, I know - I'm horrible at waiting, I admit that freely, but this time I've got a really good reason!  Two, in fact.  One, it's midnight in France now, so it's officially your birthday.  Two, I don't want to post two fics tomorrow - and as you know, tomorrow is chapter day. :)  So you get two pressies from me, kinda - one now, and one later on. ^_^

Title: Not That Stupid
Author: Akuni
Universe: Bleach
Genre: Romance
Rating: NC-17 (smut!)
Pairing: Ichigo/Ishida
Spoilers: nothing you don’t learn in the first dozen episodes/chapters
Word Count: 1391
Summary: Ichigo and Ishida can be very stupid sometimes.

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach, I'm just borrowing it for a while.
Distribution: This is just for parvati4th, so no. :) Crossposted eventually to bleach_yaoi, kurosaki_clinic, and ishi_ichi.

Dedication: For Paï on her birthday. Thank you so much for being one of my biggest fans. :)

A/N: My first IchiIshi piece. I hope you realize, Paï, that I’d only do this for you. :) I tried to write it the way I think you’d like, so it’s a bit different than my normal fare. I hope I came close!

Much love to the usual suspects Shelagh and moshesque for reading, hand-holding, and putting up with my wibbles over leaving my comfort zone to write this.

 
   

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RENJI! ♥

Whee!  My second gift to my favourite guy, on his birthday. ^_^

Title: Möbius
Author: Akuni
Series: Follows ‘Fit to be Tied’
Universe: Bleach
Genre: Humour/Romance
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Renji/Ichigo
Spoilers: none really, but it makes more sense if you’re familiar with the SS arc
Word Count: 597
Summary: Renji’s birthday holds a surprise – for Ichigo.