BracedHawk8

An image of Jouno Saigiku a character from Bungou Stray Dogs.



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  1. Rec *

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    Zanka is the puzzle piece Jabbers been missing his whole life. He wants to follow Zanka no matter where he goes, even if it means joining that one organization called "The cleaners"

     
    Or, Jabber is a cleaner, Him and Zanka are sickeningly inseparable while also not wanting to admit their romantic feelings, and they make the other cleaners sick.

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    01 Sep 2026

  2. Rec *

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    The house on Ember Island is as beautiful as Zuko remembers from his childhood, and as decrepit as he remembers from his last visit.

    "You're sure no one has been here?" Suki asks, testing the porch steps with one foot before climbing up hesitantly. "It looks like somebody broke in."

    Zuko cringes. The door is still hanging slightly ajar; he hadn't realised he'd kicked it that hard, but they might have to fix the hinges on top of all the other maintenance the house needs. "I guess I didn't mean nobody. My—me, Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee were all forced on vacation so the adults could discuss their horrible plans for the world in private. We didn't stay at this house, but I came here one night to think."

    "And…kicked the door open?"

    "It was locked," Zuko says.

    or: four times that the gaang understands zuko, and one time that they don't.

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    01 Sep 2026

  3. Rec 48

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    “I don’t want to hurt you,” Sokka stresses, staring down into startled golden eyes, “you’re one of the best fighters I’ve ever had to go up against. Zuko, you terrified the tiger-sealskin out of me the first few times we met. I’m not dismissing you because I got one lucky hit in — I’m trying not to hurt you again, because I don’t want to do that. Not even if it would give me an advantage in a fight.”

    “But—” Zuko shakes his head, dark hair swaying with the movement, and then he frowns. “Then you’re a bad fighter. If you don’t use the advantages you’re given, you’ll never win.”

    “Has it never occurred to you that maybe I don’t want to win?” Sokka frowns back just as intently, deliberately ignoring the you’re a bad fighter comment and instead focusing on the latter part of the sentence. “I mean, I do, but not if I have to rely on advantages that get you hurt to do it. We’re training as friends, not as enemies.”

    Zuko’s look turns incredulous, and he seems a little helpless when he asks, “What’s the difference?”

    After joining the Gaang, Zuko and Sokka spar. Zuko doesn't dodge, Sokka doesn't understand, and they become friends. Somewhere in there, they talk.

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    01 Sep 2026

  4. Rec 2

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    A girl makes friends with a runaway she stumbled into, but finds out he is not what he seems. He gets taken, and she goes after him despite his lies and true nature.

    I just wanted to get my writing out, so this is an older work I’m pasting from my notes app, I know it’s cringy. Romance and all that shit. Its bad, you have been warned

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    30 Aug 2026

  5. Rec 34

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    His jaw is slack, but his eyes are intent. He is tracking every movement Zanka makes, but not in the malicious way his classmates used to. He isn’t waiting for Zanka to mess up; he is trying to observe, to absorb exactly what it is that makes Zanka special. But Zanka doesn’t know this. Zanka only sees something raw, something personal, something so different from what Follo usually looks like. It is not hungry but it is wanting.

    It surprises him that something lurks beneath Follo’s easy smiles, his care and kindness. Maybe Zanka just doesn’t pay enough attention, and that irks him. A lot. Because Nijikus should be observant, Nijikus should be careful. And Cleaners should care.

    There Follo is, watching Zanka like he has something to learn from him. Perhaps Zanka has something to learn from Follo.

    Follo and Zanka, from the start.

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    29 Aug 2026