Prose Alchemist

Title: Tattoo
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G.
Characters: Zero and Cross.
Setting: Some months after Zero was bitten.
Summary: Zero receives a solemn gift for his thirteenth birthday.
Disclaimer: They belong to Matsuri Hino. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: For quite a while, I’ve wanted to write a fic about Zero getting his taming-crest tattoo. The motivation to write it finally came from the prompt of “Ink” at fan_flashworks. In my head there is more to the story, but at least for now, I like this piece as it stands.

( For Zero Kiryu, the occasion was only a somber milestone. )

Title: The Lateness of the Hour
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Mild PG for vampire angst.
Characters: Cross and Zero.
Setting: Around the very beginning of the series.
Summary: Zero was growing ever more restless in the hours of darkness.
Disclaimer: Not mine. I’m just playing with them.
Notes: In the first episode, Zero is shown napping in the stable when he should be in class. I thought there must be a flipside to that behavior at night. This story is an attempt to explore that idea, as well as to write parental!Kaien, which is one of my favorite overlooked aspects of the series.

( The hinges of the library door had needed oiling for weeks. )