hardly_a_ghost



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  1. Rec 61

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    Memory, I realize, can be an unreliable thing; often it is heavily coloured by the circumstances in which one remembers, and no doubt this applies to certain of the recollections I have gathered here.

    -Etsuko, A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro

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    19 Jan 2026

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    "You love me?" Sora asked.

    Riku looked like he'd been punched in the gut. His face had lost all color, emerald eyes burning with the obvious horror on his face. Sora had never in his entire sixteen years seen Riku like that. Not when Sora had broken his ankle or when Riku had slipped the knife while cooking and hit a pinky— not when Sora closed that door with Riku behind it, or when Sora hopped onto the wave of keyblades despite Riku's harried yell following him— never.

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    07 Dec 2025

  3. Rec 39

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    "I bet you boys would get along well."

    "Hah, yeah..." Riku trails off in response. She knows the dream gave her shorter hair, but she hadn't thought it had changed her appearance that drastically. She hasn't been confused for a boy for ages; the last person who'd gotten it wrong was Kairi, back on the day she washed up on the islands. It's... Weird, to hear that come up again.

    She should correct Shiki. She doesn't.

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    In which Riku speedruns his trans and gay awakenings during the events of DDD and KH3.

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    31 Jul 2025

  4. Rec 81

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    A spoiler heavy coming-to-terms Christmas fic with Sora and Riku loving eachother as a driving force for change.

    I take liberties.
    I took them all.

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    30 Jul 2025

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    It's about growing up, mostly. Sometimes it's about the guy you totally didn't kiss in the locker room and sometimes it's about the guy who climbed in your window. Sometimes it's about hockey. But sometimes it's about the difference between what's real and what's fake, between what you own and what you fight, between being a boy and being a man.

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    11 Jul 2025