15
Feb

Turfan

by Matsuo Akane (松雄あかね) (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/39243.html) Xian wore his hair down that night. Tien couldn’t keep his hands out of it, nor, after nearly six months away from his lover, could he keep his hands off Xian. He kept pushing Xian off-balance as they stepped through the dusting of snow on the ground, leaving the […]

28
Sep

Sword

by Matsuo Akane (松雄あかね) illustrated by indelicateink (mirrors http://s2b2.livejournal.com/25563.html) The sword was heavy in his hand this late in the day from the endless thrusts and parries, the stepping and shuffling, the blocks and attacks of his daily practice. His muscles burned, feeling bigger and denser than they’d been when he had picked up his […]