A Strange Storm - Writing Journal of astrangerenters

Title: Shine in Summer’s Glimmer
Rating: NC-17
Characters/Pairings: Sakurai Sho/Matsumoto Jun
Summary: A month at a guest house along the Chiba coast. Beachy days, quiet nights. And an attraction Sho simply can’t shake.
Notes/Warnings: Story includes a character with depression; brief mention of suicide; mentions of cheating/infidelity; sex; adult language. Title comes from Summer Splash.

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Title: The Happy Fairy Princess Cafe
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Sakurai Sho/Matsumoto Jun
Summary: In between jobs, Sho agrees to help out at the cafe where his friend works. But his friend fails to mention that he will be expected to do a lot more than just wait tables.
Notes/Warnings: This one’s fluffy, silly, and mostly drama-free. The Arashi Sweets Club was very inspirational!

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Title: How Far I’ve Walked With You
Rating: NC-17
Characters/Pairings: Sakurai Sho/Matsumoto Jun
Summary: Sho arrives at Pinetree Manor as a live-in tutor for a wealthy young orphan. Though his job has its challenges, it’s the boy’s guardian, his mysterious uncle, who proves to be the greatest challenge of all.
Notes/Warnings: For this year’s arashi_exchange. This ended up being a strange jumble of Downton Abbey and Jane Eyre-type tropes but set in Japan. Historical accuracy is…quite unlikely because of the very “English novel”-style plot, but the general time period is meant to be Taisho Era (1912-1926). Title comes from Always.

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Title: Pass Da Mic, Pass Da Pen
Rating: R
Characters/Pairings: Matsumoto Jun/Sakurai Sho
Summary: Jun’s friend Aiba drags him to an “open mic” night for his creative writing club. The talent on display may not be the greatest, but does it matter when the guy running the club is just Jun’s type?
Notes/Warnings: The last two stories I’ve completed have been 72,000+ words and 45,000+ words respectively, both heavily plot-driven, so I thought - why not write something completely ridiculous?! Sakumoto deserve it from time to time. Please forgive this silliness - anything I write with ~myself~ as the intended recipient can turn into a self-indulgent hot mess. A former colleague of mine writes original fiction in his spare time, and I recently attended an open mic event to hear him and others read. Needless to say it was inspirational and the stories there were much better than the ones here bahaha. I don’t say it enough, but thanks for sticking around this writing journal. I love all of you!!! ;)

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