I can move mountains, I can work a miracle [OPEN]

[rassera]

WHO: The residents of Nonah 05 + YOU!
WHERE: Nonah, Residence #005
WHEN: All month long (January)
WHAT: Nonah 05 open log for January Shenanigans
WARNINGS: Obligatory Bull and Tetsuo warnings apply.


Starters will be appearing in the comments. If you want something specific from any one person (Kaneda rassera, Tetsuo iamtetsuo, Bull rideme and Ken amadaman), feel free to drop them a line and ask! Otherwise, feel free to add your own starters for the whole household or individual residents as you like.

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[rassera]

["Can I still be with you?"


Small hands cling to the back of his neck, fingers threading through his fine black hair and clinging like a lifeline. He knew the hold well--when someone wanted to be held in return. Sometimes to cry, sometimes just to feel safe. Maybe even both. And Kaneda's not going to deny him that as his arms wrap around the kid, feeding off each other's warmth and affection in the crisp evening air.

And In that moment, Kaneda can almost swear he feels Kala-Nemi too. Her rhythm synced with Ken's, and his own too. At that moment, all three of them are perfectly in sync, like they were in the fight against Peter Pan. She knew his words he wanted to say, he could tell. And if she knew them, then he knows that the message went to Ken too. He'd say them one day, when Ken can come back to Nonah 05 without a fight.

When Kaneda can have not one, but two brothers.

His right and left hands.]


Oi...you think you can run away?


[Strong arms hold strongly around Ken's shoulders, keeping him in an embrace that seemed to melt the frost around them. His breath was warm and steady, and if you felt it, his eyes failed to bat back a tear or two that so desperately wanted to fall.

What Tetsuo had with Kaneda was something special. His one connection to home. Everything he's ever fought for since the day he'd arrived. The one thing he wanted to protect more than anything, for fear of losing it meant losing a part of himself. Ken isn't that.

Ken is something different.

Because he too owned a piece of Kaneda's heart, a part that was born in this world, that didn't have to be taken from Tetsuo, because it had been his all along. A section of it made for both Ken and Kala-Nemi, beating in sync with their heartbeats.]

I'd chase you down every time.

[But with that, there's a pause, and his voice is softer, not even above a whisper.]

Brothers...that's what they think we are. Guess it wouldn't be too bad, huh?

[amadaman]

[There's a quiet gasp into Kaneda's shoulder. It's the sound that comes right before someone's about to cry, and Ken's just the same. Kaneda's embrace -- his warmth, the sound of his voice, the sound of his breathing, the faint beat of his heart he thinks he can feel through their coats -- wraps around him like a cocoon, shielding him from the harshness of the winter around them.

It melts away the wall Ken had built around himself these past few months. He had secrets to keep and fights to fight, and after people like Crane and Pan, he couldn't feel safe to let his guard down. He was vulnerable; Ken knew that well. But here, with Kaneda, he can be safe. And he doesn't have to leave his side.

Brothers... that's what they think we are.

Kaneda is not the only person to treat him like family, nor is he the first. But in this moment, he's the one giving Ken this love when he needed it the most, and his are the words that knocked right into him as his shell was crumbling. The dam holding back Ken's feelings doesn't stand a chance.

Kaneda will hold him. Kaneda will be here. Shinjiro and Minato, his mother, are all dead. They're already gone. One day, he'll part ways with Kaneda, too. But he's here right now, and he's safe, and it's knowing that he'll still hold him together that allows Ken to finally fall apart. The soft gasp turns into a soft, mournful wail and nothing can stop his tears now.]