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mad_madam_mFandom: Tiger & Bunny
Pairing: Barnaby/Kotetsu
Rating: T
Chapters: 14/14
Word Count: 43,679
Excerpt: The party was so different from the first one Barnaby couldn't help but compare them. This time, he knew many people by name, had heard about their families and friends and their lives. He could congratulate Ivan on getting into university and Pao-lin on her job at the general store, ask Miss Lyle about her plans to travel to the city for the Season. He could joke with the men who'd come to help work on rebuilding the wing. He was not just the baron; he was a part of this town now, and he'd had no idea how important that was.
The only downside was that he had no chance to speak with Kotetsu.
See him, certainly. Barnaby's eyes seemed to be drawn to him, off to the side of the room with a drink, sometimes with Miss Seymour or Lopez or even Mrs. Kaburagi, but alone more often than not. Yet every time Barnaby made to go to him, someone else stepped into his line of vision to talk or dance or flirt or ask if he'd met their daughter/niece/dear cousin from a few towns over. He did his best to be cordial each time, but after three hours of being thwarted every time he tried to talk to Kotetsu, he was close to snapping.
And naturally, by the time he'd been left alone for twenty seconds at a stretch, Kotetsu had vanished.
Barnaby swore under his breath and went looking.
He wasn't anywhere to be found in any of the rooms, but Barnaby did spot Mrs. Kaburagi and Kaede still by the punch, which meant it was unlikely Kotetsu had left. But if he wasn't anywhere in the front rooms where the party was, where would he be?
Barnaby had scarcely finished the thought when it hit him, and he turned on his heel and strode toward the north wing.
Read it on AO3.
Pairing: Barnaby/Kotetsu
Rating: T
Chapters: 14/14
Word Count: 43,679
Excerpt: The party was so different from the first one Barnaby couldn't help but compare them. This time, he knew many people by name, had heard about their families and friends and their lives. He could congratulate Ivan on getting into university and Pao-lin on her job at the general store, ask Miss Lyle about her plans to travel to the city for the Season. He could joke with the men who'd come to help work on rebuilding the wing. He was not just the baron; he was a part of this town now, and he'd had no idea how important that was.
The only downside was that he had no chance to speak with Kotetsu.
See him, certainly. Barnaby's eyes seemed to be drawn to him, off to the side of the room with a drink, sometimes with Miss Seymour or Lopez or even Mrs. Kaburagi, but alone more often than not. Yet every time Barnaby made to go to him, someone else stepped into his line of vision to talk or dance or flirt or ask if he'd met their daughter/niece/dear cousin from a few towns over. He did his best to be cordial each time, but after three hours of being thwarted every time he tried to talk to Kotetsu, he was close to snapping.
And naturally, by the time he'd been left alone for twenty seconds at a stretch, Kotetsu had vanished.
Barnaby swore under his breath and went looking.
He wasn't anywhere to be found in any of the rooms, but Barnaby did spot Mrs. Kaburagi and Kaede still by the punch, which meant it was unlikely Kotetsu had left. But if he wasn't anywhere in the front rooms where the party was, where would he be?
Barnaby had scarcely finished the thought when it hit him, and he turned on his heel and strode toward the north wing.
Read it on AO3.
