mad_madam_m | Entries tagged with m writes taibani

Title: Coming Home
Fandom: Tiger & Bunny
Pairing: Barnaby/Kotetsu
Word count: 767
Rating: T
Tags: Established relationship, fluff, cuddling
Summary: Kotetsu comes home after several days away, and Barnaby welcomes him.

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Title: Mind's Eye
Fandom: Tiger & Bunny
Pairing: Barnaby/Kotetsu
Word count: 705
Rating: T
Tags: POV Outsider, Humor, Telepathy, Future Fic, Hero!Kaede
Summary: Kaede copies the ability to read minds and immediately has Many Regrets when she reads Barnaby's.

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Title: Love, Bunny
Fandom: Tiger & Bunny
Pairing: Barnaby/Kotetsu
Word count: 1877
Rating: G
Tags: White Day, Getting Together, First Kiss
Summary: Barnaby gets a mysterious cake on Valentine's Day, and goes about finding the best way to respond.

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Title: New Rings
Fandom: Tiger & Bunny
Pairing: Barnaby/Kotetsu
Word count: 831
Rating: G
Tags: Established Relationship, Fluff, Post-Wedding, drunk!Barnaby
Summary: "You have a wedding ring," Bunny informs him in a tone used only by toddlers and drunk people.

Kotetsu nods. "I do."

"It's a new one. It's not the same one you had before."

"Hey, don't tell me you already forgot how I got it." Kotetsu wiggles his ring finger. "I didn't think you had that much to drink."

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Title: Little Red Dress
Fandom: Tiger & Bunny
Pairing: Barnaby/Kotetsu
Word count: 6883
Rating: E
Tags: Crossdressing, Crossdressing Kink, Established Relationship, Blow Jobs, Anal Sex, Bottom Barnaby, Top Kotetsu, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Porn with Feelings, Fluff and Smut
Summary: The woman turned around and Kotetsu fell back into his seat.

Antonio yanked his drink out of the way. "What the hell?"

"That's Bunny," Kotetsu said.

Antonio frowned. "What?"

"The red dress. That's Bunny."

~

Barnaby wears a dress, for reasons. Kotetsu...really likes it.

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Title: All I Want for Christmas
Fandom: Tiger & Bunny
Pairing: Barnaby/Kotetsu
Word count: 1712
Rating: G
Summary:

He kicked his heel against the porch idly and stared up at the night sky. He'd invited Bunny to come to Oriental Town with him for the holidays, but Bunny had said no. Kotetsu wasn't too surprised; Christmas Eve was not exactly a good time for him and if he wanted to be alone, Kotetsu wasn't going to push.

Even so, it stung. It would have been nice to have Bunny here for the holiday. And maybe it would have been nice for him, too, to have a good memory to associate with Christmas Eve.

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Kotetsu gets a surprise for Christmas.

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Fandom: 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.

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Current Mood: excited

Chapter Title: In Which There Is Candor
Fandom: Tiger & Bunny
Pairing: Barnaby/Kotetsu
Rating: T
Word Count: 2824
Excerpt: Even though construction was finished, Barnaby found his days were no less busy. Between getting the house ready for a real party and making preparations to return to the city, he had very little time to himself, which meant very little time to think about Kotetsu and any lingering feelings he might have had.

Well, lingering was perhaps not the best word when said feelings continued to throttle him at inopportune times. He missed Kotetsu, even more so now that they had no reason to see each other on a daily basis. There would be no more sharing lunches or dinners, no more casual conversations while they worked side-by-side, no more drinks at the tavern. No more midnight rides home together.

The thought cast a pall to every day, which was certainly not helped by the weather turning dreary and cold as autumn made its presence known.

He thought he was doing a good job of keeping his feelings controlled until Samantha brought him tea in the office one day and didn't leave as quickly as she normally did. She seemed to be hovering.

Barnaby turned his attention to adding cream to his tea. "Is there something you need, Mrs. Taylor?"

"Do you mind if I speak plainly, milord?" she asked.

"Of course not."

"Well," Samantha sat on the edge of a chair on the other side of the desk, "we've noticed you've been in a bit of a mood lately."

That got his attention. Barnaby lowered the teaspoon to the saucer. "A mood?"

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Chapter Title: In Which They Share a Horse
Fandom: Tiger & Bunny
Pairing: Barnaby/Kotetsu
Rating: T
Word Count: 3681
Excerpt: The days grew shorter, the leaves started to turn, and the early mornings held a crispness in the air that meant summer was soon to go and autumn was well on its way.

Just as the seasons changed, they set the last brick in place and the north wing was finished.

Well, not entirely finished—Barnaby still had to refurnish it—but the rebuilding was complete.

He walked through the empty halls, peering in the rooms. Bright, open windows. Blank walls. A plain canvas just waiting for paint and paper.

The thought should have worried him, but it didn't. It felt like...freedom. As though some time in the past several weeks, the house had cast off the weight that had been sitting on it for twenty years.

Or maybe it was Barnaby who had cast a weight off. It was difficult to say.

To his continued surprise, the lowered rents had helped tremendously. The town was not yet thriving, but it was on its way there. People were happier, it seemed, and the entire air of the town was lighter when he went in to visit.

He and Samantha had gone through the house piece by piece, deciding what to keep and what could be sold. That had earned him enough to bring on more help—not yet enough to properly keep a house of this size, but enough to make it easier on Samantha. And with his new investments bearing fruit, he'd be able to hire a few more before the end of the year.

It might be by the skin of his teeth, but they would make enough to keep the estate running.

Barnaby looked up at the ceiling and let the relief wash over him. For the first time in years, he did not feel the crippling grief he'd come to associate with this place. In fact, he rather liked it.

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Chapter Title: In Which There Is a Realization
Fandom: Tiger & Bunny
Pairing: Barnaby/Kotetsu
Rating: T
Word Count: 4561
Excerpt: Lord Bunny rested for all of two days before he was back to help with the construction on the north wing. Kotetsu was surprised he'd lasted that long. Personally, he'd never really been one to sit still unless he couldn't physically move, something which had gotten him in trouble more times than he could count.

Even though it was expected, his heart still gave a funny little pang whenever he arrived at Apollon Manor and didn't see Bunny out among the workers. Kotetsu hadn't realized how used he'd gotten to working with him until he wasn't there anymore. It was disappointing to be working by himself.

Well, not by himself, obviously; Antonio and Keith were still there, and Ivan and Pao-lin came out regularly. Plus, as they'd gotten further along with the project, more people showed up every day to help out as they could. But Kotetsu had been working mostly with Bunny since they'd started this project, and, well, they made a pretty good team.

So on the third day, when Kotetsu made his way up to the north wing—nearly half-bricked now, and the inside was moving even more quickly—and saw Bunny sitting outside in his work boots, hair tied up as it usually was, he couldn't stop the grin from spreading over his face.

He picked up his pace. "Bunny!"

Bunny stood up. "You're late."

Kotetsu balked. "I am not! I got here at the same time I did yesterday!"

Bunny dusted off his pants. "Then clearly you've been slacking while I've been resting."

Kotetsu opened his mouth to argue again when he spotted the faint smile on Bunny's face and the way his green eyes danced a little. He was teasing.

Kotetsu's heart did something twisty at that.

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Chapter Title: In Which There Is a Catch
Fandom: Tiger & Bunny
Pairing: Barnaby/Kotetsu
Rating: T
Word Count: 3548
Excerpt: "This is very concerning," Lord Bunny said from several feet below.

Kotetsu stood up on his tiptoes on the scaffolding so he could put the next brick into place. "It'll be fine. I've done this before."

Granted, the last time he'd done this, he hadn't been quite so far up, but that was a minor detail. Bunny had been making a very concerned frown from the moment Kotetsu had climbed up on the scaffolding to continue laying the bricks.

They'd fallen into more of a routine as the days went on. Six days a week they worked on the wing, and on the seventh they took a break. Antonio had started coming over only in the afternoons so he could do his work at the forge in the mornings—people had been getting antsy about their blacksmith being gone for most of the day. Kotetsu did have to take a couple of mornings each week to see to his own farm, but with his mother managing most things on that front, he had more time to devote to Apollon Manor's north wing.

And it was coming along very nicely, if he did say so himself. Somewhat slower going on the outside with the brick laying, but when he walked through the interior now, he could actually see the layout of the rooms and where things were going to go. It wasn't going to be exactly like it had been twenty years ago, but it would be pretty close.

He hoped Bunny liked it, once they were through.

"You're getting very close to the edge, Mr. Kaburagi," Bunny said, his voice taking on that stiff and formal tone.

That particular tone, Kotestu had learned over the past several weeks, meant that Lord Bunny was trying very hard not to show some kind of emotion, so he fell hard into stiff politeness. He grinned to himself. "Are you worried about me, Lord Bunny?"

"If you break your neck, I'm the one who's going to have to clean it up. I'd rather not."

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Chapter Title: In Which There Is an Interrogation
Fandom: Tiger & Bunny
Pairing: Barnaby/Kotetsu
Rating: T
Word Count: 4047
Excerpt: Although getting the frame up was a huge milestone, the work was still nowhere near finished. Barnaby was getting up just after dawn every morning and going to bed near midnight every night. When he wasn't outside helping with construction on the wing, he was in his office, responding to letters and sending off payments when he couldn't plead his way into a delay. There was still more money going out than there was coming in. He hoped the beginning of the month would help with that; otherwise he was going to need to get creative.

On the bright side—if there could be a bright side to all this mess—the townspeople seemed to be happy about the adjustment in the rents, judging by the number of eggs, vegetables, and yarn Barnaby now found himself the recipient of. Three days after he'd given her the house, Mrs. Penny had left an entire basket of jams and jellies with Samantha by way of thanks. At least he was saving a bit of money on food, when all was said and done.

Barnaby found he much preferred the physicality of construction than he did the paperwork in his office. Yes, it meant he spent most of the day sore and sweaty and sunburned, and he was beyond exhausted when he collapsed into bed at night, but he could see progress. He felt like he'd done something. The same couldn't be said of dealing with paperwork, no matter how important he knew it was.

It also did not hurt that spending time working on the north wing meant spending time with Kaburagi. Barnaby was self-aware enough to recognize his attraction, even though he had no intention of doing anything about it, and it was both a blessing and a curse to have Kaburagi around as much as he was. A blessing, because the man was a hard worker and knew what he was doing, and without him, Barnaby knew this project wouldn't be half as far along as it was, if it would have even ever started at all. And a curse, because Kaburagi could be astoundingly annoying. He absolutely lived to needle Barnaby whenever he got the chance, and Barnaby could not stop himself from snapping back every time. Not that it ever appeared to bother Kaburagi when he did; in fact, he usually grinned in response.

And oh, that grin was dangerous. Broad and open and honest, it always made Barnaby's heart beat faster, hooking into his chest and drawing him closer. He liked seeing it, more than he should.

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Chapter Title: In Which a Baron Helps Out
Fandom: Tiger & Bunny
Pairing: Barnaby/Kotetsu
Rating: T
Word Count: 3188
Excerpt: Barnaby returned to the house just after sunset. The ride from the town to Apollon Manor was not a long one, but he'd taken his time and a few detours to clear his head.

It was a foolish thing to be upset about. Kaburagi and the others were helping people; that wasn't a bad thing. In fact, it was a very kind, selfless thing for them to be doing, to have continued doing over the past decade even when they must also have been struggling themselves at times.

However, no matter how kind it was, it was a reminder of how badly Barnaby had failed, of how many people had been suffering—had been suffering for years—because he'd been content to let Maverick handle things rather than standing up to take his proper place as baron. He'd assumed Maverick was doing a good job, assumed there was time for him to learn the ropes and take over eventually.

Just another example of how foolish he'd been.

Barnaby took the paper with Mrs. Penny's name and information on it out of his pocket. A widow, Miss Seymour had said, who didn't have the means to support herself now that her husband had passed, and she was in danger of losing her home.

How many others were like her? How many other families, or widows, or widowers, or orphans were in danger of losing their homes or their livelihoods because of him?

He crumpled the paper and shoved it back in his pocket. He'd fix it. Somehow, he'd fix it. Maybe it was too little, too late, but he'd be damned if he'd do nothing. Barnaby had spent the better part of his adulthood doing nothing, trusting the wrong people, and look where that had gotten him. The absolute least he could do was try to do something.

Maybe it wouldn't fix everything, but it would be a start. And a start was really all he could ask for.

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Chapter Title: In Which They Share a Drink
Fandom: Tiger & Bunny
Pairing: Barnaby/Kotetsu
Rating: T
Word Count: 3333
Excerpt: Every part of Kotetsu's body hurt. Not surprising, since he'd been up at dawn to start clearing away the burned shell of Apollon Manor's north wing and hadn't left until nearly dusk, but knowing he should be sore didn't make it any less painful. He'd gone home long enough for dinner and a bath, and now he was riding into the village to meet Antonio, Keith, and Nathan for a drink and some more discussion. Helping Lord Bunny was good and pretty important, when all was said and done, but they couldn't give up their usual work for the summer.

He dismounted his horse with a groan and sent it off to the stable behind Muramasa's tavern. He was not really looking forward to having to ride back tonight, but they would be back at the manor in the morning and it would be a much shorter ride from his house.

Kotetsu paused before heading into the tavern, stretching his legs from the ride, and spotted someone leaving Miss Joubert's office. He frowned; it was pretty late for anybody to be leaving the lawyer's office.

He stopped when he realized it was Lord Bunny. The red coat and golden hair were unmistakable.

Kotetsu debated leaving him alone for all of two seconds before he decided against it. The man hadn't been here in twenty years; he couldn't have many friends. And even if he wasn't planning on staying, he probably needed something to do that wasn't poring over his accounts every night. Might do him good to grab a drink with them.

He did not think about it much more before he jogged over. "Lord Bunny!"

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Chapter Title: In Which Construction Begins
Fandom: Tiger & Bunny
Pairing: Barnaby/Kotetsu
Rating: T
Word Count: 2971
Excerpt: "You want us to do what?" Antonio yelled.

Kotetsu shushed him and glanced around the tavern. It was nearly one in the morning and nobody else was downstairs, but still, it was nearly one in the morning. "Quiet! People are sleeping."

"Not here," Antonio said, but he lowered his voice. "Did you really tell Lapincourt that we'd rebuild his house for free?"

Nathan sat perched on one of the barstools and arched an eyebrow in Kotetsu's direction. "I really hope you didn't indicate that I would be helping."

"I didn't say who." Kotetsu opened another box they'd hauled in from the party and started putting the bottles of liquor back where they belonged. "I just said that we'd help."

Antonio crossed his arms over his massive chest. "For free."

Kotetsu gestured toward the town. "And how is that different from what we've been doing for the past ten years?"

"He's the baron," Antonio said.

"He still needs help," Kotetsu insisted. "That's what we do. We help people."

Antonio did not look convinced. "We help the villagers. It's not the same."

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Chapter Title: In Which a Deal Is Made
Fandom: Tiger & Bunny
Pairing: Barnaby/Kotetsu
Rating: T
Word Count: 3456
Excerpt: Kaburagi's eyes were the color of whiskey.

Barnaby had spoken to more than a hundred people at this point, talking so much that he was starting to go hoarse, and yet his mind had latched onto the few seconds he and Kaburagi had spoken with a frightening grip.

He almost hadn't recognized him without the flat cap and with a jacket on, but then he'd spotted the beard and the memory came rushing back.

The "Lord Bunny" had also helped.

Of all the introductions he'd made, that was the single instance he hadn't been able to remain polite, where he couldn't help the sarcastic inquiry about the damn goose. Kaburagi hadn't seemed offended by it; if anything, he'd looked amused.

Barnaby kind of hated him.

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Chapter Title: In Which There Is a Party
Fandom: Tiger & Bunny
Pairing: Barnaby/Kotetsu
Rating: T
Word Count: 2189
Excerpt: "I can't believe we're doing this," Kotetsu said.

His mother gave him a sharp look. "We are doing this, and you are going to be on your best behavior, Kotetsu Kaburagi."

"I'm always on my best behavior!" Kotetsu argued.

Anju did not look convinced.

Kaede practically vibrated with excitement between them. "I can't believe we're going to a real party at Apollon Manor and we're going to meet Lord Lapincourt." She glared up at Kotetsu. "Really meet him, not just stop his carriage in the road."

Kotetsu made a face at his daughter and reached over to tweak her hair. "I didn't stop his carriage. That was the geese."

That didn't do anything to change Kaede's glare.

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Chapter Title: In Which There Are Concerns
Fandom: Tiger & Bunny
Pairing: Barnaby/Kotetsu
Rating: T
Word Count: 2608
Excerpt: The house was almost the same.

Barnaby stood in front of it, the façade of the manor rising imposingly into the sky, perhaps not quite as large as it had been when he'd been a child, but still impressive.

He very carefully did not look at the north wing.

Three people stood on the front steps, like they were waiting for him. With a pang, Barnaby remembered when there had been a full staff, where there was always someone around. How many had been let go because of the way Maverick had mismanaged the funds? Had they been able to find other employment? Had Maverick bothered giving them references, or had he just cast them out?

And how many of those left would he have to let go, if he couldn't find a way to fix what had been so thoroughly broken?

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Title: Home Is Where the Heart Is
Fandom: Tiger & Bunny
Pairing: Barnaby/Kotetsu
Rating: T
Chapters: 1/14
Characters: Barnaby "Bunny" Brooks Jr., Kaburagi T. Kotetsu, Nathan Seymour, Samantha Taylor, Kaburagi Anju, Kaburagi Kaede, Kaburagi Muramasa, Antonio Lopez, Keith Goodman, Original Characters
Summary: Barnaby Brooks Jr., Lord Lapincourt, is going back to his country estate for the first time in twenty years. His only goal is to fix the estate's precarious financial situation and return to the city as quickly as possible, but both the estate and his manor itself require far more work than he anticipated.

The last thing Barnaby wants is help in the form of the annoying (and attractive) farmer who also happens to be his neighbor. But it might be exactly what he needs.

(Or, the one where Barnaby and Kotetsu rebuild a house and fall in love, not necessarily in that order.)

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For rhysiana, the second winner of my fandomtrumpshate auction waaaaaaaaaaay back at the beginning of this year. The very first thing in her email after I'd asked what she wanted was "Tiger & Bunny historical AU" and the noise I made, you guys. Oh my God. The fact that I managed to keep this to a somewhat-reasonable word count is a miracle in and of itself.

Thank you to cobrilee for the beta read and for patiently answering all my endless questions, and thank you to paintedrecs and alocalband for your help with the summary. <3

Title: Dreaming of You
Fandom: Tiger & Bunny
Pairing: Barnaby/Kotetsu
Word count: 6418
Characters: Kotetsu, Kaede, Barnaby, Nathan
Rating: M
Summary: Kotetsu's been having dreams about someone with blond hair. He just can't figure out who it could be or why.

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In one of the Tiger & Bunny side specials, Kotetsu says he has all these magazines because he saw an actress in a dream, but it's obvious that the actress looks exactly like Barnaby. So of course, our entire Discord server instantly jumped on the idea that he's been having sex dreams about Barnaby and absolutely not realizing that's who he was dreaming about. Because he wouldn't, because Kotetsu is extremely intelligent about some things and then dense as a brick about others.

And then, of course, the idea wouldn't leave me alone, so I wrote it.

So here, have ~6000 words of Kotetsu gradually realizing just how non-platonic his feelings for Barnaby are.

Unbeta'd.