[fic][Escaflowne] Care and Feeding

[moonsheen]

So having recently power rewatched Escaflowne in an extreme bout of I <3 the 90s anime nostalgia, I wrote this short little diddy. As several people have requested it and so now I will post it for the masses. Apparently what was missing from my teenaged years was massive amounts of Van and Hitomi wingfic. This needs to be fixed.



She combed her fingers over the thick curve of the highest arch, finding the loose feather dangling off the primary and plucking it loose. The wing jolted, only slightly, but three more feathers came out for the one she held in her fingers.

"Oh," she said. "They just come OUT."

"Mmm," said Van, turning his head into his arm. He'd been lying quietly the whole time.

"Do they always do that?"

"Yes," he mumbled, pressing his face further into his arm.

Hitomi put her hands into the down closer to his back and ruffled, slightly. A small blizzard went loose. His primarys extended in surprise, stretching the muscles close to his ribs and spine, muscles a normal man didn't have.

"Van," she said, a little sternly. "Are they SUPPOSED to do that?"

Van said nothing.

"Van," she said. "Are you molting?"

"N-no!" He nearly scrambled up on all fours in protest. His wing tip brushed the cabin ceiling and he flopped back down again. "That's seasonal! They just... if you..." he stumbled for words. "If you...mmmkeep them in too long. It gets. Erm. Messy."

Hitomi snapped one of the floating feathers out of the air and held it close to her eyes, tapping it matter-of-factly against her temple. "Guys are so untidy," she sighed. "Hold still."

Comments

[adesso.livejournal.com]

awkward boner

AWKWARD BONER!!

[moonsheen.livejournal.com]

thank you for saying it so I don't have to

poor van, those trousers are sort of merciless in this respect.

[mekosuchinae.livejournal.com]

This is my favorite comment. Like, ever. Of all comments. Ever.

[adesso.livejournal.com]

It's the icon, really.

[byzantienne]

wiiiiiings~

awkwardbonerwings~

I am way too happy about this~

[amei.livejournal.com]

AAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!

This is adorable, and so them!

Van/Hitomi otpotp, I missed my annual esca rewatch needs to be rectified

[moonsheen.livejournal.com]

yesss

I really sort of want to write all the things I never thought to do when I was, like 16 and seeing this for the first time!

like the make outs!

and the make outs!

oh and I guess stuff with Awesome Knight of Asturia Celena but that's less relevant to my thwarted otp interests.

[amei.livejournal.com]

Duuuude usually I have this aversion for 'winged bishonen' but Van is totally the exception here.

Make outs. MAKE OUTS. Yes. Am subscribing to your newsletter.

(re Celena, this too. Millerna being a travelling MD is also a logical outcome for the series that I wish I could write for sob)

[vitani]

This is precious.

Oh Van and Hitomi, one of the first pairings I used to dream up babies for.

[crysiana.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I didn't know how much I wanted this right now, and yet it's so good. (Poor Van.)

(Also, ha, your tags.)

[puella-nerdii.livejournal.com]

wingfic + awkward boners = :D :D :D

NOW IF ONLY THEY WOULD MAKE OUT ALREADY.

I'm just saying.

[mekosuchinae.livejournal.com]

*_________________________________________*

I'm LOLing, but only a little bit, because mostly I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. I LOVE YOU FOREVER. OMG. Awkward bonerrrrr.

And omg wing grooming, MY MOST SPECIFIC OF ALL KINKS. (Thank you, Good Omens fandom.)

AND

VAN/HITOMI OMGGGGGGGGGGGG (WHY ARE THEY NOT DOING IT ALWAYS) (OR AT LEAST CUDDLING AND TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY LOVE EACH OTHER) (OR BOTH!!) (cockblocked forever)

AND

YOUR AMAZING WRITING AHHHHHHHHH HOW SO GOOD ALWAYS WITH THE DIALOGUE AND THE NARRATIVE AND THE RHYTHM AND THE WORDS AND THE STARS, THE STARS IN MY EYES








--this is the worst comment, sorry, which is extra sad because this is the best story.

[arks.livejournal.com]

They were cockblocked by prognostication.

[miss-arel.livejournal.com]

Awwwww! <3 socuuuuuuute! I haven't watched Escaflowne in forever, but now I'm all nostalgic. Mmmm, wings.

[sairobi.livejournal.com]

I recently rewatched the series and I am pretty much embarrassingly VAN/HITOMI OTP 4EVER* so this makes me very happy indeed.

*I feel so square shipping the main characters, man. D:

[arks.livejournal.com]

. . . I want more. ♥

[yoiyami.livejournal.com]

Eeee, wing fic! Would love to see a continuation of this if the muses allow.