Ume No Hana by abundantlyqueer (NC-17)

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Fandom: LOTRIPS
Pairing: Billy/Dom
Author on LJ: abundantlyqueer
Author Website: Index of Fanfic (maintained by zoniduck)
Why this must be read: The author calls this an 'AAU', because it's set in a completely different world from ours - and wow, is it a fascinating one, and not just for Japanophiles... One of the most gorgeously written things ever, with lots of attention to detail and a beautifully sensual atmosphere.

Dominic resettles into absolute stillness. Billy adds another coat of enamel and Dominic’s fingernails shine pitch black.

Billy returns the bottle to its place, takes out a black brush-pen, and uncaps it. The strokes of the forming letters curve over the tracery of bones and veins, the ink catching minutely around the fine hairs growing on the back of Dominic’s hand.

“Love,” Billy writes.

Billy lifts Dominic’s hand and blows on the drying ink. Dominic inhales softly.

Ume No Hana