ext_1065 ([identity profile] p-zeitgeist.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2012-08-31 07:29 pm

That Denial Takes From None by Sutlers (Gen)

Fandom: KUROSHITSUJI
Pairing: none (Sebastian/Ciel pre-slash, if you want to read it that way)

Length: 1426 words

Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] sutlers
Author Website: sutlers at AO3
Why this must be read:

Given Ciel's age and background, it's only natural for fans and writers alike to wonder how he would handle the public school experience that might have been in his future had his parents lived. And indeed, Toboso herself is giving us a look at one set of possibilities in the current school manga arc.

Sutlers' take on an encounter between Ciel and the playing fields of Eton is quite different, and not to be missed. This is an older Ciel, confident, dangerous in his own right, and able to act as a full partner to his demon. It's a version of Ciel we don't often see in fic, but this is the future Ciel that's clearly implied by the 13-year-old we've seen so far in canon. Sutlers is one of those writers whose work always leaves me with that distinctive fannish reaction that goes, Wow, that was amazing, with a greedy side order of and why must she ever write in other fandoms that I might not share? Why can we not have ALL THE FIC? This story is no exception.

That Denial Takes From None