#asutai fic recs

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ONMYOJI FIC RECS ★ #38

fics that have an asterisk (*) in front of them are my personal favorites!

this list was last updated on 1/3/23.

NOTE: most of these contain the ship taishakuten/asura!

*on the long path • one-shot • taishakuten/asura

SUMMARY: “war is long and arduous, but in the midst of their campaign, taishakuten and asura have a few moments to themselves in the afterglow of victory.”

TAGS: unresolved pining, non-sexual intimacy, domestic fluff, taisha doing asura’s hair, set before everything goes wrong

*thus, the guiltless • one-shot • taishakuten/asura

SUMMARY: “the heart he possesses does a certain peculiar thing. taishakuten merely deals with it.”

TAGS: canon-compliant, unreliable narrator, dreams, yearning, prose, angst, ambiguous ending

*love of you is my most cherished thing • one-shot • taishakuten/asura

SUMMARY: “the night before he is to meet asura again, taishakuten sits down to write a letter long overdue.”

TAGS: canon-compliant, formatted like a letter, the pining is strong here, pure angst, T_T

*crane in reed • multi-chapter (24/24) • susanoo/orochi

SUMMARY: “four seasons pass. two gods, and their love story.”

TAGS: slow burn, dream-like existence, mutual pining, angst, domestic fluff, living together, in which you don’t know how much someone means to you until you lose them, grief & mourning, the plot twist crushed me, takamagahara-typical politics, this is a sacred space where we only acknowledge the existence of the may 2022 scrolls, oct 2022 event? whats that?

NOTES: this is an excellent fic, but you will have to use google translate if you want to read it (unless you already know how to read traditional chinese). totally worth it though!!!

to have, and to hold • one-shot • taishakuten/asura

SUMMARY: “taishakuten had always known that asura wanted him.”

TAGS: mind reading, slow burn, angst, open-ended ending

towards the light • one-shot • taishakuten/asura

SUMMARY: “tonight was the festival of lights, and taishakuten was well aware of the collective regret in the camp that they weren’t at home celebrating in the capital. it was the most cherished of holidays among celestials, and tonight zenken would be awash in light, with crystal lanterns and fairy lights in every window and tree.”

TAGS: fluff, holidays, taishura are actually happy here i promise, mutual pining, but not quite lovers yet

hell take us (heaven can wait) • one-shot • taishakuten/asura

SUMMARY: “taishakuten flew. oh, how he had flown, soaring to a height most celestials could only ever dream of reaching — and it was all for this. to cast himself down, down, down — falling into the depths of history, so that his asura could bask in the light that was so rightfully his. asura falling with him, however, was not included in his plans.”

TAGS: takes place in the finale, canon-divergent fix-it, happy ending

en-goose-ubi getting taishura together • one-shot • taishakuten/asura

SUMMARY: “when a client tells enmusubi that taishakuten and asura have lost all memories of ever being married, she decides to try her hand at fixing things.” OR: the answer to all our problems is always enmusubi.

TAGS: post-canon, fluff, humor, enmusubi best matchmaker fr