#why am i only noticing now that goemon's kimono sleeve makes absolutely no sense???????

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I am ALMOST DONE with the final part of Hanafuda, my slow-burn JiGoe tattooist/florist AU fanfic (I literally only have one scene left to write and then some polishing)... which means

Hanafuda Part 3 will start being published soon!!

I know I've been saying "It's almost finished" for at least six months, but this time I can reliably tell you it will begin publishing on AO3 in December at the latest.

In the meantime, parts 1 and 2 are complete, online, and readable right now!

Jigen and Goemon have both retired from crime before they met, and only know each-other under their "civilian" identities. They have to hide their dark pasts from each other, grapple with the challenges of their new lives, with the ghosts of their old lives, and with their burgeoning feelings for each other... and deal with consequences when their pasts catch up with them.

Hanafuda is a slow-burn JiGoe romance in a tattooist/florist AU, where I explore the essence of our favourite gunman and samurai under a new lense.

What would it take for Jigen or Goemon to leave the crime world? What would they do with their unsated need for adventure? Who would they be after they turn back on their weapons? And what would it take to make them take up arms again?

If you like adventure, slow-burn romance, traditional Japanese arts, flower language, pining idiots, trans Jigen, or if you want to see Lupin pretend to be his own twin brother, consider checking it out! 💖