[REC] Yuletide - VME x 2

[yuuago]

I'll probably have a longer list of recs from Yuletide Exchange in a few days, but for now, I suggest taking a look at the Vatican Miracle Examiner stuff, for those familiar with that canon. Both are Roberto & Hiraga gen, and both are lovely in different ways. One is sweet, and the other has buckets of h/c. Definitely worth taking a look. :D

01: let nothing you dismay (1400 words)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hiraga Josef Kou & Roberto Nicholas
Characters: Hiraga Josef Kou, Roberto Nicholas
Additional Tags: Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Nightmares, Sharing a Bed, Platonic Life Partners, Yuletide Treat
Summary:

If he wakes Roberto up, he knows, Roberto will surface apologetic, self-deprecating, embarrassed. It's one of those inescapable frustrations: Hiraga knows Roberto like he knows no one else, save maybe Ryota, and Roberto, in turn, knows Hiraga so clearly - so fully - and yet he's still unable to believe, deep where it matters, that this tragic history does not make him tainted in Hiraga's eyes. He'd avert his eyes, and lie about his dreams, and carry the weight of those lies with him into the next morning, ashamed and heavy with guilt, and find a way to stay awake as late as possible the next time they share a night.

02: The Crimson and the Wool (2674 words)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Hiraga Ryouta & Roberto Nicholas
Characters: Hiraga Josef Kou, Roberto Nicholas
Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort
Summary:

Hiraga had always though he preferred the cold, fresh air of the snow and the mountains.
Now, he would give anything for the warmth of a summer day.