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No Stranger (To This Heartbreak) by porkcutletbow
- Recommended by: sodapop7665
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Grief is such a visceral thing
- Recommended by: sodapop7665
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: A one shot on Eiji's past as pole vaulter, his injury and how Ibe convinced his parents to let him go to New York. This one shot is set between Fly Boy In The Sky and the actual plot of Banana Fish.
- Recommended by: sodapop7665
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: “Remember that one time I said we should get matching tattoos.. well i was thinking-“ Ash interrupted Eiji mid-sentence “Yeah, we should do that. Now.” They both knew what these marks were intended for, to make everyone jealous, jealous of the relationship Ash and Eiji have.
Home is Just Beyond My Reach by Adlez27
- Recommended by: sodapop7665
- Status: In Progress
- Synopsis: "Eiji Okumura" wasn't always his name. He always grew up thinking something was off, and he always wanted to run away from the life he had.
Interlude by keeping_your_distance
- Recommended by: sodapop7665
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Ash shelved his thoughts of distracting Golzine and the fate of the other politicians away, the gears have slowed down to a stop. It'll only be a couple more minutes until Eiji calls him for dinner, and it's been a while since he had this opportunity to do nothing. What can he do to pass the time?
Pinky Promise? by wandering_minds
- Recommended by: sodapop7665
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Ash meets his aunt.
Shipping Fics
Care Taker by Sparkle 94 (acpendra)
- Recommended by:sodapop7665
- Status: Complete
- Pairing(s): Ash/Eiji
- Synopsis: In AU universe where Ash agrees to Foxx's offer in order to spare Eiji. Its his beloved partner who wrestles with the fallout of the choice he was never consulted on. Fate brings Yut Lung into his path and circumstances drive the two into a very unstable alliance
Nighttime Rituals by thesabotagedandovershadowed
- Recommended by:sodapop7665
- Status: Complete
- Pairing(s): Ash/Eiji
- Synopsis: On a quiet night, Ash allows Eiji to brush his hair.
1992, 1993 by greyn
- Recommended by:sodapop7665
- Status: Complete
- Pairing(s): Sing Soo-Ling/Lee Yut-Lung
- Synopsis: There are flower petals clogging Yut Lung's throat.
- Recommended by:sodapop7665
- Status: In Progress
- Pairing(s): Ash/Eiji
- Synopsis: For decades, the Pumpkin King has been oppressing the human population. Their invasions continued to the point where more than half the world was their territory. Since the loss of his hometown to the enemy, Ash developed a strong hatred for the Pumpkin King and his kingdom. With the aim to defeat the Pumpkin King, the young man joined the Resistance in order to bring peace back to the land.
- Recommended by:sodapop7665
- Status: Complete
- Pairing(s): Ash/Eiji
- Synopsis: We all know what happened at the end of Banana Fish. But what if it could have happened differently?
It's The Sunrise, And I See Your Jade Eyes by awesomecookies
- Recommended by:sodapop7665
- Status: In Progress
- Pairing(s): Ash/Eiji
- Synopsis: After everything that had happened, Ash ran away from his previous life, never to look back, which was how he found himself in a run down diner in Washington. Lost, alone and nowhere to go to, he met a dark eyed stranger which may change his life for the better or worse. Before he knew it, Ash found himself in another whirlwind adventure with this strange Japanese man who seemed to be the most stupid, reckless, and unfathomable man he's ever met.
Something to Talk About by mara_cas
- Recommended by:sodapop7665
- Status: Complete
- Pairing(s): Ash/Eiji
- Synopsis: When Eiji Okumura, star athlete of the pole vaulting team and well-known sweetheart, begins to hang out with Ash Lynx, lonely high school student with a bad reputation; it makes people talk. As the two of them navigate between silly teenagers’ shenanigans and deeper hardships, will they find in each other the support they long for?
Like a Light I'm Luring You by kybelles
- Recommended by:sodapop7665
- Status: In Progress
- Pairing(s): Ash/Eiji
- Synopsis: One night, world famous musician Ash Lynx drunk tweets about a cute boy he saw in a magazine and all hell breaks loose.
75 Years Too Early by signpainter1
- Recommended by:sodapop7665
- Status: In Progress
- Pairing(s): Ash/Eiji
- Synopsis: Eiji never thought much about the princess’s curse. Everyone knew about it. On the eve of Princes' 18th birthday she would prick her finger on a spinning wheel and her, along with the enter castle, will fall into an enchanted asleep for a hundred years only to woken once a prince kisses her. It was something everyone knew. It didn’t really affect his day to day life. When the curse eventually happen Eiji expected to wake up 100 years later. Instead, he was woken up early by a blond-haired outlaw's named Ash Lynx. Now they have to find a prince to wake up the princess as well as the whole castle. To bad the only prince available is Yut-Lung.
Sunbirds in Mud Ponds by Dev14
- Recommended by:sodapop7665
- Status: Complete
- Pairing(s): Ash/Eiji
- Synopsis: Eiji followed a distracted Ash into Warehouse 12 that fateful night, and Golzine had a plan for both of them. But there was something off about Eiji. What could the seemingly naïve Japanese be hiding?
Paintings and Politics by iijustoii
- Recommended by:sodapop7665
- Status: Complete
- Pairing(s): Ash/Eiji
- Synopsis: Ash and his best friend are New York raised political science majors. They’re reserved and known for the high grades, scare tactics, and shady side business. However, they meet an exchange student, Eiji Okumura, a visual arts major with a keen eye and honest heart. It’s when their two worlds collide that life becomes more than either of them could have ever expected.
Special Agent Rick Henry, FBI by Wings_and_Feet
- Recommended by: analovesbugs
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: After the events of Banana Fish, Ash makes a deal with the FBI; for his accomplices acquittals and safety, Ash and his deep knowledge of the inner workings of gang life and American sex trafficking will join an FBI task force as genius rookie Fredrick Henry. The only catch is that he can't contact anyone from his old life, including one Eiji Okumura who he's still in love with.
- Pairing(s): Ash/Eiji (it's complicated)
Crossover
- Recommended by: sodapop7665
- Status: In Progress
- Crossover: The Avengers (2012)
- Synopsis: A vile crime left behind only one witness able to testify against the monsters responsible. The monsters were powerful and ruthless, desperate to silence the witness. Phil and his Avengers weren’t about to let that happen.
- Recommended by: sodapop7665
- Status: In Progress
- Crossover: Yuri!!! on Ice and Harry Potter
- Synopsis: Yuuri, who earlier was one of the most promising young wizards, arrives at Hogwarts as an exchange student. Here he meets Eiji. Two of them shares a lot of things in common and quickly become friends. Yuuri hopes that the new life in this school will help him to forget the past. But soon he realizes that things can't be so easily forgotten. To defeat his fears Yuuri won't have another choice just to live through everything again. At the same time fighting with forbidden feelings for a teacher, whose warm smile is probably hiding more than Yuuri will ever understand. And Eiji, the friend, who lives with hope about changing the impossible. Even if the one Eiji believes in is so far away from everything that exists. Secrets and Lies that goes much further than Hogwarts are leading through the unknown path, that no one wanted to see or remember.
