Headcanon ficathon!

[reikah]

Well, it's been a while since the Olympics, so I thought I'd throw this here as a fun community event (don't worry, this isn't the summer challenge/contest, I'm still ironing that out).

Welcome to the Kurofai headcanon meme!

What is a headcanon? A headcanon, for those of you not familiar with the terminology, is "An idea, belief, or aspect of a story that is not mentioned in the media itself, but is accepted by either the reader themselves or the fandom in general. If it is confirmed by the author of the story, it becomes canon." (Thanks, urban dictionary!) Examples might include 'Fai has terrible metabolism, his feet get very cold' or 'one of Mokona's 108 techniques is Vibrate Mode' or anything else you feel is true but never confirmed in the text. Not all headcanons are worksafe.

How it works:

You leave a comment with one of your Kurofai headcanons. You can do so signed into a dreamwidth account or anonymously, for those of you without dreamwidth accounts/with embarrassing headcanons.

Someone else will write a short story based around your headcanon, and post it as a reply to you.

In short, it works a lot like clampkink - but for headcanons rather than kinks!

Anonymous commenting is enabled, but you do not need to post headcanons/stories anonymously if you don't want to. I'm also going to go ahead and label this post NOT WORKSAFE preemptively, so please be careful browsing where your computer access is monitored! Stories can be as long and short as you like, and as SFW/NSFW as you feel like, or, if you prefer, you can fill with fanart instead - both are excellent. For our rules on threesomes or moresomes, check the comm rules in our profiles.

That's all the nitty-gritty out of the way - now let's go ahead and share some headcanons!

Filled Headcanons
Fai's hands hurt after the tower - filled by cloverfield
Holitsuba!Fai gives Kurogane finger puppets to help him teach sex ed - filled by Anon
Fai always could use chopsticks - he just pretended not to as part of his harmless idiot act - filled by eijentu
Fai doesn't like to sleep alone - filled by Anon
Tomoyo hand-stitched Fai's furisode herself - filled by ereshkigali
Fai is disappointed to be alive after Outo - filled by farenmaddox
Kurogane is an absolute SAP - filled by zelinxia
When Fai began to suspect what was going on with Ashura, he evacuated the survivors of Ceres to another world, which the travelers then encounter during their journey - filled by Anon
Kurogane forced Fai to feed the first time in Infinity - filled by farenmaddox
Kuro-sama likes being tied up - filled by cloverfield
Yama & Outo - Kurogane realises he's fallen for Fai - filled by rinoa11
Kurogane had a crush on an older ninja who acted like Fai, who died - filled by zelinxia
Kurogane is really bad in bed the first time - filled by tsubasafan
BB!Fai remained friends with the little freckled girl from Ceres - being filled by farenmaddox
Kurogane expresses his love in subtle ways ("the moon is beautiful tonight," touching just the edge of Fay's sleeve, etc) - filled by zelinxia
Post-series, Fai needs to hear Kurogane's heartbeat to reassure himself his happiness isn't a dream - filled by uakari
Fai - real Fai, the one that died - was the older twin - filled by anon
Fai - real Fai, the one that died - was the older twin - filled by farenmaddox
Fai feels guilt over Kurogane's scars, and Kurogane thinks he needs to keep them hidden from Fai - filled by ereshkigali
Kurogane and Fai get married/bonded before the xxxHolic epilogue - filled by caffeine_buzz
Fai starred in a porn film during the group's travels & had fun - filled by misskirichan
Kuro-papa survived minus an arm and has been roaming dimensions looking for his son - filled by anon
Holitsuba - Yuuko & Fay have had sex before - filled by misskirichan
Holitsuba!Kurogane, Fai, and Yuui are all in a mutually satisfying relationship - filled by misskirichan
Holitsuba!Kurogane is the first person who hasn't been jealous of Fai and Yuui's closeness - filled by kittenkin
Kurogane prefers it when Fai tops - filled by xwittychickx
Fai feels guilt over Kurogane's scars, and Kurogane thinks he needs to keep them hidden from Fai - filled by sotongsotong
Kurogane is an absolute SAP - filled by anon
BB!Fai remained friends with the little freckled girl from Ceres - filled by anon
Kurogane forced Fai to feed the first time in Infinity - filled by sotongsotong

Unfilled Headcanons
Kurogane's father trained him the way Kurogane trained Syaoran.
Kurogane had a case of performance anxiety before he and Fai had sex the first time.
Kurogane is a virgin. Fay is not.
Kurogane takes particular notice of how Fai smells. Fai changes soap and Kurogane has to work up the courage to ask him to change it back.
Fai starts to experience some of Sakura's memories after C!Syaoran stores her feathers in his eye.
Fai and Yuui were born on a national holiday; this is considered an ill omen for Valeria
Kurogane accidentally kills his father during the fall of Suwa
Kurogane & Fai resettle Suwa post-series, and Kurogane grows his hair out like his father
Kurogane has a well-worn notebook filled with terrible poetry. Fai enjoys flipping through the pages and trying to guess which world each was written in.
Holitsuba - Kurogane and Fai keep tracking of whose on top with different coloured condoms. Fai steals Kurogane's in order to top more.
Fai slept around in Ceres (with men and women), but Kurogane is his first steady significant other.
Holitsuba!Kurogane hums to himself when he's in a good mood.
Fai is a creature composed out of magic, rather than human.
Kurogane's conscience sounds A LOT like Tomoyo.
Kurogane was devastated by Fai's 'good morning, Kurogane'.
Post-Clow arc: When Sakura and Syaoran went into the tube o'doom, they left their bodies as empty shells on the floor. Touya found them, and moved them into a long-term care wing at a hospital; waiting for their souls to come home again.
Fai is musically gifted, and every song he plays represents a specific memory/event from his life. Kurogane comes to realize this without Fai knowing it.
Kurogane is the worst boyfriend ever.
The other dimensional versions of Chi, Hideki and the twins live happily.
Fai was a virgin until he met Kurogane because Ashura-ou had some non-fatherly feelings towards him and though he couldn't openly have Fai he could stop others from even thinking of approaching Fai, and none dared to oppose the king.
Fai is uncomfortable with the Japanese way of bathing where everyone just strips naked and soak together.
Fai knew that he would live much longer than Kurogane and while traveling with Tsubasa!Shaoran has been trying to find a way for Kurogane and him to share the same lifespan.
Kurogane is loud in bed.
Kurogane and Fai shared a tent in Yama; Fai felt dirty after being assaulted by soldiers and begged Kurogane to clean him. They had sex regularly after that.

Comments

[perfectworry]

Kurogane expresses his love in subtle ways ("the moon is beautiful tonight," touching just the edge of Fay's sleeve, etc).

[reikah]

Seconded! I really like this, I hope it gets filled soon!

[ereshkigali]

can someone please write this because I need it like air

[zelinxia]

Note: All scenarios occur post-series. Hope this is what you wanted~

Hanshin

Even when he isn’t actively controlling it, his Kudan weave its wings with Fai’s.

Koryo

He could have gone to an exciting martial arts demonstration with Chun’yan, Syaoran, and Mokona. But instead, he decides to stay put because Fai wants to play another round of baduk (igo in his home world), the game he taught last time.

Fog

With no one around they are able to take a luxurious bath in the lake. A stray piece of leaf gets tangled in Fai’s hair and Kurogane fishes it out, but not without taking an opportunity to comb through wet, fine strands.

Jade

He finds Fai fast asleep on the lavish armchair in the living room of Grossum’s manor, outer coat hanging on the coat stand. The fireplace is of course running on full heat, but still, Kurogane drapes a spare blanket over Fai.

Outo

There were a lot of customers that day for the re-opened Cat’s Eye Café, and without Sakura present Fai takes on a lot more work. Later that evening, after Kurogane helps himself to the last batch of sweets Fai whipped up for the day, he washes all of the dishes, making sure to keep quiet so Fai won’t wake up from his nap on the couch.

Totem (aka Bunny world)

Even though Fai has grown more accustomed to hot, humid climates, he still suffers under the sweltering heat in the never-ending jungle. Kurogane, who’s used to doing missions in full gear under the hot sun, doesn’t hesitate to save more water for Fai.

Shara

They visit the paired statues of Ashura and Yasha during the autumnal full moon festival where he squeezes Fai’s hand, smiling shyly at the thought that just like the two statues standing before them, they are able to be together side by side after being separated for so long.

Piffle

For the very first time since that incident in Celes, he’s able to wrap both arms around Fai and hold him in his sleep.

LeCourt

Fai falls in love with an enchanted quill that can scribble what one dictates to it, and when he isn’t looking, Kurogane secures a purchase of one and stores it in their group’s satchel.

Tokyo

He aggressively makes sure he’s never away from Fai this time around, and suffers endless rounds of teasing from him about how he’s such a stubborn puppy-guard.

Infinity

Fai excitedly brings out a beaten up set of chess (which he states is injury-free, thank you very much) and says he wants to teach ‘Kuro-competitive-as-fuck’ how to play one of his favorite childhood games. ‘Kuro-competitive-as-fuck’ tries his best to memorize all the roles of each piece and surprisingly gets the handle of the strategy game, but then bangs his head in embarrassment on the chessboard after Fai hollers checkmate.

Although it also helps him hide his stupid smile, knowing how happy Fai is playing something he really likes for fun.

Celes

He wakes up in the middle of the night overhearing Fai crying in his sleep, and it doesn’t take much guessing to figure out the state of his nightmares. Kurogane wipes away the tears and holds him closer, harder than he’s ever done before.

(Horitsuba

He stitches together pieces of cloth to make a homemade kerchief for the idiotic blond, grumbling about how White Day’s just another conspiracy by the same damn candy makers.)

Watanuki’s shop

“More sake, Kuro-sama?”

“Yeah,” he says. He holds up his shallow cup, smiling shyly.

Clow

As usual, he’s the first to rise in the morning. Instead of waking Fai up right away as he always does, he lets him sleep for some more, knowing the mage needs all the rest he can get to send them back home for good.

Nihon

Up high in the sacred, ancient sakura tree, Kurogane eases Fai into the nest of ribbons where Sakura last lay. He can rest at last and heal in the ancient magic of the tree, weary from using his magic to teleport them to Nihon, Fai. He falls asleep in Kurogane’s lap, wispy bangs brushed back by tan fingers.

Suwa

“I’ll miss you” are always the unspoken words he conveys when he picks up sunshine-silk strands in his fingers and presses them to his lips before he departs home to tend to his duties as the lord.

[ereshkigali]

oh these are so lovely! DRAPING A BLANKET OVER FAI WHILE HE SLEEPS yes yes yes perfect. (and HAIR-KISSING I'm dead I'm gone)

[rinoa11]

My heart fluttered! So achingly lovely. KISSES FOR YOU!

[perfectworry]

I read this on the way to work this morning, like "oh, have some feels to start this rainy day off right~" and then it nearly ended with me sobbing grossly all over the other commuters. Why would you do that to my feeeeelings?! ♥ Thank you so much for this!

[renlylittlerose]

I almost couldn't get past Hanshin, because I was already squealing so hard just from that little detail about their kudans...
This is so fluffy and heartwarming! <333333

[misskirichan]

Oh my gosh, this was simply wonderful. I have no words, only flailings.

*dies of happiness*

This piece has such a gorgeous style; the way you capture the fullness of their relationship with these little glimpses is truly remarkable.

While all of it is wonderful, I especially love them looking at the statues of Ashura and Yasha and the enchanted quill. Thoughtful Kurogane is thoughtful. :3