Soukoku Fanfic Recs
Here are my favorite skk fics, I will be updating this as I read. Feel free to rec more in the replies. Enjoy!
(last updated: 27/12/2023)
Masterpost
Do I Get My Worthless Reward Yet? by World_Ender22
canon-divergence
(40,986 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 10/10)
Chuuya has always been certain of two things: he is going to die young, and it will be Corruption that kills him. So when the Boss orders him to use his Corrupted form without an out, he is neither surprised nor distressed. He simply does what he's told. When Dazai learns that the whole thing is a ploy to make him rejoin the Mafia, he plans to beat Mori at his own game... starting with convincing Chuuya to join the Armed Detective Agency. / Soukoku
hide the truth by writingfromtheshadows
canon-divergence
(24,611 words | Not Rated | Chapters: 1/1)
When Chuuya wakes up in the middle of an ongoing fight without any memory of how he got there or what happened to him, he ends up turning to someone saved as 'bandage-waster' in his phone. Somehow, it just feels like the right decision.
Willful Neglect by timeisdancing
canon-divergence
(27,915 words | Mature | Chapters: 10/10)
"Dazai..." Chuuya's voice comes out too tight and small, unlikely to ever reach Dazai. His hand lifts shakily, in some dazed attempt to stop him. There is panic wild and fast in his chest, the beginnings of hyperventilation, his breaths shallow and quick.
Something's wrong, something's wrong—
This hurts too much, it's not supposed to be like this—
His vision is blurring, and his head is taut and aching with the stress and anxiety and so much anguish that he can barely comprehend it.
The last of Dazai's hazy form disappears, far in the distance.
_______
Forced into a difficult situation, Dazai has to leave Chuuya behind post-Corruption without his usual thorough check-up. Only, he has no idea just what state Chuuya was in as he was walking away from him that night.
Grief is a good teacher on how to value those you love. When he gets Chuuya back, Dazai uses his lessons well.
I'll Always Come for Chuuya by timeisdancing
PM skk era
(11,550 words | Not Rated | Chapters: 4/4)
A memory comes to him; in the dark as they lay in bed, a small whisper between their faces, a secret moment, Promise Chuuya won't ever use Corruption when I'm not there?
What if you're not there and I have no choice? Chuuya asked.
Chuuya has to wait for me. I don't care what's happening. Chuuya has to wait.
Chuuya stares down at his screen, hidden again behind some debri. There is still no response. His hand tightens around it, tremulous. He had to have seen it by now. Dazai's phone is always in his pocket.
Shit. Does he really not give a damn anymore?
He remembers a small smile, eyes gentle and deep and dark. I'll always come for Chuuya.
Liar.
______
Dazai has been distant with Chuuya these days, seeming to have grown bored of him and has been spending more and more time with Oda Sakunosuke. This sudden rift has consequences, and Chuuya will be the one to bear it.
picking a flower that blooms on the heart for you by burgundytshirt
hanahaki AU
(44,643 words | Mature | Chapters: 9/9)
The question is obvious at this point.
To die, or to ask Dazai for help?
Chuuya is so choked by this question that his breakfast is lodged in his throat, unable to be swallowed.
(Or, Chuuya would much rather die than let Dazai find out he has hanahaki disease.)
it's easy, if it's you by lunarumbra
fake dating AU
(16,500 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 1/1)
“And then you promised that you’d do anything I asked no matter what it is? We made a contract and everything!” Chuuya produces a laminated scrap of paper decorated with clumsy script and a couple of misspelled words and - yeah, there's no mistaking it. It’s definitely 10 year-old Dazai’s handwriting.
Or: Chuuya needs a date for a wedding in France.
teenage nightmares commit atrocities by forever_wandering
PM skk era
(107,063 words | Mature | Chapters: 22/22)
“Tsushima Shuuji,” Chuuya reads out loud. “A bright, optimistic young man with a pep in his step and a zest for life. Hang on–is this referring to you?”
“Unfortunately,” Dazai laments, sighing dramatically. “You just got away with ‘science nerd’ and ‘soccer player,’ but I’m supposed to be an artist! I hate art! It’s useless!”
“Shut the fuck up. That’s not the problem here. You? A ‘zest for life?’ Looking forward to each new morning? Hah! Rimbaud would sooner come back to life.”
Dazai turns to Chuuya with the barest facsimile of a smile painted over his lips.
“I,” he says sweetly, “am going to gut you open like a fish.”
Dazai and Chuuya are seasoned mafiosos at the ripe old age of almost-seventeen. They’ve fought gang wars, interrogated prisoners, and done all manner of unspeakable things. Now, they face their greatest challenge yet: going (undercover) to a real high school. With regular teens (who may or may not be desperately trying to get them to kiss).
One thing’s for sure: this school is unprepared for the absolute calamity that is Double Black.
This is how it feels to take a fall by forest_raccoon
canon divergence, temporary MCD
(20,602 words | Mature | Chapters: 9/9)
Gazing down into those blank, empty blue eyes, Dazai felt something shatter inside him. And in the wake of the destruction, the emptiness, he was flooded by sudden, ice-cold clarity.
It wasn't okay. But it would be.
He would make it okay.
[Or, something unthinkable happens, and Dazai goes more than a little feral in his attempt to reverse it.]
Narrow Staircases by rutu14
time travel
(31,045 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 1/1)
The last thing Chuuya expects while overseeing a routine shipment is for his sixteen year old self to appear out of thin air.
all my own by halfbloom (diphylleias)
PM skk era
(17,473 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 1/1)
“A day off?” Chuuya echoes, blinking slowly.
“Yes,” Mori repeats with a chuckle, but it sounds like an order this time. “A day off. Do with it as you please.” And right as Chuuya is opening his mouth to ask why, Mori perks up and says, “Ah, I instructed Dazai-kun to take the day off as well.” He smiles serenely. “So you two may spend it together, if you’d like.”
Chuuya’s eye twitches.
In between carnival games and ice cream stands, Chuuya learns a thing or two at seventeen about normalcy, cotton candy, and hand-holding.
Around We Go (And Back Again) by zombiemarker
canon-divergence
(24,247 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 7/7)
Corruption takes a toll, the mafia doesn't care for weakness, and the ADA has a bad habit of picking up traumatized gay orphans.
In which the author beats the shit out of the characters in order to make them happier and healthier later. Also ADA Chuuya.
bite your tongue by soupthatistoohot
canon-divergence
(20,709 words | Teen and Up Audiences | Chapters: 1/1)
The Armed Detective Agency receives a mission to investigate and take down an assassin group that has been targeting high-profile individuals through a very specific method: first, the target is sent into an unwakeable sleep for a week, and second, when they wake up, they are unable to speak. Third and last, they die of a heart attack two weeks later. Ranpo suggests negotiating with the Port Mafia for the aid of executive Chuuya Nakahara, wanting to have Double Black at their disposal. But when Chuuya arrives… he cannot speak.
Chuuya Nakahara has been targeted, and supposedly, he has two weeks left until he is killed.
all the holes we had to breathe by airiena
canon universe
(18,220 words | Teen and Up Audiences | Chapters: 1/1)
“...Are you in a hurry or something?” Chuuya inquires, hand instinctively reaching out to wipe at the corner of Dazai’s mouth, successfully getting rid of the crumbs, before he realizes what he’s doing and freezes.
“Yeah.” Dazai all but breathes. He is golden, when Chuuya takes in his appearance. He is a golden thing, dimmed, beaten, snuffed out, full of scratches but is still so human and so real despite what he always seems to believe that it makes the redhead want nothing but to take him into his arms and hide him from the heavy, heavy world and soothe all his aches and kiss all his scars—
“I’m in a hurry, because I’ve already lost too much time.”
death offers no absolution by Zairielon
canon-divergence
(62,063 words | Mature | Chapters: 10/10)
After so many years in the Port Mafia, Chuuya thought he couldn't be phased by anything - that he had carried out the worst orders that would ever be given to him. Then he sees things he never saw before. He sees horror, cruelty, needless suffering. He sees death in every step he takes.
Chuuya is only human, too. Eventually, he breaks.
OR, Chuuya leaves the Port Mafia and attempts to escape his bloodstained past.
like a piece of glass by kagshina
PM & present era
(10,554 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 2/2)
The first time it happened, naturally, was after a fight. Chuuya couldn’t even remember what it was exactly that started the fight, only that Dazai said something to piss him off and it had escalated from there.
Somehow, they ended up here—with Dazai saying, “I can kiss better than you.”
Over every extinguished past by tucuxi
canon-divergence
(16,590 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 1/1)
It’s been a little more than a month since everything almost went to shit, since the Armed Detective Agency and Port Mafia faced off against Dostoyevsky, since Yokohama almost lost its fragile, balanced peace.
And it’s also been just about a month since Ranpo emerged from Poe’s book, all pride and glowing accomplishment for solving 500 murders in a week, and just a passing comment about the other guy losing patience and starting punching people.
--
Chuuya emerges from Poe's book, exhausted, to discover that Dazai has been severely injured. Standing guard in the Agency's infirmary, Yosano, Kunikida, and Chuuya find unexpected common cause in their desire to keep Dazai in one piece despite his best efforts to hide his vulnerabilities from everyone around him.
Snow White and the Huntsman by paranoid_fridge
dead apple aftermath
(1,453 words | General Audiences | Chapters: 1/1)
They're alive against all odds, but the fight continues without them. Huddled against a crumbling wall, Chuuya and Dazai find themselves discussing fairytales and their own roles, and (they will later blame adrenaline/near-death experiences/ general after-battle delirium) accidentally confess. Or something like that. The words 'true love' are used, however.
One more time with feelings by Root (Fyki)
PM & present era
(12,584 words | Explicit | Chapters: 6/6)
He didn't say anything, just waiting for Chuuya to keep going. The lack of an angry response at being ignored picked at Dazai's interest, but it was Chuuya's next words that finally made him lift his eyes and properly look at him.
"Have you- have you ever kissed someone?"
That, Dazai hadn't expected.
(Five times Dazai kissed Chuuya and pretended it meant nothing, and one time he kissed him and couldn't deny it meant everything.)
A mission gone wrong - BSD / BNHA Crossover by Unicornfairycat
BSD / BNHA crossover, time travel
(57,458 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 20/20)
The Armed Detective Agency and Port Mafia are asked to investigate "amplified abilities" around Yokohama. After initial complaints, Dazai and Chuuya agree to work together. Their group manages to find the culprit and devises a plan to apprehend them. It's supposed to be foolproof but something goes horribly wrong. Dazai and Chuuya are sucked into an amplified portal which teleports them into the future. Two hundred years.
They land in the middle of a highschool and learn that abilities have become much more common and are now called quirks. As they figure out a way back to their time, they have to act as teachers for the hero course students in class 1-A, in return for U.A. to help them out with housing, I.D. and information gathering.
Silent sorrows / Loud feelings by foundmywei
canon-divergence
(8,406 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 1/1)
But there was no God of destruction trying to take over him. Chuuya, quietly standing in the agency’s infirmary with his partner’s cold hand in his, came to the crushing realization that he had lost the one person he had always wished to keep close.
Or, a mission requires Dazai to fake his death. He doesn’t think informing Chuuya about it is necessary.
STORM by foundmywei
future fic, aged up characters
(37,258 words | Mature | Chapters: 7/7)
Osamu had thought of countless things he wanted to tell Chuuya once he saw him again, but what ended up leaving his mouth was, "Did you get shorter?"
Chuuya stared at him in silence for a few moments before he let out a sigh, rubbing his temple. "So you're still acting like a child."
Or, after six more years of separation, Osamu and Chuuya find their way back to each other again. Some things have changed, and some have not. One thing is certain, though; Soukoku are going to make their love drama everybody’s problem.
Stay by the_most_happy
canon-divergence
(23,699 words | Mature | Chapters: 1/1)
“Oi, Dazai, what are they saying, anyway? Too many people. It gets confusing.”
The detective smirks.
“They are just discussing the budget for the next mission. Kunikida insists he wants an ice cream, a drone, and a goat.”
From the Port Mafia dungeon to the depths of Meursault, Dazai and Chuuya keep finding each other.
They fall in love all over again — or, maybe, they never stopped.
That’s all.
clear skies by burgundytshirt
canon compliant
(2,860 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 1/1)
When Chuuya, wounded in combat, bumps into his ex-partner in the streets, he pretends that he’s fine as they banter like usual. Except halfway through tugging at Dazai’s collar, Chuuya suddenly passes out into Dazai’s arms.
I'll Make A Home In Your Gut Because its Somewhere Warm to Sleep by arahabakii
canon universe
(8,959 words | Mature | Chapters: 1/1)
After what felt like a lifetime, Dazai softly said “thank you.”
The softness of his voice sent shivers down his spine. “For what?” Chuuya whispers, too afraid that if he spoke too loudly in this moment, it would disappear before his eyes.
“For today,” Dazai confesses, brown eyes staring into blue ones, in the hopes that he might drown in them forever. “For just seeing me.”
“Do you always thank people by kissing them?”
“No,” Dazai whispered with a trembling breath. “Just you.”
OR
In a moment of weakness and vulnerability, the underworlds deadliest duo after 7 years, find a new sense of solace and comfort in one another.
Replaceable by timeisdancing
canon-divergence
(17,012 words | Not Rated | Chapters: 6/6)
Chuuya is scrabbling frantically at Mori's hands around his throat, his eyes wide. His body glows a faint red, fizzles out like a cough.
"You can't even use your powers when you're like this, can you, Chuuya-kun?"
"Mori, he is hurt." Dazai's voice rasps with controlled anger.
Mori ignores him. "I can't tell where Dazai's plan begins and your stupidity ends, but regardless, such information should have never come out of that mouth of yours. What did you think? That such treachery will be forgiven and you will be made an exception? By the rules of the mafia, you are a traitor."
____
When one of Dazai's plans go too far, it inadvertently leads to Chuuya's death sentence. While in the dungeon cellars together facing the consequences, Dazai takes care of Chuuya and tries to save him.
Run Away With Me by timeisdancing
dark era
(5,306 words | Not Rated | Chapters: 1/1)
He must have knocked. Some time after, the door hauls open.
"That's just great," the short redhead in the doorway sighs with disgust, all silken lavender yukata and flat eyes, "Just what I needed after a long flight back home. Shitty Dazai, the last thing I want right now is to see your ugly-ass face, so fuck off out of here."
Dazai is staring at Chuuya blankly, and can't remember what made him think he could come here.
"Right." His whisper is thin, raspy. Right. Of course.
Like a ghost that doesn't know it's dead, he turns around, and he begins to leave just the way he came.
"Dazai?"
_______
After Odasaku's death, Dazai ends up at Chuuya's door, rain-soaked, dissociated and grieving.
I Was Never Meant to Last by timeisdancing
16 skk
(17,391 words | Mature | Chapters: 1/1)
Dazai ends up in a coma after his most serious suicide attempt yet. He has left three letters, one of them being for Chuuya.
Sitting at the bedside of his comatose body, Chuuya tries to understand.
______
Dazai is falling. In the orange glow of sunrise, the waves of his hair are fanning around him, and his dark eye is wide with fear and shock, his hand outstretched towards Chuuya.
Chuuya is not even thinking anymore. All he can see is that hand reaching for him as he launches off against the balustrade and falls after him.
He uses his ability to make himself heavier, his own drop faster, his hand reaching for Dazai right back.
It's only when he catches Dazai in his arms, holding his head tight against his own shoulder and trying to fly back up that he remembers; this won't work.
He must have been really out of his mind to have forgotten it at all.
Lessons in Kissing by timeisdancing
18 skk
(8,101 words | Not Rated | Chapters: 1/1)
At eighteen, Chuuya doesn't know how to kiss.
Dazai teaches him how.
_
"I think you broke my nose," Dazai says faintly, finally letting Chuuya remove his hands. He frowns as Chuuya angles his head a bit to look at it. Dazai presses the back of a quick finger to the underside of his nose, blinking. "I'm bleeding, aren't I? I think I'm bleeding?"
Chuuya rolls his eyes, letting him go. "Your nose is fine. It's not bleeding either, so stop bein' so dramatic about it."
"Chuuya should kiss it better."
"Hah!" Chuuya exclaims, "Shut the hell up, you! This doesn't give ya a free pass to say such bullshit just 'cuz I'm doing this with you!"
Dazai is staring ahead, his eyes hazy. "Ugh, yeah. I'm pretty grossed out too now at what I just said. Where were we? Oh, right." He looks back at Chuuya, focused again. "So… this time… go slow, okay? I know you're excited to kiss my pretty face and all but - "
"DAZAI!" Chuuya's voice is high and wild, bordering on a screech. He's starting to regret this already.
"But you have to make sure you can actually see where my pretty face is instead of just banging into me."
Doll Parts by the_most_happy
post meursault
(8,367 words | Mature | Chapters: 1/1)
“Chuuya, what—?”
Chuuya grasps at Dazai’s bolo tie, fingers shaking and cheeks turning paler by the minute.
“I had nowhere else to go.”
Or: Shot during a mission, Chuuya crawls to the only person he trusts — his traitor ex-partner.
If you refuse to listen I’ll say it twice, love of my life by olympiansally
canon universe
(15,207 words | Mature | Chapters: 1/1)
There’s Atsushi, Dazai’s star pupil.
There’s Fyodor, arguably Dazai’s soulmate, a single mind in two bodies.
There’s Kunikida, Dazai’s partner.
There’s Oda, the reason Dazai wants to live.
And then there’s Chuuya.
If he asked Dazai to define him, to name his purpose, Chuuya already knows what he would hear.
Chuuya is his dog, Chuuya is a slug, Chuuya is a chibi.
And sure, maybe he is. But none of that is enough.
Or, Chuuya can’t figure out what he means to Dazai exactly, but if he would only listen, he would realize that Dazai has been telling him all along.
the void is loud and wants tuna by mistflowerxuan
canon universe, arahabakitty
(5,028 words | General Audiences | Chapters: 1/1)
Port Mafia Executive Nakahara Chuuya is a formidable man, the strongest ability user and is terrifying on the battlefield. He has been through indescribable horrors and has come out of those battles stronger for it. And so, there is not much in this world that can truly startle him.
An eldritch abomination curled up on his chest, vaguely shaped like a cat and purring might do the trick.
The last string to sever by foundmywei
canon universe, time-travel, temporary mcd
(18,430 words | Mature | Chapters: 1/1)
“Chuuya!” he shouted, hopping, begging for a reply, even if it was a mindless howl. But no reply ever came. Chuuya’s movements suddenly halted, his body remaining unmoving in the air for a second before it started moving again, limbs turning and twisting in a way a human body shouldn’t allow. The only sound filling the unbearable silence of the night was that of Chuuya’s bones breaking.
Dazai had never thought about what life would be like without Chuuya; a mission gone wrong forces him to find out.
Thankfully, he gets a second chance to fix things.
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Does the Batfamily use Damian's activities to reject invitations they don't want to go to?
Example: "I really would love to go on your planet/dimension but I promised Damian I would help him bath the batcow this weekend"
Or "the little one has a school project and I'll help him, I gonna be busy that night"
And something?
Bruce, on the phone: Sorry, I'm afraid I can't make it to your gala. Damian suddenly came down with a fever. You know how it is with the bug going around.
Damian: Father, I feel fine—
Bruce, covering the phone: Shush, I'm doing us a favor.
———————
Barbara: Hey, Damian got a concussion on patrol and I'm babysitting. Raincheck?
Damian: But Gordon—
Barbara: *shoos him away*
———————
Kate: I'll be late, I'm taking Damian to a root canal.
Damian: My teeth are perfectly healthy—
Kate: *muffles him with her jacket*
———————
Dick: I have to cancel. My little brother needs me right now. He's going through some tough times and I'm the closest he has to a friend.
Damian: *video calling Jon, Colin, Maya, Maps, Kathy, Billy, and Suren with the pets on camera*
———————
Steph: Heya boss, my brother just broke his leg and I need to take him to the ER. I need someone to cover my shift.
Damian: *roundhouse kicks a training dummy*
Steph: Damian, keep it down!
———————
Jason: Why I'm not gonna train the new henches? Because my brother has fucking chicken pox! Yes, you heard me right, assface. I don't care who you get as long as the orientation is done.
Damian: *has a band-aid from his booster shot*
———————
Cass: Can't dance. Baby brother needs food. Parents not home. He hasn't eaten in a week.
Damian: *devouring his second vegan sandwich*
———————
Selina: Sorry girls, my stepson's cat just died. Maybe next time.
Damian: *playing with Alfred the cat*
———————
Duke: Damian, I need you to cover for me. I'm supposed to make up a quiz but it's the Riddler again.
Damian: What story are you going with?
Duke: How about... you're stuck in the rain and I need to pick you up?
Damian: It's sunny.
Duke: Please just go with it. I'll take you to the arcade after.
Damian: *pours water on himself*
Damian, completely monotone: Oh no, I've been abandoned by my parental figures.
———————
Tim, to his secretary: Tell the board I'm canceling all my meetings this week. No one's seen my brother since yesterday and the police are now involved.
Damian: *standing next to him*
———————
Damian: *playing video games in the living room*
Alfred: Master Damian, why aren't you at school?
Damian: According to everyone else, I am experiencing a fever, concussion, tooth damage, emotional instability, broken leg, chicken pox, chronic starvation, the loss of a pet, getting stuck in a downpour, and going missing. I don't think I'm able to attend classes in such a state.
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