Life and Times of Teh Asuka

This chapter contains sex. Also some ponderings about dub/noncon.

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At least Karkat has gone back to resting his chin on Dave's knee, in the week between their blow-up and Kankri's summoning. At least there's that.

There's a strange cautiousness to it now, though. Karkat will come sprawl on the couch against him, and nap on the futon, but there's -- he keeps watching Dave.

Dave tries not to notice. He often fails.

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As my fics are wont to do, the chapters are getting longer as they go. ~10 000 words, 22 pages in Word. Urk.

Fandom: Homestuck, mecha AU
Summary: John is one of eight mech pilots heroically protecting Earth from an alien invasion. Pretty easy on the moral choices. See evil monster from space, kill evil monster from space.
Only then he actually meets one of them face to face.
Pairing: John Egbert/Karkat Vantas whee.
Warnings: for this chapter, idk. In general, mentions of possible non-con and a generous sprinkling of body horror.

Hit the tag for previous chapters.

( It was home; it was *safe*. It took John a shamefully long five seconds to understand what the protesting whirr of electronics by the door meant, and by then the panel had been forced aside and men in tactical assault gear poured into the crack. )