Pins... like a butterfly on a corkboard... a soft touch... a redemption... an escape... and a pain that will never fade until I take it from you.

There are things in Kaname's past he would rather forget, and some he's forgotten too well. When past and present collide, old wounds are ripped open, leaving Kaname frighteningly vulnerable and Zero scrambling to pick up the pieces.

It was over. Hueco Mundo lay in ruin. The Arrancar were defeated by their foes. Yet none could take pleasure in this, for their losses were great. To Kuchiki Byakuya, there was no doubt that he would have, should have, perished there. But he didn't. Why?

Seriously AU: Zero, Ichiru and Yuuki were left alone by their parents to tend their ranch but they haven't returned. One day, they rescue a stranger... M/M but mostly K/Z/K.

It came as a complete surprise to her when he told her one night in that blood-curdling serious tone and stony expression he rarely donned on, “Undress me.” /Honest to God GrimmHime/