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[https://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/yours-until-my-heart-dies/ Yours Until My Heart Dies] by [[Togi Kayako|Togi Kayako (土宜草子)]] first appeared in issue [[Issue 93]] in 2021. | [https://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/yours-until-my-heart-dies/ Yours Until My Heart Dies] by [[Togi Kayako|Togi Kayako (土宜草子)]] first appeared in issue [[Issue 93]] in 2021. | ||
[[Category:text]] [[Category:2021 | == Summary == | ||
Aevan’s years-long interest in tales of the Deathless Lord culminates in a solo trip to a magically frozen castle whose name has been lost to time. Despite the eerie sights he finds there, strange dreams, and dangerous mishaps, his burning curiosity continues to pull him deeper inside the castle. | |||
M/M, M/NB, M/F | 13,750 words | |||
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Content warnings: major character (un)death, some potential issues of consent — I’ve left the extent of that intentionally ambiguous, but it’s not zero. If manipulation and loss of bodily control are bad for you, please take a pass on this one. | |||
Sexual content: size kink, pegging, facefucking, trans guy front hole fucking; a little bit of pain, praise kink, and come marking | |||
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== Author's Notes == | |||
Author rambling (may spoil a few bits): | |||
Finally got to steal some song lyrics for a title, from Allie X’s “Downtown”. The demo version, called “Offering” has a slight variation on the chorus that I like even better: Take this offering/Yours until my heart dies. I almost kept the working title, but “Not So Little Death” was a bit too goofy for the tone I wanted. Third potential title shout out goes to my husband, who on getting editor status on one draft renamed it “MORE LIKE VIGOR MORTIS AM I RIGHT????” | |||
In keeping with the Halloween mood, the bones of this thing came from ALL over the place, starting with a half-finished draft of mine from two years ago that had a more menacing version of the Deathless Lord (based on World of Warcraft’s Lich King) and a less prepared version of Aevan (with no name OR gender, the poor bastard). | |||
When I started rewriting it, I remembered a version of Koschei the Deathless that I had read as a kid and promptly went over that like some kind of horrible fiction magpie. Koztya is meant to be a diminutive of Koschei and Aevan is a variant of Ivan. Marya is a direct steal, the name of both one of Ivan’s sister AND his wife in one version (the wife does get a last name to distinguish her). There are three birds in the story, two of which get nods here: Raven became Rook, and Orell (minus one L) means eagle. There’s a related story or variant where the Deathless’ heart is outside his body (inspiration for a D&D lich’s phylactery, I believe), which I also stole. | |||
I’m not sure how I feel about this one — it’s a bit outside of my usual wheelhouse for sure! — but I hope it’s an enjoyable read for the spooky season. I’ve gotten different takes from everyone who read it and I’m very excited to see how more folks interpret it! | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:21, 17 October 2026
Yours Until My Heart Dies by Togi Kayako (土宜草子) first appeared in issue Issue 93 in 2021.
Summary
Aevan’s years-long interest in tales of the Deathless Lord culminates in a solo trip to a magically frozen castle whose name has been lost to time. Despite the eerie sights he finds there, strange dreams, and dangerous mishaps, his burning curiosity continues to pull him deeper inside the castle.
M/M, M/NB, M/F | 13,750 words
Content warnings: major character (un)death, some potential issues of consent — I’ve left the extent of that intentionally ambiguous, but it’s not zero. If manipulation and loss of bodily control are bad for you, please take a pass on this one.
Sexual content: size kink, pegging, facefucking, trans guy front hole fucking; a little bit of pain, praise kink, and come marking
Author's Notes
Author rambling (may spoil a few bits): Finally got to steal some song lyrics for a title, from Allie X’s “Downtown”. The demo version, called “Offering” has a slight variation on the chorus that I like even better: Take this offering/Yours until my heart dies. I almost kept the working title, but “Not So Little Death” was a bit too goofy for the tone I wanted. Third potential title shout out goes to my husband, who on getting editor status on one draft renamed it “MORE LIKE VIGOR MORTIS AM I RIGHT????”
In keeping with the Halloween mood, the bones of this thing came from ALL over the place, starting with a half-finished draft of mine from two years ago that had a more menacing version of the Deathless Lord (based on World of Warcraft’s Lich King) and a less prepared version of Aevan (with no name OR gender, the poor bastard).
When I started rewriting it, I remembered a version of Koschei the Deathless that I had read as a kid and promptly went over that like some kind of horrible fiction magpie. Koztya is meant to be a diminutive of Koschei and Aevan is a variant of Ivan. Marya is a direct steal, the name of both one of Ivan’s sister AND his wife in one version (the wife does get a last name to distinguish her). There are three birds in the story, two of which get nods here: Raven became Rook, and Orell (minus one L) means eagle. There’s a related story or variant where the Deathless’ heart is outside his body (inspiration for a D&D lich’s phylactery, I believe), which I also stole.
I’m not sure how I feel about this one — it’s a bit outside of my usual wheelhouse for sure! — but I hope it’s an enjoyable read for the spooky season. I’ve gotten different takes from everyone who read it and I’m very excited to see how more folks interpret it!
