Fic Update: Playing the Game

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Title: Playing the Game

Author: tiredbuthyper

Genre: Gen/HurtComfort

Characters/Pairings: Kakashi/Sakura

Rating: M

Wordcount: ~120k

Summary: They always played this game, helpless against the heavy torrents of despair that threatened to overtake their lives at every juncture. Kakasaku, Spoilers up to Manga 452

Notes: We are into part 2 of this story; it's already long and getting longer, but now is an EXCELLENT time to join and come along for the ride. It is rated M for a reason; the themes are ADULT. The story is a bildungsroman, or a coming of age story, with themes of sexuality, brutality, and occasional gore. It is not a fluffy romance, though the pairing is an eventual promise. I say this so that no one is surprised or accidentally traumatized; the two new chapters I am posting here now, in particular, can be triggering if you are sensitive to depictions of rape. (It's not all Sad and Bad things, though, I promise!)

FF.net links:

Playing the Game, Chapter 1
Playing the Game, Chapter 18
Playing the Game, Chapter 19