What We Lack

“Tora,” Ryouji said, and it was an animal voice, low and rough and dark.
“Ryouji,” Tora whispered, and he wrapped his arms around his uncle’s neck and kissed him as well as he knew how because he loved him and would never be able to stop.

Chapter 1: Playlist

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This is my playlist for What We Lack—originally I was planning to wait to share it until the very end, but today's my birthday and I wanted to do something for the fic. Unfortunately I’m not capable enough to have made it the next chapter, so this will have to do. All of these songs are just ones that give me, personally, the “feeling” of WWL and the relationship between Tora and Ryouji, and I don’t expect everyone to share the same opinion. I figured some people might be interested to know what I listen to when thinking about WWL, though.

For me, the emphasis is less on lyrics and more on tone, since when I’m writing I tend to ignore the words being sung and focus more on the mood the music inspires. If it were based only on lyrics then I think that Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis would hands down be the theme song (honestly, I’m still hoping to find a version of it that gives me the right mood). Still, I think a lot of the songs have applicable lyrics, too. I add new songs as I hear them, so now that I’ve made it public I might update the list periodically, or I might wait until I’ve completed the story.

Little Do You Know (Alex & Sierra)

Paradise (Alina Baraz, Esta)

505 (Arctic Monkeys)

Don’t Let Me Down (Ben Schuller)

All I Want (Dawn Golden)

Still Here (Digital Daggers)

Toxic (District 78, feat. Cheesa)

i hate u, i love u (gnash, feat. Olivia O’Brien)

Coming Down; Empty Gold; Is There Somewhere; Trouble - 1 Mic 1 Take (Halsey)

Break My Heart - stripped (Hey Violet)

Someone Who’ll Get It (Highasakite)

Habits Of My Heart, One Last Time (Jaymes Young)