Title:  Lieutenant
Fandom:  Bleach
Pairing:  gen, again
Categories:  pre-canon, action
Length:  Medium  [~10,000 words]  Bonus rec!
Warnings:  n/a


Author on LJ:  n/a
Website:  Her page on Fanfiction.net

Review:  "How did Hitsugaya end up with Matsumoto as his lieutenant?"

Lieutenant is a snapshot of a relationship at its very beginning.  Matsumoto and Hitsugaya are the current lieutenant and captain of the tenth division, but how did such opposites end up working together?  Fanwoman's answer is a logical exploration of the few facts we do know (that Hitsugaya is a prodigy, and the youngest & newest of the modern captains, while Matsumoto is Gin's contemporary and thus has been a shinigami for much longer), tying them together in a satisfying way. 

This fic is an excellent character exploration piece, as well as a patch for missing canon.  Those who like Matsumoto/Hitsugaya can read that - or the future possibility thereof - into this fic, but I see it as a purely gen story... and no less interesting as such.

Lieutenant