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"Photos"Written By: CalicOcat Life With Heero Arc fic 30 Genre: Angst, Friendship Pairings: None yet Rated: PG-13 Warnings: AU, OOC, Swearing Archives: At Mediaminer.org under Calic0cat. Anyone
with archive permission for my other fics can help themselves; anyone
else, please ask. Disclaimer: Duo and Heero and the rest of the GW gang aren't mine. This story is. Nuff said. Notes: The arc begins between one and two years after Endless Waltz. Duo POV in this story. 'Thinking' "Speaking" ************ Time passing or scene change Author's Notes: This is the first in an arc of stories. I don't know for sure how many stories there will be or how often I'll be posting them. The length of each story in the arc will vary, anywhere from ficlet to multi-part. Warnings will vary from story to story as well, as will the genre. Pairings will probably eventually make their way in, but it will be quite a while since the first half dozen or so stories are drafted out and there's no real indication of pairings in them as of yet. Feedback is appreciated.
Photos Arc fic 30 Duo looked at Heero in disbelief. "Tell me you're kidding." "No, that's really how you do it. It really is very simple and the effect it creates is quite nice. The guestroom is small, so we should have no problem getting it repainted before Relena's visit," Heero answered. Okay, Duo had to admit, the rag rolling effect *was* kind of cool. But it was going to take *forever* to do the entire fuckin' room that way! And that was just to apply the *first* contrasting colour. Heero wanted a total of *three* different shades! 'Whoever that sales guy was that introduced Heero to decorative painting techniques, I'm going to *kill* him,' Duo promised silently. No, on second thought, killing was too good for him. He wanted the guy to suffer just as much as *he* was going to suffer.. Duo stared at the oh-so-simple instruction sheet and sighed. This was *not* going to be a fun way to spend a weekend. "Dammit, Heero, I thought we'd throw a fresh coat of paint on with the rollers and be done in time to finally finish converting the motorcycle engines," he protested. Heero sighed in return and answered, "Oh, fine then. How about this instead?" Looking at the picture Heero had just handed him and
the instruction sheet that accompanied it, Duo felt slightly relieved.
This idea was *better*, though it still looked like it would take
most of the weekend to complete it. And it *still* did *not* look
at all like something he would have expected Heero to come up with...
'Sponge painting and faux marbling? Good grief, don't tell me Heero's
been reading those damn interior design magazines Hilde's been buying
lately...' "Well, I guess this is a *little* better," he
muttered "Gotcha," Heero whispered in Duo's ear before yanking the papers out of his hand and handing him a roller and can of plain old paint. "Why you..." Duo sputtered, "argh... Dammit, Heero, what are you tryin' to do, worry me to death? I was startin' to wonder what the hell had gotten into you..." "Just a little payback for certain photos that
somehow made their way into Quatre's possession..." Heero answered
with a half-hearted glare. "And that doesn't even *begin* to
cover Wufei asking when I added "Hey, that part's not *my* fault!" Duo exclaimed in protest. "I just gave'em to Q... " "You *had* to know they'd end up in the possession of everyone we knew once you gave them to Quatre. He wouldn't be able to resist passing them on," Heero grumbled discontentedly. "Err, well - yeah, I guess." Duo stole a sidelong glance at Heero. "You don't *really* mind, do you? I guess I really shoulda asked first. Sorry, Heero." "I guess it's okay," Heero sighed. "I don't really mind that you took the pictures. And I don't mind us having them - or even *showing* them to the guys if they happened to be here. But it just seems too..." Heero hesitated, clearly searching for the right word to express himself. Wincing, Duo offered, "Personal? Private?" 'Shit. Shoulda thought of that...' Heero nodded, "Too personal to be shared with everyone. Things like that should be kept private." Duo set aside his painting supplies and moved to lean
against Heero's shoulder. "I'm sorry, Heero. You're right. Those
photos of you with the kids *are* pretty personal and I shouldn't
have passed them on to "Good," Heero answered softly. "I know
you wouldn't have done it if you'd realized it would genuinely bother
me, Duo. That's why I'm not *really* upset about it. But I don't particularly
like the idea that "I'll talk to the guys and ask them not to pass the photos on to anyone else," Duo promised. "Wufei and Tro probably wouldn't anyway, 'cause they're pretty private too. And Quat won't once he knows you don't want him to." "Okay," Heero responded. For a few moments, Duo remained where he was, leaning
gently against Heero's shoulder. 'I did something that bothered him
and he let me know about it even though just explaining *why* it bothered
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