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"Baby Series 1"Written By: Karina
Pairing: Zechs + Wu Fei, Past 6x9 Notes: Challenge 4. #7. Set around about AC 200 and about two months after Comfort and within hours of I Don't Get it. Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or the Characters
from the series but the baby is mine.
He’s Not Himself "Hey, Sally. Got a minute?" "Duo. Come and have coffee with me. Something wrong?" "Ah, noooo ... Probably not. Just ... strange." "Interesting way of expressing a problem." Sally Po led the way into her office, her inner sanctum within the Preventer's medical centre. "Help yourself." "Thanks." Duo settled in the chair near her desk with a steaming mug of coffee. "Well?" "Well ... it's Chang." "What about him? He seemed to be more tranquil lately. I was enjoying the quiet." "That's the problem. He's not himself. Well, I don't think so at any rate." Sally sighed. "If anything is wrong his work has not suffered for it. He had a physical just last week. Fit as a bull. Psyche profile was two days ago and he passed with flying colours. What more should I have been looking for?" "Well ..." "Duo?" "He's not himself. He's a kickass pilot, first class agent and a killer ... not some domesticated babysitter." Sally blinked. "A ...Duo, Chang has been more settled, stable and generally likable since he started keeping Zechs company. I think you will find he is experiencing something he has not had the chance to enjoy since the war started. A stable family life." "But ... he's ... different. Not the Wumeister I know." "We all change, Duo. Look, I think Wu Fei has found something he never thought he would know again and he is enjoying it. Have you talked to him about this?" "Sorta." "Wu Fei was from a tightly knit family community. A clan. Very different I know from the European style family but children were important. He lost all of that and I think he might have found something that he had been missing more than he realized. He feels needed. Not so much a weapon. Not so much a tool. A family member. He's been very good with Zechs over this grieving period. I think it has helped Wu Fei as much as Zechs." "But Sally, he won't bite anymore. He does not call me names or chase me around with that katana of his. He just ... looks at me." "To be honest if I were you I'd be delighted not to be chased by an irate Chinese who knows how to swing one of those." "If he wanted family he could go to China. There are still clans there." "It's not the same, Duo. He doesn't want reminders that close to L5, I think. He wants a new start. Different but containing elements that once were comfortable and meant something to that part of him that is Clan." "But why Sexy Zechsy?" Sally sighed, repressing the smile. "Zechs has common ground with him. They both lost their wives and I think they feel that link in ways we can not understand unless we have walked where they have." "I ... guess I'm ... happy ... for him then." "Oh Duo, you've not lost him, you know. He's still Wu Fei. One day it will be you who finds something special." "Yeah."//I ... thought maybe ... I had.// End |
