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"Baby Series 2"Written By: Karina
Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the
Characters from the series but the baby is mine. Pairing: Pagan + Wu Fei + Duo Notes: Challenge 78. Baby Series 2 #248. Takes place immediately after Let Us Discuss
Appropriate Respect Some times Duo astonished him, and rarely in an impressive manner. Wu Fei could have wished to disassociate himself from his friend, student and potential lover. Potential lover. There, he had thought it again. And Pagan had made it plain he did not forbid future attempts to seduce the King. //This must be handled carefully. Courting the King is not seducing him. There will be no need to precipitate more than propriety can accept at this time.// With Pagan accepting their interest in Milliardo, he need not throw caution to the wind. When had he become so desperate as to throw himself on the King and kiss the man senseless in front of witnesses? Ancestors! What had he been thinking? He had Milliardo’s rank to consider, as well as his Clan. Should he consider revealing to Pagan his most recent decision to tackle Duo’s suggestion for securing the Chang lineage? Perhaps not. Duo was pinned in his seat by the force of the formidable old man’s personality. No, it was not time to leap into a discussion revealing his desire to merge the King’s bloodline with the Chang clan. No, he wanted some time before he tackled that subject and he had not, as yet, approached the remnants of his people. However few they were. Pagan’s paperwork listed the individuals, the fortunate ones who had been off planet when the Elders detonated the colony. He must not permit himself to become distracted by the all too familiar pain and guilt. Perhaps if he had not left as abruptly, been calmer, more responsive, the Elders might not have gone through with the detonation. It was a forlorn hope, and distressed him. They had had their plan and his input alone, his presence there would have made no difference. Eventually they would have detonated the colony. Enough of living in the past. He needed to stride forward and offer those few survivors a future… but there was nothing to say he could not, at the same time, offer himself a future. One he might tolerably live with; even periodically gain some enjoyment from. He used the time while Pagan informed Duo of the appropriate respect due the King, to consider how best to keep this old man on their side. If they wanted his assistance, either passive or active, then they needed to handle the courtship with care. Duo might not understand how important protocols were, but he did. He would need to temper Duo’s raw enthusiasm and inject sanity and style into the courtship. Milliardo would not be likely to respond to anything which affronted the tenets of propriety. There were the people of Sanc to consider, one could not court a King and not affect the lives of others. Those who dealt on a daily basis with the family would be privy to the secret. One could never keep such relations secret. //But then, I do not particularly wish to keep it secret, merely discrete.// ~ * ~ |
