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"Baby Series 2"Written By: Karina
Pairing: Zechs + Heero Notes: Challenge 21. Baby Series 2 #5 . Takes place the same evening as Laundry. Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine. Many thanks to Dulin for her work as beta
Beyond Survival "The clearest nights are the nights of the Hunter’s Moon. Autumn nights when the moon is full and the leaves have fallen. Those nights are the time of the Hunter." Heero watched moonlight reflecting on the snow-blanketed lawns and the clarity with which everything could be seen was enhanced by a breathtaking beauty. "Clearer than this night?" "Yes. There is something mystical about Sanc under a Hunter’s Moon. This is beautiful but in autumn… Have you never taken the time to look before?" "I… considered it…" he blushed. "A waste of time? There are more things in this life than looking for killers or keeping the press at bay. We fought for peace and it may not be what we envisioned but it is here and we need to accept it. We need to live and living means more than existing. You have the right to reach out and hold a young woman, to feel her warmth against you, mark the scent of her perfume and the subtle underlying scent that is Her. To see her smile and know that she smiles for you alone." "I… have never known that." "Do you wish it for yourself?" "I never expected to survive the war. I never expected to have a life after so much death." "I don’t think many of us expected to survive. Do you like being alone? When are you happiest? You know where you have been. Where will you go from here?" "I… never looked forward. I always think of what I am doing now." "And that is?" " Surviving from one minute to another." Milliardo sighed, a warm breath in the frigid night. He drew the coat tighter and raised his head to the moon, full and pale golden in the dark velvet sky. Starlight and moonlight on snow. Beautiful. "Noin loved Sanc in winter and Treize would have been out riding on a night such as this, unable to resist its allure." He rested a gloved hand on the icy stone railing. "Heero, you never know how much time you or those you love have. We make such stupid mistakes and the biggest mistake of all is thinking that there is always a tomorrow and love can wait." "Relena is so far above me. I don’t have the skills she needs. I’m not a diplomat." "Relena is surrounded by diplomats. What she needs is someone to tell her the truth, to hold her when it gets too much. To simply be there. She needs someone to love her, not fawn over her. Love crosses rivers, Heero. You just have to have the courage to take the first step and create that bridge. Do you love my sister?" The emotion in those blue eyes as Milliardo had thought of his wife and the one he had loved before her… The loss and the ache… "Yes." He could not lie to those eyes. "Good. That is a start." End |
