" Head Tripped "

Written By: Presser

Pairings : 1+2, 2xOC, 3x4 strongly implied

Disclaimer : Gundam Wing characters aren't mine

Rating : NC 17

Warnings : Lemon, supernatural theme, angst, abuse, NCS

Summary: Duo can’t seem to get enough sleep, and Heero and the other pilots began to worry about him. Call this a suspense-thriller-lemon, if you will.


Dedication:
for Sita Seraph, who gave me the plot bunny




"Head Tripped"

~ 16 ~

Heero yelled, rolled across Duo, pulled sweat-soaked sheets with him. He tumbled to the floor beside the bed, Duo colliding with him.

Duo screamed.

Outside the room, Quatre yelled.

"Duo! Heero!" He tore himself away from Trowa and ran to the bedroom door. Trowa and Wufei ran after him.

The three burst into the room to see Heero and Duo on the floor beside the bed, thrashing against each other, caught in the wet sheet.

Quatre ran to them, trying to help them up. Duo yelled.

"Don't touch me! Don't touch me!"

Quatre backed away. Trowa and Wufei stood at the door, watching the scene.

Heero untangled himself, pulling the sheet off Duo. Duo lay on the floor, eyes wild, his head twisting from side to side.

"Heero! Heero! Heero!"

"I'm here, Duo! I'm here!" Heero took Duo by the shoulders. Duo tried to fight him off.

"It's me, Duo, it's Heero! It's alright, Duo, it's Heero!"

Quatre stood between Heero and Duo on the floor and Trowa and Wufei at the entrance to Duo's bedroom.

Heero shook Duo violently. The long-haired boy finally came to his senses, seemed to see Heero for the first time.

"Heero!"

"I'm here, Duo! I'm here! It's alright, it's alright." He pulled Duo to his chest.

Duo began to sob, his body shuddering.

Quatre looked to Trowa, who stood frozen.

After a moment, Heero pulled away from Duo, but Duo grabbed his torso with both arms, holding Heero tightly.

"Gods, Heero! I - was - so -"

"It's okay, Duo." Heero spoke soothingly. "It's over. He won't bother you again." He stroked the back of Duo's head, held him close.

As Duo's sobs began to subside, Quatre spoke.

"Heero! I heard you moan, heard screams! Are you -"

"Hush, Quatre." Trowa moved to stand beside his lover, who wrapped his arms around him. Wufei stood motionless at the door.


Quatre brought hot mugs of green tea on a tray to the living room. Duo sat on the couch with Heero on one side, Wufei on the other, a blanket wrapped around him. Trowa sat in the chair opposite them.

Duo gratefully accepted the mug of tea from Quatre.

After serving everyone, Quatre moved to sit on the arm of Trowa's chair.

"I'm so ashamed of myself," Duo said, eyes cast to the floor.

"You had no way of knowing," Heero said gently. "The same demon came for me as well."

"But you didn't give in," Duo said. "That makes me -"

"That makes you nothing," Heero said. "It doesn't mean anything. He easily could have focused his efforts on me instead."

Duo sighed. He took a sip of tea.

Trowa spoke softly. "What happened, Heero?"

Heero recounted his dream, going over the demon's efforts to overpower him, his calling to Duo, and the demon's defeat.

"So declaring your love for each other overcame the demon?" Quatre spoke after taking a sip of tea.

"I guess," Heero said. "The demon was focused on lust; I suppose that love..."

"Was stronger," Duo whispered. He squeezed Heero's hand.


"All packed?" Trowa looked up from his bag to see Duo standing in the doorway of his bedroom.

"Just about. I'll bet you're ready to get out of here, aren't you, Duo?"

"You know it." The long-haired pilot spoke in subdued tones. "I always thought this place was kind of creepy, to tell the truth."

Trowa picked up his bag and walked to the door. "It's funny, isn't it? That you were the only one attacked."

"Heero had the dream, too, Trowa."

"I know, but nothing like yours." The pilot of Heavyarms shrugged. "Anyway. I'll be just as glad to get out of here as you." The two walked through the door and down the stairs.


As the last Gundam pulled away from the safehouse, sunlight filtered through dust motes in the room that Duo Maxwell had slept in. Under his bed was an inverted crucifix, made of brass. The figure of a demon wrapped its arms around the short end of the cross. Across the bottom of the upside-down cross was a Latin phrase: Ancilla ad Libido.*

Owari

*Slave to Lust.

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