“I can’t,” Duo said, but his voice was uncertain, fearful.
“Why not?” Hilde demanded, frustrated. “What’s keeping you here?”
“I...” Duo began and paused. “I... I don’t think I’m strong enough to travel. Not yet.”
“You’ll heal better in the south,” Hilde said persuasively. “Out of this damned gray camp, back where it’s warm. You’ll be back to normal in no time, I know. You’ve had too much of war. You deserve peace, you need quiet...”
Duo didn’t answer. Say no, Heero begged him silently. Say you’ll stay -- say you’re staying because of me! Tell her I’ll take care of you, because I will, I will!
“I don’t know,” he said at last.
Hilde leaned forward, bringing her face close to his. He kept his own eyes cast down. “I thought you were dead, Duo,” she half-whispered. “Now it’s like I have a second chance. We were going to be married, Duo -- we still can. We can build a life together, away from the fighting. Please. Duo, you know... don’t you know...”
He finally looked up at her. “Hilde?” he muttered.
She held his eyes to hers, deep expressive brown. Then, slowly, she leaned forward and pressed her lips to his
Heero’s world stopped -- all feeling stopped.
“Don’t you know, Duo? I love you,” she murmured, against his skin. Her eyes fluttered closed, and she kissed him again, more deeply.
Re: Spoil of War, prologue
Date: 2006-02-28 01:24 am (UTC)In the shadows, Heero choked back a cry. No!
“I can’t,” Duo said, but his voice was uncertain, fearful.
“Why not?” Hilde demanded, frustrated. “What’s keeping you here?”
“I...” Duo began and paused. “I... I don’t think I’m strong enough to travel. Not yet.”
“You’ll heal better in the south,” Hilde said persuasively. “Out of this damned gray camp, back where it’s warm. You’ll be back to normal in no time, I know. You’ve had too much of war. You deserve peace, you need quiet...”
Duo didn’t answer. Say no, Heero begged him silently. Say you’ll stay -- say you’re staying because of me! Tell her I’ll take care of you, because I will, I will!
“I don’t know,” he said at last.
Hilde leaned forward, bringing her face close to his. He kept his own eyes cast down. “I thought you were dead, Duo,” she half-whispered. “Now it’s like I have a second chance. We were going to be married, Duo -- we still can. We can build a life together, away from the fighting. Please. Duo, you know... don’t you know...”
He finally looked up at her. “Hilde?” he muttered.
She held his eyes to hers, deep expressive brown. Then, slowly, she leaned forward and pressed her lips to his
Heero’s world stopped -- all feeling stopped.
“Don’t you know, Duo? I love you,” she murmured, against his skin. Her eyes fluttered closed, and she kissed him again, more deeply.