Zelda woke up everyday afraid for her life. Ever since the revolution started in Hyrule, a brutal war she didn't understand, she was on the run. The only constant in her life was her brother Link. Together they hid, ran, and scrounged for scraps to call their meals. This was how it had been for them for twelve years. Twelve years of running, twelve years of hiding, and it was starting to weigh them down. If something didn't change soon they wouldn't last much longer.

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Marth sighed a nervous yet excited noise as he stepped from his tent in the war torn country of Hyrule. He was here to help people and that's exactly what he was going to do. He moved to the food line, smiling warmly at the sad faces that greeted him. They were all haunted by past images, past happenings, but Marth knew he would do whatever it took to keep them safe.

He had grown up wanting for nothing, with a family that had everything and more money than all of them could ever spend combined. He always felt indebted to those around him, not entitled. A fact proven by his best friend in the world; two boys from very different backgrounds that grew up closer than brothers.

His boots crunched on the dried earth beneath his feet as he walked to the medical tent, his curiosity getting the best of him. He wanted to know what these people were really going through and one of the other volunteers had said they had new refugees in that needed minor medical attention. "You can do this Marth," he reassured himself with a nod as he entered the tent, bracing himself for the worst.

XxX

Zelda sat on the edge of Link's cot, holding his hand tightly as they waited for one of the relief workers to come back by. She stared at the bandage wrapped around his arm nervously, not wanting it to get infected. "Hello there," a smiling blue haired man came into view, a clipboard in his hands, "my name's Marth and..." he trailed off as he looked up, his eyes locking with Link's. Zelda sat there, a tiny smile threatening to come to her lips as she looked between her brother and the stranger. She had known for years that Link wasn't into women, but he had been so consumed with survival lately that he hadn't shown interest in anyone. And judging by the intense red coloring this Marth's cheeks... he was feeling it too. "Uh," he looked back to his clipboard and Zelda squeezed Link's hand with a nod to the newcomer. Link shook his head quickly, the unspoken 'he's interested' obviously making Link nervous. "I'm sorry I don't have a name for you Mister-"

"Link," Link said carefully and Zelda would've sworn Marth let out a small whine.

"Link," Marth repeated as he wrote it down. He looked to Zelda and she watched his brow furrow at the sight of their entwined hands. "And you're-"

"His sister Zelda," she said with a small smile. She stressed the word sister a little, wanting him to catch on, and was pretty sure he did when he smiled warmly at them again.

"Well it's very nice to meet both of you," he said, eyes going back to Link as he set the clipboard aside. "What seems to be the trouble?"

XxX

Within no time Zelda knew her brother was harboring a crush on the man named Marth, one she was sure was returned. He would sit with Link for hours, telling him of his country back home, wild tales from his childhood involving a boy who was still his friend today, and he would listen in kind to every shaky word that left Link's lips. She watched as Marth lingered beside her brother's cot, a hand trailing down his arm unnecessarily, a smile and eyes shining with unspoken thoughts.

"Link," she whispered to him as Marth walked away, a doctor talking to him in hushed tones, "you know we can't risk this."

"Risk what?" Link asked distractedly, eyes following Marth around the medical tent.

"Link we have to stay on the move," she said and he looked to her, a heartbreaking amount of sadness in his eyes. "Besides that these people come and go and we'll never see him again and-"

"Hey Link," Marth came bounding up to them with a shy smile, "if you'd like to join us they're playing a movie in the main tent later... Of course you can join us too Zelda I-"

"We'd love to," Link cut him off and Zelda watched Marth's cheeks somehow flush a deeper shade of red. She glanced to Link to see him smiling and she sighed. He had it bad.

XxX

After the movie and lingering for as long as he could around Link, Marth was sitting on his bed, sending a quick video message to his best friend back home as he fought off tears of homesickness. "I miss it back home I really do I just... I feel I'm doing good here you know? There's this awesome brother and sister here that have been her for about a week now and they are so incredible... Before you tease me yes the brother is handsome but I don't think he's interested-"

"Marth?" Link's voice made him shriek in shock and drop the phone guiltily. He whirled, eyes wide to see Link standing there fidgeting with the hem of his shirt. "Are you busy?"

"No," Marth shook his head quickly. "What's up Link?"

"Uh," Link stepped in slowly, eyes on his worn out shoes, "can I ask who you were talking about?" He looked up and Marth blushed violently, fearful to admit to the handsome man that he had meant him. They were supposed to be helping these people, not falling for them.

"I-I I meant you," he said softly and Link's eyes shot up, locking with his and Marth tensed, waiting for the bomb of disgust to drop. "I'm sorry I know it's inappropriate and I-" Link moved forward, catching Marth off guard as he pulled him to his feet and pressed his lips to his. Marth was startled, but not enough to not respond, which he did so eagerly. Marth's slender hands came up and tangled themselves in Link's hair, not wanting to let go or break contact. In an instant Marth knew this was what he needed and wanted in his life everyday. He needed Link, needed this explosion of emotion, this endless experience of ecstasy.

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Ike growled out a few curses as his phone chimed to a new message, the happy trill startling him back into consciousness with a jolt. "Fucking shit," he mumbled as he grabbed the phone. He glared at the bright screen as it came into focus, wondering what Marth had to send him at such a bad time on his side of the globe. Sighing heavily as he hit play, he rubbed the sleep from his eyes. When it came down to it Ike knew there was no fighting the fact that Marth would always win.

The video started with a vaguely teary eyed Marth going on and on about how much he missed Ike, missed the burger joint down the road... A smirk came to Ike's lips as he started talking about some guy he had met. And then said man came into his tent and Ike's eyebrow twitched up as the video took an... interesting turn and he had to stop watching. Seeing Marth lock lips with a guy was one thing. When hands started moving below the belt Ike drew the line. He chuckled as he laid back down, hoping his friend was having fun as he tried to banish the awkward mental images the last few seconds of video brought on.

XxX

Zelda stared at her brother as he moved to sit beside her at the table for breakfast, the two of them almost lost in a sea of pointed eared refugees. "What?" he asked after a moment and Zelda narrowed her eyes.

"Where'd you go last night?" she asked and Link ducked his head to avoid her gaze. "Link what did you do?"

"I talked with Marth," he said softly and Zelda's eyebrows shot up in surprise. "Well we... didn't just talk..."

"Link!" Zelda dropped her voice to a whisper. "What does that mean?"

"We..." he waved with his hand in a vague motion and grinned. "We had fun."

"Goddesses sakes Link!" she said in a fierce whisper. "I-"

"I think I'm in love," he said, cutting her off with such a serious tone she closed her mouth. "I've never been in love like this before but I think this is it. He's... He's perfect," he breathed the last word and Zelda shook her head.

"It's only been a week," Zelda pointed out and Link shrugged with a smirk.

"Sometimes that's all it takes," he said with a grin and Zelda rolled her eyes. Love was for fools.

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