Title: Countered
Author: Grasshopper (A.K.A. The Undertaker's Muse)
Rated: PG
Warnings: BL-ish kinda thing.
Fandom: Gundam 00
Challenge: No True Pair
Prompt: Neil Dylandy is looking for someone to grow old with. Could that person be Tieria Erde?
Spoilers: None specific, but set somewhere mid-to-late season one.
Pairings: Neil/Tieria
Summary: Neil knows they probably won't survive the war they've been waging and that Tieria was not exactly a normal human. But something kept drawing him to Tieria...
Author's Notes: I really do like this pairing, but- Why can't the muses cooperate with Lyle/Anew, who I love so much more? *cries*
Disclaimer: All things Gundam 00 belong to Sunrise and Bandai, with major props to Kouga Yun-sensei for the beautiful character designs. Grassy only lays claim to the plot.
It was a bad idea to let himself get attached, Neil knew that. But Celestial Being - the members of his team - had needed him to play different roles in their lives and he just- Didn't stop himself. Who could have guessed, though, that Tieria would join the ranks of those attempting to tie Lockon Stratos to them.
Neil had enjoyed irritating and challenging Tieria; wanted to see the flash and fire locked so tight within his icy disdain. Seeing Tieria march off in a huff - which Tieria would deny to the ends of the universe and back - never failed to amuse Neil. Slowly, though, with the passing of time and secrets Neil could not help but be drawn to Tieria. Tieria who needed him in a way neither of them fully understood. Tieria who Lockon felt the need to protect. Just- Tieria. In all of his otherness and pastel cardigans and eyes oh-so-wide behind glasses he didn't truly need.
Neil knows that they probably won't survive the war they're waging - beginning and ending and beginning - and if, by chance, they do- Tieria was not a normal human. How long Neil might live in comparison was- But Neil could not keep from reaching out to him. Could not stop his fingers from tangling in silky, purple hair. Could not stop his lips from pressing against Tieria's - parted in shock, a soft pant of want - and just-
Could not stop taking and giving more, for however short a time they had remaining.
The End
