These are a series of snippets now dubbed the Baby series.
All are 500 or less words in length and centre around the relationship of Chang Wu Fei and Milliardo Peacecraft / Zechs Marquise. Other characters from the series appear as the sequence moves on.
As a bit of background for the first, Comfort, know that Zechs married Noin, returned to Earth and Noin fell pregnant and something went wrong.
The series is written n response to a 500 word challenge issued by the 5x6ml.
Enough said. Hope you enjoy.
Karina
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Title: Comfort
Author: Karina
Rating: PG / M [to be safe
Pairing: Zechs + Wu Fei
Notes: Set around about AC 200 which would make Wu Fei about 20 and Zechs about 24. Angst exists, of course.
Thanks to Dulin for her work as beta.
Comfort
The blonde sat in the darkness, a shadow in the night, lightning flickering in the distance enhancing the pale flicker of his silver white hair. He had sat at the window for hours, watching as the sun set, ignoring those who called beyond a pained sigh and brief nod to acknowledge their presence when it was plain that they would not leave without him at least showing some sign of life.
They meant well, but he only wanted to be alone.
Somewhere in the house a thin wail echoed and it was
enough to stir him from his perch. He could go upstairs and comfort
his child. Perhaps in the comforting of his son, her son, he could
find some comfort himself. The wailing ceased and the life drained
out of him again. Of course. The nurse. The Nanny,
what ever you
wanted to call her. The child had no need of him.
"Why do you stop? He is your son. He needs your comfort. You need his comfort."
The voice startled him. He had been certain that everyone had left him. Chang had come with the others to offer their condolences and left, he had assumed, when the others had finally taken the hint that he did not want to see them. Apparently he was wrong.
"Comfort? I don't know how to give comfort. Only death."
The Preventer Agent sighed softly. "There are too many of us who know how to give death. Your woman knew how to give life. She gave you the child."
"And in giving the child to her in the first place I killed her. It just took some time for her to die. Leave me be, Chang. I'm not ready to be sociable to anyone."
The younger man moved closer to the window and settled himself on the floor comfortably and watched the blonde as he began to stare out of the window again.
"No, you are not, but you will be. When you are we will talk and I will tell you about Meiran. At least you have her child to watch grow and to protect. That is comfort you as yet do not appreciate. You are the most fortunate of men."
End
Karina Robertson 2005