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Contains: Introspection, angst, spoilers for Gundam Seed episodes 40+. Rated PG13.
Part of the 'Ramius In Pieces' drabble series.
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Ramius In Pieces
I. Skin
By Meiya Mie
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For a day born out of an execution and much later - a massacre of millions, the soldiers still slipped gifts underthe table. Even in the deepest depths of space with the echoes of explosions, they still uttered promises that may or may never be fulfilled. Roses seem to sprout from pools of blood.
Murrue got her first rose painted on a white porcelain locket. He bought it at the town bazaar and gave it to her several hours before take-off. It was Murrue's first, and her last.
Missing in action, they said. She liked to think he turned to stardust, just like the fairy stories.
She couldn't say his name. When she tried, it lumped and choked her. She swallowed it down and never uttered it again.
She kept her rose close, so close that it imprinted a small rectangular space above her chest, like a door to her heart. She kept it hidden beneath her clothes, pulled over, buttoned-down, zipped shut. The flimsiest of garments never came between the rose and her.
It took awhile for the space to fill, and her skin to heal.
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