Title: Solace
Author: Keitorin (Chou ni Natte)
Fandom: Gundam Wing
Pairing: Heero x Trowa
Rating: K
Summary: Routine midnight disturbance.
Note: Used my Adj-Noun/Two-Word generator (tanomono dot net/generators). Results: Heero x Trowa, soothing motion
Disclaimer: I don't claim to own Gundam Wing. I write for fun, not profit.
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Heero is awake the moment he senses something is amiss. He slits his eyes open and takes in the familiar sight of the white ceiling above, before listening for any unusual sounds in the house.
There is nothing, but Heero has been through this routine often enough to ignore the lack of any obvious disturbance.
He rolls over onto his side to face the back of his bedfellow. It's dark, but with his eyes he can see the outline of the tall, lean body facing away from him, covers kicked off somewhere to the end of the bed. If he were a 'normal person', he would still be able to tell that the man was awake due to the tense shoulders stretching his pajama top.
This is the first time this week; last week it had been three times. Heero thinks he's improved greatly from the first time it had happened, when he had felt helpless as his partner thrashed in a nightmare before waking, sweating and avoiding Heero's gaze.
Now, he keeps his distance, but slowly and gently places a hand on that back, right between the shoulder blades. To the tense man's credit, he doesn't flinch as he had the first few times (tightly controlled, but Heero could easily see).
Heero starts to move the hand in small circles in a soothing motion. After several moments, he is rewarded with a sigh and the body relaxing into his hand, and feels strangely touched when the man scoots back and into the touch.
No words penetrate the silence; the brief actions between them say all that needs to be said.
"I'm here."
and
"Thank you."