Hi! A new fluffy fluri! It came to me in a dream last night. (dream about a shirtless Yuri? Heck Yeah!) Anyway, I've been wracking my brain to come up with a new TOV story for one of my reviewers. I had been wanting to write one for her and this suddenly came to me!

So I would like to dedicate this story to one of my favorite reviewers little rosebud! She's the one who gave me the inspiration to continue writing again after my horrifyingly long hiatus. So here you go, and hope you like it!

STANDING WATCH

Summary: A fluffy one shot of Yuri and Flynn in the Imperial Knights together.

I've been in the Imperial Knights for only a few weeks and already I hate it. I can't stand those stuffed shirts who only seem to focus on the nobility and completely forget about the poorer sections of the world. It's sickening. I only joined to change this kind of stuff and so far all I've seen is just how messed up the system is. I'm not sure that it can even be changed.

It's my turn to stand watch in my squad tonight. I have another 20 minutes before someone is supposed to come and relieve me. We're out on a mission to get rid of a few monsters that have gotten a bit too close to Zaphias. We just left this morning and we're due to return tomorrow evening if everything goes right.

So far things have gone great. Nothing too hard has appeared and we should reach the nest in just a few hours after dawn, when we start moving again. We've been made clear on the fact that no one moves during the night out here. Too many unknowns.

I can hear a sound to my left, but as I put my hand on the hilt of my blade and turn to get a better look, I relax. Its only my replacement. Thank God. I can finally head to my tent. My tent that I have to share with another recruit.

At least I don't have to share with someone I don't know. I'm sharing with Flynn.

Flynn. He doesn't know it, but he's the main reason I'm here. I didn't want to join the Knights to begin with, but he asked me to join with him. 'We can change things, Yuri.' His hopeful words still ringing in my ears. I would have done anything to keep that smile on his face. Even joining the Knights.

I make my way over to the tent, pulling at my belt on the way. I've seen some of these Knights actually sleep in their uniforms and I don't know how they can handle it. I've never been able to sleep in anything but my pants. Clothes are just too restricting to sleep in. I have my belt pulled off by the time I reach my tent. I pulled the flap back and yank my shirt off.

A shuffling from Flynn's side of the small space alerts me to his presence. He seems to be waking up.

I was right. A few more seconds and he is sitting up, staring sleepily into my eyes.

"Hey, Yuri. Your shift over?" He asked in a sleep-filled voice. I couldn't help the smile that crossed my face. I love seeing this side of Flynn. I always thought that this was when he looked the best. Right when he first wakes, before he runs his fingers through his hair and wipes the sleep from his eyes. It's beautiful.

Not that Flynn doesn't always look beautiful. This is just my favorite look for him.

"Yeah. Now move over, you're hogging the whole tent." I said squatting down on my side and giving him a gentle shove. He only lets out a slight grunt at the treatment before moving over a bit and lying back down.

I grab my blanket and shove it down before lying down under it. I only pulled the blanket up to my stomach and brought my hands up to rest behind my head. I wouldn't be able to fall asleep for a little bit. I had to let my body relax from its tenseness that came from being on watch.

Suddenly, I feel Flynn shifting in his sleep and moving closer. It's not surprising. We've slept near each other before and I learned a long time ago that Flynn is constantly moving in his sleep. But what does surprise me is when he suddenly shifts his head much closer than I intended and he ended up resting his head on top of my chest.

I held back a gasp at the warm contact. How was I supposed to react to this? I already knew that I had feelings for Flynn, but he's never shown any signs of the feelings being mutual so I've never made any moves. But he feels so good lying against my skin. His hair is so soft against my chest. I let out a resigned sigh. He's only sleeping. He doesn't even know what he's doing. I move my arm from behind my head and gently touch my fingers to the top of his head. I might as well get comfortable.

I love Flynn's hair. It's always so soft. I threaded my fingers through the silky tresses and run them downwards. The blond hair has no knots and my fingers glide smoothly through it.

He let out a soft sigh at the contact and wrapped a random arm around my stomach. I close my eyes at the contact. One single person shouldn't feel so good, but he does. My fingers still in his hair for a moment as I take in the sensations. I can feel Flynn's naked chest pressed up against my side. I hadn't even realized that he was shirtless too. I opened my eyes again and began moving my fingers again.

He looked beautiful lying there against me. The soft rise and fall of his chest as he breathed out small puffs of air against my chest. The silky hair and soft features of his face, completely at peace in his sleep. I loved looking at him. He was like an angel. I still don't know why he was friends with me. I only drag him down. I'm no angel like him. I couldn't extract myself from his embrace though.

"I love you Flynn." I heard myself whisper softly in the quiet air of our tent. It was true. I did love him. I had for a while. How could a person spend any amount of time around Flynn and not feel something for him?

I wasn't prepared, however, for the sleepy voice to respond.

"I love you too Yuri." My breath stilled and my heart began pounding ruthlessly in my chest. He had heard me? I shot my eyes down to his head as he shifted to rest his chin in my chest and stared into my eyes. His sleepy smile was still beautiful even amongst all my panic.

"I was wondering if you'd ever tell me." He said with a blinding smile reaching all the way up to his eyes. I felt my mouth open in shock at the words. He knew? This whole time?

I was still trying to sort through my thoughts when he moved closer and suddenly pressed his lips against mine. The sensations shot through me, bringing out of my stupor. I shifted my hand in his hair to get a better grip and pulled him closer as I brought my other hand from behind my head and wrapped it around him. This was better than anything I had ever imagined.

After just a few seconds he pulled away and smiled at me again.

"I'm glad you finally said something Yuri. I've been wanting to do that for a long time now." The sleep was fading from his eyes as his smile grew even further.

I couldn't help but smile back at him.

"Sorry I took so long then." I said with a laugh. If I had known I would have done that a long time ago. But I had him now and that's all that mattered. I wrapped him arm around him tighter and breathed in the soft scent of orchids that was Flynn.

He let out a soft sigh and snuggled back down into my side.

"It's ok Yuri. Let's get some sleep now ok? We have a long day tomorrow." I smiled down at his head pressed against me and shifted my head back against my pillow. He was right, we did have a long day tomorrow and I hadn't slept at all yet.

"Goodnight Flynn." I could feel his lips spreading into another sleepy smile.

"Goodnight Yuri. I love you." Without thinking too much about it, I reached down and laid a kiss on the top of his head before lying back down and falling into a relaxed sleep.

"I love you, too."

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I hope you guys enjoyed the little bit of fluff. I've never really tried to just simply write a piece of fluff quite like this. I don't think it turned out too badly though. Read and Review please! I love hearing what you guys think of my stories! And if any of you have any requests, don't hesitate to ask! I have an overabundance of free time and I'll see what I can do about them!

Thanks again for your inspiring reviews little rosebud! I hope you enjoyed the story too!

~nakia