Title: Erosion
Characters:
Heero Yuy
Summary:
Unlearning old lessons is a slow process.
Notes:
For readerofasaph's drabble game,l to the prompt "Dulce et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori." The Latin means, loosely translated, 'It is both sweet and fitting to die for one's country.'100 words, and believe me, you're as surprised to see me writing GW as I am.


Erosion

One of the very first lessons they taught Heero was how to lay his life down for his colony and his mission. In retrospect, he's sure that if he'd been cut open and inspected, it'd have been there, written in his bones and inscribed on his heart, gunmetal grey and inviolable.

He's not entirely sure when that lesson was completely overwritten; it eroded away imperceptibly, to be replaced by other rules--other possibilities, rather. But he does know when it began: with a girl's open smile and outstretched hand and a boy's offer of assistance when none had been expected.

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