Touch My Heart
by taitofan
Rated PG-13 for yaoi and implied sexual situations
Disclaimer: If you honestly think I could own Kingdom Hearts and still kill off the entire Organization, you have issues.
Author's Note: Following the "OTP" trend, this was my first Organization XIII OTP. It's still very dear to me, and I had lots of fun showing the different aspects I think they have, both pre-, during, and post-CoM. A few other couples snuck in though, as usual. Some of these are manga related, and others are more based on the game. And again, I totally made up Marluxia's Other's name.
1sentence challenge: theme set Epsilon
Flames do nothing but make me laugh, although I'll listen to any CC you have. Please read, review, and enjoy! Finished 11-15-06
01. Motion
They went through the expected motions of verbal and physical fighting to keep appearances, but when night came, Marluxia always found himself in Axel's bed with fighting being the last thing on his mind.
02. Cool
It was much too cool out here in the garden; maybe he could just—"Light that tree on fire Axel, and I'll chop off your arm."
03. Young
The night was young, and there were still many members of Organization XIII they could bug before retiring to Axel's room and having some private fun.
04. Last
Their movements were slow and passionate, and for the first and last time since they'd gotten together, they made love—Marluxia was killed the next day.
05. Wrong
"What's wrong with you?" Marluxia demanded as he caught his pyromaniac of a lover trying to light his garden on fire again.
06. Gentle
Gentle fingers slid through Marluxia's hair before roughly yanking him up for a harsh kiss; XI didn't mind the slightly unpleasant tingle on his scalp so long as Axel kept doing that with his tongue…
07. One
"Just one more!" Axel pleaded, feeling downright giddy when Marluxia reluctantly allowed him to burn another patch of weeds.
08. Thousand
There were a thousand things that Marluxia hated about Axel, but there were just as many things about the redhead that he loved, so it all evened out in the end.
09. King
Marluxia was more or less the king of Castle Oblivion, but when he and Axel were together, everyone knew who was really in charge.
10. Learn
"When will you ever learn," Marluxia chided as he leered down at Axel's bound and naked form, "that in my castle you play by my rules?"
11. Blur
Axel's vision blurred after he walked head first into a pillar, and all he could hear was the mixture of Demyx's laughter and Roxas's lecture on looking where he was going instead of daydreaming about Marluxia.
12. Wait
Axel tapped his foot impatiently as he waited for Marluxia to finish watering his flowers so they could go already.
13. Change
The change had actually started long before Marluxia got control of Castle Oblivion—it was the day he realized that Axel was spending more time with Roxas than with him that XI decided he wanted the Organization for himself, if only to make XIII pay.
14. Command
"As Lord of Castle Oblivion, I command you," Marluxia ordered with a smirk, pushing Axel to his knees and mentally cheering for victory when VIII reached for his zipper.
15. Hold
There were some nights when neither craved sexual pleasure, but rather emotional comfort, and seeing as their lack of hearts made their emotions incomplete, they had to make due with holding each other close until the dull ache subsided.
16. Need
It wasn't a matter of want, it was a matter of need—Axel needed that pretty body and sharp tongue who could care less about rank, and Marluxia needed the equally pretty body and fiery spirit who could make him feel things he never thought he'd feel again.
17. Vision
Before almost half of the Organization left for Castle Oblivion, Demyx had a horrible vision about betrayal and death—Axel laughed at his subordinate's paranoia, not planning to let anything happen to Marluxia while he was around.
18. Attention
They were both attention whores, there was no denying it, so the rest of the Organization quickly got used to Axel and Marluxia's heated public arguments and even more heated public make-up sessions.
19. Soul
Axel had promised he wouldn't tell a soul, and in return, Marluxia wore that pink and black schoolgirl outfit VIII was so fond of.
20. Picture
Marluxia stared at the rather detailed crayon drawing—as detailed as crayons can get at least—that Naminé had drawn of two men with pink and red hair doing things young girls shouldn't even know about and stuffed it in his pocket for later investigation.
21. Fool
"You were a fool to think you loved me," Axel whispered as Sora struck down the Graceful Assassin for good, "but I guess I was a fool for doing the same with you, huh?"
22. Mad
Marluxia was always so cute when he was mad—his eyes would narrow, his teeth would bare, he'd wave that girly scythe of his around—so Axel set fire to one of his plants almost daily.
23. Child
Marluxia took one look at that child when Axel introduced them, the look of fondness VIII held for their newest member apparent, and immediately decided that he hated him.
24. Now
"Now," Marluxia demanded, pulling Axel away from Roxas and Demyx and dragging him into a portal set for his room.
25. Shadow
A shadow caught Axel's eye and he spun around, only to find—nothing, after all, Marluxia was dead.
26. Goodbye
Axel kissed Marluxia much deeper and slower than he usually did, causing a breathless XI to jokingly ask afterwards if that was supposed to mean goodbye or something—if only he'd have known.
27. Hide
Marluxia hid behind a pillar and watched his Axel feeling up XIII—fine, if that's how VIII wanted to play, he'd just go find Zexion…
28. Fortune
Marluxia had the good fortune of remembering when Lumaria's birthday had been, and he'd made sure that everyone knew it—his egotistic actions paid off when he found a chocolate-frosted Axel waiting on his bed that night.
29. Safe
Somehow, Marluxia couldn't say he felt safe as he was handcuffed to the bed with a smirking Axel straddling him from above, but damn, it certainly turned him on…
30. Ghost
Sometimes he'd walk through the castle late at night, and he could feel a ghost of a touch on his skin, but it was never really there and Axel was always reminded that XI really was gone.
31. Book
Marluxia flipped though that book Larxene loved so much, stopping when his eye caught something about ropes, hot wax, and a paddle—suddenly he knew what he and Axel would be doing that night…
32. Eye
Ever since they'd come to Castle Oblivion, Marluxia had a constant trail of cherry blossoms following him around; Axel rolled his eyes every time he saw IX, wondering where the hell those things were coming from.
33. Never
Axel never meant to hurt Marluxia, he honestly hadn't, but if XI couldn't accept that he wasn't the only one to hold VIII's attention, then hurt was inevitable.
34. Sing
Marluxia sang softly to his flowers, stopping abruptly when he noticed Axel was watching—"Nah, keep going, you sound pretty good."
35. Sudden
Things had been going as well as possible until everything suddenly changed—Marluxia wanted control of Organization XIII and Axel wanted Roxas back, and neither cared if they had to go through the other to get it.
36. Stop
Demyx had the misfortune of having the room next to Axel, so most nights he either had to ignore the noises coming from VIII and XI, hope they'd stop soon, or beg Xaldin to let him sleep in his room indeed.
37. Time
Their time together was short—both had their own agendas to fulfill and planned on succeeding no matter who got in the way—but for now, they were content to lie tangled up together and pretend that everything was perfect.
38. Wash
They were both dirty and really should go wash up, but they were so tired and just wanted to sleep—weeding Marluxia's garden was hard work!
39. Torn
Axel was torn between going off on his latest mission as he'd been ordered and staying with Marluxia, who was already unzipping his coat—actually, it wasn't a very hard choice to make after all…
40. History
History was repeating itself—Lumaria had lost his boyfriend to a younger man and now Marluxia was losing Axel to Roxas—and XI didn't like it anymore than his Other had.
41. Power
Marluxia ordered Axel to strip and bend over, and VIII had no choice but too comply because he wasn't put in charge, was he?—sometimes being in power was so nice.
42. Bother
They didn't even bother to say anything anymore—one look from Axel and a nod from Marluxia was all they needed.
43. God
"Oh god," Marluxia whispered, arching his back to lean into the touch; "Not quite," Axel replied with a smirk, "but close."
44. Wall
Marluxia slammed Axel against the wall, snarling that if he ever caught VIII kissing Roxas again, he'd slice off the redhead's genitalia and let him bleed to death on the floor.
45. Naked
Xaldin awkwardly patted Demyx's back as the younger Nobody clung to him and whimpered something about "Axel," "Marluxia," "naked," and "my bed!"
46. Drive
"Damn overactive sex drives," Larxene sneered when she walked into the library only to find VIII and XI having sex on her couch.
47. Harm
Axel and Marluxia snuck into the meeting room and smirked as they headed to Xemnas's seat, already shedding their cloaks—really what harm could a little bit of fun do?
48. Precious
They were Nobodies, they weren't supposed to form any personal bonds—but Marluxia figured that if anyone is that miserable castle was precious to him, Axel was it.
49. Hunger
Axel appeared in Marluxia's room holding a large bottle of chocolate syrup, and suddenly the assassin felt hungry, but not for the chocolate.
50. Believe
"Believe me," Marluxia said matter-of-factly, "this will hurt a lot less if you relax."
