Title: Rough
Fandom: Full Metal Panic!
Characters/Pairings: Sousuke/Kaname
Author: Starzki
Words: 300
Rating: T
Summary: Kaname could always keep up with him. Sousuke reflects on his faith in Kaname's strength. (Companion piece to "Love is a Battlefield" posted in Chapter 9.)
Warnings:Sexual innuendo.

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I've never been gentle with her. The first time I touched her, I threw her to the ground to protect her from what I believed was a terrorist. In the next second, she was on her feet, berating me for scraping her arm. I was wrong about the attacker then, but there were many other times that I was right and was just as rough with her.

The thing with Kaname, though, is she can take it. From the first time I laid eyes on her, I knew she was tough. She was beautiful, yes, but her body was ideally structured for survival. Physically, I knew she wouldn't shatter.

Even without my training, she could keep up with me. Step for step, she was always at my side, never slowing me down. Her presence encouraged me, spurred me faster, made me stronger. She could give me resolve with the fierce way she would meet my eyes.

The first time we were separated, I should have known that Gauron would lie about her, her death. I should have realized that Kaname was too resilient to let someone like him break her. Even as I wallowed in my grief and guilt, she found me and proved Gauron wrong. I promised I would never doubt her strength again.

The second time, I knew she could withstand their tortures, but I needed to get to her in order to end them. I wanted her back with me.

And now she's here. She's never been fragile and we've discovered that she hates if I treat too gently. Now, hot and wanton under me, she wants me to go harder, asks me for even more. My last thought, before I surrender to bliss, is gratitude that I'll never have to hold back my desire for her.

END.

Author's Note: This drabble was first published on the livejournal community "fanfic_bakeoff" on January 22, 2012 for the "delicate" prompt and includes the extra ingredient, "resolution."