With One Look
RATING: G
SUMMARY: Musing. I know who the main voice is, but you may not see it the same way. g
DISCLAIMER: I do not own these characters. Some very, very rich man does. I would, however, like to own Duo, Heero and Wufei so I can make them do naughty things to each other, but as of yet, that hasn't happened.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: No spoilers. I don't think. Written for the tempsmort challenge "with one look" in 24 minutes. And if you're familiar with the musical Sunset Boulevard you may recognize what song I was listening to while writing this, lol.
DEDICATION: For you. Yes, you.
WITH ONE LOOK
I can play any role. I can play the villain. I can play the hero. I can be whoever you want me to be. I can be a sinner, a saint, a fallen angel, a holy devil.
Tell me what mask to wear and I will wear it.
I wear many faces, none of them my own. I am a chameleon, at home nowhere. I have no name, no past, no present, and no future. I live for the moment, because the moment is all I have. In the end, nothing else matters.
But with one look, you changed all that. You made me wonder about what I was missing. You made me believe that maybe I could have a future, too. You made me wonder about things beyond the here and now; about the tomorrows to come. I'm not sure I can forgive you for that. You broke me, and I'm not sure I can ever be put back together.
I am a soldier, one who is supposed to feel nothing. No pain, no joy, no sorrow. No better than the androids they used to write about. Emotion chip removed.
With that one look, you made me feel. For the first time in a very long time, I felt emotion. My carefully-built walls crumbled, although none but you know it. You always have had the ability to see right through my masks.
Now I wonder if you'll still be here tomorrow. We're both soldiers of fate, and we both know the consequences of what we do. We know the dangers, and we know the rewards.
If we are both still alive after all this, I want to see what more of your looks will do. For if one look can make a hardened soldier like me believe in the future, what else will they do?
Because of you, I want to find out.
AN: I know who the voice is supposed to be, but after re-reading this fic, I realized you could really have whoever you like narrating this story. Who knew I could write such open-voiced stories? grin
