Title/theme: VICTORY
Genre: Angst
Approx
time line: after end of GS
Summary: So, this is
victory.
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"Ah, Captain Ramius!" the voice of Andrew Waltfeld greeted her as the captain of the Archangel entered the bridge of the Eternal. "There you are, come and celebrate with us!"
She forced herself to flash a smile. It was over, the long and terrible war was finally over. She didn't feel like celebrating, not after what had happened. But she didn't want her depression ruin the mood for everyone else, so she hid her feelings and came to celebrate with everyone.
They don't know yet, do they…and she didn't have the heart to tell them about what had happened.
"Kira!" a girl's cheerful voice broke into her thoughts. Murrue Ramius looked on as the pink princess greeted the young Coordinator as he entered the bridge.
"Lacus?" he was surprised as the girl threw herself at him.
"Oh, Kira, thank goodness you're all right!" the girl buried her face into his shoulder. "You promised to come back to me, so thank you for keeping your promise!"
Murrue smiled sadly at the scene and looked away, giving them privacy. She felt the sting of oncoming tears and hid her face. This reunion, it was what she had imagined herself to be doing, what she wanted herself to be doing. And those words, how she longed to say them to him.
Even though she couldn't help but be envious, she was glad for them. At least she could be happy…
"Don't you worry, I promise to be right back, with victory in my hands."
She looked around sadly at the cheerful faces of her comrades laughing and joking, rejoicing at their triumph.
So, this is victory.
AN: sorry for another angsty one... (dodges the rotten tomatoes being thrown) but this scene's been bugging me to get written. I've always found that the scene with Lacus seeing Kira off and Murrue seeing Mwu off are so similar, but unfortunately, Kira fullfilled his promise, while Mwu... I've wondered what Murrue would think/feel at Kira and Lacus' reunion...
next one will be a happy one, I promise!