AN: originally I was only going to write canon scenes from SEED, with the "original" Mwu, but this reunion scene just entered my head one night and refuses to go away until I write it down... So, may contain spoilers from Destiny for those who haven't seen it yet...

Title/theme: REUNION
Genre: Fluffy/humour/angst
Approx time line: After GSDestiny
Summary: "What's this, a welcoming party?" he smiled, his eyes full of recognition and love as he gazed at the woman before him.

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Murrue Ramius sighed in relief, it was finally over. She looked around, waiting impatiently for arrangements to be made so she could leave the bridge to attend to a very important—well, important to her—business.

The bridge crew could see her anxiety and they stifled a chuckle, they knew why she was so impatient.

"Captain?" Neumann turned around at his seat at the front of the bridge to face her.

"Yes?" she answered absent-mindedly, tapping her fingers on the armrest of her chair as she struggled to keep her excitement under control.

"You can go ahead, we'll take care of things."

That got her attention. She looked around in surprise, and everyone else on the bridge nodded, a knowing smile on their faces.

Looking a bit flustered and embarrassed, she slowly stood up. "I-I couldn't, I still have work to do."

"It's okay Captain, we know where you want to be," Miriallia winked at her, "We can handle things." The crew nodded again, and thwarted any feeble protests that she made.

"T-Thank you everyone, and um, I'm sorry." With that, she entered the elevator.

As soon as the doors to the elevator opened, she rushed out and headed for the hanger as fast as she could go. She wished that she could run; sometimes gravity proved to be useful. Her heart pounded in excitement as she imagined the meeting.

"I'm alright," his face had come up on the monitor, "I'm not going anywhere anymore. Let's finish this and go home, Murrue!"

She had been afraid, so afraid when she saw the beam of energy from Minerva coming at her, and the golden Gundam throwing itself in its path to take the blow. Déjà vu. She had felt her stomach churn and her knees feel weak as that horrible moment from the past played back in her mind. Not again!

But this time, he had made it, with the help of a better-equipped machine. And she smiled as she recalled the way he said her name.

The young captain entered the hanger just in time to see the golden Gundam land in its spot. Remembering seeing the vacant spot left by the Strike, she pinched herself to make sure that she wasn't dreaming.

Ignoring protests by several mechanics, she pushed herself off the floor and floated in the low gravity of the hanger towards the cockpit. Just as she got there, the door opened, revealing a young man wearing a purple pilot suit. He stood up and removed his helmet, revealing his long dirty-blond locks.

"Murrue?" He was slightly surprised at seeing her here because she rarely came to the hanger. But his usual grin spread across his features as soon as the moment of surprise passed.

"What's this, a welcoming party?" he smiled, his eyes full of recognition and love as he gazed at the woman before him. My dear Murrue…

She was in such a rush to get here to see him, but now that he was here in front of her, she suddenly felt shy.

But before she could have a chance to overcome her shyness, she was pulled into his embrace.

"See? Didn't I tell you that I'd come back?" he whispered softly in her ear.

Murrue cried. She couldn't help herself as tears gathered in her eyes and floated away in blobs in the low gravity.

"You stupid irresponsible jerk!" she cried out, burying her head on his shoulder and pounded her fist on his chest in time to each word. "You selfish moron! First you made me fall in love with you, then you just...leave me all alone!" Her pain, fear and anguish from the past two years that she'd kept bottled up spilled out with her tears. "And when I finally thought you came back to me, you..." Her frame shook with sobs, and he held her tighter, soothing her as he stroked her back.

"I-I thought…I was…going to…going to lose you again…" she managed to choke out between sobs. "You're such a reckless idiot!"

"I know," he answered softly, "But I'm back aren't I?"

Her sobs subsided, and the strength in her fist weakened until it stopped, as she wrapped her arms around his neck. Her tears didn't stop, but these were tears of relief and joy.

"Why do you always have to be so heroic?" she mumbled into his shoulder.

He gently lifted her face so that her tear-filled eyes met his shining blue ones. She noticed that there was a wetness in his eyes, though she knew he'd never admit it.

"I'm sorry Murrue, I really am," he said sincerely before he kissed her through her tears. "I, I put you through so much pain…" he looked away. She could see the pain in his eyes and took his hand in hers and gave a gentle squeeze.

"But in the end, you did come back to me," she whispered, more tears spilled out with her words.

"Please don't cry anymore." He wiped her tears away with the cloth from his gloves. She nodded, still hiccupping slightly, kind of embarrassed at her display of emotions.

"Come on, let's go celebrate," he said as he released her from his embrace. Leading her by the hand, he floated towards the exit. They headed for the bridge, hand in hand. Neither said anything, enjoying the silent company of the other.

"So," he stated, breaking the silence, "I'm a stupid irresponsible jerk eh?" He glanced down at her, familiar twinkle in his eyes.

She looked up, playful smile matching his.

"Yes, yes you are. And you're also selfish, loud, immature, cocky, rude—"

"Okay, okay!" he laughed as he held up his hands in surrender, "I get it already, Miss Perfect!"

Then he moved his face closer to hers, blue eyes laughing. "But you still love me, right?"

"Yes," she giggled as she kissed him. "You're still lovable."

AN: So here it is, my version of their reunion. In a way, I'm kinda glad that the reunion wasn't in Destiny, 'cause it gives us fanfic authors more room to improvise and come up with our own scenes...

Oh boy, I made Murrue ooc again... I think her actions are more like something Cagalli would do... but it's rather fun to have her call Mwu a "stupid irresponsible jerk" and "reckless idiot" :D. And I couldn't help but put that ending there XD, lets just say that she's giddy from having him back...