Drabble Collection: Digimon Adventure
-by Ajora Fravashi
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Title: Objects At Rest
Pairings: Jou/Koushiro
Characters:
Jou, Koushiro
Rating: PG
Word count: 300
Koushiro didn't know when it started. Everyone around them were shacking up, and they alone had no interest in the high school dating scene. There was simply no time. Jou was constantly buried in schoolwork and he was more interested in coding. That they chose to share an apartment during college was a practical measure. He could trust Jou to pay his share of the bills, and Jou could trust him to be quiet when it was necessary.
Perhaps that was how it started. Sometime in the college years, over quiet study sessions and little white take-out boxes, he had grown fond of Jou. Things evolved, as all things do, and they were officially a couple by the time Jou was in the middle of medical school. Now residency takes up all of Jou's time.
As a testament to his faith in them, the vitamins and high- nutrition snacks were laid out for the next day. They'll sustain Jou in the hours when there's not enough time to eat a real meal. Koushiro's latest program is at the point where he can leave it for the night. He has take-out sitting in the microwave, because neither of them can cook.
When Jou finally does return, it's in the wee hours of the morning and he shambles in like a zombie. Koushiro says nothing as he helps his lover out of his work clothes and into pajamas, because no words are needed. Jou's haunted eyes are enough to tell him that another patient has passed on. He wraps his arms around Jou's too-thin torso in sympathy, and he wishes Jou wasn't so tired. Sex had been a good escape when there was time.
Jou's face buries in his hair, and sex doesn't matter. There are other ways to care for a doctor.