Title: Incredible Eyes
Author: Karina
Rating: PG
Pairing: Duo + Zechs
Notes: Challenge 192. Baby Series 4 #33. Takes place a few minutes after Friends and Family.
Spoilers: None
Warnings:
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine.
Title: Incredible Eyes
"Zechs? Hey, Zechs? You still with me?"
It was not so rude an awakening from the immersion into his thoughts. It was rather pleasant, actually. Bright blue eyes staring at him, concern evident in their brilliant depths. He had the most incredible eyes, this young man. Brilliant blue that could deepen to an enchanting violet that was, perhaps, the only warning a man would have, and then for perhaps a split second, before he died. Shinigami, he had called himself. For someone who called himself a God of Death, he was such an 'alive' creature.
Life and the thirst to live it radiated from this slender man who was maturing into a handsome specimen of manhood. Duo Maxwell, street rat, Gundam Pilot, engineer and...
Friend.
That was the most important title of them all. Friend. When had he started thinking of Maxwell in that way? When had he really recognised him as a friend, not merely a talented acquaintance? There had always been respect between them, on his part at least, even during the war. He had had a lot of respect for the pilots of those killing machines whose tread shook the Earth both physically and politically. They had been on opposing sides in the conflict yet they had sought the same thing.
Peace.
It was always for peace. They had shed blood, sought to change the pace and the face of humanity and they had done so on separate and opposing sides during the entire conflict. In war everyone claimed to have God on their side. How, in the aftermath, had they come together as friends? One day, but not now, he would ask Duo for his point of view on how they had arrived at this point in time. It would be entertaining at the very least to listen to the man. Duo was no fool. This braided lunatic he was coming to lo... No.
No, it was best not go down that track. That would be the kind of mistake he could not afford to make, for the sake of everyone he knew and for Sanc itself. And besides, how could he look at both of them, Chang and Maxwell, and feel the same emotion for both growing a little stronger with each day?
It was not good enough. They were such brilliant young men who deserved the very best the world could offer them. He would not fall into that trap and mess with their lives when they had such bright futures ahead of them. And really there was nothing to say he could not facilitate matters to see they bonded to each other.
They looked good when they were together and they had been making progress, slowly but surely. He was not blind, he could see the regard they held for each other growing stronger.
And really, the truth was that two was company and three was a crowd.
End
Karina Robertson 2012