Title: Domestic
Author: Karina
Rating: PG
Pairing: Duo + Wu Fei + Milliardo
Notes: Challenge 212. Baby Series 4 #92. Takes place approximately two hours after Wind Shear.
Spoilers: None
Warnings:
Many thanks to ShenLong Deb for her work betaing this set of fics.
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine.
Title: Domestic
Duo scowled at the sheet of newspaper folded neatly under his hand. It was... annoying. That was probably the kindest descriptive he could come up with.
It was actually a jarring cord in the otherwise wonderfully relaxed atmosphere of the room. Chang was seated on the mat before the hearth, legs locked in the lotus position, body still. Composed... at peace in his meditation. He looked... deliciously edible in his casual attire.
By unspoken agreement they had finished in the attics for the evening and one by one had taken the opportunity to shower and clean up. Chang's still damp hair was spread over his naked back and shoulders, his back to the dancing flames, allowing the dark mass to dry as he meditated.
Duo had had first dibs on the shower because he had tangled with a rather thick mass of cobwebs and his hair would take the longest to dry. He had had his time in front of the fire with his hair spread around him and brush in hand to speed the drying along. Not that it was exactly dry now, but it was only damp and soon he would work it into his signature braid.
Milliardo was in the shower and would be out soon. It was a wonderfully peaceful aftermath to their scrounging session, and Duo was more than content to be back resident in the palace with Chang.
He ran his eye over the print yet again. He was sure he should know the answer to this one. Step by step and the cryptic hint was the 'hexagonal giants stride'. Neither helped him, not making much in the way of sense, but the length of the word... Thirteen letters, fourth letter being T and the tenth being yet another T. And thus far he had been unable to solve other intersecting words to give him an added hint.
"Problem, Duo?"
Damn, he looked... fine. He was wonderfully toned and naked to the low riding track pants he had chosen for comfort. Water rolled down clearly defined chest and abs. He kept in shape and he blotted at the water dripping from his pale hair with a towel in one hand and hairbrush in the other.
"I need a thirteen letter word, fourth letter T and tenth letter T, clue is 'step by step', cryptic clue is 'hexagonal giants stride'."
Milliardo settled into the armchair across from Duo and tilted his head slightly, eyes narrowed as he considered the younger man, vigorously rubbing at his hair before discarding the wet towel. Duo decided he didn't much care for the crossword. He could deal with it later, finding it much more enjoyable to be part of the atmosphere in the room. He might even find he was able to sleep tonight.
Who could focus on the printed word when the view was so much nicer?
It felt pleasingly... domestic.
"Juxtaposition."
End
Karina Robertson 2013