Title: Subtlety
Author: Karina
Rating: PG
Pairing: Duo + Wu Fei + Milliardo
Notes: Challenge 219. Baby Series 4 #113. Takes place a few minutes following Fact and Fiction.
Spoilers: None
Warnings:
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine.
Title: Subtlety
It was time to push the barriers, Duo decided. Not by much, he could not, must not, rush things else the man would, at best, back away from them and, at worst... Well, he did not want to watch the dust cloud of Milliardo's departure instead of admiring the eye candy that was the man himself. Sending Milliaro running was the furthest thing from his mind, but they could not forever stay in this limbo.
Something, some small step, needed to nudge them forward.
He was making progress with Chang, far more progress than he would have thought possible given the man's intense schedule at present. If anything, and to his pleasure, Chang had leaned on him for support with the arrival of the clan. He had thought that arrival would necessitate a little more room be made between them, giving his desired partner additional space. That Wu Fei had turned to him in the few quiet times he enjoyed was not something he had anticipated.
Progress with Chang was good, in fact it was excellent, but there was another who needed to be a part of this relationship. Chang was willing and able, from the progress made already that could not be doubted, but there would be no subtly innocent, or otherwise, advances from the blonde. Where Chang was willing to initiate contact, the odd touch of a hand when not strictly necessary, a kiss in private, those smouldering looks when it was safe... Chang would, but Milliardo would not.
Lamentable but they could double team him and, from the glint in onyx eyes, he alone was not contemplating upping the ante at this time. Subtlety was what they needed. Making advances was something they needed to do together. This was not a contest against each other to see who could gain the blonde as the prize in the end; no, this was much more difficult. Both of them intended the same thing, cooperatively, the blonde was simply too much for one person to handle.
How had Noin, and Khushrenada before her, handled him on their own merit? It had to have been no easy feat for either, he assumed, and sometimes he wondered if they had actually touched all that was Milliardo Peacecraft, or Zechs Marquise. Two different persona's, two different set of needs, he wondered? Perhaps so, but the person he and Chang were interested in was the amalgamation of the two persona's into the one individual, and for that they needed both time and patience.
This infernal 'testimonial' to the 'Legend that is Treize Khushrenada' now airing planet wide was stirring up emotions in the blonde best left in check. If his emotional equilibrium swung too far out of the comfort zone Duo was well aware of the high chance of Milliardo having an 'episode'.
It simply was not going to be permitted to happen.
End
Karina Robertson 2013