Title: After Dark

Author: badly-knitted

Characters: Dee, Ryo.

Rating: PG

Written For: Challenge 270: Amnesty 27 at drabble_weekly, using Challenge 44: When The Sun Goes Down.

Spoilers/Setting: After Vol. 7.

Summary: Ryo is a morning person, but Dee lives for the nightlife.

Disclaimer: I don't own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.

A/N: Double drabble.

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Ryo likes the dawn, watching the sun come up with all the promise of a brand-new day ahead of him, and no idea what it might bring. On sunny mornings it makes him feel so alive, waking refreshed after a good night's sleep, seeing the sky grow gradually lighter in shades of pink and gold, like a watercolor painting taking form before his eyes.

On cold, wet, dreary mornings he'd just as soon stay in bed, but in good weather he's always eager to start the day.

Dee prefers sunsets, knowing that the bulk of the day, with all its problems and annoyances, is behind him, while the evening lies ahead, to be enjoyed however he sees fit. Work and chores are out of the way, bedtime is still a few hours off, and the time in between is ripe with possibilities.

The night holds its own pleasures, not only the blissful escape into sleep but, if he's lucky, the delight of exploring his lover's body, giving and receiving pleasure, an experience that never gets old. Before all that though, when the sun goes down, there's the flirting and teasing, dining and dancing, building anticipation for everything yet to come.

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The End