The FAKE Drabble Files

by badly-knitted

A collection of FAKE drabbles to go with my Torchwood drabble collection. They'll probably be mainly Dee/Ryo and I've rated the collection T to cover anything I might write. If you've read any of my Torchwood drabbles, you'll know I live for variety and anything goes, though my writing is primarily on the fluffy side.

1564. Foolish Doubts

Title: Foolish Doubts

Author: badly-knitted

Characters: Ryo, Dee

Rating: PG

Setting: Throughout the manga, and after Like Like Love.

Summary: When they'd first met, Ryo had doubted Dee's intentions. He doesn't anymore.

Written For: Challenge 429: Amnesty 71 at fan_flashworks, using Challenge 408: Doubt.

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

A/N: Triple drabble.

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When they'd first started working together and Dee had been flirting, making comments, pouncing, and kissing him, Ryo had been sure his new partner was just joking around. He'd seemed like that kind of guy: Good looking and confident, trying his luck with anyone he considered attractive, getting what he wanted, and moving on, and that was if his flirting could even be taken seriously, which Ryo had doubted.

But Dee had gotten annoyed every time Ryo had brushed off his advances as a joke, insisting he was serious, and Ryo had been forced to reassess the situation. He'd liked Dee, enjoyed spending time with him, but still he'd had his doubts, because Dee was so good looking, he could have anyone he wanted, and why would he settle for someone as ordinary as Ryo considered himself to be?

Perhaps that had been the problem all along, not so much that he'd doubted Dee but that he'd doubted himself. It had to be a fluke that he'd attracted Dee's attention, so how could he ever expect to hold his partner's interest? If they got together, Dee would soon become disillusioned, realise that Ryo wasn't as interesting as he'd first thought. Was it even worth taking such a risk if he'd just get tossed aside the moment someone more attractive came along?

Looking back, he'd been a fool, not for letting Dee wear down his resistance, but for doubting his partner in the first place. Ten years after that first meeting, here they were, living together, and Dee still looked at him like he couldn't believe how lucky he was. He certainly didn't seem bored, or disillusioned, and Ryo wasn't either.

Every day with Dee was an adventure. Ryo couldn't wait to see what the next ten years had in store.

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The End