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"Baby Series 3"Written By: Karina Rating: PG Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the Characters from the series but the baby is mine. Pairing: Duo + Wu Fei + Milliardo Notes: Challenge 157. Baby Series 3 #246. Takes
place shortly after The Perfect Tomorrow. Many thanks to ShenLong for her work betaing
this fic.
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow The hands of the clock moved relentlessly toward the midnight hour. The second hand dragged on silently, the crackle and muted roar of the fire in the hearth covering its steady tick tick tick. Only the song of the fire disturbed the peace in the study. It was restful. //Soon now.// Duo shifted the papers spread out before him, rolling onto his back to stare up at the ornate ceiling. He had checked the reports over twice and made notations throughout. Tomorrow, first chance he had, he would start work on his own report and double check the facts against his notes one last time to make sure he had it all right. He was determined to get the children off the streets of New Port City and into adequate housing and education programs as soon as possible, but he would not allow there to be hasty mistakes made. This housing and practical education of the children had to be done right the first time. On his recommendation the manors would be chosen to be converted into hostels and schools and the orphans and the young who were displaced and homeless and had no means to fend for themselves had to find a marked improvement in their fates. Once, a long time ago, he had promised himself he would make a difference to others who lived as he once had, on the streets of a harsh and unforgiving city. L2 was not unique. Every colony, every city of the Earth, had the slums; the poor quarter, the dumping ground for the abused, unwanted and the unsavoury who preyed on them. It was all so familiar to him no matter where he went. The disadvantaged were forced to live in squalor; the children grew up uneducated in all except how to survive at the very bottom of society. He knew it for what it was. Hell. He had been a part of that system. "Duo?" Wu Fei in all of his dark glory. He was a sign in Duo's eyes that if there was hope for him to love such a man then there was hope for others like him to rise from an urban hell and make something of their lives. His dark hair reflected the firelight and shadowed his face lying loose as it was. He looked exotic and very kissable. "What?" "You looked pensive. Is everything alright?" "Yeah, sure. I was just thinking." "About what?" Milliardo looked to be dozing in the chair and it felt... pleasantly domestic. Wonderfully like a family having a quiet night in. "Don't laugh." Onyx eyes were darker than ever in the fire's light. "Of course." His eyes slid again to the clock where the second hand ticked steadily and his grin widened as it swept past the twelve. "Well, today is now yesterday and today was once tomorrow." ~ * ~ |
