Chapter 5: death (trowa x quatre)
“You could have died.” Trowa sounds so sad.
Quatre looks at the man lying beside him, curled up tight just so he could fit himself in the narrow bed. His thumb is moving in a ceaseless square, tracing the edges of the tape that seals Quatre’s wound underneath his flimsy gown.
He exhales, an apology ready to trip past his lips—one of millions. Half of them is probably reserved for Trowa, for all the things he’d put him through.
“You could have died,” he reminds him, whispering.
Trowa meets his eyes.
Curls up closer still, regardless of the truth.
Chapter 7: sacrifice (duo x wufei)
Notes: (See the end of the chapter for notes.)
“Hey!” Duo forgets to mind himself when he bolts for the moron sleeping on his feet across the waiting area. He’s still dressed in his office uniform, the poor idiot, his jacket draped over his crossed arms.
He cracks just one narrow eye open when Duo arrives, all teeth and racing heart.
“Thought you had overtime?”
“Thought you had engine problems?” Wufei nudges himself off the wall and leads the way out of the spaceport.
“Aw, you remembered!” Duo hurries along after him. “That why you ditched your work just for me?”
Wufei chuckles. “Don’t flatter yourself. Let’s go home.”
Notes: you can't tell me that wufei isn't the typical asian who prioritizes his work above all else 😌
Chapter 9: trauma (heero)
Nights like this, Heero has a ritual:
He goes around his apartment, closing everything out. The windows, drawn and sealed to prevent loud noises.
The balcony, locked and barred so he doesn’t fall.
Every one of his appliances, unplugged. Can’t risk any faulty wiring.
The lights, all switched off, no exception. Nights like this, see, even a single one could burn his sight as good as any explosion.
And then he sits on the floor, and waits for the night to pass. Waits for the bad memories creeping up unintended to fade with the new day. His proof of life.
Chapter 10: doll (heero x relena)
Notes: WOULD YOU BELIEVE i almost forgot to post this tonight???? (the correct answer, if you know how lazy I am with these things, can only be yes)
“D’you want that?” Heero always thinks that teddy bears are her favorite.
It’s sweet of him, and Relena does smile at the toy behind the glass display which is adorable—in the way that a child’s object must be. The only bear she truly loved, see, is the first one Heero gave her.
But the ones after, they just sit in her room, collecting dust. It’s not her, after all, who wants these bears. It’s Heero—apologizing endlessly to that little girl in his head.
For his sake, she will listen to that apology for all eternity. “Yes, Heero. Please.”
2nd week of #wingtober2025 DONE I almost forgot to post once but as you can see I'm still here 😂 so excited for my trkounter* to reset again 🤣
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