Author: Merula
Pairings: 1x2
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Yaoi, Vampire, were...
Disclaimer: Gundam Wing is not mine.
kira_kirke asked for a Fangs and Fur drabble. Again the 'drabble' thing kind of escaped me... and since lovechild was Heero's POV, I decided to see what would happen with a F&F Heero POV. Apparently F&F Heero is not as gritty as F&F Duo... sorry about this.... but it came out kind of sappy & cliché....
*is wondering what the heck is up with her muses these days*
Fangs & Fur Sidefic 4
Duo's sprawled out across my bed, one of my books in his hands, half-undressed, his braid half-undone. He looks up at me briefly as I shut the door.
"Anything?"
"Nothing at all. The wards are finished- they won't need me to do anything to them for at least a month." I wait for a moment, wondering if this is what Duo has been waiting for me to say.
"That's good," he says and his attention wanders back to the book.
This is so unlike him that it worries me. Why hasn't he run off again? Not that I'm upset that he hasn't- but- it's not Duo. It's not the Duo that ran away from me that first time, not the one that did everything he could rather than give into the bond I had forced between us... I wish I could say it's because he trusts me and is finally willing to accept what I'm offering, but I know better.
Carefully, I ease myself onto the bed beside him, flipping things over in my mind, trying to figure out what's wrong with him.
His skin is warm under my fingers. As I trace the lines of his back, he sinks a little further into the featherbed, his eyes half closing. Duo never initiates this sort of contact between us- I always think that I can wait next time, just to see if his need will grow great enough to push him into starting something. I can never wait long enough- and besides, Duo isn't one to give in to anything- even something he needs- easily. It's always a fight.
The book gets pushed away when my mouth touches his spine, a small victory for me. I know how he craves the touch, needs the feeling of my skin against his- the bond between us makes me feel the same- but he doesn't always yield to it. He helps me with his pants, then settles back down, his eyes shut, his heart beginning to speed up.
The moonlight gilds his skin with silver under my hands. "It's a full moon tomorrow night," I say absently as I caress him.
He tenses underneath me and I freeze. Have I done something to hurt him? But-
"I know," he says and I can hear the unhappiness in his voice.
"We're far from town here," I tell him, trying to understand his reaction. Is he worried about the change? I know he loses himself in the wolf, and that alone would be enough to make Duo upset- but by now he's surely come to terms with it? "You won't have to worry about running around these woods."
"I won't?" He asks, turning himself over underneath my hands. "What if that other vampire comes back? I've kept inside your wards at night, but I can't do that tomorrow."
A revelation.
That's why Duo has lingered here with me. Relena's threat. He can't know that ever since the first time he ran from me that I have always been close to him. I watched over him every night since I claimed him- not close enough for him to sense, but close enough for me to get to him if he got into trouble- something he excels at.
"She hasn't been back," I point out. "And if she shows up anywhere in these woods tomorrow- I'll know. You're safe. I promise you that."
He frowns. "Are you? Say she does show up- and I'm off running in the woods. Will she pin you to the wall again? Or worse? You know as well as I do she can ensnare me with a look- what if she does and then sets me on you?"
Settling myself against him firmly, I lean over and let my lips just brush his throat. "Remember?" I breathe against his skin. "I have the strength to stand against her, thanks to you. I won't let her get near enough to you to even try anything. I promise."
Much to my surprise, his fingers curl into the hair at the nape of my neck. "Better drink up then," he says softly. "I just wish-"
I inhale the scent of his skin, pine needles and musk as I wait for him to finish that sentence. What does he wish? That I had never found him in that field? Would he be surprised to know that some days I wish that too- I didn't know then what I was doing when I bound him to me. I didn't care about anything but revenge- and even that was hollow. Duo changed me, made me care.
"I just wish there was another way."
"Another way?" I echo, wondering what he means.
"You know. To make sure no one else can ensnare me. Other than being ensnared by you." He shivers and I curse myself again. I never should've done that to him. Never. "Something that would keep the others away."
For a moment I wonder if this is a good time to bring it up- there is a way to bind him to me even tighter than he is now. A way that will protect him from the others even when I'm not there. But the price he'd have to pay...
"Hey," he pushes against my shoulder and I realize that I was quiet too long. "There is another way, isn't there? What aren't you telling me, bastard?"
I roll away from him, away from the temptation.
"Tell me." He follows, on the hunt, his eyes glinting under his bangs. "There is a way and you haven't done it? Why the hell not?"
"Duo," I protest as he pins me to the mattress. "It's not that easy. If I could've done it and not hurt you I would have. But- it's more complicated than that."
He's silent for a moment, regarding me thoughtfully. "Tell me."
"I can- in a way- tighten the bond we have between us."
"And that will keep the other vampires away?"
"Yes- because I'll be making you a part of myself. You'll be able to resist because I can."
He frowns again. "And it will hurt?"
"Right now you know that we can't spend longer than 4 days apart. You know that if I die- you won't. But that will change if I do this."
"I'll die when you do?"
"Yes- and we won't be able to be apart for longer than a few hours."
He's silent, his head bent, his expression hidden from me and I wonder what is going through his mind. Maybe I should've evaded the question. It wouldn't have been the first time.
I push against him, rolling us over again, spreading him out beneath me. I don't meet his eyes- I don't want to see what's there. I want to plead my case, make him accept the bond- but I can't. There's nothing I can say. I know my Duo.
Yet, even now, he gives himself to me- a gift- even though I know that my bite has made him crave this. He tips his head back, offering me his throat as I take him, and his surrender is even sweeter than his blood.
He's exhausted when we finish- drained and sleepy. I was careful, but my feeding still tires him. I let him curl up in the blankets as I go out one more time to check the wards. Duo is mine to protect- and nothing is going to hurt him tomorrow.
Not even me.
OWARI
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