Trio Maxwell-Chang (trio) wrote in fictionaltrio, @ 2007-08-12 03:26:00 |
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Entry tags: | duo maxwell, gundam wing |
[Gundam Wing] Sleep
Title: Sleep
Author: Trio Maxwell-Chang
Fandom: Gundam Wing
Pairing or POV: Duo
Special Note: This is a setup for a potential fic idea my muse pinged me with. I have no idea whether the story will actually get written yet, but Duo wouldn't leave me alone until at least the drabble was done.
"Sleep now," she whispered as she kissed his forehead, and he ignored her, waiting until she was gone to climb out of bed. It wouldn't take much - his room was on the first floor, and his window was unlatched. He could lift it and be out of there before she even realized he was gone. He was precocious for such a small child.
He wouldn’t remember that later. He wouldn’t remember the small squeak of the window as it scraped upward, the way he froze at the sound. He wouldn’t remember the stifled breathing as he carefully slipped out of the room, closing the window to just a crack before turning and heading down the street, or the way he got nearly a block before the explosion occurred. He wouldn’t remember turning back, staring at the house he’d left, now ablaze from the explosion.
He was far enough away that the officials who came ignored him, and somehow, he couldn’t go back into the house. He could only watch from a distance, his mind beginning to block the ugly images of his family’s mangled bodies, of the charred outside of his once-upon-a-time home. Belatedly, as understanding slipped further and further into oblivion, he whispered simply, "Yes, Mama."
And he slept.
~End~
Word Count: 211