snarky_panda (snarky_panda) wrote in mulanficspace, @ 2007-07-21 02:21:00 |
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30 Kisses: Mulan and Shang, Part Twenty-Three
Title: A Step Backward
Author: snarky_panda
Fandom: Mulan
Pairing: Li Shang/Fa Mulan
Theme: #25, fence
Disclaimer: All characters, etc. from the Disney movie belong to Disney.
He’d opened up for just a little while.
All the tenderness and love was there in his gaze as he stood on that patio and watched her approach him. All the passion and affection had returned, all there in his tight embrace. And he’d kissed her in a way that he hadn’t in a long time. Since before they’d lost Mao.
And things had seemed right again for just a little while. Until they went back inside and encountered an old acquaintance of Shang’s father. The wrong subject came up much too quickly as they chatted casually.
“I’m sorry to have heard about your loss, General Li.” The man laid a comforting hand on his shoulder. “If there’s anything I can do…”
“Thank you,” Shang had answered gruffly, doing his best to extract himself from the conversation as quickly as possible.
As they left the man behind and walked toward their bedchamber Mulan slipped her hand into Shang’s, hoping to comfort him even as her own grief was stirred up again. He didn’t respond, his hand remaining limp, dead weight.
The barrier had dropped down between them again like a curtain.
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