The Weiss Kreuz 100

Title: Plum Wine
Characters/Pairings: Manx
Team: Schwarz
Word Count: 100
Series: Kapitel, just after the fall of Esstet
Author's Note: Spoiler for episode 24, "Ende des Weiß"


Extending a long leg above slippery bubbles, she admired muscles rippling under skin in the flickering candlelight. She sipped plum wine, sighing as sweet warmth slid down her throat. Sinking deeper into welcome heat, she noticed tendrils of red hair twisting on the water's surface...

...and saw a building collapsing into rubble, burying another redhead and his companions under surging waves.

Breathing grew ragged. Vision blurred.

Steeling her heart, she forced memories away. The past was past. She had Aya-chan to consider, Kritiker at her heels, and other agents to guide through unspeakable missions.

She drank plum wine, denying grief.

Being that Ken's honor was at stake in the last challenge, Weiss came together and racked up 30 points for him to take home the trophy!  Schwarz did their best, but that 10 points just wasn't enough to thwart their main opponent.  When we visited Schreient to find out why they didn't want to stop Ken from getting his hands on that trophy, their response was: "Ken?  Who's Ken?"

This week's prompt is #58 - Naked

Oh yeah, let's get someone naked!  Swimming, showering, checking out or comparing sizes in the locker room, or just getting dressed and/or undressed - there are so many ways you could view someone naked.  

Maybe Ken has been conned into jumping out of the cake on Crawford's birthday.  Could Yohji be holding down a night job taking off his clothes for ladies at the local strip joint?  Has *anyone* seen Aya naked and lived to tell the tale?  Has Schuldig been posing as a nude model for an art class? A rousing game of spin the bottle could leave someone without a stitch of clothing. Then there are all those little awkward moments of walking in on someone while they are in the buff.

However you do it, whatever the scene, get naked in just 100 words.