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[March 16th] [Gundam Wing] Tell Me Another
Title: Tell Me Another
Day/Theme: March 16th: I’ll keep the lights out, I’ll tell you fairy tales
Series: Gundam Wing
Character/Pairing: Duo, Wufei
Rating: G
A/N: It's like the Canadian Shack-- no explanation whatsoever, only there's no pairing and they're in... well, they could be in Canada, I have no idea.
It was dark. Not just dark, but black, couldn't see your hand before your face utter nothingness. Duo had only experienced such total darkness once or twice before, and as the memories came complete with cramped spaces and blinding fear, he wasn't really a fan.
This time, however, he had company-- which helped, especially since they weren't in danger of running out of oxygen, but also threatened to drive him crazy even faster than the darkness because Wufei wouldn't stop fidgeting.
"Wufei, for the thousandth time, man, would you cut that out?" Duo nearly snapped as the other pilot elbowed him in an attempt to-- well, Duo wasn't sure what the hell he was doing.
"Maxwell, if I don't move around at least a little bit I'm going to lose all sense of physical orientation in this pit," Wufei ground out. "It's extremely disconcerting." True, they had been in more-or-less forced sitting positions long enough for numbness to set in, but for Wufei, that was a major admission of weakness. Duo was impressed.
"Okay, fair enough. Then in the interest of maintaining the sanity of both parties, why don't we sit elbow-to-elbow or something? Then we'll each have an anchor without risking a foot in the face or anything."
"Fine." A short flurry of rearranging limbs, and they were settled.
"Good?" Duo asked, solicitous of the other pilot's comfort (after all, there was a good chance they'd be stuck here for hours, and he really didn't want to go down in the logs as having instigated his own demise).
"Yes." Clipped. Duo figured extracurricular chitchat was not going to be well-received, but he'd accommodated Wufei's peace of mind so now it was Wufei's turn. Oh well.
"Okay, I'm not gonna sit here and twiddle my thumbs all day until our guys find door number 3 or whatever, so I'm giving you a chance to pick the topic of conversation here. Any thoughts?"
Wufei sighed the sigh of the long-suffering. Duo resisted the urge to stomp on his foot. "Well... it is going to be awhile, so we might as well try something challenging."
"Like what, naming every constellation we can think of?"
"No, /challenging/. That's just long."
"Soooo... I dunno, man, just start with something." Duo rolled his shoulders and rubbed his knees, bumping against Wufei's shins in the process. Wufei bumped back, tapping his feet against the floor, and cleared his throat.
"Fairy tales, then. We can take turns reciting the ones we remember. Shall I start?"
"I'm all ears, man." Duo settled back to listen, hoping they'd be freed relatively soon or else that it was a really freaking long story, because he had no tale to tell-- just disjointed images from Bible stories long past recalling. And wouldn't Wufei be thrilled, when he found out he'd set himself up to be the one talking nonstop; it was too bad Duo wouldn't be able to see the expression on his face.
Day/Theme: March 16th: I’ll keep the lights out, I’ll tell you fairy tales
Series: Gundam Wing
Character/Pairing: Duo, Wufei
Rating: G
A/N: It's like the Canadian Shack-- no explanation whatsoever, only there's no pairing and they're in... well, they could be in Canada, I have no idea.
It was dark. Not just dark, but black, couldn't see your hand before your face utter nothingness. Duo had only experienced such total darkness once or twice before, and as the memories came complete with cramped spaces and blinding fear, he wasn't really a fan.
This time, however, he had company-- which helped, especially since they weren't in danger of running out of oxygen, but also threatened to drive him crazy even faster than the darkness because Wufei wouldn't stop fidgeting.
"Wufei, for the thousandth time, man, would you cut that out?" Duo nearly snapped as the other pilot elbowed him in an attempt to-- well, Duo wasn't sure what the hell he was doing.
"Maxwell, if I don't move around at least a little bit I'm going to lose all sense of physical orientation in this pit," Wufei ground out. "It's extremely disconcerting." True, they had been in more-or-less forced sitting positions long enough for numbness to set in, but for Wufei, that was a major admission of weakness. Duo was impressed.
"Okay, fair enough. Then in the interest of maintaining the sanity of both parties, why don't we sit elbow-to-elbow or something? Then we'll each have an anchor without risking a foot in the face or anything."
"Fine." A short flurry of rearranging limbs, and they were settled.
"Good?" Duo asked, solicitous of the other pilot's comfort (after all, there was a good chance they'd be stuck here for hours, and he really didn't want to go down in the logs as having instigated his own demise).
"Yes." Clipped. Duo figured extracurricular chitchat was not going to be well-received, but he'd accommodated Wufei's peace of mind so now it was Wufei's turn. Oh well.
"Okay, I'm not gonna sit here and twiddle my thumbs all day until our guys find door number 3 or whatever, so I'm giving you a chance to pick the topic of conversation here. Any thoughts?"
Wufei sighed the sigh of the long-suffering. Duo resisted the urge to stomp on his foot. "Well... it is going to be awhile, so we might as well try something challenging."
"Like what, naming every constellation we can think of?"
"No, /challenging/. That's just long."
"Soooo... I dunno, man, just start with something." Duo rolled his shoulders and rubbed his knees, bumping against Wufei's shins in the process. Wufei bumped back, tapping his feet against the floor, and cleared his throat.
"Fairy tales, then. We can take turns reciting the ones we remember. Shall I start?"
"I'm all ears, man." Duo settled back to listen, hoping they'd be freed relatively soon or else that it was a really freaking long story, because he had no tale to tell-- just disjointed images from Bible stories long past recalling. And wouldn't Wufei be thrilled, when he found out he'd set himself up to be the one talking nonstop; it was too bad Duo wouldn't be able to see the expression on his face.