Excerpt:
Wufei had never been one to shy away from difficulties. "Where is Duo?" he asks.
"Salvage trip off the orbit of L1-V04533," Quatre says. His voice is as light as it had been all afternoon, his smile still lingering faintly on his lips. "At Howard's request, of course."
"Of course," Wufei echoes faintly. He pauses, gives Quatre a moment to take his next leisurely sip of tea. The blond finishes it, sets it back down on its saucer and picks up the teapot to refill Wufei's cup before his own.
"It's not a difficult job," Quatre goes on. "At least, not to Duo. But I know he's been itching for a few more salvage jobs, so I don't expect he'll be back in time to visit the circus with us."
Quatre doesn't say when he expects Duo to be back, but only because they both already know the answer to that. If Duo had been at all interested in staying with Quatre in his summertime estate, he would be there – salvage jobs be damned. It wasn't as if he'd needed the money.
Wufei wondered how Duo had managed to get Howard in on it.
"He's always been running," Wufei mused evenly. "Eventually, he'll run back to you."
Quatre's smile is a small, genuine thing when it pulls up his lips.
Persephone
- Author: Thai_Tea_Addict
(4x2) (1xR) 4k
Duo and Quatre fall in love.
My notes: I love this fic, but this is not exactly a healthy relationship. Quatre's creeping controllingness and Duo's need for freedom are beautifully on display here. Lovely and dysfunctional.