The tent flap was thrown open just as a cup of wine hit the figure. It was a yelping Fox that threw himself in, laughing hysterically as he landed on his stomach between the two Desert Lynxes. Quinta rolled his eyes and dipped the rag in the clay pot, shaking his head a little as he went back to wiping the black paint off his arms. Quatre swatted at the bushy red tail that was wagging against his folded legs.
"Duo," Quatre scolded. "You shouldn't steal necklaces while my sisters are still wearing them."
"But it's a great challenge," the Fox-boy replied, rolling over on his back to grin up at his friend. "I wasn't really trying, anyway. I just like teasing them."
"You've lived with Coyotes too long," Quinta retorted, then giggled as the Fox-boy poked him in the side with a toe.
The two cousins grinned at each other, then at the Fox laying between them. His deep blue eyes were merry, and his chestnut hair was coming unraveled from its long braid. His skinned was lightly tanned, and his legs were covered in soft red fur that ran from his hipbones to his toes. There were copper rings along the top edge of each of his auburn-furred ears, reflecting the tufts of white fur on the interior. Both of his arms sported woven copper armbands, and woven copper bracelets strung with blue Desert stones. When he sat up, still giggling softly, the two Lynxes could see flashes of more copper from the delicate anklets. All of it was knot work, and none of it matched. His thick red tail thumped happily behind him as he sat up, the white tip showing faint red stains from the wine thrown at him.
Author: Sol1056 (1x2, 3x4, 5x?) 73k across two fics.
Summerstart Festival: In a world of Creatures, Heero is a young half-Wolf who wants only to help his adopted brother, Wufei, find a good mate. Really. Trowa, a half-Jackal, helps, and it goes downhill from there.
Summer's End: Two weeks of the Fox-boy moping when he thought no one was looking, and the group as a whole was on the verge of throwing Duo into the nearest nettle patch if they thought it'd help.
My notes: Fluffy AU fantasy where everyone is a were-creature. One of the classic Gundam Wing AUs from back in the day. Absolutely nothing to do with giant robots, but who needs 'em, right?