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Fandom: Gundam Wing
Pairing: Lucrezia Noin and Trowa Barton
Theme set: Beta
Rating: pretty tame, but let's say R to be on the safe side
01. Walking: There was something about walking together in the woods; it didn't matter that they never held hands, because they never felt that they needed to do so unless one strayed too far out of reach from the other.
02. Waltz: It never ceased to amaze Wufei that Noin could waltz, and watching Trowa dance with her was like watching a universe of only two inhabitants coalesce into reality; it was a sight that made Wufei want to weep, and he had to look away.
03. Wishes: Trowa never asked her if she bothered to wish on the stars; he had wished on them himself, and they had answered, bringing her.
04. Wonder: She watched the fireworks Duo was lighting off with a unashamed wonder in her eyes; explosions had never seemed beautiful to her, but Trowa was right: the patterns, he'd said, reminded him of flowers, and she agreed.
05. Worry: Lucrezia worried when he sat down beside her at the bar; he usually smiled that sweet, mysterious smile on nights that they met like this, and the lack of it made her afraid and wonder what terrible things had happened.
06. Whimsy: She always used the stupid coffee cup he'd picked out on a whim at the Hello Kitty store; it was a hideous shade of pink and had a ridiculous picture of a kitty on the front, but she drank from it religiously each morning.
07. Waste/Wasteland: He could pinpoint the first time he'd seen her up close: she had just come in from the frozen wastes, and she still had snowflakes on her eyelashes.
08. Whiskey and Rum: Quatre had meant it as a joke, daring everyone to play 'spin the bottle' over shots of whiskey and rum; he knew he'd done something profound when Trowa pulled Noin onto his lap and kissed her for seven and a half minutes solid.
09. War: She was his own personal goddess of war: strong, unyielding, and determined to survive; he wondered if someone like her would ever descend from her glory to say 'hello' to a mercenary terrorist like him.
10. Weddings: They attended Quatre and Heero's wedding, sitting on the bench reserved for family members, with Duo, Wufei, Zechs, and the others; Trowa kissed her hand when they said "I do" and she smiled at him, all of her love for him glittering in her eyes.
11. Birthday: "Happy birthday," Trowa whispered, moving to kiss her gently on the cheek, wishing he could kiss her as he'd like; no one was more startled than Trowa when she moved to the left and he kissed her full on the lips, pulling back after a moment and catching her mischevious smile as she murmured a breathless 'thank you'.
12. Blessing: Zechs made Trowa nervous, something the young man would never admit, but he had to face the tall blonde in order to get his blessing to marry Lucrezia; to be her husband, he would risk anything.
13. Bias: Wufei insisted that Duo was the most beautiful vision he'd seen, and Quatre agreed that their friend was quite a sight; Trowa kept his opinion to himself: that Lucrezia dancing was the most beautiful thing imaginable, and he had no problems with his personal bias toward his lovely companion.
14. Burning: It was cold, he was freezing, and he didn't want to move any further until she loomed up beside him, tugging his arm, nudging him to hurry, doing anything to keep his frozen figure going until finally, she simply took his face in both hands and kissed him on the mouth; suddenly, Trowa felt as if he were burning from the inside out.
15. Breathing: She slept, but woke occasionally to the sound of a change in his breathing, stricken with wonder each time she opened her eyes to find him still in the bed beside her.
16. Breaking: Zechs watched her go, knowing that it was for the best, understanding that Trowa would love her as he could not, but still hated that his heart was breaking with every step she took at Trowa's side.
17. Belief: "I do believe you," she laughed as he pulled her closer, "but I think you need to think about things before you make offers like that to older women."
18. Balloon: Wufei chuckled when Noin demanded a balloon, and he and Duo both burst into laughter when Trowa bought her a bright blue one and received a kiss for his effort.
19. Balcony: Relena led them out onto the balcony, all determined to find out what those two were up to once and for all, and they could see the couple perfectly in the light of the full moon - Trowa's hand on Noin's hip, her hands twisted in his hair, kissing one another breathless on the edge of the fountain.
20. Bane: "Oh, god, anything but broccoli," Noin pleaded, tugging on his elbow as he tested the plump green vegetables for freshness, "it was the bane of everyone in my class, including Zechs; neither of us can stand the smell of it cooking any more."
21. Quiet: She stood in the window, looking out over the city, dressed only in the bedsheet; he kept quiet so that she wouldn't hear him and leave her reverie to join him in the bed again.
22. Quirks: Trowa's mouth bent slightly, and he chewed the inside of his lip as he regarded the papers he was filling out for Heero; it was one of the quirks he had while he was working, and she wondered when she'd become fascinated by them.
23. Question: Trowa shifted nervously at the door, wondering what they were supposed to do now that their dinner was finished and he'd brought her home, but his eyes still went wide as she asked if he'd like to stay the night.
24. Quarrel: "I'm not one of those idiotic aristocrats," Noin growled when Zechs made a comment about Trowa being beneath her station, "and you might judge your partners on their bloodlines and pedigree, but I don't."
25. Quitting: Noin handed in her resignation on a Thursday, without much fuss, saying simply that she preferred to join Trowa on the road, rather than live behind a desk all of her life.
26. Jump: Noin wanted to scream when Trowa jumped off of the tiny platform, but didn't have the breath as she watched the man she'd come to love flip through the air toward the swinging bar high over her head.
27. Jester: For Halloween, she had dressed as the Queen of Hearts, and everyone cheered when Trowa, decked from tip to toe in red and pink and white, appeared as her jester; when everyone finished giving them applause, he'd simply leaned over to her and whispered, "you're the queen of my heart."
28. Jousting: Wufei hated watching the verbal jousting match between Zechs and Noin, and he decided to put an end to it by simply dragging Zechs off for a beer and a long discussion about what he, as her best friend, was and was not allowed to demand of her.
29. Jewel: "Holy shit," Duo breathed, staring at the ring in Trowa's hand, and would have continued if Trowa hadn't shaken his head and explained that this sparkling thing couldn't possibly compare to the jewel he'd be asking to share his life.
30. Just: Wufei decided that life was never fair, and that there was nothing just in the world if whatever powers that be saw fit to deprive Trowa of the woman he loved so very much.
31. Smirk: She knew that smirk; it very plainly said "I am going to kiss you until you can't breathe."
32. Sorrow: Duo hated funerals, and Noin's would be the worst; dealing with her grief-stricken husband had been awful, but Zechs had never found his way to say goodbye to his best friend and was still nearly immobile from sorrow and longing.
33. Stupidity: Noin gasped when she pulled out the laundry; how could she have forgotten Trowa's socks?!?
34. Serenade: Heero winced and looked at the others with a pinched look, explaining with a long-suffering sigh, "he can dance, he can walk on a tightrope, but Trowa cannot sing - love song for Noin or no."
35. Sarcasm: "Oh, yeah, I could have as much sex as Trowa and Noin do," Duo drawled, giving Zechs a come-hither look, "but we'd need lots of sleep and serious amphetamines."
36. Sordid: Cathy was a good sister, and when the reporters came to ask for the sordid details of her brother's illicit affair with an older woman, she simply told them to fuck off.
37. Soliloquy: Trowa wasn't much a fan of Shakespeare: he couldn't tell a soliloquy from a hyperbole, but he knew that whatever was happening in the play made Noin glow with delight, and he was definitely a member of her fanclub.
38. Sojourn: Trowa managed to convince Noin to meet him out in the garden behind the Palace, beside the fountain at midnight, and promised that they could enjoy an hour or so without anyone trying to figure out what was going on between them; the idea of a brief sojourn with the handsome acrobat made Noin giddy, and she had agreed.
39. Share: Reluctantly, Zechs gave Trowa his approval, resigned forever to share his best friend with this young man, who he admired but did not entirely trust to treat his Lucrezia as well as she deserved.
40. Solitary: Noin hated it when Trowa had to go out of town to perform; the feeling of being alone in the bed, the solitary figure occupying the shower, the only one who needed coffee in the mornings - it made her feel tired and peevish.
41. Nowhere: Trowa looked all over the garden and throughout the palace following the incident involving the cheering group on the balcony, but Noin was nowhere to be found.
42. Neutral: Noin steeled herself for the conversation Trowa wanted to have with her at Wufei's dinner party; no matter what he was going to say, she promised herself that she would remain calm, stay neutral, and above all, she would not cry when he dumped her in public.
43. Nuance: Her eyebrow twitched, the corner of her lip quivered, and her eyes flashed fire; every minuscule move she made added heated nuances to her requests for him to join her in bed.
44. Near: "I quit," Noin explained, laughing as Trowa's expression shifted from concerned to elated, "because I need to be near you more than anything."
45. Natural: It seemed only a natural progression from her polite request for him to stay the night, to him asking her not to see anyone else, to her quitting and moving in with him, to him finally asking her The Question, even if he and Duo and Wufei disagreed on how the asking ought to get done.
46. Horizon: She stood at the window, watching the sun creep slowly over the dark horizon, and imagined that her heart was overcoming whatever darkness she'd kept it in, drawn out into the warmth and light by Trowa's quiet, loving smile.
47. Valiant: He knew that he had to be brave, he had to be valiant, he had to have courage: Noin fought hard enough with her sickness, without having to spend precious energy worrying about him.
48. Virtuous: Noin wondered when her feelings of virtuous admiration for the young man had shifted into something wicked and lustful, but when Trowa's lips closed over her own, she decided that she didn't much care.
49. Victory: Trowa found Noin in the kitchen, her face still burning with embarrassment, and he put his arms around her, explaining to her gently that he didn't care who saw them together, he didn't care who knew that he loved her, that he only wanted to love her, and he couldn't help the small sense of victory when she smiled up at him and kissed him again like she'd done in the garden.
50. Defeat: Wufei groaned in defeat; he didn't care whose stupid tradition it was to catch Noin's stupid garter, he was not marrying anyone, he thought; then he saw Relena staring down at the bouquet she'd just caught, and started wondering if she might like to go for a walk after the party was over.
Pairing: Lucrezia Noin and Trowa Barton
Theme set: Beta
Rating: pretty tame, but let's say R to be on the safe side
01. Walking: There was something about walking together in the woods; it didn't matter that they never held hands, because they never felt that they needed to do so unless one strayed too far out of reach from the other.
02. Waltz: It never ceased to amaze Wufei that Noin could waltz, and watching Trowa dance with her was like watching a universe of only two inhabitants coalesce into reality; it was a sight that made Wufei want to weep, and he had to look away.
03. Wishes: Trowa never asked her if she bothered to wish on the stars; he had wished on them himself, and they had answered, bringing her.
04. Wonder: She watched the fireworks Duo was lighting off with a unashamed wonder in her eyes; explosions had never seemed beautiful to her, but Trowa was right: the patterns, he'd said, reminded him of flowers, and she agreed.
05. Worry: Lucrezia worried when he sat down beside her at the bar; he usually smiled that sweet, mysterious smile on nights that they met like this, and the lack of it made her afraid and wonder what terrible things had happened.
06. Whimsy: She always used the stupid coffee cup he'd picked out on a whim at the Hello Kitty store; it was a hideous shade of pink and had a ridiculous picture of a kitty on the front, but she drank from it religiously each morning.
07. Waste/Wasteland: He could pinpoint the first time he'd seen her up close: she had just come in from the frozen wastes, and she still had snowflakes on her eyelashes.
08. Whiskey and Rum: Quatre had meant it as a joke, daring everyone to play 'spin the bottle' over shots of whiskey and rum; he knew he'd done something profound when Trowa pulled Noin onto his lap and kissed her for seven and a half minutes solid.
09. War: She was his own personal goddess of war: strong, unyielding, and determined to survive; he wondered if someone like her would ever descend from her glory to say 'hello' to a mercenary terrorist like him.
10. Weddings: They attended Quatre and Heero's wedding, sitting on the bench reserved for family members, with Duo, Wufei, Zechs, and the others; Trowa kissed her hand when they said "I do" and she smiled at him, all of her love for him glittering in her eyes.
11. Birthday: "Happy birthday," Trowa whispered, moving to kiss her gently on the cheek, wishing he could kiss her as he'd like; no one was more startled than Trowa when she moved to the left and he kissed her full on the lips, pulling back after a moment and catching her mischevious smile as she murmured a breathless 'thank you'.
12. Blessing: Zechs made Trowa nervous, something the young man would never admit, but he had to face the tall blonde in order to get his blessing to marry Lucrezia; to be her husband, he would risk anything.
13. Bias: Wufei insisted that Duo was the most beautiful vision he'd seen, and Quatre agreed that their friend was quite a sight; Trowa kept his opinion to himself: that Lucrezia dancing was the most beautiful thing imaginable, and he had no problems with his personal bias toward his lovely companion.
14. Burning: It was cold, he was freezing, and he didn't want to move any further until she loomed up beside him, tugging his arm, nudging him to hurry, doing anything to keep his frozen figure going until finally, she simply took his face in both hands and kissed him on the mouth; suddenly, Trowa felt as if he were burning from the inside out.
15. Breathing: She slept, but woke occasionally to the sound of a change in his breathing, stricken with wonder each time she opened her eyes to find him still in the bed beside her.
16. Breaking: Zechs watched her go, knowing that it was for the best, understanding that Trowa would love her as he could not, but still hated that his heart was breaking with every step she took at Trowa's side.
17. Belief: "I do believe you," she laughed as he pulled her closer, "but I think you need to think about things before you make offers like that to older women."
18. Balloon: Wufei chuckled when Noin demanded a balloon, and he and Duo both burst into laughter when Trowa bought her a bright blue one and received a kiss for his effort.
19. Balcony: Relena led them out onto the balcony, all determined to find out what those two were up to once and for all, and they could see the couple perfectly in the light of the full moon - Trowa's hand on Noin's hip, her hands twisted in his hair, kissing one another breathless on the edge of the fountain.
20. Bane: "Oh, god, anything but broccoli," Noin pleaded, tugging on his elbow as he tested the plump green vegetables for freshness, "it was the bane of everyone in my class, including Zechs; neither of us can stand the smell of it cooking any more."
21. Quiet: She stood in the window, looking out over the city, dressed only in the bedsheet; he kept quiet so that she wouldn't hear him and leave her reverie to join him in the bed again.
22. Quirks: Trowa's mouth bent slightly, and he chewed the inside of his lip as he regarded the papers he was filling out for Heero; it was one of the quirks he had while he was working, and she wondered when she'd become fascinated by them.
23. Question: Trowa shifted nervously at the door, wondering what they were supposed to do now that their dinner was finished and he'd brought her home, but his eyes still went wide as she asked if he'd like to stay the night.
24. Quarrel: "I'm not one of those idiotic aristocrats," Noin growled when Zechs made a comment about Trowa being beneath her station, "and you might judge your partners on their bloodlines and pedigree, but I don't."
25. Quitting: Noin handed in her resignation on a Thursday, without much fuss, saying simply that she preferred to join Trowa on the road, rather than live behind a desk all of her life.
26. Jump: Noin wanted to scream when Trowa jumped off of the tiny platform, but didn't have the breath as she watched the man she'd come to love flip through the air toward the swinging bar high over her head.
27. Jester: For Halloween, she had dressed as the Queen of Hearts, and everyone cheered when Trowa, decked from tip to toe in red and pink and white, appeared as her jester; when everyone finished giving them applause, he'd simply leaned over to her and whispered, "you're the queen of my heart."
28. Jousting: Wufei hated watching the verbal jousting match between Zechs and Noin, and he decided to put an end to it by simply dragging Zechs off for a beer and a long discussion about what he, as her best friend, was and was not allowed to demand of her.
29. Jewel: "Holy shit," Duo breathed, staring at the ring in Trowa's hand, and would have continued if Trowa hadn't shaken his head and explained that this sparkling thing couldn't possibly compare to the jewel he'd be asking to share his life.
30. Just: Wufei decided that life was never fair, and that there was nothing just in the world if whatever powers that be saw fit to deprive Trowa of the woman he loved so very much.
31. Smirk: She knew that smirk; it very plainly said "I am going to kiss you until you can't breathe."
32. Sorrow: Duo hated funerals, and Noin's would be the worst; dealing with her grief-stricken husband had been awful, but Zechs had never found his way to say goodbye to his best friend and was still nearly immobile from sorrow and longing.
33. Stupidity: Noin gasped when she pulled out the laundry; how could she have forgotten Trowa's socks?!?
34. Serenade: Heero winced and looked at the others with a pinched look, explaining with a long-suffering sigh, "he can dance, he can walk on a tightrope, but Trowa cannot sing - love song for Noin or no."
35. Sarcasm: "Oh, yeah, I could have as much sex as Trowa and Noin do," Duo drawled, giving Zechs a come-hither look, "but we'd need lots of sleep and serious amphetamines."
36. Sordid: Cathy was a good sister, and when the reporters came to ask for the sordid details of her brother's illicit affair with an older woman, she simply told them to fuck off.
37. Soliloquy: Trowa wasn't much a fan of Shakespeare: he couldn't tell a soliloquy from a hyperbole, but he knew that whatever was happening in the play made Noin glow with delight, and he was definitely a member of her fanclub.
38. Sojourn: Trowa managed to convince Noin to meet him out in the garden behind the Palace, beside the fountain at midnight, and promised that they could enjoy an hour or so without anyone trying to figure out what was going on between them; the idea of a brief sojourn with the handsome acrobat made Noin giddy, and she had agreed.
39. Share: Reluctantly, Zechs gave Trowa his approval, resigned forever to share his best friend with this young man, who he admired but did not entirely trust to treat his Lucrezia as well as she deserved.
40. Solitary: Noin hated it when Trowa had to go out of town to perform; the feeling of being alone in the bed, the solitary figure occupying the shower, the only one who needed coffee in the mornings - it made her feel tired and peevish.
41. Nowhere: Trowa looked all over the garden and throughout the palace following the incident involving the cheering group on the balcony, but Noin was nowhere to be found.
42. Neutral: Noin steeled herself for the conversation Trowa wanted to have with her at Wufei's dinner party; no matter what he was going to say, she promised herself that she would remain calm, stay neutral, and above all, she would not cry when he dumped her in public.
43. Nuance: Her eyebrow twitched, the corner of her lip quivered, and her eyes flashed fire; every minuscule move she made added heated nuances to her requests for him to join her in bed.
44. Near: "I quit," Noin explained, laughing as Trowa's expression shifted from concerned to elated, "because I need to be near you more than anything."
45. Natural: It seemed only a natural progression from her polite request for him to stay the night, to him asking her not to see anyone else, to her quitting and moving in with him, to him finally asking her The Question, even if he and Duo and Wufei disagreed on how the asking ought to get done.
46. Horizon: She stood at the window, watching the sun creep slowly over the dark horizon, and imagined that her heart was overcoming whatever darkness she'd kept it in, drawn out into the warmth and light by Trowa's quiet, loving smile.
47. Valiant: He knew that he had to be brave, he had to be valiant, he had to have courage: Noin fought hard enough with her sickness, without having to spend precious energy worrying about him.
48. Virtuous: Noin wondered when her feelings of virtuous admiration for the young man had shifted into something wicked and lustful, but when Trowa's lips closed over her own, she decided that she didn't much care.
49. Victory: Trowa found Noin in the kitchen, her face still burning with embarrassment, and he put his arms around her, explaining to her gently that he didn't care who saw them together, he didn't care who knew that he loved her, that he only wanted to love her, and he couldn't help the small sense of victory when she smiled up at him and kissed him again like she'd done in the garden.
50. Defeat: Wufei groaned in defeat; he didn't care whose stupid tradition it was to catch Noin's stupid garter, he was not marrying anyone, he thought; then he saw Relena staring down at the bouquet she'd just caught, and started wondering if she might like to go for a walk after the party was over.