Fate
Challenge: Celebration on wk_100, if I can cut this down without losing it
Title: Fate
Team: Schwarz
Words: too many
Characters: Crawford, Takatori
Series: Weiss Kreuz
Rating: PG-13 for language.
Crawford glared at his glass of bourbon, crystal facets reflecting garish red and green holiday lights. Christ, why did the Japanese have to play at Christmas; most of them were fucking Shintoists and Buddhists.
He looked over his glasses at his middle-aged companion. The pair of them could grace a fashion magazine, with their silk shirts and Italian suits. Takatori had matched him, drink for drink, all evening.
Still alive, anyway. Just the two of them. Out of all fucking eight. Not the future they'd wanted, but what could you do. Fate. He'd stopped trying to change it years ago; never worked out in the end.
What the hell else could you do but enjoy what you had. Or die trying.
Mamoru cast an understanding look his way, and gestured to the bartender for another round.
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Ended up with multiple entries in addition to a cut version of this one.
Killing Time, introspective Nagi.
'Tis the Season, Farfarello on Christmas Eve.
'Silver, Ken and Mamoru long after Gluhen.
'The Safe House, four assassins in a moment of peace.
Title: Fate
Team: Schwarz
Words: too many
Characters: Crawford, Takatori
Series: Weiss Kreuz
Rating: PG-13 for language.
Crawford glared at his glass of bourbon, crystal facets reflecting garish red and green holiday lights. Christ, why did the Japanese have to play at Christmas; most of them were fucking Shintoists and Buddhists.
He looked over his glasses at his middle-aged companion. The pair of them could grace a fashion magazine, with their silk shirts and Italian suits. Takatori had matched him, drink for drink, all evening.
Still alive, anyway. Just the two of them. Out of all fucking eight. Not the future they'd wanted, but what could you do. Fate. He'd stopped trying to change it years ago; never worked out in the end.
What the hell else could you do but enjoy what you had. Or die trying.
Mamoru cast an understanding look his way, and gestured to the bartender for another round.
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Ended up with multiple entries in addition to a cut version of this one.
Killing Time, introspective Nagi.
'Tis the Season, Farfarello on Christmas Eve.
'Silver, Ken and Mamoru long after Gluhen.
'The Safe House, four assassins in a moment of peace.