February writing challenge TQ12
using table 4 from the 5sentence_fics community
Fandom: Gundam Wing, Pairing: Trowa/Quatre, Rating: PG, Warnings: angst, BL, word count: 224, see previous stories here, note: written for darthanne, because a one-sentence fic wouldn't do, and twenty-five five-sentence fics will tell the story. :)
Table 4, #16 - Stormy Weather
Once his disease was reveled, Trowa began taking naps twice a day, sometimes more, and always under an oxygen tent; with his fingers brushing the plastic covering the bed and dread squeezing his heart, Quatre knew - Trowa was nearing end-stage, and he did what he always used to once upon a time.
On the backside of the estate, in an infrequently used wing, Quatre entered the conservatory, his mother’s special place, the one room that retained her presence, and the one place Quatre would go to find solace. Sheets of music, some scored and others waiting, still laid upon her desk, her pen nearby and ready; Quatre sat and traced the notes with a finger as he used to when he was young, before he found out that it was because of him that his mother died. His mother, his father, his sister, and now Trowa - the notes were coming to life under his touch, his ears heard the music his mother had left, and he began to hum each quarter note, envisioning his mother smiling encouragingly beside him.
Crossing to the baby grand carrying the music sheets, Quatre hummed the melody, sitting where his mother must have sat and picking out the keys she played; the song was haunting, beautiful and sweet, and yet, filled with a lingering sadness - it was his song.
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