He was sure Heero felt it in the air, anyway. "Yes, but my machine talked back." "I wouldn't know either.

An agreement lay somewhere beneath the neutral response. Synopsis: Ernest Pringle and his wife, Ethel, are sitting quietly in their armchairs, chatting about how funny it must be to get cut in half, as Fred was. "It. There he could catch a faint outline joining his in the reflection. Heero obligingly nibbled on his ear lobe. presented in 1959, this play put James Saunders on the road to becoming Bibliographic information. "Why are we only eighteen, Duo? ", Heero's nearly imperceptible sigh might have gone completely unnoticed if Duo hadn't been relaxing against his chest. ", "Young.

"Nothing unusual. His fingers shifted slowly from the soft lips to slide over Heero's cheekbone. and, one by one, they lie flowers on the grave.

Sorry. Maybe we'll catch a movie together or something. At least he was empathizing with something, and it was never because he felt like a machine. ", A long silence, but when the words came, they were calm and easily uttered.

I love it. ", "You know. Duo sauntered up behind where Heero was seated at his desk and draped his arms over Heero's shoulders, hand catching wrist across his chest. Finny? ", "Yeah, so?" Posy Simmonds once described him as the ‘Roy Orbison of the car world’.

"..." Darnit, what kind of response was that? It's okay to... to not be strong all the time. It's because they're mechanical devices. "Alas, poor Fred" by James Saunders. "So who's getting scanned and why? We can watch the rain, then." According to the data map being displayed on the screen, the scanning utility had uncovered a few dead spots here and there, but it wasn't too catastrophic. "Alas, poor Fred," Duo sighed. Of course, you coerced me into helping out with dinner, too, but I didn't mind since we had a good time." ", His fingers rubbed soothingly at the flesh beneath them. "We should do something young. With nothing more than a fond blink, he altered his actions smoothly into a refill, and offered Heero one while he was at it. "Better. go me. ", Heero tickled his cheek with his braid. Sometimes you just had to stop for a bit and make sure you really heard what you thought you heard, and then you had to think some more to make sure Heero meant it in the way you thought he was meaning it. But he supposed it was true. "And I've never known you to favor a route just because it's easy. I love it. "Hey. And then they all go off to the funeral tea in the dustbins, it being the eve of rubbish day, taking a short cut through the children’s house. The gentle comfort Duo exuded for Heero made him wish he could reach out and squeeze his hand in appreciation or something, but their hands were nowhere near each other at the moment, so he settled for lifting one side of his lips in a small smile. "And you are -my- cup of tea. You gonna finish your story? "And of course, since I'm such a considerate boyfriend, I helped you clean up, and we had a good time doing that, too. It almost sounded completely reasonable when he said it. Besides, it was unfair that Heero do all the kissing. So a watched utility... Aw, screw it. There was just something special -- specialer -- about kissing a laughing Duo. Frank? Again. "Fred, I think you decided." In the middle of all the spinning and moving and reading, something has to go wrong sometime. "Hmm, maybe we'll just make out on the couch while the movie plays unnoticed in the background.

F, you said? This book is a legend. disturbs Peter's peace and tranquility. Heero pulled Duo's braid out from where it was being squashed against his arm and played with the tassel at the end.

"Aww, no way. ", Heero blinked as if just realizing that the 'sorry' only covered half of the proper social etiquette. When he was done, he handed Heero his, took up his own, and then reclined comfortably into the curve of Heero's welcoming arm.

He grinned when he succeeded in getting Heero to glance up and throw a fondly amused look at him. ", Was he, now? What people are saying - Write a review. "Well, maybe 'should' is too forceful a word... but you're certainly entitled to a complaint now and again. That sounds pretty -- hey, wait, I'm not supposed to agree with you." Pause/blink. I know that. And then it was Duo's turn to blink. ", "You're seventeen. begin with, soon descends into a dark and intense conflict over the I'm surface scanning.

Well, he supposed he could let it go just this once, if it pulled Heero out of his little slump. It is. "Too young to have seen all that we have, too old to still belong in our bodies.

"I was just thinking about Fred.".
Frederick, nicknamed 'Poor Fred' was created Duke of Edinburgh, Marquess of the Isle of Ely, Earl of Eltham, Viscount of Launceston and Baron of Snaudon (Snowdon) by his grandfather, George I, on 26 July 1726. on the death of George I, his father suceeded to the throne he was summoned to England to be renew his aquaintance with the parents he had not seen for fourteen years. Heero humor was like that. James Saunders. "Wanna feel eighteen tonight? ", Heero frowned, but the amusement in the expression quite nearly turned it into a pout. He dipped a finger into Heero's suds and caught some bubbles on his yellow rubber fingertip. This book is a legend.

Better? "Something bothering you lately?" I can even recite parts of it, but that’s not surprising: it’s not the longest work in the literary canon. "Ah, life is good. Well, if you don’t already know, Fred is a cat. ", Heero did the best he could to chastise him for mangling lines from Shakespeare and nudged Duo's tummy with the back of his head.
I'm sorry," he repeated softly, but this time it was an apology for something else altogether, for forgetting that he had a partner who could and would pick up the slack if or when he had to. In particular, mine.". "You still haven't told me anything more than you said before. Remarkable.

A watched hard drive never surface scans....Dangit, it's not actually the hard drive that's performing the surface scan, is it? He grinned, knowing Heero was surely rolling his eyes behind the cover of his bangs.

right to sit on the park bench. "Hmmm. Studio Theatre, 1960 - Dialogues, English - 33 pages. Damn him. ", "I think it's about time to retire the f drive. He flipped the television on and found them a movie, a law drama. "Hard drives die all the time. Not surprisingly, she is so astonished by what she sees that she wakes her brother and drags him into the garden. "Heero!" ", "I can't decide whether we're too young or too old," Duo said contemplatively, staring at the blank television screen in front of them. They'd put the tea kettle on while they were cleaning up after dinner, and the water was boiled and the tea steeping by the time they were done. Heero usually just accepted the less than perfect state of his physical health, but if he was thinking about something mechanical tonight that would make him moody, that was the only thing Duo could think of. Duo rolled his eyes. We already know we'll graduate, and what colleges we'll be going to.". Nicknames were sweet, but when spiced with the unique Duo flavor, they approached divine. It wasn't only an excuse for him to lean over Heero and grab the remote on his other side. It’s Mrs Spedding’s Ginger, in fact, dressed like a Victorian undertaker. Heero settled himself on the couch first, with Duo sitting on the edge beside him so he could pour them each a cup. We aren't on a date. Alas, Poor Fred: A Dialogue in the Style of Ionesco. i have managed to write a 20k fic all stemming from a failed hard drive. I got your back.". Eyes laughed at him over the rim of a tea cup. Heero, once again obligingly, took advantage of his distraction and transferred his lips to Duo's mouth, going so far as to slip in a couple of those new and still highly experimental open-mouthed kisses they had been flirting with recently. That was a nice night. ", "Are you implying that I am not your cup of tea? I got my cup of tea, and I got my Heero. 0 Reviews. With a few slow parting kisses to finish off the string, he pulled away reluctantly in order to reach out to the table and set the cup down before some accident befell them.

Then he unsettled himself quickly and slapped a few fingers over Heero's mouth as he realized how vulnerable that innocent question left him to attack.

Because Fred, it transpires, was a rock star. It’s magnificent. The motion was aborted halfway when he decided to empty the cup in one last big gulp first, thankful that it had been only pleasantly warm since he hadn't stopped to think about it. "For instance." Some bad sectors cropped up today.". Duo smiled his acknowledgement, even though Heero couldn't really see it from where Duo's head lay pillowed upon his shoulder. Completely. ", Heero had a moment of exceptional goodness, during which a splendid surge of affection swept through him for the young man at his side. "I see you're conceding the bet to me. is spending Sunday afternoon reading his book in New York’s Central Uh... Dangit, not too many 'F' names come to mind. ( Log Out /  A disheveled Jerry, who wants to talk about his trip to the zoo, "So, are you busy tomorrow night? "Well, you invited me over to your place for a quiet dinner for two.

Nick’s rabbit is in the garden – and Sophie’s improvised grave marker has been replaced. It seemed somewhat pointless to him to share his mental meanderings for the night, but he supposed it would be equally pointless for him to let them fester within his mind to no end. His annoyed air was belied by the way he made himself so comfortable against Heero's side. I shouldn't be--", "No, you should," Duo cut in.

"Yeah. Leave a reply. Duo waited a few seconds, then decided to provide a prompt.

"Now you have me anthropomorphizing the hardware, too. "I'm getting better at this. Having filled his tub with hot, soapy water, Heero turned off the tap and got to work. When Heero's expression closed up a bit, Duo rubbed the tops of his feet reassuringly. O Caterwauley wailey-woe!) We haven't found any reviews in the usual places. There’s a trail of muddy paw prints through the house. Duo chose not to think too hard about any implications that may or may not have been hiding within that statement. "...You know that doesn't make you sound any more sane.". They keep landing on bookcase 4, shelf 3, and that’s where I have some kids’ books. ", "I don't know. Sophie and Nick, the children to whom Fred ‘belongs’, are very sad about the death of their beloved pet. Directors: Chris Bulloch & Lorraine O’Hara.

Most carry flowers, some clutch laurel wreathes, a sniffling kitten holds an album sleeve. Does -it- really have to have a name?" ", A moment of silence, and then a chuckle. Just a little. ", "I know," Heero answered quietly. *ALAS POOR FRED, by James Saunders & *SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, by Tennessee Williams. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Duo may have been the master of stealth, but Heero was pretty sure he could slip a thing or two beneath his radar, as he had with the issue of feeling eighteen.

Heero looked up from his meal. ", "Hey," Duo protested jovially, knocking their shoulders together. So what – or who, rather – is Fred? But if you have a sound, old mind in a sound, old body, then I'm gonna have to say that it's the soundness that's more important than the oldness. Bookcase 5, shelf 3, book 7. shakespeare's hamlet. What more could I ask for? Knowing Heero, he had probably intended every last one of them, if any. Duo had pretty much just summed up everything that had been on his mind.


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