Author: Karen, The Huntress
Rating: PG
Warning: language
Pairing: 1x2
Archive: DHML Archive
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing or its characters.
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Each word or phase carries the connotation of secrets.
Stealthy.
Surreptitious.
Clandestine.
Camouflage.
Whatever is required to crack a case or ferret out the foe.
Leaked secrets topple governments. Covert investigations exhume skeletons from closets or unravel riddles.
Everyone is an enigma; safeguarding the last piece of the puzzle so the full picture can never be revealed.
Yes, we all have secrets, but sometimes we must cast them into the light to truly comprehend how they impact our past and manipulate our future.
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~~Heero Yuy's POV~~
It's frustrating to have conclusions drawn and images crafted based on false impressions or unverified facts. No one should be judged without knowing the sum, substance and circumstances that determine who we are.
So, at the risk of life and limb, I offer a measure of insight into the intricate personality of the man known as Shinigami and disclose selected secrets about Duo Maxwell.
Duo likes Brussels sprouts, bubble baths and thunderstorms but loathes spiders.
He thinks whoever included a tie with the Preventer uniforms is a fuckin' moron.
Duo insists he's ambidextrous because he's equally proficiency in both top and bottom sexual positions.
At home, where Duo sheds his God of Death guise, he dances around the kitchen in boxes with a wooden spoon as a microphone and sings "Honky-Tonk Women" deliberately off key.
Last Saturday morning I found him, again in his underwear, sitting cross-legged in front of the television watching Transformer cartoons, eating Fruit Loops from the box and washing down the dry cereal with a can of Guinness because "we're outta milk".
Duo takes every opportunity to vex Agent Chang by hacking into Wufei's computer at Preventer and downloading yaoi screen savers.
He still calls Hilde Schubeicher once a week to ask if she's happy.
Duo wears a cross created by fusing steel from the Maxwell Church steeple and remnants of Deathscythe.
Hyped up on nervous energy, he often gets up in the middle of the night and wanders around the house as if trying to out maneuver apparitional mobile suits until I guide him back to the safe haven of our bed.
Despite the smile Duo displays to the world, he hurts for the helpless and still bears too much guilt, not only for the deaths he wrought during the war, but for friends and mentors he failed to protect.
Duo is compassionate and considerate, cunning and clever; fiercely loyal and fervently devoted to peace.
Duo Maxwell is also my friend and lover, life partner and soul mate and that is one secret I'm proud to share with the world.
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~~Duo Maxwell's POV~~
An old proverb says you can't know a person until you know his heart.
After fighting and bleeding beside Pilot 01 I can surly empathize not only with his heart but his mind and warrior spirit.
So without further ado (ado-one of Quatre's fancy words) I'll share a few secrets about Heero Yuy.
Heero likes licorice jellybeans and chocolate ice cream but refuses to eat bean sprouts.
He never had popcorn until we began living together.
Heero sleeps in the nude and often goes commando under his Preventer uniform.
His latest home project is constructing a koi pond in the back yard.
Heero can repair a Gundam in the dark, but I had to show him how to sew on a button.
He has a hell of a temper when he believes someone is lying.
Use caution when waking Heero, if startled he'll come up fighting and never rouse him from a nightmare.
He hates the title Perfect Soldier.
Heero has a small yellow flower tattooed on his right bicep to remind him of a girl and her dog who died due to his inexperience.
Death doesn't frighten Heero; however he'd prefer to choose the method of his departure.
Despite his stoic façade Heero has softened around the edges since the war. He's less strict with his routine, more talkative and laughs often, yet there will always be an emotional door closed even to me.
Finally, Heero Yuy is my saving grace. He's also my friend and lover, life partner and soul mate and that is one secret I'm proud to share with the world.
OWARI
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