For Creamette
Fuzzy socks- the chenille type ones. Duo introduces the wonders of them to Heero.
Drabble 82
Heero cursed softly under his breath. He should've realized that despite the baking heat of the day, at night the temperature dropped fast. He sat on Duo's back porch and hoped that this ancient house Duo was remodeling had some heat sources somewhere.
He smiled to himself at the cranky thought. Ten years ago he wouldn't even admit to himself that he was too cold. Or too hot. Or that falling out of a building was a bad idea.
Or that Duo Maxwell was the one person he wanted more than any other in this world.
Duo was rattling on about the changes he'd made in the house already, the ones that he was in the process of planning, the ones that he would have to make in the future. Heero let the words wash over him and studied Duo's face in the moonlight. He was happy- so very happy here- and Heero was happy to see it.
Duo had left the Preventers six months ago- and Heero missed him terribly. Missed having a partner he could trust, missed Duo's insight on their cases, missed how Duo would just know what Heero wanted him to do, just missed Duo period.
But this was so much better for Duo. Heero could see the changes in him already, could see Duo's happiness, and he knew that even if he'd come out here with the intention of trying to make Duo change his mind- he could never go through with it.
"You're shivering."
"It's colder here than in the city."
"I'll be right back." Duo vanished into the house and Heero was tempted to follow. But Duo had wanted them to sit out on the porch, had wanted to show Heero the sky after dark... and so Heero stayed.
A few moments later, a blanket dropped over his shoulders and Duo pressed something fuzzy into his hands. "Here you go, put these on. "
"What are they?"
"Fuzzy socks." Duo sat down at Heero's feet and tugged at his sneakers. "Come on, take these off. They're damp and your socks are too thin."
Heero almost protested that his shoes were damp because Duo had made him walk in the river earlier, but instead he'd toed off his shoes and helped Duo pull off his wet socks. Duo used a corner of the blanket to dry his feet and then pulled the first sock over Heero's foot.
The soft material slid so warmly and smoothly over his feet that Heero let out an involuntary sigh of delight at the feeling. Duo looked up at him sharply.
"What?"
"Nothing," Duo was pulling the other sock over his foot now. "Just... never heard you sound like that before..."
"Huh?" The other sock was on now and Heero shivered a little at the feeling. The socks were like a caress- and Heero's ankle was resting in Duo's fingers. Another sigh broke free from his lips when Duo ran his fingers gently over his arch and up his leg, smoothing the sock into place.
Duo's head was bent, his voice soft. "If you keep making sounds like that- I won't be responsible for what I do."
Heero's mouth opened, but before he could say anything, Duo caressed his other foot, the same smoothing motion- and Heero couldn't help the sound that came out of his mouth. He didn't want to help it, not when Duo looked up at him with blazing eyes, rising to his knees to catch the blanket and pull Heero down to him.
"You can keep the socks on," Duo said against his lips. "But I'm going to take everything else off..."
Heero was feeling quite warm by now and so he didn't even think to protest.
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