Author: SkyLark
Pairings: 1+2+1
Warnings: Sap, Romance
Betaed by ShenLong Deb *hugs*
Archive: Debs-Dragon - GW Diaries
Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing, or its characters. I just love playing with them.
Auld Lang Syne
"So much for curling on a couch and watching the fireworks at midnight," Duo sighed as he sat heavily on the crest of the tall hill overlooking the near mile-long stretch of the base that he and his Preventer team had just successfully invaded in the gully below.
The tall towers of the facility and its mills where the drug ring created their loot was lit now only by the light of the high moon overhead. In the forest surrounding the hillside that peered down on it all, crickets could be heard chirping into the warm, air of South Africa.
Hidden amongst the all trees were the shuttles now being loaded with the last of the prisoners remaining to be taken back to headquarters for holding and questioning. Once they were all secured, the rest of the team took to the air and faded off in the dark sky while only a much smaller jet was left behind for the two agents in charge of the mission.
As one of those said Preventers, Duo finished wrapping a roll of gauze around the bleeding graze wound to his right arm. Considering how the bullet tore a perfect slash right through his flight suit, it could have been much worse. Still, he was glum over not being able to be home for the start of the New Year with his lover.
Said love sat at his left side after being away for over an hour. Quietly, he asked, "How's the arm?"
With a snicker, the braided agent shook his head and met the cobalt eyes watching him with concern in their moon-lit depths. "It'll survive, mom," he joked while nudging his shoulder against Heero's. "The clean up inside the base went well, then?" A simple nod was his only answer.
Planting his hands behind himself to lean back a bit, Duo peered back out to the base and muttered, "Hell of a way to spend New Year's Eve, getting shot at and all. Of course, I know that bit of surprise was needed to catch the bastards in the act, but it's not exactly how I pictured us spending our first night into the turn of another year as an official couple."
Heero smirked and shrugged, "Well, the curling up on the couch may be out, but we can still enjoy some of the standards." His partner looked over at him in confusion and was just about to ask what he meant when the former Wing pilot looked to his watch.
The small smile on his mouth growing a bit, he leaned closer to his braided lover and held his arm out so that he could see it in the moonlight. Blinking in surprise at seeing the hour of midnight fast approaching, Duo grinned and whispered when the second hand reached... "Ten.... Nine... Eight..." he whispered.
"Seven," Heero joined in while discretely reaching into his uniform pants pocket with his other hand. "Six... Five," they chorused together. "Four... Three... As they continued the countdown, the American agent was slowly moving his head in for a kiss at midnight. "Two... One."
Just before their lips met, Yuy smirked and pressed the button to the detonator that he had hidden away. Instantly, a round of explosives that he had planted in the heart of the base erupted into a ball of flame that spread quickly through the wings of the facility.
Freezing, Duo snapped his head to watch the sight with wide, violet eyes and a slack jaw. Within seconds, the large mix of chemicals of the drugs remaining inside ignited and shot high into the air to explode in an array of shapes and colors that lit the air and popped loudly. The display continued while the towers and remaining extensions of the base were taken down.
As the sky continued to glow in different hues, Duo slowly turned his head towards his lover and breathed, "Heero... you... you did all of this for me?"
Nodding, the other agent smiled, "I was going to see that you got to see fireworks at midnight somehow."
Loud pops and crackles continued before them while the braided pilot snickered, "Even knowing how pissed Lady Une is going to be to know that you did this?"
"The look on your face was worth all of the yelling," Heero smirked back. Leaning in, he kissed his stunned partner's lips and breathed, "Love you. Happy New Year, Duo."
Finally coming out of his stupor, the American grinned and rested their foreheads together, his appreciation and love shining in his eyes. "Love you, too, 'Ro. Happy New Year."
Amidst the display of 'fireworks' that showed no sign of stopping, he leaned in for a much deeper kiss to really start the new year right.
OWARI
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