Length: Ficlet
Pairing: 1xR
Prompt: "I wish I'd stayed, too. NOW I wish I'd stayed. I wish I'd done a lot of
things. I wish I'd... I wish I'd stayed... I do." -Eternal Sunshine of the
Spotless Mind.
Teaser: "Is your primary goal to make him regret marrying you?" "If you're going
to strive for something, might as well strive for the impossible."
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5141105/15/ ... al_Nuances
Disclaimer: GW = not mine.
Author's Note: The eighth July prompt is "I wish I'd stayed, too. NOW I wish I'd stayed. I wish I'd done a lot of things. I wish I'd... I wish I'd stayed... I do. " from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Smite me for, again, I haven't watched this.
This continues from Hollow Girl.Nonsensical Nuances
by mistress amethyst une
Acumen
"You really do love her, don't you?" queried Dorothy as she ran her slender fingers over her suit, smoothing out imagined wrinkles.
"Too much," he responded, taking another sip of burgundy. "Or so she says..."
He watched as Relena conversed with a gaggle of scantily dressed women. Madame Y glared at her from the bar, downing shots with careless abandon. It seemed the former queen of the world still had the power to enthrall people of all kinds.
"Particularly chatty tonight, are we?" remarked Dorothy, absentmindedly straightening out her tie.
"Drunk."
"Ah yes, how else would you be able to endure us? How else could you stand to stay?"
"It's not a matter of how but why. I have good reason to stay."
"Two full sentences? Are you aware you're speaking to the woman you once called the personification of hell?"
"All women are."
"Even Relena?"
"Most especially."
"Then what is this good reason of yours?"
"I don't want to regret not being here."
"Not being here?"
"Near."
"Near?"
"I don't consider imitation a form of flattery, Dorothy."
"Come on, you know I tease. Actually, I didn't come here for idle chitchat. I wanted to ask your permission."
"Since when do you ask permission for anything?"
"I have a gentleman's heart," she smiled. "Respecting the object of another gentleman's affection is tantamount."
His eyebrow rose.
"At least within these walls," she added with a mild laugh. "Would you let me dance with her?"
"As long as I don't have to dance with Quatre. He's not in a dress, is he?"
"He's not in anything. Poor thing's sound asleep upstairs. Someone will come untie him in the morning."
"Is your primary goal to make him regret marrying you?"
"If you're going to strive for something, might as well strive for the impossible."
Heero never would understand how Dorothy's mind worked.
"Just hurry up and dance with her before I change my mind."
"That eager to be rid of me?"
"Yes."
"All right then. We'll stay within sniping distance," she declared as she walked off.
He smiled as Dorothy surprised Relena with a kiss on the hand. The blush that crept across the princess's face was visible even from where he stood. Relena quickly regained her composure and let Dorothy lead her in a waltz. That tinge of pink persisted on on her face as she slid across the floor. It was then that he felt truly justified in his decision to stay near her. As long as he was always close enough to see life in her eyes, he would regret nothing.
Elyn Yuy