[Ficlet ~ PG] Dress Code

[wingzerosnuggles]

Title: Dress Code
Continuity: Catalysts
Length: Ficlet
Pairings: 1xR
Prompt: Zoom in enhance
Teaser: Why does Heero Yuy, who never really gives a damn about anything he wears except in terms of practicality, suddenly feel a need to be fashionable?
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5402695/2/

Disclaimer: GW = not mine.

Author's Note: Still the same theme. Here, we explore what could cause Heero to change his manner of dressing. :p

Catalysts
by mistress amethyst une

Dress Code

Heero Yuy never fails to take advantage of casual Friday. However, his recent change of wardrobe from tank tops and denim pants to buttoned-up collared shirts and well-fitting trousers leaves many of his co-workers in a state of befuddlement.

The fact that he's also taken to wearing a pair of shades leads to even more idle gossip.

Why does Heero Yuy, who never really gives a damn about anything he wears except in terms of practicality, suddenly feel a need to be fashionable?

The only logical explanation is that, in some way, he now sees being fashionable as practical.

Which is exactly right.

Over the past few months, Heero has found himself exploring the more pleasurable aspects of a romantic relationship with one of the most attractive women in all of Earth and space.

Nonetheless, due to her hectic schedule, finding time for their "trysts" has become one of his more difficult challenges.

Yes, even more difficult than stopping her mildly megalomaniacal brother from trying to plunge the planet into eternal winter.

But then again, he's Heero Yuy, and failure just won't do.

Thursday nights.

Relena has somehow managed to keep those weekday hours free.

Needless to say, he takes full advantage of his free time with her.

Nothing short of another world crisis could pull him away from his self-appointed Thursday duties.

Well, except maybe an impromptu visit from her brother.

But that's a world crisis in itself.

Thanks to Thursdays, Heero now finds himself seeing casual Fridays as...convenient.

With memories of the night before leaving his appetite for the sensual whetted, he dresses to impress for the hedonistic weekend ahead.

Practicality?

Heero finds that buttoning up a collared shirt hides hickeys with the least amount of effort.

Some would argue that the pants aren't practical at all.

Heero would be inclined to agree but he's in no position to argue when the vice foreign minister tells him that tight-fitting pants turn her on.

And the shades?

Aren't all men allowed a stupid fashion choice they think is cool?
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Sorry, it's short. Prompt used here is "zoom in enhance." I interpreted it as the scrutiny of others.

[Elyn Yuy]