A place for hosting and promoting wonderful Gundam Wing related EVENTS! If you have a GW related event idea but no clue how to go about getting it done, send it our way! We'll help make it happen! This is a sideblog of ThisWeekinGundamWing.
This event will be going from March 1st (International Women’s Day is the 5th) until March 7th!
This is a free for all. Any lady from Gundam Wing is free game: Gundam Wing, Endless Waltz, Episode Zero… even Frozen Teardrop *shudders*. You can pick multiples, you can do only one work for the whole week or as many as you please!
There will be three different prompts each day of the week to help get those creative juices flowing!
Here’s the whole list:
“History is much like an endless waltz; the three beats of war, peace, and revolution continue on forever.” | Silver | Wind Chimes
“You’ll fight your best knowing you have to protect that girl.” | Sunset Gold | Cottages
“'Cause she's a woman!” | Rust | Tools
“Wars aren't started by God, but by people. What people begin...People must end for themselves.” | Aquamarine | Castles
“This is neither a duel nor a match. They’re trying to kill each other!” | Cobalt | Aqueducts
"Stop. Space is a place of peace." | Amethyst | Star strewn skies
"Of course beautiful and excellent things are to be praised." | Emerald | Weapons
You can use one prompt or all of them, make your works simple/short or epic/long, the choice is yours. Writing, arting, crafts, photosets, cosplay, have fun!
Be sure to @/mention us in your finished works so that we can reblog them! And tag your work with “GW Women’s Day 2026” so it can be found easier (hopefully).
White Day is coming around again:
Did the GW crowd miss their chance on Valentine's Day? Did they mangle it maybe? Perhaps they would just like to return a gesture offered on V-day?
The White Day event makes it's come-back ...3 years later... /shh, it's okay/!
All you have to do is make a work based on one or more of the prompts listed below! Be sure to tag it with "GW White Day 2026" and send it our way to we can reblog it!
All media types are welcome! ie. cosplay, fanfiction, fanart, playlists, moodboards, etc.
This year's prompts/themes:
White Day Chocolates
Secret Admirer
Did it for the gains and then we fell in love.
White Day is March 14th! Be sure to post your creations then! There is also now an AO3 collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/GWWhiteDay
Here’s the roundup for December 30th - February 2nd, 2025!
Remember to give your content creators some love! Be sure to join in on the events at the bottom! And remember to send in any new works you see or make this next week!
~Mod Hel
(Not me totally missing all of January... [it’s all in here, but still.])
Duo Maxwell, Heero Yuy, Quatre Raberba Winner, Trowa Barton, Chang Wufei
Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Tags Contain Spoilers, Minor Violence, Espionage, Unreliable Narrator, Post-War, Reference To Past Injury, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Original Character(s), Disassociation, Intrigue, Background Relationships, Canon-Typical Violence, Body Horror, Medical Torture, English
After Smythe encroaches on their safety, the Gundam Pilots find their peace disturbed.
@tzigane, @Zaganthi (Caffiends)
Dog Training for Middle Aged Men https://archiveofourown.org/works/76734886
M/M, Chang Wufei/Treize Khushrenada
Chang Wufei, Treize Khushrenada, Heero Yuy
Mature, No Archive Warnings Apply, Christmas Fluff, Christmas Party, Heero Yuy is a horrible driver, Actual dogs sorry, One day I'll get her to write puppy play with these two, Dogs, Treize Khushrenada Lives, Post-War, English
They had all made their horrible marks on each other, and if one kept attempting to settle scores and even the weighing, there was no way to keep the blood from running in the streets. It was why veterans and ranking leaders from all sides needed to be welcomed.
"He's fond of me," Treize bragged lightly.
"Just fond?" Ah, that raised eyebrow spoke volumes. "Well. If that's just fond, then I would hate to see utter adoration." Noin laughed again. "Ah, but I'm glad that you're well."
Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply, Black Butler Fusion, Kuroshitsuji | Black Butler References, Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault, Explicit Sexual Content, Soul Selling, Demon Wufei, Mention of Death, English
"Your Royal Highness." The voice was outside of his head now, a lamp on the table beside the recamier clicking into the warm yellow glow of gas lighting that spread through the room and showed him the form that had been chosen. Black hair was pulled back in a low ponytail that flowed down to waist length, the height of him perfect. His nose was straight, almond-shaped eyes so grey they were black in this light, and his mouth was as perfect a soft pink purse of lips as they had been when the seal had been burned into the roof of his mouth. "Good morning. I have your breakfast."
Treize could smell it already -- fresh-baked croissant, bacon, a porridge made from coarsely ground dried corn with butter and salt, the fragrance of good, strong coffee. There would be cream and sugar if he liked it, and anything else he could want would be found in short order, he had no doubt. It wasn't real. None of it was really real, so there was always a suggestion of ash on his tongue when he first tasted it, a memory ghost of what was real.
Ice Cream is Nobody’s Friend https://archiveofourown.org/works/76734626?view_adult=true
M/M, Chang Wufei/Treize Khushrenada
Chang Wufei, Treize Khushrenada, Duo Maxwell
Explicit, No Archive Warnings Apply, Recreational Drug Use, Accidental Drug Use, Drugged Sex, Sex Is Fun, Post-War, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, English
"Maxwell, what was in your lactaid?"
That was funny. It was an enzyme. That was all it was. "My wha...? I'm not even lactose intolerant, buddy." And then he leaned over Treize's shoulder, and Wufei laughed because he could reach out and...
Boop. His finger poked the upturned tilt of Duo's nose.
"Oh. Oh, shit. That was E."
@cuteciboulette
The Ghastly Affair at Epyon Club (Ch.6-7) https://archiveofourown.org/works/71911156/chapters/203876921
M/M, Duo Maxwell/Heero Yuy
Heero Yuy, Duo Maxwell, Chang Wufei, Mariemaia Khushrenada, Treize Khushrenada, Lady Une, Sally Po, Doctor J (Gundam Wing), Relena Peacecraft, Quatre Raberba Winner, Sylvia Noventa, Gensui Noventa, Solo (Gundam Wing), Maganacs (Gundam Wing)
Explicit, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Detectives, Supernatural Elements, Canon-Typical Violence, Established Relationship, Dark, Alternate Universe - Steampunk, Alternate Universe - Victorian, Detective Heero Yuy, Detective Chang Wufei, this is first and foremost a love story, Consensual Somnophilia, Canonical Character Death, Child Death, Murder Mystery, English
Mariemeia Khushrenada, aged 14, sole daughter and heiress of Treize Khushrenada, has disappeared. Detectives Heero Yuy and Chang Wufei are assigned to this very high profile case. But when Khushrenada's exclusive club catches fire, Heero realizes he might need extra-help to solve this case. Good thing he knows just the right guy…
@duointherain
Jamais Vu https://archiveofourown.org/collections/GWHGE2025/works/77106166
Gundam Wing, The Sentinel (TV)
M/M,Duo Maxwell/Heero Yuy, Jim Ellison/Blair Sandburg
Duo Maxwell, Heero Yuy, Blair Sandburg, Jim Ellison
General Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply, Time Travel, Wedding, English
Heero and Duo go back in time to protect the creator of time travel and get involved in Jim and Blair's wedding.
@helmistress
Begin Again https://archiveofourown.org/works/77040471
F/M, Catherine Bloom/OC
Catherine Bloom, Trowa Barton, Original Character
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply, GW Holiday Gift Exchange 2025, Gift Fic, First Kiss, English
Cathy's been living life, but she'd like a little something extra. If she's careful and plays her cards right, maybe she can have it?
Bonds of Love https://archiveofourown.org/works/77466311
Duo Maxwell, Relena Peacecraft, Trowa Barton, Heero Yuy
Teen And Up Audiences, No Archive Warnings Apply, GW Holiday Gift Exchange 2025, pinch hit, Fantasy AU, sex is talked about and implied, Marriage of Convenience, Fluff, Idiots in Love, English
A political marriage to a friend isn't so bad, but when you're both in love with others... it's still not so bad.
This is set around Episodes 12-13, just because it is very important to me personally that Heero enjoys Catherine's soup. Something something, 1st home cooked meal he can remember and all that. She makes him chop vegetables, and after the war he is going to remember her every time he cooks for himself. "I might not be the best cook, but soup is very forgiving," she tells him.
I've wanted to write a Trowa/Une fic for a long time, because I agree re interesting untapped chemistry! You've got Boss/Subordinate paired with psychological warfare, what's not to like? Anyway, I finally have a plot. Well, 'plot'. XD It's not exclusively 3x11 because it's also 3x9, a sequel to a fic I wrote going on 10 years ago. (It's a bit cringe looking back on, but I stand by the idea of it anyway.)
Read on for the opening paragraphs (nsfw)/spoilers.
The Manwell
Black and Blue (Ch.1-2) https://archiveofourown.org/works/78446581/chapters/205656501
M/M,Trowa Barton/Duo Maxwell
Duo Maxwell, Trowa Barton, Howard (Gundam Wing), Catherine Bloom, Lady Une, Sally Po, Heero Yuy, Mariemaia Khushrenada, Hilde Schbeiker, Chang Wufei, Relena Peacecraft, Quatre Raberba Winner, Sylvia Noventa, Middie Une
Explicit, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Mission Fic, Same-Sex Marriage, Established Relationship, Canon-Typical Violence, Amnesia, Smut, Character Death, Happily Ever After, Final Installment (probably), English
When Duo and Trowa – a flight team for the Preventers and a married couple of five years – execute a vigilante mission to expose an illegal arms dealer, they inadvertently kick open the door to a very personal threat. This time, it isn’t just world peace that’s at stake.
Glory of the FanWorks https://www.tumblr.com/gwendlessevents/806675798359687168/celebrate-international-fanworks-day-2026-with-us
Fandom Trumps Hate https://www.tumblr.com/gwendlessevents/806861149875339264/gundam-wing-fans-welcome-back-to-another-year-of
A Box of Chocolates https://www.tumblr.com/gwendlessevents/807325543399899136/valentines-event-now-open
@gwcocktailfriday
Cocktail Fridays!
Post responses on Friday, during Happy Hour between 3 & 5 pm in your own timezone.
Here’s the prompts for Friday, February 6th: https://www.tumblr.com/gwcocktailfriday/807324735488884736/cocktail-friday-post-responses-on-friday-february
In need of prompts!
@gwlemonyshenanigans
Sign Ups Open (Closing on Feb.20th) https://www.tumblr.com/gwlemonyshenanigans/805137488080519168/sign-ups-are-now-open
If you are hosting an event currently, or are planning on one, hit us up with links and dates! We’ll add them to the Calendar and reblog your notices to get the word out!
GW Holiday Gift Exchange 2025
Gift Masterpost https://www.tumblr.com/thisweekingundamevents/805296817725210624/the-gw-holiday-gift-exchange-2025-has-come-to-a
Starting 1 February, we will open the AO3 collection for our Valentine's Day event! This is a creative event centered around the prompt card below.
Rules and Information:
Fanfiction, fan art, meta, and any other creative endeavors are all welcome.
Post your work on AO3 to the collection gwassortedchocolates .
Fill out as many or as few of the prompts as you like. A work can include more than one prompt, and you may post multiple works for the same prompt.
The prompts are meant as guidelines to nudge you in a creative direction. Feel free to take inspiration from the themes or get literal with the flavors!
Works do not need to be directly related to Valentine's Day, but should involve a relationship of some kind between two or more characters.
AI generated works and reposts of pay walled content are strictly prohibited and will be removed.
Works dealing with breakups, betrayal, jealousy, and similar topics are allowed, but please be mindful not to veer into character or ship bashing for the sake of bashing.
There are no restrictions on NSFW content, so please tag responsibly.
Crossposted works, continuations of series, and chapter updates are allowed.
The event will run for the entire month of February.
Join our server to share ideas, work on WIPs, and get some encouragement for your process! Membership is not required to contribute to the collection!
Gundam Wing fans!! Welcome back to another year of Fandom Trumps hate!
For anyone new, Fandom Trumps Hate is an incredible fanwork auction where all proceeds are directly donated to and help support progressive organizations in our communities!
Each year, Gundam Wing fans participate by offering fanworks and bidding on fellow fans' labor to help make the world a better place!
New to FTH? See their FAQs here!
Whether as a creator, a bidder, or a cheerleader, the Gundam Wing: Endless Events server would love to have you join and participate! Click here for the invite link! We will also be posting here on tumblr to keep everyone aware of timelines for the event.
See below the cut for the FTH 2026 event schedule! Creators, signups begin Monday, January 26th and will be open until Sunday, February 8th!
Monday, Jan 26th: creator signups open for both the auction and the craft bazaar
Sunday, Feb 8th: creator signups close for the main auction; craft bazaar signups remain open!
Friday, Feb 27th: browsing period begins, craft bazaar opens
Tuesday, March 3rd, 8am ET: auction bidding opens; craft bazaar signups close
Saturday, March 7th, 8pm ET: auction bidding closes
Wednesday, Mar 18th: auction donations due; craft stalls close
Thursday, Dec 31st: fanworks due
Please be aware of FTHs Generative AI policy! Likewise we do not allow generative AI content within our events or collections, or to be promoted on our server.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Gundam Wing
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Duo Maxwell/Relena Peacecraft, Trowa Barton/Heero Yuy, Relena Peacecraft & Heero Yuy
Characters: Duo Maxwell, Relena Peacecraft, Trowa Barton, Heero Yuy
Additional Tags: GW Holiday Gift Exchange 2025, pinch hit, Fantasy AU, sex is talked about and implied, Marriage of Convenience, Fluff, Idiots in Love
Summary:
A political marriage to a friend isn’t so bad, but when you’re both in love with others… it’s still not so bad.
@ryuutchi (I’m hoping the name is the same here?) @thisweekingundamevents
For Toshiya97
For the GW Holiday Gift Exchange 2025 !
I hope you're will like it !
I tried my best but I don't find other reference for their clothes ^^'
The background isn't mine, it's a asset because I tried but failed ><
The GW Holiday Gift Exchange 2025 has come to a close!
Here is the Gift Master Post:
For @helmistress
Anemone or Not https://archiveofourown.org/collections/GWHGE2025/works/77255316
From Ryuutchi
For Toshiya97
https://www.tumblr.com/feanaro07/804569558328442880/for-toshiya97-for-the-gw-holiday-gift-exchange
For feanaro07
For @vegalume
The Gift of the Magi https://archiveofourown.org/works/76569561
From Raquelelpillo
For @duointherain
You Are My Peace https://archiveofourown.org/works/77315296#main
From Kuailong
For Kuailong
Chance https://archiveofourown.org/collections/GWHGE2025/works/77225331
From Vegalume
For Raquelelpillo
Jamais Vu https://archiveofourown.org/collections/GWHGE2025/works/77106166
From duointherain
For @zaganthi
Dog Training for Middle Aged Men https://archiveofourown.org/collections/GWHGE2025/works/76734886
From Tzigane
For @tzigane
Equivalent Exchange https://archiveofourown.org/collections/GWHGE2025/works/76733966
From Zaganthi
For @feanaro07
Begin Again https://archiveofourown.org/collections/GWHGE2025/works/77040471
From Talliya|HelMistress
For @ryuutchi
Bonds of Love https://archiveofourown.org/works/77466311
From Talliya
We've launched our sign-up for this year's round of Lemony Shenanigans, April 2026!
Welcome to Lemony Shenanigans!
This is our Sign Up form for the April 2026 fanwork event!
What is Lemony Shenanigans???
This event is a c
If you'd like more info on the event, expectations, or calendar, take a look on the attached Form, or Read More below
What is Lemony Shenanigans???
This event is a citrusy fandom event for Gundam Wing creators - bring your zest and creativity, and play with our favorite characters! We welcome posts of all flavors and variations of citrus!
The event takes place over the course of the month - creators sign up in advance and give availability for dates of their choosing, and will be assigned a date (or dates) in advance!
We welcome multi-chapter entries and oneshots, multiples or single entries, and ships of all combinations and styles!
Posting rules:
All works must be appropriately warned and tagged
Should contain exploration of a relationship between characters from Gundam Wing - generally, we welcome Mature/Explicit content, and all entries are welcome
Must not contain character bashing
Works must not utilize generative AI in any capacity
Comply with all other content rules applicable to the author and AO3s terms of service
Each creator will:
Work with the mod team for posting date assignment
Complete Check Ins 1 and 2
Reach out to the mod team and server for support and encouragement! Beta reading, offering snippets for fun and feedback, brainstorming, etc! Please reach out to the mod team if you want to change your date, want to offer pinch hitting, or want to add or change your works!
There is no word limit, art style restriction, etc. - this is for FUN!
If you have not already, please join our discord server - ultimately Discord is the central hub for this event and we will coordinate posting dates with each member there!
Check out the Lemony Shenanigans community on Discord – hang out with 63 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
IMPORTANT DATES
January 7 - official signup opens!
February 13th - calendar assignment begins, and Check In #1 will open
February 20th - sign ups will CLOSE
February 28th - draft calendar posted
March 6th - final calendar posted
March 13th - final check-in, pinch hitter assignment as needed
April 1-30th - posting!
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Gundam Wing
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Catherine Bloom/OC
Characters: Catherine Bloom, Trowa Barton, Original Character
Additional Tags: GW Holiday Gift Exchange 2025, Gift Fic, First Kiss
Summary:
Cathy’s been living life, but she’d like a little something extra. If she’s careful and plays her cards right, maybe she can have it?
Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or The Sentinel.
The academic consensus was that time travel was bad.
Heero Yuy didn’t really care. It had benefited him a great deal. It had benefited others less well. It had been on his mind to correct that. Yes, changes to the time line had unexpected changes. You go back to improve someone’s life and they just get run over by a bus instead, which really did put a chill on the whole thought experiment.
Heero set the cup of coffee down on Duo’s desk. Today was the day. He was going ask Duo out today! Then Duo looked up at him, those violet eyes full of coming shenanigans and smiled with a still missing tooth right to the left of his front teeth. “Bonjour, Heero!”
Duo had a burn scar across his face, left jaw all the way back to his ear. The injury had taken the hair off his head on the left side, but he still had a braid and his smile made changes to Heero’s brain chemistry. The urge to reach out and touch that scar, to pass his thumb over Duo’s eyebrow, then lean closer and press his lips....”
“Heero Yuy! Did you sleep enough last night? What’s fucking wrong?”
“Nothing,” Heero said. He felt like there had been a different life, that he had lived a different life and Duo had been his partner. It was like he could almost remember so many moments of intimacy, but it was all just slightly beyond his reach. Jamais vu! “I just, I just wanted to bring you coffee and just,” Heero paused.
He and Duo were just friends. He’d come to work at Preventers after he got his masters in Criminal Science and had Duo has his first and only partner. They worked the back ends of time crimes, never any field work. It made Heero think that Duo had been seriously injured doing field work. As it was, his partner was very over active in the gym and loved dangerous hobbies. He acted like a war veteran, but there hadn’t been any wars for three hundred years, so that couldn’t be true.
In this timeline.
Which meant Duo was probably the one who changed the timeline.
Heero grunted and went back to his desk. His desk touched Duo’s and hypothetically, he could just sit there and watch Duo for the rest of their shifts, but his chaos gremlin of a partner never held still that long!
And he didn’t usually smell like... sad. Duo Maxwell was more frequently joy or anger, and often a mix of the two. The sudden scent of sad was so strong that Heero peered intently between his monitors at the other man.
Duo grunts, violet eyes narrowing as he looks at something on his screen.
That was never a good sign!
When Duo got up and walked away, taking his coat with him, Heero followed.
It was 4 January, so the offices were only sparsely populated. Apparently, crime also took a break due to the new year. But that meant there was no one to stop Maxwell from using illicitly gotten credentials to get into the room with the time generator. Heero slips in after him and just stands there for a moment.
Duo is powering the machine on. There’s a stone arch built out of some stolen medieval stones and in the center a growing purple tornado on its side. Duo dropped his Preventer’s jacket and stepped towards the vortex.
Terror rose in Heero’s chest. Everything could change! What if there was a world where he didn’t even know Duo!? He reached out before he moved, but as Duo stepped closer to the swirling purple, he ran. “Duo!”
Duo spun, a hand reaching for the pistol that was not on his hip and he slipped, falling back, just as Heero reached for him. Heero grabbed a fistfull of pale tan shirt. He could feel the warmth of Duo’s body under the fabric and he could just almost remembering kissing that chest.
The acid of the time vortex hit his face, chewing off his five o’clock shadow, but he did not let go of Duo’s shirt. They could fall directly into the fires of the Catholic Hell that Duo talked about sometime and he would not let go of Duo Maxwell.
The floor they hit and landed on was not made of fire. Duo was dazed, eyes open, but he wasn’t moving as they came to a stop next to polished black shoes. Heero looked up the giant oak they’d run into. He considered himself an adult, but this guy did adult much better. In dress uniform from some organization that Heero did not recognize, short hair, blue eyes that narrowed disapprovingly.
“Konichiwa,” Heero said with a small smile.
The guy squatted down, forearms across one knee. “Who the fuck are you?”
“I’m Captain Heero Yuy. This is my partner Major Duo Maxwell. We are with Preventers.”
“You did not prevent the blood streak across my floor,” Uber Adult said disapprovingly. “Get off of him. I’m going to roll him over. Madelyn will be here with the first aid kit.”
A young woman knelt down by Duo’s head, her fingers brushing across the scar to his temple. “He’s chaotic.”
“Hai.”
“Great. He’s got a scalp wound. I summoned medical. Let’s get them to the table,” the also adult woman said. She got her hands under Duo’s arms and lifted him like he was little more than a stuffed bear.
Heero dry washed his hands and followed as these people carried his heart into a dining room with a huge long table. There were twenty people all setting around the table and it made Heero think of Wayne Manner, so he tried to figure out which one was Jason and which one was likely to try violence against him.
Medical people arrived, an older woman who could have passed for Mrs. Claus tutted and complained in a language Heero didn’t know was she wiped Duo’s head down and he woke right up, yipping like a scaled squirrel when she injected pain killer into him.
“He doesn't like pain killer,” Heero said in English. The Redwood tree sized adult man had spoken English.
Dr. Sorrel looked at him like a bug and said something in that same weird language. Then she started putting in stitches and Duo held still. He understood stitches, but he pulled a paper out from his pocket, flattened it out and pushed it across the table.
A wedding invitation. They had arrived at a wedding?
A wedding? Heero was profoundly underdressed in his Preventer’s uniform. He held out his hand. “I’m honored to meet you, sir.”
“I’m Major Jim Ellison,” he said, shaking the teenager’s hand. “Do you want a coffee or a whiskey?”
Heero considered. He wasn’t sure what year they were in or what the social standards were. “No, thank you.”
Duo looked up and smiled at Jim. “He wants a sake, some tea, and sushi. We left right before lunch and he doesn’t eat enough.”
Heero blushed brightly. “And he would like a hamburger and an orange soda, with fried potatoes in square strips.”
“Yeah, fries,” Duo said.
Then another man came in, who looked, both more adult and infinitely less adult at the same time. He was shorter than the tall military man, with long brown curls that were touched with chalk color in rainbow ombre. He wore a tuxedo that was also a rainbow gradient, but it looked lovely with long tails and a corset that made his waist look small. He had diamond earrings on. A blue glaze covered his lips, but they still looked alive as he smiled. “Welcome! You’re not local boys, are you?” He held out his hand to Heero.
Heero hesitated for a moment, having the weird feeling that taking that hand was like offering the other his entire life story and then some.
He wasn’t sure when he’d reached for Rainbow’s hand, but the man’s blue eyes darkened, his head tilting. “Really not local. Putain ! What are you doing here?”
Duo stood up, reached for Rainbow’s hand. For a moment, Heero’s stomach twisted because these two men had nearly the same smile. This man was an ancestor?
“Oh my,” Blair said. “I’m Dr. Blair Sandburg. “Does time travel get to be that important then?”
“Yes,” Duo said, still holding Blair’s hand. “I have to protect the creator of it.”
“Well, that’s not me,” Blair said. “Jim, this guy thinks that an assassin is coming to our wedding.”
Jim’s face tensed. He sort of rolled his eyes as he shrugged. “Well, I did invite a lot of folk I knew in the army.”
“No, he thinks someone is coming to kill Roth.”
“That’s not going to happen,” Jim said firmly. “We have a lot of security.”
“More can’t hurt,” Duo said, crooked grin that always preceded doing whatever the fuck he wanted to do. “Is Mr. Roth here yet? I would love to meet him.”
“Yeah,” Blair said hesitantly. “He lives here.”
To speak of the devil a pig came trotting in. He wasn’t a huge pig, maybe 70 kilos. The pig was also painted with rainbow chalk colors, a big blue satin bow around his neck like a cravat. He stopped beside them, looked up at the strangers and said, “Bonjour, Monsieurs!”
Duo squeaked. “It talks!”
“Rude,” Roth said turning, and scratching at the floor with a back hoof as if he could kick dirt on them. “No noodles for you!”
“Roth,” Blair said, “These gentlemen have come a long ways to meet you.”
“That’s Roth Sandburg?” Duo said, reaching for Heero’s arm.
Heero wrapped an arm around Duo’s shoulders, pulling him close in a way that just felt perfect and right.
“Yes, I’m Roth Sandburg. Who are you? You smell like burning data!”
Duo’s mouth dropped open. “You invented time travel?”
“I had a hoof in it,” Roth agreed.
“Sir,” Duo said lowering down to one knee. “I have reason to believe your life may be in danger. I pledge to you my protection!”
Roth’s dark eyes narrowed. “Did you come from the future or the past?”
“The future,” Duo said. “I’m sorry I was rude. All I knew for sure was your name and that you’re a great lawyer.”
“You hear that,” Roth asked, looking up at Jim and Blair. “I’m a great lawyer!”
Blair smiled adoringly. “Well, I am not at all surprised, Rothy!”
“Today isn’t about me though,” Roth said firmly. “Blair and Jim are getting married today. That’s all we’re doing today.”
“Sounds perfect to me,” Duo said.
“Okay, maybe some noodles for you,” Roth allowed.
“Come get ready with me,” Blair said, a hand on Duo’s as he started to drag him off.
“I’m ready,” Duo said, hesitating, but Blair was a force, not particularly strong physically, but holding his hand made Duo want to go with him, even though Heero also had a hand on him.
“It’s okay. I’ll be here, Duo,” Heero promised.
Jim raided the bar at the end of the room and got himself a whiskey and Heero a sake. As he sat back down he asked, “How long have you been in love with him?”
“Uh,” Heero said accepting the shot of sake which he one shotted. Another Preventer agent had taught him how to do that, Chang Wufei said it made the burn easier. Heero was not sure that was true, but it was the only way he’d ever done it. “Since the first time I saw him. I feel like I knew him in a different time line, loved him, that we were even married. I can’t tell that to anyone in my life. If he did change the time line, that’s a crime.”
“Uh,” Jim said, sipping his tumbler of whiskey. “Well you should still tell him. It’s not like he’s going to turn himself in to authorities, so it would be safe.”
“What if he’s horrified? What if he changed the time line because he didn’t want to be married to me?”
“You don’t see the way he looks at you,” Jim said. He had experience with young adults. He and Blair had raised a lot of kids since the Institute had been brought to an end. Many of them had become like adopted kids. “He loves you very much. Even with Blair’s pull, he was tempted to stay with you.”
“What is a ‘pull’?” Heero asked, smiling brightly at the pretty young woman who brought him a plate of nice looking sushi.
“Blair is a guide. He can influence other people’s emotions, create illusions, do surprising shit that I didn’t anticipate. He had to be really attached to you not to practically jump on Blair’s back for a piggy back ride. Blair’s pull is very strong.”
Heero picked up the chop sticks and tasted the sushi. It was very good. “Itadakimasu,” Heero said. “Walk me through your security, please.”
“We’re on the French consulate, which is surrounded by four meter high walls with periodic snipers. This house has a dedicated team of soldiers. All of whom will attend the wedding and be armed. There is closed circuit surveillance watched by Wendigo.”
“Wendigo is still young in this time period,” Heero said. Wendigo was a powerful independent agent in his time period. It ran a piece of land once called Washington as a commune that took good care of all the humans and other animals living within its space. “Is Wendigo involved with time travel?”
“Who wants to know,” another voice asked.
Heero turned his head to find a translucent man who looked very much like Dr. Sandburg had gone to a Halloween party dressed as the Crow.
“Now is not the time, Ryan,” Jim said.
“Stay away from Wendigo,” Ryan snarled, before just disappearing. So... a hologram Heero decided.
But then Duo and Blair came back in and Heero could not think. Blair had done Duo up in a lavender tuxedo, his hair unbraided and frosted with blue powder in stripes that seemed random and oddly natural. Duo also had a corset on now, of dark blue silk and Heero’s mouth literally dropped open.
Duo blushed.
“Go on,” Blair said. “Don’t worry about Roth. Roth is safe. Tell Heero how you feel?”
“Uh,” Duo said.
Heero stood up and strode towards his dearest friend, who he shouldn’t be able to remember being married to, but he did. “Duo Maxwell. I love you. Will you marry me, again?”
“Yeah,” Duo said softly, lips slightly parted, violet eyes staring into Heero’s soul. “I couldn’t let you die. Do you understand?”
“I do,” Heero said, and he did. He’d burn all of time to save Duo if he had to, so in that moment he took all his courage and leaned close to kiss Duo’s soft lips.
In the foyer, Roth screamed, “Vilgeforz!” Then two hogs galloped past the dining room door. A man screamed. There was the sound of an older man shouting in French, something to the effect of, fine, good, stop now!”
The mission bracelet on Duo’s wrist, the gem in it turned green. “Threat averted. Do you still love me,” Duo asked.
“I will love you now and through every moment in time forever, Duo Maxwell.”
“Very nice,” Blair said, “But now, down to the theater! Jim, do you still want to marry me?”
“More than ever,” Jim said. He rose and moved to pull Blair into his arms. “It is our day and I intend to marry this man!”
They all relocated down to the theater where most of the guests were already sitting. Heero was in standing room only at the back, but he didn’t mind.
Blair had decided that Duo was going to walk him down the aisle and that was lovely to watch.
The wedding march started and the two of them walked in perfect step together, Blair’s arm on Duo’s.
There was a black man that Heero didn’t recognize officiating. It wasn’t surprising. Heero didn’t know anyone here other than Duo.
Duo got placed in a seat at the back of the impromptu stage, as part of the wedding party. That made sense to Heero too. There wasn’t an event or party that Duo could not glitter in. He understood that he might be a bit biased but he was happy to see Duo smiling and gorgeous.
This Captain Banks conducted a nice secular wedding for Jim and Blair. After Jim kissed Blair and swept him up into his arms, the officiant said, “I understand we have a surprise second couple?”
Duo stood and held out his hand to Heero.
At least this moment of spontaneity didn’t cause anything to explode. Heero nodded and trotted quickly down to take Duo’s hand.
“Heero Yuy, Do you take Duo Maxwell as your lawful and spiritual husband from now until death may part you?”
“I do,” Heero said.
“Duo Maxwell, Do you take Heero Yuy as your lawful and spiritual husband from now until death may part you?”
“I do, and for even longer!”
“Wonderful. I pronounce you husbands forever! You may kiss.”
And they did, then Heero swept Duo up into his arms, holding him close, the greatest treasure in all the Earth Sphere!
Sorry this is 5 whole days late, I've been super sick all holiday break.
But, info for posting has been sent to everyone's emails, so please check! Posting period is from January 1st to 7th!
I'll be 'opening' the AO3 collection today so it should be ready to go and willing to work when posting starts. The email has a direct link if you need to copy/paste it into the
section. Otherwise you can just use the "Post to Collection"
option. ^_^
For those not able/wishing to post to AO3, just send me an email with the link to where you post your work, and I will send it to them!
Everyone should get an email today. They will all be coming from the [email protected] email. As AO3 won't let me send them since not everyone is matched up, and it will not allow me to match myself or another person TO anyone.
As there are two participants that are not signed up through AO3, it's just making my life complicated. lol So, y'all won't be getting a notice on your AO3 accounts about an assignment (as I'd have to delete people's entries to make it work), so please check your email that's on file with AO3 for your assignment.
If there are any questions or concerns about the gift you're assigned please let me know ASAP so I can get things sorted. There were a few people who didn't really match up well at all (my own included...).
I'll be gone from tomorrow (Friday) until late Sunday, so won't have easy access to all of this. But do send me EMAILS to the [email protected] email if you have questions! (I can access it from my phone so... yeah...)
I hope everyone will have fun with their assignments! 💖