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Fic: Who I am

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:04:09 GMT

Title: Who I am
Rating: PG
Genre: I'm gonna go with "bittersweet"
Characters: Gilbert Dullindal/Talia Gladys
Summary: A short GilbertTalia fic. It's set pre Gilbert being chairman of ZAFT and pre Talia's promotion to captain...and my explanation for why they no longer have the relationship it seems they once did.

Gilbert Dullindal’s golden eyes glanced upward to the vast emptiness that hung over him that evening. Work had taken a toll on him, endless hours poured into ideals and research showed on the soft skin of his face in the form of two dark bags under his eyes. And now that he’d finally been given a moment to himself, liberated of war and a ‘free and better world’ he was able to breathe. He closed his eyes for a moment, settling back against the bench he’d spent most of his evening seated at, blocking out the soft glow from the lights surrounding the PLANT’s core.

“Gil.” The voice was soft, pulling him from his faux-peaceful state. Her…that had been another problem weighing down on his ever tiring mind.

“Talia.” He kept his eyes closed, a soft smile gracing his pale, almost porcelain face as he felt her slide onto the seat beside him, undoubtedly bundled up in the pink pea-coat and winter scarf she adored so much. He’d given her both. “Thank you for coming.” Light eyes finally silted open, looking across the cool water as it lapped at the shore where they sat.

“I know your time is important.” A small smile smirked across his face when she said this.

“Yours too?” His voice was deep and soothing, even if the world around them was changing and not necessarily in either one of their favor. “You’ve been considering that promotion, haven’t you? Zala is a smart man.” In some aspects, at least.

“I could kiss my dream of a family good bye if I took it.” Not that it was exactly the best kind of world one would want to bring children into.

“Haven’t you already, Talia.” Gilbert let his eyes slip shut again. The argument had risen between them before, she wanting children of her own, Gilbert busy with his work and his newest charge left so graciously to him by a friend and colleague. Gilbert couldn’t deny something he had a hand in creating though even if it added an extra stress onto his already floundering relationship with the woman seated next to him.

“We’ve been through this before.” Fingers instinctively went to her scarf, pulling at the fibers out of nervousness. She’d been against it from the beginning. Gilbert was a fool, a working drone who’d committed himself so feverously to some plan that had about as much promise as their relationship did. One man couldn’t change the world.

“And my view will not change. I’ve told you and you’ll see.”

“Gilbert…” Talia opened her mouth, shaking her head in protest. “I hate this.”

“It’s not our fault, is it?” He turned finally to face her, bringing up delicate fingers to touch the height of her cheekbones, running the pads of his fingers back and forth. “You can’t expect me to abandon this. Please understand. I know you think it’s impossible and absurd…” He paused letting out a small chuckle; it was a little incongruous, wasn’t it.

“I can’t change you, Gilbert.” She couldn’t help herself from turning into the warm palm of his hand as his finger caressed at her freezing skin.

“And I wouldn’t want to change you.” He bent down pulling her in towards himself, eyes both locked on each other. “Who are we kidding, huh?”

Talia couldn’t help but let out a soft laugh. “Just ourselves?” Her hand found its way up to his, covering her small one over his larger. “I’ll miss you.”

An almost pained smile crossed his face. “Me too.”

Cross-posted to: gundamseed

100 Fic challage: AKA a setup for epic falier!!

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:59:29 GMT

I can almost guarantee that I'm going to fail this miserably but at least it might get me to churn a few things out.

001.	Addict	002.	Ironic	003.	Crush	004.	Downstairs	005.	Tragedy
006.	Silver	007.	Glass	008.	Sacred	009.	Moment	010.	Wherever
011.	Element	012.	Green	013.	Bubble	014.	Reach	015.	Face
016.	Bump	017.	Daze	018.	Smoke	019.	Change	020.	Hold
021.	Reality	022.	Voice	023.	Clinic	024.	Break	025.	Failure
026.	Coffee	027.	Stand	028.	Loss	029.	Moron	030.	Define
031.	Remind	032.	Interrogate	033.	Outside	034.	River	035.	Misery
036.	Aftermath	037.	Whiteboard	038.	Rejection	039.	Ask	040.	Note
041.	Beautiful	042.	Fall	043.	Evidence	044.	Remember	045.	Borrow
046.	Feelings	047.	Vacation	048.	Emergency	049.	Sacrifice	050.	Left Behind
051.	Chaos	052.	Spine	053.	Mail	054.	World	055.	Easy
056.	Dismiss	057.	Pain Relief	058.	Jaded	059.	Demon	060.	Convert
061.	Save Us All	062.	Accuracy	063.	Rumour	064.	Phone	065.	Banter
066.	Technology	067.	Heated	068.	Sea	069.	Resent	070.	White
071.	Reason	072.	Funeral	073.	Hidden	074.	Crime	075.	Bug
076.	Wait A Minute!	077.	Constant	078.	Welcome Home	079.	Intention	080.	Dying
081.	Bravery	082.	Impulsive	083.	Deny	084.	Plank	085.	Jealousy
086.	Steal	087.	Games	088.	Block	089.	Inspiration	090.	Why me?
091.	Abandon	092.	Climb	093.	Wish	094.	Enclosed	095.	Traumatized
096.	Writer's Choice.	097.	Writer's Choice.	098.	Writer's Choice.	099.	Writer's Choice.	100.	Writer's Choice.

Icons

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:03:59 GMT

Sometimes I make icons. Of course they're never really that great...

Kanesaki (TeniMyu's Sanada) just came out with a photo book and nympholepsia scanned some of the pages of her book so I decided they were way too good looking to go to waste and made some icons. Gee this guy is adorable. I really like the style of the "Run run run" icon but I think I'd like to try some other pictures...I'm not sure that particular one quite suits it, but oh well. Kanesaki is a NERD!!! Some Kato and Kenta icons also...Whats with all the "K"s? One random Yukimura (Yagami) in there too...If you want one, go for it. I don't have to many so I don't think a cut is all that necessary.

Sanada: In touch with his feminine side.

Mon, 28 May 2007 07:33:11 GMT

Posted over in teni_challenge

I hate hate hate drawing girls...which is why I decided to go ahead and do this one! I just decided I needed to suck it up and try drawing a lady for once. Poor Sanada fell victim to my sucky non-femme drawing ways and ended up with big hips and big boobs for my over compensation. XD

And I have no excuse for the ugly swirls other then once I drew one it because extremely addictive and I went a little nuts.