Drabble request six

[owlmoose]

Title: Why
Fandom: FFX-2
Rating: PG-13
Set: Postgame
Spoilers: None
Pairings: Gippal/Paine
Notes: For cupcakemonster, who requested this pairing. Warning: angst.

He didn't ask why she came to him at Djose, crimson eyes haunted, looking like a refugee from the desert.

And he didn't ask why when, after she spent a week hiding out in the encampment, he found her waiting for him in his bed one night, all smooth skin and deft fingers and so much softer than he'd imagined she would be.

And he didn't ask why she stayed, their friendship sliding into an affair as naturally as the tide rose and fell over the Djose shore.

And then she left, and it was too late to ask why.

Comments

I

[kunstarniki.livejournal.com]

I would be willing to wager I could guess. Hm .....

Re: I

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

You could be right. I purposefully kept this low on context, though; the vagueness is half the point.

All of these drabbles are sort of out of context, in a way; they give me a chance to play with the characters and not really worry where they fit in any continuity other than that of the game. That's part of the fun, really. :)

[rustehroll.livejournal.com]

Oh Gippal. Oh you idiot Gippal.

Thank you. I rarely get to read the two of them together. I can never really see it working out (I think it's a bit like Nooj/Rikku in many respects) but it's still painfully wonderful to read.

Thank you for indulging my glutton-for-punishment tooth. This was lovely.

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! It is an unusual pairing, but I think there are reasons for that. ;) I don't know why it came out so darn *serious* but do I think it works in the end.