Temptation and Salvation in the Desert
Warnings: AU, 3x4, yaoi, language, lime, some sap…and pretty much a little of everything else in case I missed something
By NostalgieMalaak
"Trowa? Trowa? Are you awake?"
He knew that voice. It was so very familiar and comforting.
"Oh God Trowa! I was so worried!"
Wiry arms slipped around his prone body and he felt his sister's curly hair brush against his face, smelt the shampoo she used in every inhale.
"Cathy," Trowa breathed.
Trowa was lying on a cot in a small room with clay walls and a hard-packed dirt floor. Cathy was kneeling by his side, tears falling from her eyes and a tremulous smile hovering about her lips.
"Cathy?" his voice sounded so weak, like he hadn't used it in a while. "Where?..."
"Shhh. Rest your voice. You're in a Berber village. Do you remember? We were on our way here when the sandstorm hit. We couldn't find you for days! I…I wasn't sure…but that doesn't matter now. You're safe. How are you feeling?"
"Thirsty."
Cathy chuckled, wiping the remaining tears from her eyes. She brought over a pitcher of water and a mug and let him drink. He felt so sore and tired! Even the small effort expended to drink had weakened him and left him shaky and tired.
"There now. You rest for a while. Don't worry, I'll be right here."
"Cathy? How long…how long was I gone?"
"Two whole days Tro. Don't ever worry me like that again, k?"
"I won't."
"You better not. You're…you're all I have left Trowa. I couldn't bear to lose you. You know that, right? You know how much I love you, don't you Trowa?" Cathy's eyes were wide and beseeching. Trowa knew that he had worried his sister to the point of being frantic in the past with his moodiness and tendency to disappear for hours at a time to get away from everything. He remembered that now. He also remembered why they had gone on the trip. So he could find a bit of peace. And to be happy, at least for a little while. The past two…was that all?...days must have been awful for her
"I love you too Cathy. And…thank you for bringing me here. I just wanted you to know that I...I've found my happiness."
Cathy looked confused but joyful and asked in a surprised whisper, "Where did you find that way out here in the middle of the desert?"
And thinking of bright blue-green eyes and hair the color of the sunlit sand he answered, "It's been watching over me all this time."
The End
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Nostalgiemalaak