Love Letter II

by WriteStuff

Title: Love Letter II

Author: WriteStuff (Writestufflee@mindspring.com)

Archive: Certainly on M&A. Others please request.

Pairing: Q/O, occasionally O/Other

Category: AU, POV

Rating: Adult

Warnings: You pays yer money and yer takes yer chances. Explicit sex between two hot guys. Life-like situations and sometimes nasty surprises. No spoilers.

Disclaimer: George's Boyz, George's Universe. Not only not making money, I'm hemorrhaging it in this endeavor.

A couple of characters from the YA Jedi Apprentice series appear or are mentioned here: Bruck Chun, Obi-Wan's tormentor; and Qui-Gon's failed apprentice, Xanatos. I don't own them, either.

Notes:

Sixth installment in The Long Shadow series, in The Warrior's Heart universe (which can be found in the archives and in order eventually at http://home.mindspring.com/~writestufflee/index.html).

The Long Shadow Series runs as follows, so far:

Love Letter I
The Long Shadow
If Memory Serve Me
Padawans and Lovers
The Amazing Adventures of Ass Master & Slut Boy
Love Letter II

Summary: A note of apology and affection

Feedback: Any sort is a pleasure to receive if you care to give it.

Dear B-Boy,

I'm heading out tomorrow morning and I'm not sure how long I'm going to be gone on the next mission I'm sent out on, and you won't be back before I go, so I wanted to leave this for you, just in case. I know we had a bit of a quarrel and though I think we talked it out sufficiently for both of us, I still want you to know that I'm not angry with you. I was as surprised as you to hear that it was Garen who'd planted the holo in my locker, and I'm not quite sure what to do about it. It does disturb me that he's spending so much energy stirring up trouble between us though. I am profoundly sorry that I blamed you, and I want to say again that this was one of the best nameday presents I've ever gotten. Qui was right when he pointed out how funny and creative a present the *grafika* and flic are when privately consumed. It's brilliant, actually. I'm surprised once again by your talent—not that you have it, but at the quality and depth of it, and how well you've hidden it all these years, Padawan Secretive. Qui and I quite enjoyed reading the *grafika* in bed that night. It was, shall we say, inspirational. And the holo makes me smile every time I turn it on. Especially the bit where the two of them unzip each other with the Force.

And though I know you had ulterior motives for inviting Qui out to the club with us, I wanted to thank you for that, too. I'm not sure you know how happy it made me to have both of you with me, and to know that you've become friends too. In a way that nothing else has, that brought home to me just how lucky I am to have both of you. Being away from Qui for long stretches has made me more acutely aware of what you've put up with for the past five years. I'm not sure I ever really appreciated how stoically you endured us being separated for such long periods of time. You're always surprising me, B-Boy. And I have the nasty suspicion that I've once again underestimated you. I'm glad you've got Isa now too, to make it a little easier for you. I hope she knows how lucky she is, too.

Last, but most certainly not least, I wanted to tell you how much I love you. You've been such a good friend, such a sweet lover, and neither of those things fully express what you mean to me. I can only say how lucky I am and how grateful I am to have you in my life. No matter how little we see each other in the years to come, I want you to remember just how much you mean to me.

Your Slutboy, Ben