Untitled	 Rating: PG-13, I suppose. 
Pairing: m/m 
Spoilers: none, unless I missed one. 
Note: From the "Anonymous Challenge" on theCloset.  Short and a little odd
- like the author. 
Warnings and Disclaimers:  The usual - unowned but not unloved, yadda,
yadda, yadda. 
Feedback: yes, please.  Comments to mhhealey@iastate.edu 

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Unrequited 
M. 

I stare at him helplessly, hopelessly, my heart in my eyes.  He doesn't
notice.  He's never noticed, and he never will.  We're complete opposites,
he and I.  From totally different worlds.  He placidly goes on eating,
chewing each morsel thoroughly, meditative, before reaching for the next
bite.  I've finished my own meal long since, as careless and ravenous as
he is cautious and methodical.  I want to howl my frustration, but he'd no
more understand that than he's comprehended anything else I've done to
demonstrate my futile adoration.  Red and gold and black, he paces
confidently the narrow paths laid out by custom and coincidence.  If he
dreams of more, he's never revealed so much.  I sigh, and settle, and take
comfort in imagining a world where he and I are not separated by
superstitious prejudice, where my love could be offered and returned
freely.  A world where a wolf and a turtle could find happiness. 
Together. 

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