146Authors Note: IMPORTANT READ PLEASE! From a few of my reviews people have been mentioning the use of 'proper English' lacking in this story. This is NOT an English essay and there will be mistakes, but as I pointed out if you let me know the mistakes I will gladly change them.
English may be my first language but that doesn't mean that I am any good at it. I have a severe learning disability and it hinders my writing somewhat. Each chapter is kindly read by various people so they can pick up on my mistakes. I haven't highlighted my disability to anyone before because to be honest it is humiliating and has been the bane of my existence my entire life, I was constantly bullied at school and if anyone wishes to comment on my lack of 'proper English' in an unconstructive way and if they wish to belittle me in any way because of what is written then I would prefer it if you forgot you ever read this story and leave me in peace. If I continue to get these types of messages then I will take down my fic.
Please continue reading and remember I will always accept positive feedback.
Prologue:
Trowa Barton sat at his desk in the Preventors' agency, scouring through thousands of files searching for the one that will bring his family back together. His nephew Hanan has been missing now for nearly a year,..eleven months and six days if you want to be exact. Ever since then the family has fallen apart. Heero spent the first few months working, sleeping only when about to pass out and avoiding Duo. Duo spent the first few months in his sons nursery, rocking himself backwards and forwards on the rocking chair, sobbing his misery out to the world, hoping for his son to be brought back to him unscathed.
Quatre was a nervous wreck. He hired over twenty of the worlds best private detectives, but none of them were able to find any hint of the missing Gundam child. Wufei spent his time terrorising the new recruits and trying to take care of Heero and keep him alive. Trowa, himself, has spent every waking moment from then until now pushing forward the 'Family reconstruction Act'. It may have been years since the war ended but there were still families searching for each other. He thought that by passing the law stating that everyone must be tested he will be able to find his beloved nephew. Up until now he had had no luck. It took months to get the Act to be seen by all the right people, then it took months in order to pass the act. Now he was going through every file individually for children between 1 and1/2 to 2 years old.
He was on the 1,567th file and his seventh cup of coffee today when he hit the jackpot.
Duo sat, once again, in his sons nursery. Clinging onto his sons 'blankie' wishing with all his heart that it was his son he was holding not a ratty old blanket, Duo looked the epitome of misery. Eleven months. It has been over eleven months since his son disappeared from his nursery.
Eleven months since he last held his baby boy,
Eleven months since Heero smiled,
Eleven months since his family fell apart.
Without meaning to Duo began to hum the lullaby he sung his son to sleep with. Before long he was singing quietly under his breath.
Come stop your crying
It will be all right
Just take my hand Hold it tight
I will protect you
from all around you
I will be here
Don't you cry
For one so small,
you seem so strong
My arms will hold you,
keep you safe and warm
This bond between us
Can't be broken
I will be here
Don't you cry
'Cause you'll be in my heart
Yes, you'll be in my heart
From this day on
Now and forever more
You'll be in my heart
No matter what they say
You'll be here in my heart, always
Why can't they understand
the way we feel
They just don't trust
what they can't explain
I know we're different but,
deep inside us
We're not that different at all
And you'll be in my heart
Yes, you'll be in my heart
From this day on
Now and forever more
Don't listen to them
'Cause what do they know
We need each other,
to have, to hold
They'll see in time
I know
When destiny calls you
You must be strong
I may not be with you
But you've got to hold on
They'll see in time
I know
We'll show them together
'Cause you'll be in my heart
Yes, you'll be in my heart
From this day on,
Now and forever more
Oh, you'll be in my heart
No matter what they say
You'll be in my heart, always
Always
He was so into the song he never noticed the silent tears streaming down his face. He was also unaware of his lover watching with mournful eyes. He did notice the conforting warm arms that pulled him out of the seat into the familiar arms of his husband.
Unable to take the pain anymore Duo burst into harsh sobs gripping at his husband with bruising force as said husband returned the embrace tenfold. Both men simply held onto each other through their grief.
"I wan...want him back Heero." Duo wailed into the distraught pilots chest. "I wou..would do any..anything to hold him in my arms...anything to know that he's alright and sa..safe.."
"Shh love. I know. I know. Trust in us my love. We will find him. No matter how long it takes." Heero comforted as best he could.
Neither man spoke about the looming birthday date that was slowly but surely creeping up on them. In mere days it was to be the second birthday of their baby boy, and with the way things were looking they weren't even going to be able to celebrate it with him.
Both silently prayed for a miracle to bring their family back together in time for their Hanan's birthday. Unaware that elsewhere Trowa was mere days away from answering their plea...
A/N So what do you think?
Sorry about the totally overused song in place of a lullaby but all the lullabys I remember were to be sung by females and I didn't think that was appropriate. If you have any other ideas for lullabies please contact me and let me know...