Survival Instinct (Gundam Wing, #1 2 a.m.)
Title: Survival Instinct
Author/Artist: lyndal_h
Character/Pairing: Duo Maxwell
Fandom: Gundam Wing
Theme: #1 2 a.m.
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It had long been thought that death was more common in the early hours of the morning when the body was lulled into a sense of deep relaxation - he assumed it true, he had seen first hand many people who had survived a catastrophic explosion or accident die while waiting for rescue during the night. Even though he was not afraid of death - he was death personified after all - there was no way he was letting himself fall asleep in his current condition.
Time passed slowly, and he found himself quietly humming hymns and childhood songs taught to him during his time on L2 at the Maxwell Church. They were all dead and gone, he the only survivor of a politically motivated massacre. He wondered if his persona was what made him carry on after such a traumatic experience, or if he was so far gone beyond humanity that he could never shut down inadvertently like the average person. A nurse bustled in at that moment, quietly berating him about not being asleep and ensuring his body had optimal time to recover itself. To placate the nurse who was watching the graveyard shift, he closed his eyes until he was sure that she had left his room.
Within a few hours the sun would be rising, and only then would he attempt to sleep. Until then, he would keep himself awake regardless of what the doctors and the nurses would say. His survival instinct - ingrained into him during his childhood and the war - was too strong to ignore.