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FILL: The Moment Between the Striking and the Fire 1a/?

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((Oh, Lordy, it's been a while since I've written, but this inspired me so much. Well, here we go, I hope you enjoy! I kind of ran with the idea that Eduardo had laptop and nowadays laptops have built in web-cams and with a few quick hacks, badabing badaboom, you've got yourself a full view of everything as long as the laptop's open. Sorry if there's any mistakes, this is unbeta'd.))

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Mark, though he doesn't honestly care to admit out loud, would do anything to see Eduardo. He would do anything to be with Eduardo. He would go to the ends of the Earth for Eduardo and he wouldn't even complain if Eduardo told him to go back. No, Mark loves Eduardo too much for that.

Mark loves Eduardo too much actually, so naturally he decides he needs a means to see Eduardo even when Eduardo doesn't want to be seen.

If there's one thing every one knows about Wardo, is that he is technologically challenged. Sure, he can work his way around a browser but as soon as you crack out the HTML he gets more confused than hungover amnesiac. Eduardo's naivety about advanced protection systems and his apparent need to always have his laptop open along with everything else gives Mark all of the tools he needs to do exactly that.

On nights when Mark can't sleep and Eduardo isn't on Skype or oovoo, Mark hacks into Eduardo's web-cam and watches him sleep. He can't help but smile when he sees Eduardo's stomach rise and fall as he sleeps, his positioning odd but Mark doesn't mind because he can see every curve and contour of the Brazilian boy's body. There are times when Mark catches Eduardo in a nightmare and can't help but feel a pang of guilt when he can't hold on to him, wipe the tears from his eyes, hold him close, and tell him that it's not real and that he is.

Mark loves Eduardo so much that even on nights that his eyes are dead and he wants so desperately to sleep, he still hacks the web-cam and watches Wardo sleep and finally manages to do so himself with a contented smile on his weary, exhaustion ridden face. He can sleep for days with Eduardo's sleeping form in his mind, but he doesn't care to admit that out loud.

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Eduardo and Mark - for the first time in a while - are actually web-chatting. Mark can't keep the electric smile and the nervous flutters at bay, and he doesn't want to either. Sometimes he needs Eduardo to see how marvelously happy he makes him.

"So, how's New York? The internship?" Mark asks, his tone giddy and cheerful.

Eduardo's slightly pixelized, lagging hand scratches at the back of his head.

"I kind of quit the internship..." He nervously chuckles.

More curious than disappointed, Mark tilts his head.

"Why?" He asks, confusion lacing his words.

"Well, I quit my first day, actually. It wasn't right for me, you know?" Eduardo explained. He had been in New York for two weeks already and for one day of those fourteen he managed through his internship. Mark was surprised. Eduardo held out for everything to finish before he even decided to hop of the band wagon.

Before Mark could speak, there was a rap on the front door of Eduardo's apartment.

"Hey, Mark, a friend of mine is here and, I gotta go, I chat with you later, alright?" Eduardo tells Mark, gesturing at the door. Mark gives a sad smile and waves off Eduardo and nods, not trusting his voice. He knows that if he speaks, his voice will crack and he will break. He sees Eduardo every day but it's not every day that Eduardo knows Mark's there.

Eduardo gives his signature salute and shuts off his web-cam. Mark stares at the empty screen and stares and stares until he realizes his laptop has gone in to sleep mode and that Eduardo should be asleep by now. He moves his finger on the track pad and quietly hacks into Wardo's web-cam like he's done for God knows how long and smiles. Wardo's sleeping form makes his day more than anything else, besides actually talking with Eduardo.