Disclaimer: If I owned Gundam Wing it'd be a lot less Relena centered. If I owned Naruto, a lot of the crap that happened wouldn't have. If I owned Fullmetal Alchemist, well, I like it the way it is - maybe more alchmey. If I owned Star Trek 2009, fangirls would be getting their wish right now. If I owned Harry Potter, the epilogue wouldn't have been forced and cookie cutter. If I owned Yu-gi-oh! it wouldn't have been so sad. Too bad I don't own any of these, huh? XD

Timelines: For Gundam wing, a few months after the wars. For Naruto, presumable after Naruto gets Sasuke back, if that indeed will ever happen. Fullmetal Alchemist is set early in the series, but set in the future in a more "blissful" future. Star Trek 2009 a few years after the first movie. Harry Potter a year after they grad' and Yu-gi-oh! in a special time where everything is okay.

Prompt: Just because we're the "submissive" in our relationships doesn't mean shit.
Warnings: Yaoi
Pairings: 1x2; 3x4; NaruSasu; EdxRoy; Spirk; Draco/Harry; Puzzleshipping

Support Group

Dr. Jael Anders carefully fixed the blue napkins on the long, rectangle table in the back of the room. The table held up many treasures beyond the blue napkins. It also held up juice cartons, liters of soda, platters of sandwiches, muffins, cheese, ham, tomatoes, celery, brownies, cookies, croissants and slices of oranges. The woman gazed at the table critically, hoping she hadn't forgotten anything at home or in the back of her car. She wanted – needed – this meeting to go perfectly.

This would be the first inter-dimensional meeting. The very first of its kind. If this meeting went well, then it would open doors to similar meetings being held by various organizations. She knew for a fact the Cross Dimensional Witches were planning on holding their meeting for the following week if her meeting (and her partner's) was a success.

The meetings were support groups between the dimensions to help the similarly minded or situated to get to know each other and learn from each other and at the young age of twenty-eight, Dr. Anders had been chosen to host the first meeting. An honor.

But her nerves screamed otherwise. It was hard being under so much pressure, but her lover down the hall reassured her everything would go off without a hitch with a well timed text message. Breathing out hard, Dr. Anders waited for the clock to hit 7:55, no doubt when most people would be arriving for the first support groups even if the meeting was scheduled for 8:00.

She had placed seven chairs in the middle of the room, maybe two arms lengths from the snack table, in a circle. She hoped she made a good impression.

Minutes before the hour hand could strike the eight, her first "patient" walked into the room followed by another.

She recognized the braided man from his picture sent with his file, but not the young man with exotic eyes trailing him. However, there was never a doubt in her mind who he was. Heero Yuy. She had read Duo Maxwell's file with some curiosity, finding the fact someone who overcame so much was also so adjusted. His description of his boyfriend – how she knew Heero Yuy on sight – was extremely accurate and she only had momentary difficulties imagining the exotic Japanese man as a caring lover. What caught her attention, what made it easier to see what Mr. Maxwell described, was in the gentle way he looked at Mr. Maxwell and she smiled slightly to herself.

Their voices were quiet, but not obviously so. Dr. Anders had a feeling it was the normal volume they spoke to each other with. In order to give the two young men some semblance of privacy, Dr. Anders turned her back on them. Even if she could no longer see the men, she could hear their quiet voices. An illusion.

"Are sure you'll be okay here?" a slightly nasally voice asked. The concern in his voice made Dr. Anders smile slightly.

"I'm sure, now quite worrying so much! Or else you're gonna be late for your own group." A slightly more cheerful voice said. "And we promised to check it out for Trowa and Quatre for next week. You know how much Quat' wanted to come."

"Hn." Dr. Anders heard Mr. Yuy grunt.

Fabric rustled lightly. In her mind's eye, Dr. Anders imagined the more extroverted man hugging, possible kissing his lover. It warmed her heart and reminded her why she was holding the meeting. With her resolve back in place, Dr. Anders felt her heart lighten considerably.

"You can turn around now." Mr. Maxwell said cheerfully. "Thanks for the privacy, Ms."

Peering around, Dr. Anders was surprised to see Mr. Yuy was indeed gone. She hadn't even heard the door slam! Mr. Maxwell was grinning rather cheerfully and the woman with a degree in psychology observed the man.

He was in maybe his late teens and dressed in all black with that long braid of hair she was instantly envious of. He was slight in stature and she recalled reading from one of the briefs about his dimension. He was a pilot. A pilot where being small in size was better than being taller than a lumberjack.

"Not a problem, Mr. Maxwell." Dr. Anders smiled. "You may have a seat over…there?"

Another young man was already sitting on a metal chair, his arms crossed over his chest. He wore a dark navy blue long sleeve and if she squinted, she could see a hint of red and white on the back of his shirt, white shorts and blue sandals that snaked all the way up his legs to just below his knees. His hair composed of cowlicks and Dr. Anders only took a moment to place him. Sasuke Uchiha.

But that didn't explain how he got in…

"Gotchya." Mr. Mawell clicked his tongue and winked.

She watched the man walk to the circle of chairs, his braid swinging, until her attention was caught by a nervous looking teenager with shocking green eyes.

Dr. Anders was beginning to feel slightly average at each boy's attractive features.

"Er, is this room 306?" the boy asked.

"Yes, come right on in." Dr. Anders ushered.

She looked back towards the circle of chairs and noted Mr. Maxwell had taken a chair nearest to the snack table and shame filled her briefly.

"Go ahead and grab something to eat." She urged. "I'm not here to starve you."

"Thanks!" Mr. Maxwell yelled rather excitedly.

The man rushed from his seat and within moments had numerous treats piled on a paper plate. Her attention was stolen from the rather enthusiastic eater when the door slammed open – hitting the wall and denting it – and in entered a blonde shouting, "You fucking bastard!"

Worry instantly chewed her insides. A teenager with a medium blonde braid and petite height in a red jacket and black clothing, practically snarling and his fists clenched tightly glanced angrily around the room before stomping quite heavily to the circle of chairs. An older male, or so Dr. Anders assumed, laughed which made the blonde's face turn from pink to red.

Dr. Anders had her back turned on the other three men in the room, so hadn't gotten to see the pulled gun or sliver of silver or wooden stick before the three men hid the objects once more. Giving each other the eye all the while.

"Mr. Elric?" Dr. Anders asked hesitantly

The blonde's eyed her warily. "Yeah?"

"Um, have a seat and help yourself?" She asked.

Her nerves had returned. How the hell was she going to live through this?

She only had four of her six "patients." What made her think she could handle more than the ones she already had? She would have to tell the Cross Dimensional Witches to keep their groups small.

The next young man to show had the most impressive hair. It stood up in all manners of directions and was two pretty colors: reddish-purpleish and blonde. The owner of such outlandish hair was by far the youngest member of their group so far. He bowed politely, murmuring apologies for being late before meekly going to take a seat between Harry Potter (if her notes were right…) and an empty chair.

Shortly, like seconds later, the last member of their support group arrived. He was panting hard, like he had run there and Dr. Anders didn't doubt for a moment he did run. Captain Kirk wasn't exactly known for being on time unless his First Officer or Doctor McCoy forced him to be.

"Now that we're all here, please, get something to eat." Dr. Anders urged them again. Mr. Maxwell grinned again and got up for seconds. She had a feeling leftovers wouldn't be an issue. The others followed with excluding Mr. Uchiha.

She closed the door leading to their room and secured it. If the group down the hall was anything how she suspected this one would soon be, she didn't want interruptions.

She walked to the only empty chair, between Sasuke Uchiha and Yugi Mutuo. She settled herself on the metal chair as comfortable as she could and adjusted the notepad that contained topic questions meant to inspire discussions and her notes on each person and relationship.

"As you know, this is the first tri-monthly meeting of Inter-dimensional Subs Support." She smiled at the uncomfortable shifting from various men in the room. "My name is Dr. Jael Anders and I'm also considered the "submissive" in my relationship to Dr. Fae Bolton who is holding the Inter-dimensional Doms Support." She garnered a few interested looks at that. "I know as well as anyone else, the reason I was chosen by my peers, is being a submissive does not mean any of you are weak in any way, in any form."

"So, basically because we bend over, that doesn't mean shit?" Mr. Maxwell asked with a rather foxy grin.

"Yes, exactly." Dr. Anders laughed. "Now, why don't we have introductions?" She peered at them all and as one, they all seemed to squirm in their chairs. "Why don't we start with Captain Kirk, this dimension's host." Captain Kirk jerked his head up and smiled uneasily. "Just tell us a little about yourself and about your partner."

Jim Kirk smiled winningly at the group, his white teeth showing. He had a mild bruise on his face, already fading. He was wearing a black long sleeve undershirt and tight black cloth pants with high boots, like he had just gotten off the Enterprise and chucked off his Starfleet shirt in order to appear more casual.

"Well, I'm Captain James Tiberius Kirk. You can call me Jim or Kirk. Doesn't really matter to me." Kirk said and his blue eyes seemed to sparkle in good fun. "As most of you know, my dimension discovered how to cross the dimensions due to our advance technology," a snort from Duo Maxwell said what he thought of that idea "And my first officer is actually my, um, partner. He's a science kind of guy and a Vulcan, one of the humanoid species here." He stopped speaking, considered himself and then nodded with satisfaction.

"Very nice, Captain Kirk." Dr. Anders complimented.

"Just call me Kirk, Doc." Kirk smiled winsome at her.

"Kirk then," Dr. Anders nodded. "Why don't you go next?" The woman prodded the blonde next to Kirk.

"Alright." The blonde shrugged carelessly. Dr. Anders wondered if he was still smartening over his crass arrival. "I'm Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist. You can call me Ed. And my soon to be very dead partner is my boss Colonel Roy Mustang, the Flame Alchemist. The bastard." Ed scowled slightly.

"Ed." Dr. Anders nodded. His issues slightly worried her. Their relationship couldn't be healthy, could it?

"Military, right?" Kirk asked.

"Yeah," Ed nodded his expression wary.

"Me and Spock had a problem with Starfleet –our type of military – when we decided to get married the Vulcan way. I mean by the damn shit storm that caused you'd think we were blowing planets up." Kirk explained to the braided blonde teenager.

"How did you guys get over that?" Ed asked with his interest piqued. "No one besides my brother knows about us since Mustang wants to be the absolute top guy in the military."

"Got to a point Starfleet couldn't afford to lose us really," Kirk answered easily. "It takes almost eight years to train an officer and because of a rebel time traveler Starfleet numbers have been down. Not even the recruitments from the past seven years have fixed our ranks yet."

"So, hard ball?" Duo nodded knowingly.

"Basically, yeah." Kirk shrugged. "Maybe when your guy reaches the top, he can change the rules."

Ed grunted and Dr. Anders took that as a sign to keep moving the introduction on.

Without further prompting, Duo Maxwell began his introductions. "I'm Duo Maxwell. I may run and hide, but I never tell a lie. I'm a Preventer. My lover," Dr. Anders couldn't help her pleased smile at hearing the endearment. "And I work the same job, but for obvious reasons, we're never really partnered together if the boss can avoid. Heero is quiet and a total hellcat in bed." Duo winked. "Call me Duo."

"You're trouble aren't you, Duo?" Dr. Anders asked with a quiet laugh.

"Only most of the time." He grinned.

"And how about you?" Dr. Anders prompted the green eyed boy next to Duo.

"I'm Harry Potter and I've just graduated the Auror Corps. It's like the police academy for wizards." Harry shook his head. "Anyways, Draco Malfoy is my boyfriend and he's…he's Draco."

"I see." Dr. Anders nodded. "And you?"

"I'm Yugi Mutuo and I'll be working towards my archeology degree in the fall." The polite Japanese boy with colorful hair said. Dr. Anders had a feeling he was the only truly innocent one out of the group. "And my yami, um, Atemu is my," and the young man actually blushed "Lover."

"Right," Dr. Anders nodded smiling and touching Yugi's knee in reassurance.

"How about you?" Dr. Anders asked the boy between herself and Kirk.

"Hn." The dark boy grunted.

"That means 'I'm not going to bother because I didn't want to be here.'" Duo translated helpfully.

"Speak silentese, do you?"

"Had to learn, it's all Heero would do for like a month after we first met."

"Ah." Dr. Anders said as if she understood.

"Don't worry!" Duo said mischievously. "I'll introduce him!

"Hello, my name is broody boy and the only reason I'm here is because my significant other has sunshine shoved up his ass." Duo turned to Sasuke who raised an impressed eyebrow. "Am I right?"

"My name is Sasuke Uchiha." Sasuke shrugged.

"Ah, close then." Kirk snickered.

"Indeed." Dr. Anders smiled. "Now that we've gotten the introductions over with, why don't we talk about why we're here?"

Strangely, Sasuke's glared seemed to be asking the same question.

"We're here to get in touch with other men (and hopefully women next group) who also experience similar lives and preferences." Dr. Anders said. "We're to work as a support group to help each other bear the stereotype of a submissive and help each other with the problems our relationships can be composed of."

"Like what?" Harry asked, his green eyes thoughtful.

"Abusive partners, partners who demand too much, problems in the bedroom…" Dr. Anders shrugged. "For example, Ed, I've noticed out of everyone here, you and your partner have the largest age gap. Almost fourteen years, isn't it?"

"What of it?" Ed grumbled.

"Well, isn't that kind of young?" Dr. Anders asked. "And according to your brother, your relationship with him started when you were sixteen."

"That's the age of majority where I'm from." Ed said firmly. No one mentioned he currently didn't look older than nineteen.

"I'm not judging you." Dr. Anders corrected quickly. "It's just the age gap must've cause some problems before."

"Age doesn't mean a thing when it comes to the completion of your soul and happiness." Yugi answered in all seriousness. The Japanese boy's purple eyes soft and full of love. "Sometimes the age difference is a good thing! It means they can help guide you through the world while you teach them about the new world. Age doesn't matter." Yugi nodded his head to stress his point.

"I don't think he's talking just about you anymore," Duo faked whispered to Ed.

"Yeah, I can see that." Ed said rather dryly.

"You're involved with someone older too?" Dr. Anders asked quickly. How strange, the background check had proved Atemu Yami to be nineteen…

"Sort of." Yugi blushed slightly.

"Don't worry Yugi, we understand dimensions differ." Dr. Anders tried to placate the young man. "Just explain the situation as best as you can."

"He's the other half my soul and used to be the pharaoh of ancient Egypt that I freed from a puzzle." Yugi briefly explained.

Dr. Anders blinked rapidly. "Um, maybe we should explain what makes each dimension so different? That might help speed up the process."

"Nah, that'd take half the fun out of it." Kirk denied. "Like, I'm trying to wrap my mind around that little guy right there," he pointed at Yugi "Is dating someone thousands of years older than him, but you were giving that guy," he pointed at Ed "Crap for dating a guy fourteen years older."

"Hn."

"Translate?" Harry asked Duo dryly.

"He said something along the line of 'I can relate.'" Duo grinned. "Am I the only one sleeping without someone in my age group?"

"But that's not possible!" Dr. Anders protested, dragging her vanilla folder files out. "According to these, Atemu is nineteen; Naruto Uzumaki is actually a few months younger than Sasuke…the only one recorded of being older is Roy Mustang!"

"I'm sleeping with someone in my age bracket." Kirk informed Duo lofty.

"Me too," Harry chimed. "We met at Hogwarts."

"Huh, so half of us have things for old men." Duo nodded sagely before smirking lecherously. "I like it."

Kirk burst into laughter and Harry blushed lightly. "Kid, me and you are gonna have some fucking fun here."

"Likewise." Duo smirked.

"Go to Hell," Ed growled.

"Hn."

"It's not that bad is it?" Yugi asked meekly.

This exchange slipped past Dr. Jael Anders while she searched her files frantically. She should have turned the position down. As honored as it was to be picked by the council to help these young men defeat stereotypes, they just seemed to be inviting more in!

Didn't they know the older a lover was, especially to a younger, teenage one, the more likely they were to be abused?

The rest of the conversation continued to go unheard by Dr. Anders while her mind conjured horrible images of those poor young boys being abused by their disgustingly older partners. The horror!

"Well, not bad." Kirk shrugged. "It's just society tends to frown on such an age difference since the chances of the older partner taking advantage of the younger one are higher because the relationship becomes unbalanced."

"But Atemu has never made me feel that way." Yugi protested. "He takes care of me and treats me like an equal!"

"The problem rests in the fact that the younger partner can create a dependency on older as well, leading back to the abuse." Harry explained. "We just had a seminar on it. A lot of young witches and wizards get married to people in their fifties and the like because of our extended life span. We were trained to look for the signs to help in domestic violence issues involving the walking dead and newly graduated students."

"So, what you're saying is I can't grow too dependent on Atemu?" Yugi asked and he titled his head to the side like he was trying to figure out a perplexing problem.

"Basically." Kirk shrugged.

"Oh." Yugi was silent a moment and then began speaking again. "Then how would I go about solving Atemu's problem?"

"What problem?" Ed grudgingly reentered the conversation.

"He'd be useless if he didn't think I needed him." Yugi explained.

"You know, I didn't even think about how that would factor into your guys relationship." Kirk whistled.

"You're right Yug," the braided American said giving the other a boy a nickname already. "Heero would be helpless if I didn't need him in some way. He'd get all angsty and try leaving me because I didn't need him and then I would have to try convincing him that I still needed and wanted him." Duo frowned in thought. "It's just easier to let him think I depend on him, because maybe I do depend on him in some way…which means I have a dependency on the fact he was a dependency on me."

Duo frowned heavily, arguing circles around with himself.

"You are one devious little shit." Kirk told Yugi impressed. "You would know, uh, Atemu, right?" Yugi nodded. "The best so you're the best qualified to judge your relationship. But that doesn't solve the other two." Kirk looked once at Sasuke and then another at Ed. "You manipulate Atemu for your relationship's best interest. Age doesn't really seem to matter to you guys. You guys though…"

And for the second time that evening, Sasuke deigned to speak.

"The age difference is only a technicality." Sasuke said. "Naruto," and the way his voice caressed the name betrayed the icy exterior. "Is the vessel for a hundred something fox demon for a lack of a better explanation."

"Ah." Harry nodded. "Explains a bit."

Sasuke's words brought Duo from his chasing thoughts.

"A demon?" the conniving expression graced Duo's face once more. "Does that have any impact on the sex?"

At Harry's stunned expression, Duo cackled, his head thrown back. (In another support group, Heero frowned and shivered.) Ed sniggered into a gloved fist. Kirk snorted and Yugi looked everywhere around the room but at the other men.

"What do you think?" Sasuke retorted.

Duo blinked and burst into laughter again.

"Really?" Yugi asked with some embarrassed curiosity. "How?"

Grunting in defeat, Sasuke stood up from his chair. He lifted his blue shirt slightly and pulled his shorts down slightly exposing his hip and the dark bruises there that could be seen. "He gets increased strength and super healing with some aggression issues. I don't have the increased strength or super healing." Sasuke snorted.

"But the aggression issues?" Harry smirked knowingly.

Sasuke shrugged. "We all have our kinks."

"Yeah, having a genetically enhanced lover is tough." Duo said empathically. "They forget we lowly humans bruise easily," a crazed shadow past over his face as he continued "And don't heal from a sprained wrist overnight right before a complicated mission!"

"Experience?" Sasuke asked.

"Yeah." Duo nodded losing his steam and rant. "I've found icing it as soon as possible reduces how long they last and having Heero massage them gently helps."

"To increase the blood flow in the bruise?" Yugi asked.

"And to make him feel bad." Duo smirked. "He's usually more gentle afterwards. Then rinse and repeat."

"Hn." Sasuke grunted with a thoughtful look.

"So, you two aren't being abused by control freaks or pedophiles." Kirk pointed to Yugi and Sasuke. "So, that just leaves you to explain." He jabbed a finger in Ed's direction.

"Me and the bastard have issues." The blonde admitted. "But not the issues everyone seems to think we're having. If anything, I'm the one yelling and abusive." He shrugged. "It's just how our relationship developed. We were never really friends so much as people who liked getting on each other's nerves and with stabbing and setting each other on fire."

Five out of seven people in the room smiled in remembrance of their relationships and their tender beginnings.

"Good times."

"What?" Yugi asked confused.

"Draco and I hated each other for the majority of school. Bane of my bloody existence." Harry recalled fondly. "I almost killed him once with a spell. It was a bonding moment."

"Huh. Dangerous aren't you?" Ed muttered with an amused smirk.

"At least he didn't maroon you on a block of ice." Kirk said dryly. "Or try and choke the life out of you."

"Heero pulled a gun on me once." Duo volunteered. "But he was probably just mad because I shot him."

"You shot him?" Yugi asked incredulously.

"Twice." Duo said helpfully.

"Hn."

"Sasu says he and fishcake used to try killing each other a lot too." Duo translated.

"Am I the only who is in a normal relationship?" Yugi asked in disbelief.

"Actually, if you think about it, if Atemu is your soul mate because he's a part of your soul that was never transferred to your current body, then that's the highest form of narcissism. You're in love with yourself." Ed analyzed.

The purple eyed man sat in the metal chair, looking stumped and vaguely worried.

"But then again on some level are human beings are narcissistic." Ed added when he saw Yugi disturbed expression. "So, you really do have the perfect love."

"Except for that part it's basically masturbation." Duo added with a benevolent smile.

Harry choked back a laugh. "I'm suddenly reminded of Draco."

"Hey, Doc." The young captain poked the obsessing woman. "We've figured out that age doesn't apply to us. What's next?"

"What?" Dr. Anders asked dazed. She shook herself visibly to gain control of her mental facilities and began speaking in more coherent sentences. "We could discuss the violence in each relationship? I have lists of witnesses observing certain events and it worries me that each of you, with some exceptions, resort to violence to solve your problems that honest communication could also solve."

"Where would the fun be in that?" Duo asked rhetorically but earned answers from the other braided teen and quiet "Hn." of agreement from Sasuke.

"I think yelling counts as "honest communication."" Ed scowled.

Dr. Anders stared blankly at him before deciding to simply ignore the blonde man.

Harry actually perked up in his chair while the youngest boy out of all of them relaxed. Even Kirk seemed at ease in the chair.

"You two don't think you need help improving your communication skills?" Dr. Anders questioned.

"Atemu is in my head." Yugi explained. "We have a mind link. Comes with being soul mates."

"Spock is a touch telepathy and we engage in mind melds often." Kirk's perverted grin belied as to when those mind melds were performed. "So, I've got enough of that communication stuff."

"Lucky you." Harry said sourly. "All Draco can do is complain about everything. I don't think he is ever happy. Can make a guy feel inadequate, you know?" He shrugged. "At least you guys have a constant reminders and firsthand knowledge of how much your partner loves you."

Everyone turned to look at the two men with intimate knowledge of how their lovers' minds worked due to frequent trips in each others' minds. Unsurprisingly, everyone looked quite envious. Including Dr. Anders.

"'Ro and I would have the perfect relationship if we had some mind link too." Duo began woefully. "We've always had problems," and everyone instantly knew he was using the collective we, as in 'we are dirt poor even though I'm not the one who gambled away both our paychecks' we "Expressing our emotions to each other." Everyone kindly ignored the thought that was possibly due to this "'Ro" they had such problems. "We've gotten better, but there's always room for improvement. Those links make me so jealous."

The room was suitably silent for a moment.

"They aren't so great." Yugi burst. "If you want to surprise them or keep something secret, well, tough."

"Same here. The only reason Spock and I got together is because of his mind melding and my feelings for him coming to the surface when he was in my head." Kirk agreed. "He knows me too well sometimes. It's very exposing. And annoying"

"That only makes me feel mildly better." Harry snorted. "Draco is one of those people who expects you to read his mind. That'd be a useful tool."

"I would go crazy if the bastard could read my mind." Ed said flatly. "The amount of blackmail he'd use on me as a result…I couldn't take it. I'd have to kill him and leave my dimension with a new name."

"I agree." Sasuke nodded. "Naruto is in my head enough. I'd never get a moment alone if he actually had claim to a part of it."

"True." Duo murmured.

Dr. Anders looked at the six males thoughtfully.

"Have any of you discussed goals with you partners?"

"What do you mean?" Harry asked with a frown.

"Like your plans for the future." Dr. Anders clarified. "There will come a time you will grow old, or even a time one of you gets injured beyond repair. You all work or will work in incredible dangerous professions." Feeling Yugi's confused gaze she continued. "Archeology has many hidden risks. Disease, bobby traps, cave-ins…" she shrugged. "Have any of you ever discussed what you'd do if you were unable to continue working in your profession? Or about getting married or children?"

The silence that fell upon the room was heavy. Each man stuck in his own thoughts. Dr. Anders glanced at the clock across the room. They had roughly a half hour before the other discussion group was over.

"I can see this is a topic many of you are uncomfortable discussing." Dr. Anders commented softly. "Why?"

The silence lasted for all of two minutes before Duo broke it with a sad sigh.

"We just got out of a war. We didn't know before that if we'd live or not. It was always about the moment. Not too much about the future." He looked uneasy. The first time Dr. Anders could recall something akin to fear on his face. "And everything's perfect, so why should I ruin it by making demands for the future I'm not even sure we can handle? We're not normal in the slightest. Why pretend we are?"

"We just came out of a war too." Harry told the group. "It was difficult to think of anything but the war existing and now that it does, we never really talk about it." He shrugged and looked very uncomfortable. "Draco's tried to bring it up but every time he does an argument usually crops up and it makes him forget about it."

"The past still haunts us too much to properly discuss a future." Sasuke said with his eyes far away.

The other gave quiet agreements excluding Kirk who frowned intently at his knee.

"If you let your pasts dictate the future, then you won't have a future." Dr. Anders said solemnly. "Try talking to your parents tonight, or tomorrow about the future. I'm sure they'll surprise you with their desire to have solid plans. A lot of relationships fail because the two people involved aren't the same goal orientated." She looked at all their faces. "I would hate to see that happen to any of you, especially when you all seem so in love."

Ed's head jerked up in disbelief.

"Even you Ed." The woman chuckled. He looked vaguely disturbed so Dr. Anders kept the rest of her observations to herself.

"Do you have any tips to make these conversations easier?" Harry asked.

"Try the classic, 'I want to talk to you about something' and go from there." Dr. Anders told the group, some listening intently and other trying not to be as obvious about listening to her advice. "Don't get mad if at all possible. You're trying to figure out what your partner thinks, just because they don't agree doesn't mean you shouldn't listen. You can compromise."

"And what should we do to keep," Ed stumbled over his words for a moment as if having problems getting his thoughts in order. "Violence and yelling from this conversation?"

"If your partner seems unwilling to discuss the future with you like a rational adult, then give him some space. If he seems unlikely to ever discuss the future with you maybe seeing a therapist would be best, or even breaking up." Dr. Anders advised. "Just because you love them doesn't mean you should wait forever for an answer."

"And if they're waiting for you?" Sasuke asked.

"Figure yourself out, your thoughts and wants. If you have it in you to participate in a healthy relationship, then bring it up. But if you can't" she looked Sasuke straight in the eye. "He would be better off with you letting him go, so he could be involved with someone willing to do what you can't."

Silence seized the room again. Dr. Anders gazed each of the members in her support group. They were all unique gentlemen with unbelievable backgrounds, and yet, here they were united by the one thing they had in common, loving someone.

"This is depressing." Kirk said flatly.

"I haven't felt like this since Ginny broke up with me." Harry said glumly. "We broke up because her mum kept pushing for us to get engaged and have kids. What if the same thing happens?"

"I doubt it will." Ed disregarded. "That happened because a third party was meddling. If you choose to talk to your boyfriend it's because it's your decision. Before you were both being pressured into something you two obviously didn't want."

"I hope you're right." Harry sighed and ran a hand through his hair.

"I'm always right." Ed said smirking.

"I'm sure Roy would say otherwise." Duo teased back.

Ed scowled at Duo. Yugi smiled in relief at the crushing tension slowly being lifted.

A knock at the door broke their gentle teasing and Dr. Anders looked at the clock again. Huh. It was already ten. How time flew by.

"Looks like group is broken up for the day." Dr Anders laughed. "You should all exchange numbers or means of contact if at all possible. The members here are meant to help you with your relationships. Don't be afraid to ask each other for help."

The group of men began talking to each, exchanging ways to communicate while Dr. Anders went to answer the door where a large blonde with a cheery disposition waited patiently.

He grinned widely at her, but stayed at the doorway watching Sasuke with blue eyes. She hid her smile at his lost in love expression and instead turned her attention to the others in the hall. Heero was waiting patiently in the hall, standing with a man closing resembling Yugi. Across from those two, a snooty blonde leaned against the wall by himself. Just leaving the room their group had been housed, Roy Mustang and a man with lightly tinted green skin and pointy ears were talking with thoughtful expressions.

And last but not least was her counterpart.

She smiled at the redhead woman lovingly and happily, letting her know Jael's group had gone smoothly. When the redhead smiled back and nodded, Jael turned her attention back to her group.

"I hope to see most of you for our next meeting in three months." She told them. "And don't be shy about asking for help when you need it."

"Thanks Doc." Duo Maxwell said and then hugged her. She laughed and just as quickly as he had hugged her, he let her go.

He quickly walked towards Heero, but she wasn't able to see them reunite because the others followed Duo's example with a shy hug, nod or tiny bow.

When they had all left with their partners, Dr. Jael Anders cleaned up the room with Dr. Fae Bolton in an easy silence. Only after she turned off the lights and locked the door did they say anything to each other.

"That wasn't so hard." Jael said with a smile. "Except for some of the paperwork going missing. Everyone cooperated and I think took something from this experience."

"I'm so glad for you." Fae Bolton teased back. "I felt extremely fortunate when someone would sneeze. They didn't really start talking until Mustang started telling them stories about his younger lover, and then suddenly everyone had a story to share! They are quite a stimulating group."

Together, they left the military base, thinking about the men they had shared the better part of two hours with. Dr. Jael Anders just knew her life had got a whole lot more interesting, especially if they group size did increase. But she hoped she had helped them in some way, even if it was just allowing each young man to value his partner more.

Like how she did.

Wow. I wrote this mainly for fun. Let me know what you think! I tried editing it as many times as possible so let me know if there is a mistake I can fix. I had it in my head they were all at a bar...but maybe later if I ever add more I can fit that scene in. And, what's your favorite songs for each pairing, if you have one? :) I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it!