A Long Way
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M through R › NUMB3RS
Rating:
Adult +
Chapters:
8
Views:
1,517
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1
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Parting
Title: Parting
Author: scots_rock
Pairing: Don/Charlie
Fandom: NUMB3RS
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 439
Disclaimer: Not mine. This is fiction.
Feedback: Awesome
Author's Notes: Alex is at College and is surprised to have a visitor. The 4th part of the Alex-series. Increasing the angst. Hope you’re still on! Thanks for the encouraging feedback, made me write on!
“Uncle Charlie?”
Alex is stunned when he enters his room. There he stands, slim body, dark, thick curls falling on his shoulders, hands in pockets. He doesn’t look like a professor at all. He is his uncle Charlie. In jeans and an old, worn down t-shirt.
“Hey Alex.”
They embrace, Alex still can’t quite believe it. It’s really him. He hasn’t seen his uncle for so long, since he himself has moved to Mexico with some friends after high school graduation. It was Charlie who convinced him per phone not to give up College. Alex listened to him. As always.
“Heard you’re doing good here.”, Charlie says and sits down on a chair at Alex’s desk, while Alex himself slumps down on his bed.
“Yeah, but that is mainly because of approaching spring break.” Alex laughs heartily. “No, I really can’t complain. Thanks to you.” A short silence. “So, how come you’re here? Just to visit me? Or is some seminar keeping you here?”
“No, I came here to talk to you.”, Charlie answers, his smile still in his face, yet his voice sounds serious.
“What is it? You’re scaring me, uncle!”, Alex jokes and gives his uncle a friendly punch in the arm.
“I’m moving away. I got a job offer at Harvard.”
Charlie is not looking directly at Alex, he’s looking past him, through the door, his gaze passing the gangways of the campus, seeing something Alex cannot.
A deep sigh fills the room.
“You’re the first person I told.”
Alex is leaning on his elbows, watching his uncle, broken and shattered. He doesn’t understand why though. Harvard sounds just great!
“Dad doesn’t know?”, he asks then and receives a shake with the head.
“I can’t tell him.” Charlie sighs again. “He won’t let me go. Again.”
“Do you want to leave?”, Alex asks suddenly.
Charlie’s eyes finally focus on his nephew.
“It’s not important what I want. I have to do it.” He pauses. “One of us will be broken anyway. I’d rather it’s me.”
Alex is transferred back a few years. Graduation party. Bedroom. Upstairs. The brotherly moment between his uncle and father. The comforting touches of his father’s. The gentle kiss on Charlie’s lips, to soothe him, to calm him down. Alex’s facial expression suddenly becomes numb. Too blind to realize it earlier.
“You should tell Dad.”, he says. “And you should stick to your plan.” His voice wears a hint of anger and frustration.
Charlie looks into Alex’s eyes, smiles sadly, stands up and walks out of Alex’s room.
Alex is 22 when he promises himself never to see his uncle Charlie again.
Author: scots_rock
Pairing: Don/Charlie
Fandom: NUMB3RS
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 439
Disclaimer: Not mine. This is fiction.
Feedback: Awesome
Author's Notes: Alex is at College and is surprised to have a visitor. The 4th part of the Alex-series. Increasing the angst. Hope you’re still on! Thanks for the encouraging feedback, made me write on!
“Uncle Charlie?”
Alex is stunned when he enters his room. There he stands, slim body, dark, thick curls falling on his shoulders, hands in pockets. He doesn’t look like a professor at all. He is his uncle Charlie. In jeans and an old, worn down t-shirt.
“Hey Alex.”
They embrace, Alex still can’t quite believe it. It’s really him. He hasn’t seen his uncle for so long, since he himself has moved to Mexico with some friends after high school graduation. It was Charlie who convinced him per phone not to give up College. Alex listened to him. As always.
“Heard you’re doing good here.”, Charlie says and sits down on a chair at Alex’s desk, while Alex himself slumps down on his bed.
“Yeah, but that is mainly because of approaching spring break.” Alex laughs heartily. “No, I really can’t complain. Thanks to you.” A short silence. “So, how come you’re here? Just to visit me? Or is some seminar keeping you here?”
“No, I came here to talk to you.”, Charlie answers, his smile still in his face, yet his voice sounds serious.
“What is it? You’re scaring me, uncle!”, Alex jokes and gives his uncle a friendly punch in the arm.
“I’m moving away. I got a job offer at Harvard.”
Charlie is not looking directly at Alex, he’s looking past him, through the door, his gaze passing the gangways of the campus, seeing something Alex cannot.
A deep sigh fills the room.
“You’re the first person I told.”
Alex is leaning on his elbows, watching his uncle, broken and shattered. He doesn’t understand why though. Harvard sounds just great!
“Dad doesn’t know?”, he asks then and receives a shake with the head.
“I can’t tell him.” Charlie sighs again. “He won’t let me go. Again.”
“Do you want to leave?”, Alex asks suddenly.
Charlie’s eyes finally focus on his nephew.
“It’s not important what I want. I have to do it.” He pauses. “One of us will be broken anyway. I’d rather it’s me.”
Alex is transferred back a few years. Graduation party. Bedroom. Upstairs. The brotherly moment between his uncle and father. The comforting touches of his father’s. The gentle kiss on Charlie’s lips, to soothe him, to calm him down. Alex’s facial expression suddenly becomes numb. Too blind to realize it earlier.
“You should tell Dad.”, he says. “And you should stick to your plan.” His voice wears a hint of anger and frustration.
Charlie looks into Alex’s eyes, smiles sadly, stands up and walks out of Alex’s room.
Alex is 22 when he promises himself never to see his uncle Charlie again.