Ghost by Spikedluv (Challenge #74: Ghost)

[spikedluv]

Title: Ghost
Pairing/Characters: Charlie (Don/Charlie very mildly implied)
Rating/Category: PG13/Gen (Slash very mildly implied)
Word Count: 100 words
Spoilers: None.
Summary: Charlie didn’t believe in ghosts.
Notes/Warning: Incest very mildly implied; character death implied.
Written: October 10, 2008

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Charlie didn’t believe in ghosts. He didn’t believe that psychics could speak to loved ones in the afterlife. Sometimes he wasn’t even sure that he believed in an afterlife.

Charlie believed that numbers and science could explain everything about the world, even if we didn’t yet know enough to understand that explanation.

Which is why, when he heard Don’s laughter on the breeze, or smelled Don’s cologne while he was watching a hockey game, or felt Don’s fingers brush his hair back just before he fell asleep, Charlie knew that Don wasn’t really there, that it was just his imagination.

Comments

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

Oh, this breaks my heart in the best ways.

[spikedluv]

Aww, thank you! It sort of broke my heart when I thought of it, so I'm glad I'm not the only one. *g*

[clairelesley.livejournal.com]

This says such a lot in so few words....
Just beautiful!

[spikedluv]

Thanks so much! I'm happy that you thought it was beautiful. *g*

[admiralandrea.livejournal.com]

Aw, poor Charlie! :sniffs: Plz can I haz happy fic nao?

[spikedluv]

I know! *pets you and Charlie*

[admiralandrea.livejournal.com]

I shall have to re-read your ficathon fic to cheer me up!

[just-air-left.livejournal.com]

aww that broke my heart in the best way possible

[spikedluv]

Aww, thanks so much! I'm pleased that it moved you. *g*

[emmademarais.livejournal.com]

Sad and bittersweet. Thanks for the character death warning though.

[spikedluv]

Thanks for reading! I'm glad the sad and bittersweet came through. *g*

You're welcome; I hate to find out mid-stream that I've stumbled into character death, so I try to warn for it myself.