A/N: So this is not so much something I wanted to write but something I needed to write (promising start, I know). The thing is, ever since the episodes involving Pike first aired and especially when re-watching them for my heart project "Everything is good.." (which you don't need to read to understand this one) I've been wondering about him and his relationship with Lisbon. Like: "Come on, you're not blind, so how/why do you.."
This OS is the answer I came up with. It's split up in chapters, but it's still just one thing.
Time frame: All episodes involving Pike, from Violets till Nothing But Blue Skies
Warning: To be on the safe side: I tried to treat the character fair. Pike's not my favorite, but I feel sorry for him.
Thanks: To my fabulous beta reader, scriiibble!
"So take her to the ocean
Love to watch her floating
Hoping that she drifts my way"
[Emile Haynie feat Rufus Wainwright: Little Ballerina]
Part I:
Considering
This is how their story ends:
Marcus Pike is dumped.
On the phone, by Teresa Lisbon; the woman he loves, the woman he wants to share his future with, the woman he wants to marry.
She leaves him for the man she loves, she breaks his heart and the worst thing is: he is not even surprised.
Of course he is not surprised. Not deep down, at least.
After all, Marcus Pike is neither blind nor is he is deaf.
And he is not even dumb (although that would make things easier).
Working stolen arts doesn't mean that he has stopped being a cop, that he has lost his instincts or his observations skills.
That he has forgotten how love can be.
The end of their story, compressed:
No wedding bells, no smoking, no white dress and no happy ever after. No home, no life, no family, but that probably goes without saying.
This end marks the beginning of a new story, a story Pike won't be part of.
This new story has probably been in the making for years and years and it having a happy end wouldn't surprise anybody, least of all him.
He is the unfortunate, they are the happy ones.
This is where things are simple, these are the basics.
If this was one of Pikes' cases, the cornerstones would be easily detected.
For starters, there'd be a crime.
Pike would be the victim and he would have something stolen from him, something that belonged entirely to him. There'd be a culprit, there'd be a motive, there'd be wrong.
Has he been cheated of his happiness, is it that simple?
Sure, he could pretend he has been and it is, shift all responsibility upon them, pretend he never saw anything like that coming .
Say that he has been played with, been a mark, used as a stopgap.
Those lies could make it more bearable and maybe they could even make him look less pathetic, couldn't they?
But this is neither a story, nor work or one of his cases; this is love, and that's the explanation has to be a completely different one.
These are the questions imposed on Pike:
What has his role been in this story? Has it been a naïve part, is he the victim? Or is he the guilty party, the one to blame?
And the biggest one question: Why?
During these month, there've been a million occasions for him to take steps and he never did.
Why?
Why isn't he angry, not even now?
Why did that happen?
Why did he let it happen? Why did he act the way he did, why did he rush into this relationship? Why did he never think about ending things himself? Why did he push and haul, hope and think, why did he close his eyes and ignore when deep down, he suspected, he knew—
Maybe it's time to look back.
