Title: Aware of Colby
Author: SimpleObsession-1
Chapters: 1 out of ?
Characters/Pairings: Charlie/Colby
Word Count: 941
Rating: Soft for now
Warnings: Nothing hard in this chapter
Spoilers: None that I can think of
Summary: Charlie is unsure why he is suddenly very aware of Colby.
Authors Note: This is my second fanfiction so I'm not promising anything! First NUMB3RS one though.
Disclaimer: I unfortunately don't own any of these wonderful characters ONLY the OCs

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The young mathematician sat at his breakfast table and read through some case files that Don had dropped off the night before. He was unsure of what they actually wanted him to do with it because the data was kind of scattered about. He sighed as he finished his breakfast and stood up. "Do you plan on leaving that there?" His father's voice suddenly called and he saw his dad stood in the archway that leads into the kitchen.

"Dad, it's not going to do any harm. You're going out with your friends anyway and I'm just heading out to the garage!" He was fed up with his dad bossing him about. If he wanted to leave his dirty dishes on the table in his house then he would. They'd be able to get washed later.

"It doesn't take a lot of effort to walk into the kitchen and place them on the counter, Charlie." Alan chastised but decided that his argument was landing on deaf ears as Charlie just continued reading the case files so that he could get his mind around the data. "How about I move it for you?" He muttered sarcastically.

"That would be great dad seeing as you have such an issue!" He replied before leaving the living room with a rushed, "Have a nice day out!" Alan just glared after his son before moving back into the kitchen.

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Charlie was scribbling away on the chalkboard when Colby and Megan stepped in. He had earphones on and was nodding his head along with the music, he was determined it made him concentrate but the team had all listened to Don proclaiming that it was just turning his mind to mush because it was way too loud. They also knew that there was no way to get his attention without scaring the crap out of him so Colby moved forward and gently rested his hand gently on his shoulder.

Charlie jumped but was also aware of the warm, tingly sensation that shot through his body as he turned round taking off the earphones. "Colby!" He exclaimed his heart racing as he stared into the eyes of the taller man.

"I'm sorry, Charlie, but we all know that you have issues noticing us when you have your earphones on and are in your game with the math problem things." He said staring at the board in confusion knowing there was no way that he'd be able to understand them, even with Charlie's patience as he explained them to him.

"It's okay. I was just not prepared for anyone coming today. Don said that you were all busy on a case."

"That's exactly why we're here." Megan finally came forward as she handed him over a file and sighed. "Three young females murdered, their bodies dumped in trash cans. It's the same MO and Don was hoping you'd be able to use your magic and maybe narrow down our search area or something." She wasn't actually sure what Charlie could do for this case because it looked a little dense seeing there was so little data.

"Well I'll go through it all and get back to you okay?" He said smiling at Megan before turning back to his chalkboard.

"Thanks Charlie." Colby said tapping his shoulder like he always did but this time it left Charlie's heart racing as he turned round to smile at him, his head nodding at the man slightly before sitting down at his desk and turning off his headset so he could concentrate on his work.

There was emptiness inside of him as Colby left the room and he didn't know why that was. He'd always worked with Colby and had never felt this before. He didn't know what to do and he bit his lip as he realised that he couldn't concentrate on this work anymore as he looked down at the scribbling numbers. Now this was out of character. Normally when he was out of sync, he wanted to work on maths. All he wanted to do now was close the file and just sit down and allow his thoughts to drive him insane.

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"Charlie!" Don shouted that night as he stepped into the living room and seeing it empty, he knew straight away that he'd be in the garage working away at either the case or on some private math work. He walked in and saw that all the chalkboards were scribbled on and he doubted it had anything to do with his work. "What are you doing, Charlie?"

"I'm working on something."

"Something?" Don asked picking up the pieces of paper that were also filled with Charlie's scrawl and sighed before placing it back down on the table as he sighed. "Charlie, what happened?"

"Nothing happened! Why do you think anything happened?" Charlie stammered as he dropped the chalk on the floor and swore mentally as the piece snapped into two. Don bent down to pick up the two pieces of chalk and threw them into the bin.

"I'll take that as a hint that you don't know what it is and the math isn't telling you either." He said pointing at the scribbles.

"No. It's failing me. It doesn't understand." He grumbled sitting down and smiling. "Here's the work you wanted. The hotspot area is here, clearly marked out in red?" He pointed to him before laughing. "See I did manage to go schizo after I did your work."

"That's nice to know, Chuck." Don said squeezing his shoulder in the exact place where Colby had and Charlie moved him off before laughing.

"My name is Charlie."