Need to Know
Yeah, okay, so I'm still only in season 2... but I wrote this ages ago, as part of a shuffle challenge when I'd only seen season 1... so if there's stuff that's missing/not right... forgive me? Set right after 'Duped'
Theme:A Dangerous Mind – Within Temptation
I'm searching for answers
Not questioned before.
The curse of awareness,
There's no peace of mind.
~*~
Artie exchanges banter with the two agents, and Claudia, but then he quietly slips away, leaving Myka and Pete to bicker among themselves.
Myka's words from within the mirror are still ringing in his ears.
He knows that she's right, in many respects.
But it's not from lack of trust.
There are so many things that he held back from Pete, Myka and Claudia. Painful, terrible things that he isn't ready to share. He isn't sure if he'll ever be ready to share some of those things.
He's kept his distance from any new agents in the warehouse over the past fifteen years, afraid someone would get as close as James did. But dammit if the trio bickering their way back to the warehouse office hadn't worked their way under his skin. Pete with his easy-natured approach and intuition, Myka's keen and analytical mind, and Claudia's mad-cap hiding the hurt girl she once was—still was, really.
Maybe he has been misguided in thinking that it protects them to keep quiet. Maybe it's been more about protecting himself.
But he still doesn't know how to talk to any of them about the storm he fears is heading their way.
Fin.