A/N: Hey! Sooo, I've been reading a bunch of Claudia fanfiction. She happens to be my favorite character from Warehouse 13. Plus, I was re-watching season 2 yesterday with my friend. She pointed something out to me during "Around The Bend", that just about every time Pete yelled with Claudia in the room, she would flinch. It lead to this funny plot idea. What if Claudia was secretly dating Pete? Also, what if Pete was drinking again? After I told my friend, she begged me to write it out. So basically, you about to read I story that I haven't completely though out. But, it will involve physical abuse, maybe mention of suicide thoughts, and lesbian characters. As well as a OC I created. You have been warned. Now, we move on to the prologue.
Claudia didn't mean to dig herself in so deep. It just kinda happened. Pete had been nice to her, offering to take her out to lunch. So she agreed, but she didn't expect it to go any farther. It did though, much to her surprise. He wasn't so bad at first; he was kind and sweet and would give her flowers all the time. But then she met Todd. Todd was nothing but a friend to her; at least he was at first. Then Pete started drinking again. He started to scare Claudia, and I mean really bad. Pete would just randomly yell at her, and that was it. At least, for a while it was. Soon, after the yelling, he would start to hit her and accused her of messing around with Todd.
That's when Todd became an escape. He didn't ask questions, so she didn't tell him anything. It was a fun way to release the stress that came with Pete's drinking. So, for a long time, Claudia's bruises went unnoticed. A little make-up here and a long-sleeved shirt fixed everything. The only one who knew anything was Todd, much to Claudia's relief. Besides, Pete never meant to hurt her, and he always apologized to her afterwards. But then Pete went crazy.
Okay, so it was the crazy telegraph artifact. It still changed everything. When Myka came to Claudia about Pete drinking again, Claudia was sure she had been caught. But she wasn't, at least not completely. Myka noticed the way Claudia reacted when Pete started yelling at the team. Myka was the only one who noticed though.
So Claudia easily fooled Myka with a convincing, "I wasn't flinching Myka, I have an ear infection. Duh!" Myka left Claudia alone after that.
Claudia still wishes she had told Myka the truth. Because now Todd's gone, Pete's gotten worse, and a new agent is at the warehouse. This is all just too much for her, she isn't sure how much longer she can pretend Pete isn't hurting her every night.