Well, this is my first OffBeat fanfic. A little off season, but I didn't want to wait. I love these characters so much!
Summary: Christmas is here and it's recognized by all, except one apartment. A fight breaks out between Colin and Dr. Garrets, and it's up to Tory to save Colin from the cold winter before it's too late!
Pairings: TxC
Disclaimer: I do not own OffBeat or any of it's characters. Though, I wish I did.
Chapter 1: Christmas cheer and a Problem
December 24th, 11:32pm.
The streets were empty tonight, except for the every now and then, last minute shopper. Tonight was peaceful, the rain falling and hitting the ground loudly. A few more degrees cooler, and that rain could turn into snow.
Young Tory Blake sat in his bedroom by his window, leaving his mother and neighbor, Paul, to 'drink and be merry' as adults do on Christmas Eve. He really didn't get what was so great about Christmas. All the presents and the wrappings and the eggnog made a mess that he would have to clean up later that day anyway. The only thing good about it was that Tory now had an excuse to get Colin a present.
Speaking of presents. The red-head looked to his desk where two presents sat. One was from Mandy, wrapped in pink and tied with multicolored bows, and the other was for Colin, wrapped in blue paper, imprinted with snowflakes with a little, gold bow on one of the corners.
A smile graced Tory's lips when he looked back out the window, at Colin's apartment, watching the regular lights flicker on and off as the residence left rooms and entered another. A window at the top of the apartment building suddenly lit up with something other than florescent lights. The shadow of a small pine tree, decorated with a few different colored lights, told Tory that Colin was also celebrating Christmas.
A few moments of happiness passed over the entire neighborhood, and it almost seemed as if the happiness couldn't be overcome... almost. As soon as Tory had closed his eyes, his chin resting on the window sill, the sound of breaking glass and popping bulbs caught his attention. He looked in Colin's window again, the christmasy glow gone and the regular florescent lights on, letting two shadows dance across the curtained window.
Panic took over as Tory lifted his head off the window sill, his eyes wide, daring not to close so he didn't miss any important details. Soon, the shadows left the room, but the light stayed on. More breaking glass, voices calling, angrily yelling. The front door burst open and Colin stumbled out, almost falling down the stairs.
"You better run, Colin! Stay out there until you've learned your lesson!" Dr. Garrets words were deafening, but Colin seemed to ignore them as he ran as fast as he could toward the park, a few blocks away.
Tory jumped off his bed and ran out of his room, passed his half drunk mom and neighbor, and out the front door, into the cold rain that threatened to beat him into the ground. He made sure that Dr. Garrets wasn't around before running to the park, after Colin. He had to find out what happened, and more importantly, he had to make sure that Colin was alright.
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