200-word drabble about how Callen discovers his first name. I wrote this (as a part of a never published longer story) six years ago. At the time we didn't know Callen's name and it was up to our imagination what his name is and how he finds out. So, I imagined this. Though I have watched only the first six seasons I know that the writers - obviously - had different ideas about Callen's name (but it was SO exciting to speculate about it), so maybe consider this slightly AU, though I refer to some season 1 and 2 episodes...
Gavril … In his head, he imagined how it sounds. Six letters. Gavril. It's taken forty-five years. He has been searching for so long. Now, he knows. This is his name. Discovered by accident.
Hunter was right, there weren't any pieces of information for him in the computer they found at the Comescus. But the photos of the four agents that were printed out for the guards, the same photos that Alexa showed to Hetty, were labelled on the reverse side. Just a note made with a cheap pencil.
His name was Gavril Callen. His active mind sprung to the name Gavrilo Princip – the background initiator of the first world war. Then to the origin, Gavril, same as the English counterpart Gabriel, comes from Hebrew and means "the man of God". He was given a Romanian name, his sister's name on the other hand was Amy... Did his mother initially want to stay in Romania?
All these thoughts came to his mind while an operational report lay in front of him on the table. He held a pen in his hand. He needed to fill in the form: Special Agent in Charge: Family name. First name.
Callen. He paused. G…