Red Light Flashback
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Numb3rs characters, just the little boy he is mine
Charlie just finished a case for Don and was on his way home, it was earlier than usual, midday, they had worked all night on the case and the agents just brought the person in at 10 am. They found the guy at a doughnut shop, eating a bear claw and black coffee, like a normal person, except he wasn't normal, he had killed three people in three different states, and threatened to kill an FBI agent—Meagan.
Charlie drove by a middle school, he saw a little boy, reading on the swings. It looked a rather thick book for a middle schooler, especially this one; he seemed to be rather short for his age, like the size of a third grader. Charlie could just imagine what he felt like, being surrounded by giants, feeling like an outsider.
Suddenly, two of them decided to come over and push the little boy on the swing, with such a force that he fell down and sand got all in his book. Charlie could hear the little boy's high pitched "hey, leave me alone . . . give that back . . .come on guys" as the giants continued to tease him. They played keep away with his book and pushed him around. Charlie felt a pang inside. He knew exactly how that boy felt; it was him, all those years ago.
He wanted to get out the car and defend the poor kid. He wanted to scare all the bullies away so the boy would know that he was not alone. But he didn't. The light turned green.