So I finally looked at my story stats and see that Meeting You all over again has a ton of hits. I realized that I had wrote this a long time ago when I first starting writing. Many of the drabbles/one shots desperately need a grammar fix and my headcanon had changed a lot. So this is my rewrite of selected chapters of Meeting You All Over Again.
Next: Chapter 19
Title: Comforting Presence
Prompt: Silence
Patton looked over at the earth from moonbase. All was quiet nearly everybody was gone. He was alone except for Rachel in her office sorting out more papers. Fanny was napping in her office and he could hear her snort. Numbuh 2x4 was around here somewhere working on something new. Asian operatives and those on the other side of the world starting their work.
None of them was going to understand what was going on in the adult world. He then looked down at the note in his hand. He remembered getting it this morning as he gripped the paper. He took a long slow breath and started to read it again.
"Dear Mrs Drilovsky and family..." he's no longer around thought Patton. He buried his face in his hands. The word gone was running though his mind. Never mind doing a reread of the letter.
"Patton are you okay," asked a soft voice from behind him. He saw the familiar blond hair of numbuh 362. He looked at her then at the letter. He gulped and tried to swallow some sobs that he couldn't let out in front of her. Rachel had been so amazing during her parent's rough divorce and he was falling apart.
"No sir, just thinking through some stuff." His emotions hide by words that he really couldn't tell where they came from. He folded the letter and stuck it underneath his hat. He looked back out at the vastness of space and her hand go on his shoulder.
"Patton I know that I'm the supreme leader in all. But I knew you and Fanny ever since training. If you need to talk, you can say something to me at any time." He then looked at her before turning away. She was his supreme commander not much of a friend anymore really.
"Thanks Rachel, but I'm fine really," he said to her and gave her a tight smile. She looked at him one last time and walked off before she went home. Home was somewhere that he couldn't go right now. He took a deep breath before letting it all out. He felt the hot angry tears roll down his cheeks and ran his hands through his hair, knocking his hat off. His backpack nestled up to his chest and his chin resting on the top of it. He heard people milling around outside the door but no one came in. So he cried for what felt like hours when he heard the footsteps. He couldn't wipe the tears away fast enough though. Oh great Fanny was here; she wasn't all that bad to him originally.
"Numbuh 60 what are you doing here stu-" she stopped her sentence midway. He looked like he was crying. Now she knew numbuh 60 and Rachel and since they were all in training together. This was not like him in anyway at all. She looked at him and then at the paper that fell out of his bag. Curious she opened it and skimmed the letter.
Patton only watched her before promptly ripping the paper from her hands. They stared at one another before looking away embarrassed.
Fanny had to get up she promised her parents she would be home tonight. Even though her brother was going to be gone tonight over his friend Jacob's house. Then she then looked at the door to her 2x4 tech ship. She left for her office when she came back.
He turned and looked at her only to see with a mug of hot chocolate.
"Here," she gave it to him. Then she joined him just staring out at the stars.