Imagine Psych Chapter 4
36-44 Sorry it's short, but I have elaborated on these since posting them to the limited space on Twitter. (Can ya tell in the last chapter where I realized I can make the font smaller in the notes app I was using, therefore being able to have longer screenshot-sized stories?) Number 38 will probably become a full story soon. Thanks so much for your feedback! It makes me a very happy person, I cannot even tell you.

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36) Imagine Tim Omundson has a talent (more than he already does:) a super power almost, that he didn't even know he had until he met Maggie Lawson.

He never wanted this skill. It was a burden, it was annoying, inconvenient, and downright depressing.

You see, he had the ability (and curse) to occasionally see what Maggie would be like if her oldest brother hadn't died 20 years ago. (Sorry the brother is always dead that's just the general plot in my head for any psych fic) 20 years ago, the death of her brother had been wrongly blamed on her, and she was hated and excluded by most members of her family. Can you even imagine what this would do to a 12 year old girl? Needless to say, it's changed her a lot, and she's certainly not the carefree, optimistic woman she could have been.

Sometimes after Tim was finished having a conversation with Maggie, the world would grow somewhat dark, as if he were wearing sunglasses, in a shaded purple tint. Then he would see the conversation how it could have been, for example, Tim asks "Do you have any plans for the long weekend?" And Maggie answered "Nope." That's the real life version.

Then Tim's vision grows dark and the scene replays, this time, she answered "Yeah, I'm flying down to LA to visit with my brother! I'm really looking forward to it. Don't miss me too much."

Maybe the most depressing thing about all this is that every day, without fail, he would see a faint trace of a smile on her lips. Not her real smile, but a smile from the world of what could have been.

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37) Imagine it's been a long day for everyone at the station. Juliet has been slightly distant, as if her mind was somewhere else all day. During an interrogation, her phone goes off... twice. Of course she doesn't check it and of course an annoyed Chief Vick calls Juliet and Lassiter to her office to go over what they got out of the suspect.
While she is talking, Juliet's phone goes off again. Incredibly pissed, Chief holds out her hand, and Juliet reluctantly gives up her phone. Chief hisses "Dismissed!" And the detectives return to their desks. She sets Juliet's phone down on her desk and continues to work.
After a few minutes, Juliet's phone goes off again, and Chief can see on the lock screen all the messages that had been texted to Juliet over the past few hours. She can't help but read them:

Charlie: "they pulled the plug. really sorry J"

Nick: "the doctors said keeping him on life support was pointless. It's over. I'm really sorry jules." Call me when you get this."

Charlie: "call me"

Missed call from Sammy

Mom: "I just want to make sure you're okay. Please answer us. And please please please don't blame yourself again."

Missed call from Nick

Missed call from Sammy

After a moment of shock, and guilt, Chief silently walks over to Juliet, and places the phone on her desk in front it her. She puts a gentle hand on her shoulder, and quietly tells her to take a break if she needs one.

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38) (Completely AU) Imagine Shawn, Gus, Lassie, and Jules investigating suspicious activity in a warehouse that's supposed to be vacant. They come to a room with test tubes and computer equipment and chalkboards full of equations. The door closes behind them, and they are gassed and pass out.
When they come to, they are each strapped to a table, and a man gives them each an injection, and they instantly fall asleep: Each of them has a very detailed, vivid dream of an event from one other's childhood.
Lassie dreams about 1 event from Juliet's childhood, Juliet dreams of Gus's childhood, Gus of Shawn, and Shawn of Lassie. They awake just outside of the warehouse, and the lab and mysterious man are gone. They walk to the nearest gas station to call the police station for help. On their way they discuss what happened. It turns out they each dreamed a real event from one of the other's childhood, from when they were exactly 7years old, on their 7th birthday. Lassie's dream consisted of Juliet getting a beating from her father, Juliet's dream was Gus being bullied at a summer camp without Shawn, Gus dreamed of Shawn having to dig up the backyard to find the Easter eggs his dad hid, and Shawn's dream was of Lassiter's parents yelling and throwing things at each other shortly before their divorce.
Everyone is under a lot of stress, and some begin to get mad at each other, while others grow closer and more understanding of the other. Juliet shows sympathy for Gus and they become closer friends than they were before. Shawn is a bit more understanding of Lassiter, although Lassiter continues to push him away.
For the next few weeks, they dream each night of different memorable events from the childhood of that same person they dreamed of while they were being experimented on. A lot of it is depressing, but most of them can handle it well. Most of them…

Lassiter says to Shawn: "Yeah well at least you don't have to get beaten every single night!"
Juliet says "Really? to Lassiter in annoyance.

Lassiter eventually explodes "I don't want these dreams anymore! I can't stand it going to sleep every night knowing I'll be in pain and fear!"
Juliet mutters "At least you get to wake up…"
Shawn says roughly "Lassie? A word?" He grabs Lassiter's arm and him and Gus drag him out of earshot.
"Would you suck it up, for her? We're all going through this." Shawn whispers urgently.
Gus reminds him "The intention of this experiment was to bring us closer, not tear us apart!"
Lassiter speaks up "Don't talk like that! This "experiment" has done nothing but harm! Are you afraid to go to sleep every night; do you wake up sweating, having to check yourself for injuries; only to realize it wasn't even real?"
"It's only been three weeks, you need to get yourself under control-"Shawn starts.
"3 weeks, 22 days, 22 dreams, almost all of them painful and sad, believe me, I have never understood O'Hara more than I do now, and it's terrible that she had to go through that, but that doesn't mean I want to relive it every night!"
"Try 18 years!" Gus said, sticking up for his good friend.
Shawn grabs a fistful of Lassiter's shirt, taking everybody by surprise. "Listen! You can come over to my house every night if you want, follow me around, rant and yell, yell at me but DON'T do any of this in front of her. Got it?"

(this is probably going to become an actual story)

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39) This one isn't about Psych, it's about the movie Winter Break (Maggie Lawson) if you haven't seen it: it's about a college kid whose friends are pressuring him to get laid, he meets Maggie's character & they hit it off

Imagine filming near the end of the movie, when they finally sleep together, the cameras basically show the back of Maggie while she takes her bra off for the guy. I would imagine she was wearing something to cover herself, but imagine the actors who play the guy's friends bursting through the door, hooting and hollering, congratulating the guy's character on "finally making it"

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40) Childhood:

Imagine Juliet's chore is to clean the horse stable in their backyard. When she finishes, her father comes in to inspect. He steps in a pile of horse shit, in his good shoes. He shouldn't have worn good shoes to the stable in the first place. Furious, he gives Juliet a severe whipping, leaving raised ridges with a little blood on her back.
He leaves, and her brother asks her to join him and a few neighbors in a game of baseball. He says it'll make her feel better. She joins, but plays outfield to keep it safe. A fly ball comes straight at her, but the fat kid runs backwards to get it and crashes into her, landing on top of her flat on the ground. The kid gets up, but she doesn't.
She is in tears. One of the kids makes a joke about how the fat kid "isn't THAT fat" and calls her a pussy.
Her brother, Nick, being the only one who knows what happened to her, lunges at the kid and grabs his collar, telling him to go home and stay away from his sister. He overreacts a little, shaken by what just happened but he is very protective, perhaps because he can't protect her from their father.

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41) Imagine Juliet was kidnapped: chained, drugged, raped and neglected: for a month.

One night her kidnapper knows he is going to get caught so he throws her over a bridge into the icy river. Rescue teams barely manage to save her, Shawn is waiting on the shore. When she finally recovers mostly, weeks later, suspects are held in a room, and Juliet has to identify which was the one. "That's him. Number 4." She shivers.
"That can't be.." Shawn says.
"Are you calling me a liar?"
"No, it's just...that's my brother." Shawn says.
"But- you don't have a brother right?"
"I didn't even know until this year." He admits.
Juliet turns to Henry in disbelief. He gives a solemn nod.
"Jules I'm so sorry" Shawn reaches out to embrace her but she quickly steps back, seeing the similar features...seeing her kidnapper's face on her boyfriend. Their relationship hits a dead end and it's a long time before Juliet can even look at Shawn the same.

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42) "I'm sorry Mr Spencer...she didn't make it"

Shawn dropped the phone "GUSS!" Gus hurried in from the other room "Shawn? Are you ok-" "THAT'S NOT FUNNY." Shawn screamed at his best friend. He was staring at Gus with a murderous glare. "Shawn, you are scaring me. What happened?" Gus said, backing away. "I just got a call saying Jules was shot and didn't make it. Why would you pull such a sick prank on me? I'm sorry I ate all your twinkies but this is no way to get revenge on a man, you know she means EVERYTHING to me!" He said with tears in his eyes, his voice getting louder. "Oh my god." Gus whispered. "Shawn, I- I'm so sorry. My god." He put a hand on his best friend's shoulder but Shawn shoved it away and headed out the door. "Where are you going? " Gus called "To the police station. I'm going to find Jules and find out who was responsible for that phone call!"

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43) Imagine Maggie goes into labor 2 months early, nearly dies, and at one point James is forced to choose to save her or the baby. He chooses to save Maggie, even though she told him to save the baby if it came to that.
When she wakes up, she is furious with him and completely heartbroken about her child, physically and emotionally a mess.
James says "I came so close..." It is obvious from his voice that he is crying now, "I came so close to losing you today...do you know how scary that is! I c-" he sniffed and took a big breath "I can't lose you. So I'm probably the worst father on the planet, and the worst boyfriend for not listening to you, but...I need you. More than anything in the world. So hate me all you want, but I love you."

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44) Dear Maggie,

It's lonely out here. I miss your beautiful face, I miss your voice, I miss brushing back your hair and kissing your lips and melting into you.

I see how sad you are. Don't be sad, baby. I'm always here. Always and forever. And I just want you to be happy, so don't be afraid to move on, meet new people, I know you could never forget me. But there is a difference between moving on and forgetting. It's not the same, honey.

I know I'm in your dreams. I go there to make you happy but you always wake up crying. Please don't cry. I'm always here for you.

It's lonely up here. I'm cold, and alone. But from here I can watch over you, Always and forever.

All my love,

James

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