Miles was always very helpful with Cobb and this plot bunny would not go away.


Love is Blindness – Stephen Miles

He loved his grandchildren and he'd do anything to ensure that they would see their father again, even if it meant letting the suspected murderer of his daughter, as his ex-wife called Dominic, get away with it.

He loved his son-in-law. Knew how troubled he was and yet he assisted him in any way he could. He was the Minotaur in a maze made up of his own grief-stricken mind and Stephen was aware that Ariadne was not the mythical princess that saved the lost hero but he had no other choice and time was running out.

He loved his students, none more than Ariadne, a woman who was brilliant and young. An untried woman who could save him as well as Cobb. She was a chance to set right the wrongs he had committed with his own daughter, she was going to be the student that taught an old generation unless he was wrong and he ruined her too.

"Please get Miss Ariadne Mace and tell her that Professor Miles would…"

She had appeared at the bottom of the staircase, looking exactly as when he'd seen her the first time in his class, two years ago. Brown hair shoved aback and left to hang behind her, wide eyes trained not on him but on his very handsome son-in-law and he felt a twinge of fear that it was happening again but he shoved aside his misgivings and pressed on.

"Mr. Cobb has a job offer, he would like to discuss with you."

"Like a work placement?" she asked.

Cobb looked at him. His expressive blue eyes questioning Miles' wisdom in bringing in this innocent. He should have stopped it then but he was as selfish as Dom. He wanted his grandchildren to have their father too. So he had given the young man the go ahead.

"Not exactly."

"Ok, what do I have to do?"

"Is there somewhere more private we could talk?" Dom asked him.

"The school rooftop, it's got a nice view of the city." He heard himself say.

"Lead the way."

Stephen watched how Dom's much longer strides shortened to match Ariadne's and the twinge he felt earlier grew.

"You shouldn't have done that, Daddy," a voice said beside him.

"I know sweetheart," Miles responded.