D 14: Expose
All eyes were on him and the pressure was getting in the way of his creative focus. He had become one of the top landscape photographers in the country now. His future looked very bright but he wasn't feeling his muse anymore. Since winning the competition the world around him looked so blurry and out of focus. He was full of doubts and getting tried of all the unwanted attention from the people at school and the media. He wanted to be alone and get back in tune with nature. Could he every top his last entry or was it all down hill now?
He was alone in the school dark room going over his latest photos. Did he really have it in him to be a photographer? None of his pictures had the same energy as his prize winning one. The sky had been so colorful as they colored the mountains with a nice array of hues. His prize winner had been a one in a million shot and he was just lucky to have been there as it happened. Would get more chances like that?
Why was he so out of focus? He liked taking pictures ever since he was a kid. It's been his dream to be a photographer and nature was his muse. Yet he was feeling so under developed now. He had to get out and focus himself. Frowning he set aside all his newer photos, grabbed some extra film and his camera. He had to keep taking more pictures! He was just in a slump but once he was back out there he could find his muse again. He just had to find that magic shot again! Things would work out.
He pushed all the dark thoughts out of his mind as he roam around the local park. Refocusing himself by taking pictures just for the joy of it, these pictures weren't going to win any prizes but they might help him regain his confidence. The sun was casting the perfect light for any subject. Then there was. The perfect shot! The city being bathed under the sunset the skyscrapers, mountains, and sky blending into each other.
He inched closer but couldn't seem to focus his camera correctly. Something was making him inch a little closer. It was risky but maybe he could step over the railing and onto the cliff it was the perfect spot of this shot if only…
Before he could react or take the shot he was falling but in the next moment he was saved by a dark hair gentleman. He was shaken for a while but he kept his cool. He was fine, his camera was fine, and he was alive. The doubts were coming back though. He had almost died! Was it all worth it and looking back no the lighting was all wrong! What was he thinking?
"Anything for a shot huh," asked the stranger.
"Yeah…just trying to regain my focus," Peter replied.
"I'm sure you will," said the stranger before taking off.
Shortly afterwards Peter's whole world would be out of focus and it would take the help of a certain Sailor Scout to help him regain it back and chase away all the darkness and doubts. He would go on to take some great pictures of the moon however but that's a story for another time.
~FIN~
A/N: Just wanted to try something a little different. Peter seemed like such an interest character to write for since so little is known about him and like so many one-shot characters we never really see what happens to him. This short was based on Episode 14: Shutter bugged.