A.N. Hi. This is my first POTO fanfiction and it's a one-shot. I've had this idea in my head after hours of listening to the movie soundtrack (it hasn't been out of my C.D player!). I love E/C pairings but I don't believe Raoul to be evil or whatever. So I decided to right this as a little homage to all three of the main characters in the movie/book/musical. It takes place during the 'Down Once More' sequence.

A.N.2 I've only actually seen the film so if anything is wrong I'm very sorry. Also, in the movie, Christine or Raoul don't know Erik's name so I don't refer to him by that name.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters in this story.

Eyes

Raoul couldn't breath.

The Phantom no longer held the rope but Raoul's breath was still caught in his throat.

To any other person, the sight before his eyes may seem romantic. But not to him.

His Christine, the one he had risked everything for, was passionately kissing the man who had just tried to kill him. He couldn't believe it.

The passion between the couple was painfully obvious to the young man. He kissed her with the hunger of a man starving to death. But the thing that hurt him most was the fire that his Christine was kissing him with.

For a moment, Raoul just wanted to tear that… that…that monster away from his Christine and kill him with his bear hands. But then he realised why Christine was kissing this demon. She was doing it to save him. Because she loved him.

Then why was she staring at the monster like that? She wasn't doing to save him. She did it because she loved him, her angel, her teacher. It was all in her eyes. Her guilt at betraying him, her pleas, begging him to forgive her, but most of all, her love.

Raoul could feel the tears began to fill his eyes. He couldn't bear to look at them but couldn't look away. He felt the pang of hurt and jealously in his stomach. Why had she done this? Why did she reject him this way?

What was the monster saying? He was letting them go. Raoul was shocked. Wasn't he going to keep Christine and kill him? But the monster soon disappeared into another room in his underground lair, his shoulders hunched and his spirit broken.

He could tell Christine couldn't believe him either. She stood there for a while, numb not just from the cold, until she could feel Raoul's eyes burning into the back of her head. She turned around and smiled at him. He tried to return the smile but then he looked her in the eyes.

They betrayed her again. He could see that she cared about him deeply. But this was over-powered by the love for her angel. He could see how she longed for him.

She untied the rope around him and then went to kiss him. But the Viscount moved away, hurt and betrayed.

He stood there, staring at her for several minutes, while she sobbed quietly. He felt a pang of guilt as he realised that those tears were his fault. How he longed to kiss those tears away.

But he couldn't. Only her angel could do that.

Raoul could easily take her with him and he was sure that they would be happy. But she would always long for her angel. She loved him. And her angel loved her back, with all his heart. That was what she deserved. She was a beautiful, wonderful girl and derserved want ever she wanted. Who was he to deny her that?

Raoul slowly walked over to her and hugged her tightly.

"If he ever hurts you, I want to be the first to know."

Christine broke away from the embrace and looked at him. He smiled slightly. It finally dawned on her.

"Oh Raoul…" She flung her arms around his neck, tears streaming down her face. "Thank you." And she kissed him on the lips.

"I love you," he whispered when thay broke apart.

"I love you too."

They stood there for a while longer, holding each other tightly.

"Go to him. He needs you."

She kissed him on the cheek once more, smiled and went to comfort her angel.

And Raoul could see then, in her eyes, that she was happy. And that was all his angel deserved.

A.N Well, what do you think? Please review. If I get some positive reviews, I may write Erik and Christine's POV.