Awake And Lost
Disclaimer: This is something I've been meaning to do for awhile now and is inspired by the old WB show 'Everwood'. In this, Chuck came from a small town called 'Burbank' (or maybe some other name) and founded Carmichael Games with one Morgan Grimes which became a big success. He fell in love and had a family with Jill but then tragedy struck and Jill died. Leaving him to shut down and for him and his kids to be taken in by Ellie and Devon back in their home town.
Summary: After a rude awakening by his oldest child, Chuck Bartowski finds himself in the last place anyone, himself included, would expect him to be in.
A lone man with disheveled hair and a beard made his way inside the Church as rain began to pour down outside. "I guess if I had to go anywhere, this would be it." Sighed the man heavily as he took in the Church.
Noting that it hadn't changed in years as he made his way to a pew and sat down in it and was quiet for a minute before finally starting to talk. "I feel silly, for doing this. Talking to You, I mean. Especially when its been something I've never really done with You but… I'm here. I… I could've gone anywhere else but I guess that anywhere was meant to be here." Began the man.
One Charles 'Call me Chuck' Irving Bartowski. "Awhile ago, I don't even know how long exactly, I, I lost my wife, as You Know. I… I lost her and I, I just shut down. To the point my Sister Ellie brought me and my Kids back here to the old hometown and I didn't… I didn't even realize." Chuck said as he recalled what finally brought him back into the world.
That his Daughter had tried to reach him with her words, about what, he hadn't exactly been sure of, and it had been enough to make her mad. To the point she willingly had taken off her jacket to reveal the rather revealing outfit she was planning to leave Ellie's house in. And that… That had made him wake up so to speak. Chuck chuckled but it had no joy in it. "My little girl finally got me to wake up, You Know? We had a heck of an argument about how I hadn't been there for her and her brother for months. That it was all Ellie and Devon. It took my kid tellin' me where I even was after I realized I had no clue where we were."
He shook his head over that as he leaned forward and placed his hands on the back end of the pew in front of him. "I lost Jill and I shut down. And now, now I'm back and my oldest is off somewhere wearin' somethin' neither Jill or I would've ever approved of. But here's the thing… I'm back but… I hate it. There's nothing in my Heart, no Joy or anything like that and I just feel… I feel empty. The other half of me is gone and I can't be what my Kids need me to be and I don't know if I ever will be able to do that." His eyes began to glisten as he sniffled and looked up at the giant Cross hanging nearby where the Sermons were given.
"I… I guess what I'm here for, to plead with You about… Is to please… Please give me back my Joy. Please help me because I don't know if I can do this without Jill."
His tears began to fall as he looked downward, his hands clasped together as he cried while the Preacher of the Church looked on quietly from behind with a sad look on his face. A mountain of an African American man named Colt and silently gave a Prayer of his own for this broken man before silently moving off to give the man his privacy.
Author's Notes: I briefly thought about making it to where it was Hannah he lost but then I realized she didn't deserve that kinda thing.