Disclaimers: I don't own the F4 characters, in fact I don't own anything really…

Sue's eyes widened, "You want me to leave Reed for you?" she asked, then slowly shook her head.

Victor was nodding, "Yes," he said, and watched as her face crumpled and she sank to her knees, slowly becoming invisible. Yet, he could still here her sobbing.

Victor's eyes burned, he wandered if he was crying. He hadn't cried for years, he couldn't anymore. Yet if he was, why was he? He could have what he wanted right now, he had her in this very room.

Yet the sound of her sobbing was a sound he doubted he would ever get used to. Would she cry herself to sleep every night forever? Just an hour ago, he was ready for that, but now he wasn't so sure.

Victor felt something in his chest give, was that his heart? Did he actually have one that wasn't metal? He turned away from Sue, unable to meet her eyes. It hurt him that she was with Reed and not with him, but he knew deep down it would hurt him more to see her unhappy than to see her happy with someone else.

He walked slowly to cabinet he had on the other side of the room. He knew it was irresponsible to keep something so valuable in such an open place, but no one expects that. He hid money for years in that empty tin can in his cupboard, burglars always checked the safe.

He walked slowly to where he knew Sue was curled on the floor, and he sat down beside her. He took hold of her hand, which startled her. How did her know where it was? She was still invisible.

"Here," he said pulling her fingers open, and he placed a vial in it. "You don't have much time," he said, his voice sincere, she had never heard him talk to her without a trace malice in his voice.

Slowly she became visible, "How do I know this isn't a trick? How do I know this won't explode or something, or make him sick even more?" she challenged, "How do I know…" he cut her off.

"You don't know," he said, "Just like you didn't know Reed was still in love with you, just like you didn't know what would happen on the space mission", he paused and looked away. "Just like you don't know how much I love you," he said quietly.

"Victor…" she started, but she just waved her away. "I'm sorry…" he said sincerely.

"Go," was all he said to her, "Just go to him," without looking at her, he got up and walked to look at the view out of his window.

As he heard heard her walking away andn and the door open and close, a song played in his mind as he head the door closing. "When you love someone, you gotta let 'em go…" he spoke the words quietly.

The lights in the distant started flickering, he knew it was only a matter of time before they would go out, a little bit like Reed right now. "How ironic," he mumbled, and made his way the electricity centre to recharge the generators.

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A/n I think Victor needs a hug...