This is for a challenge over at Livejournal from a community called 1sentence.


Title: Behind Those Eyes

Pairing: Phoebe Halliwell and Cole Turner

Rating: PG

Theme set: Beta

Author: R. Bennett

A/N: Phoebe Halliwell and Cole Turner are copyright to Aaron Spelling, AND Company. All rights reserved. Title courtesy of 3 Doors Down from the song of the same name. The song can be found on their CD Seventeen Days.


Walking, Phoebe had time to think over her recent rush of emotions about Cole, and where they were going. (walking)

Wrapping her in his arms around Phoebe, Cole began the steps of a waltz that he'd learned long ago. (waltz)

"Wishes are like dreams," Phoebe explained to Cole, her smile exploding on to her face. (wishes)

"Energy balls?" Phoebe looked at Cole's hand in wonder, trying to figure out how the energy had formed in his hand. (wonder)

"I'm worried about you, Cole," Phoebe whispered in his ear, trying to get through, but knowing that it wasn't Cole in the body of the man she loved; it was the Source. (worry)

"They'll never know if you just disappear," Phoebe told Cole sadly in her whimsy, knowing that her sisters wouldn't understand that she loved Cole. (whimsy)

"It's called the wasteland," Cole explained. "I collected powers and became invincible." (wasteland)

Whiskey and rum were his favorite concoction, and they were a comfort to Cole when he was down. (whiskey and rum)

"You've created a war, Phoebe," Cole yelled, "and the Source wants your powers." (war)

"Do you, Cole Benjamin Turner, take Phoebe Halliwell as your lawful wedded wife?" (weddings)

"Happy birthday, Cole," Phoebe whispered into the air, knowing that his spirit lingered in the pent house after his vanquish. (birthday)

"I bless this union," Penelope Halliwell announced to Cole and Phoebe, watching their happy faces. (blessing)

"Maybe I'm biased," Phoebe said, "but Cole's a great guy, and I love him." (bias)

Phoebe watched as the Source, in Cole's body, burned in front of her eyes. (burning)

Breathing harshly, Phoebe looked up at Cole, sword held tightly in her hand. (breathing)

"I do love you, Cole," Phoebe cried brokenly, heart breaking, "but I can't be with you!" (breaking)

"Belief in the unknown, Phoebe," Cole told her as she showed her the brand new BMW he'd gotten from the law offices of Jackson and Hall. (belief)

"Phoebe," Piper pointed up at the sky; showing her the balloon that Cole had set up in the air. (balloon)

The balcony was covered in roses and orchids, something that Cole had decorated for her. (balcony)

"Cole, you are the bane of our existence!" Prue yelled as Phoebe looked on, heart breaking. (bane)

"I beg for quiet!" Phoebe yelled down the hallway at Cole. (quiet)

Phoebe had begun to twirl the hair at the nape of her neck, something that Cole knew the real Phoebe wouldn't do. (quirks)

"Will you marry me?" Cole asked, on bended knee, in front of the whole of London. (question)

"Good and evil can't love, Cole! You know that!" Phoebe screamed. (quarrel)

"I'm quitting, I don't want to be there anymore," Cole explained to Phoebe, hoping she'd understand. (quitting)

Jumping down off a roof was something Phoebe could do to save Cole, and it was what she was going to do. (jump)

Cole laughed at the jester that stood in front of him and Phoebe; all the while trying to contain the Source. (jester)

Taking up a sword, Cole rushed at Phoebe, and the image was vaguely reminiscent of jousting knights. (jousting)

A canary yellow engagement ring was beautiful against the white gold on Phoebe's tanned fingers. (jewel)

"I am not unfair, I'm just," Prue snapped at Phoebe. (just)

"You're not funny," Phoebe smirked at Cole, giggling. (smirk)

Laying on the bed, Phoebe barely heard the door open; Paige and Phoebe were suddenly there, sharing her sorrow over Cole's death. (sorrow)

"I have my stupidity to thank for that," Cole told Phoebe over his recent descent into darkness. (stupidity)

The 1920's big band tune blared over the radio as if serenading the two lovers as they danced. (serenade)

"So I can be your cabana boy?" Cole snapped sarcastically. (sarcastic)

"I'm not the one who had this sordid affair with a demon, Phoebe!" Prue yelled. (sordid)

"Lots of Shakespeare is soliloquy, Phoebe," Cole explained. (soliloquy)

"This is kind of like a sojourn, Phoebe; I can't stay long." (sojourn)

Phoebe believed that she and Cole shared a love so strong that the Source couldn't break it, even in death. (share)

Now that Cole was gone, Phoebe led a solitary existence, by choice, rather than by preference. (solitary)

"Arguing will get us nowhere, Cole," Phoebe snapped, turning to look back at Leo, hoping that the whitelighter would help her. (nowhere)

"Temperance St. Waryk is a neutral player between good and evil," Cole explained to the Charmed Ones. (neutral)

"Without finding the subtle nuances, Phoebe, you can't really enjoy the humor," Cole stated matter of factly. (nuance)

Near, far, wherever you are… Phoebe listened to the theme song from Titanic with a breaking heart, wishing Cole where there to warm her. (near)

"What happened to your hair?" Cole asked Phoebe, looking at the now dark color, knowing it had been blonde when she'd answered the door. (natural)

The sun had just sunk low over the Parisian horizon as Phoebe and Cole ate a late dinner, enjoying each other. (horizon)

"That's Cole, valiant to a fault," Phoebe remarked, knowing that Cole had sacrificed himself to save her and the sisters once again. (valiant)

Phoebe was dressed in pure white, a virtuous sign, making her look incredibly beautiful to Cole. (virtuous)

They were victorious once again; having defeated the Source for the third time, and this time, Cole had been there to help. (victory)

Defeat was all that marked Prue's death, and no one, not even Cole, could take that dull ache of loss away. (defeat)