Just thought I'd give you a little bit from Wyatt's POV. It just wouldn't leave me alone… Anyway, enjoy, and thanks for any reviews so far. Keep them coming. This is my first fan fiction so I really appreciate them all.
Disclaimer: these characters do not belong to me. Are you really going to force me to admit to that every time?
Alone.
That was one word he swore he would never, ever use. Certainly not aloud. Certainly never something he would confide in anyone else.
And yet it remains on the tip of his very tongue, always ready. It lingers in the back of his mind - the foundation to my every dream. His every dream that he has the power to make a reality.
Even now, with the world at his feet and men - mere demons, really - to cater for his every whim, Wyatt still feels… alone? Yes, that must be it, and strangely, no matter how many months pass following his brother's departure, the pain just won't go away.
And the biggest problem. His innermost fear…
What if something happens to Chris?
What if there is something - something predestined, something unknown - that he simply can't control?
Anything could happen to his brother with the way he traipses around the Underworld, searching for some threat to Wyatt's morality that doesn't even exist. He's made so many enemies, killed so many of Wyatt's minions, gotten injured countless times… Relatively seriously, might he add.
For nothing.
Oh, yes, Wyatt knows about Chris' little mission. How could he not? He's the leader of the world for God's sake. But he allowed it. He can be reasonable if need be.
Wyatt would rather indulge Chris temporarily, allow him to see the error of his ways on his own, the futility of his assignment, than face one of those God-awful tantrums about integrity and honouring the deep-rooted values of the Halliwell line and blah blah blah... Some nonsense about protecting innocents and whatnot.
Ha.
As if the balance between right and wrong is a real thing. Imagine! The concept would be laughable had his brother not believed in it so strongly. Even going so far as to oppose him.
Yes, as for that so-called resistance…. Whatever keeps him happy, Wyatt supposes. It's not like they can do any real damage.
However, Wyatt has his limits. Chris has been in the past for months now and all he's managed to do is run himself ragged. He's not taking care of himself at all. Not eating, hardly sleeping, demon hunting like some sort of mad man… It is ludicrous. As if Wyatt could allow that to continue.
All Chris has done is made Wyatt realise that he is simply not capable of making the right decisions.
Wyatt heaves a frustrated sigh. It is necessary, he reminds himself. Necessary to Chris' survival.
If he's not going to behave responsibly then Wyatt has no choice but to take control, really. He is the only one who can ensure that Chris will be looked after. Especially with the way their own parents have treated him!
God! Their own son!
Chris will thank him someday…
Besides, this way Wyatt can instil the true beliefs in him that Chris has never agreed with himself. Bring him around to his way of thinking because he won't know any other way.
After all, Wyatt is not a very patient man. And he's waited long enough. Given Chris plenty of chances to willingly join his side.
He will not be alone.
He refused to be.