Title: Brian Wilson

Prompt by: Shuffle Drabble challenge; song by Barenaked Ladies

Rating: PG-13

Setting: pre-series

Word Count: 100

When he dreamed, it was still in colour, though the waking world was shades of grey. Behind his eyes, Sam laughed, Maggie doted, and Nate was smiling.

The light of day brought darkness too heavy to bear. He found a bar, drowned the pain, as much scotch as he could afford.

Rain on the window was no noise by static, the people just blurs passing by.

Nate was soon lost in dream-filled sleep, crazy patterns of colour, childish laughter, meaningful kisses.

Sometimes he wondered if he should just sleep forever.

That would be crazy, and he wasn't quite there yet.