theatrical_muse - Overheard...

[i_vanquish_evil]

Write about an overheard remark or secret that you were not supposed to have heard.

Michael responds:

The only thing I can remember overhearing is the night Carl said he was afraid for me. I walked past his room while he was kneeling by his bed, praying. I was going to talk to him and the door was open just a crack; he didn't know I was there. I probably should have gone, but I wanted to know why he was afraid. Why he was afraid for me.

He spoke some of the demons I would fight, the horrors I would face, but mostly, he seemed worried that I would never find love. He had said it didn't matter if it was him or not, just as long as it was love. He almost seemed to beg for it - more than my life - as though he knew God would protect my life but not my heart. I don't know why he was afraid of that. Why that was so important.

Or, I didn't know why then, when I overheard it, but it made me think. A lot. I hate it when he does that. But after all of my thinking, I realized, I loved him for it too.

He's the only one who can do that. No one else ever manages that. What'd he make me think about this time? To be honest, it's none of your damned business, but I'll say it anyway - him.

That's not what's new though. The new part is I was thinking about him differently. About him in a different way. Thanks, Carl.

Never told him I'd heard his prayer that night - I think it would've freaked him out. I think he knew. He always knew. Probably why he wasn't surprised when I made my decision.

It was always difficult to surprise him.


Muse: Michael AU Van Helsing
Fandom: Stephen Sommer's Van Helsing
Word count: 295