Holiday cards and drabbles

[cornerofmadness]

Thanks to southernbangel  and tinpanalley  for the cards (and thanks for the fantastic drabbletinpanalley.

[Bad username or unknown identity:  It's exactly what I wanted...now to remember if I sent you a card. I know I forgot someone)]

goddess_loki  three Numb3rs drabbles. These were fun to work on. My very first Numb3rs fanfic. All three are from Charlie's pov

Even though they had cost him a normal childhood, Charlie still loved his numbers. Heroes like Pythagoras and Euclid had made him a social outcast but it only hurt a little because he knew he had something he could always depend on, something that always made sense. In the times he felt like he was disappointing his father, he could go work a few differential equations and his world made sense again. When he felt jealous of his more athletic, social brother, fluid dynamics would soothe him. Math rendered the world sensible, defined it, with one exception. Charlie looked over at Amita as she worked. Romance was the one thing that just didn’t add up right.

 

 

Charlie knew he could do this on the computer but it just didn’t feel right. He’d test his theorems there later. His mind balked at the idea of typing things out. He loved the flow of mathematical equations laid out on a chalkboard. He loved the smell and grit of chalk, the effortless way he danced between the boards in his garage as his fevered mind spewed out formulas only a handful of people in this world would ever understand. This was what he was meant for. Math was his muse and in this way he honored her.

 

 

Sometimes he had doubts about what he was doing. Don certainly hadn’t meant to get him hooked on solving crimes but there it was. As exciting as Charlie’s own work was, this was something different. It took things to a new level and Charlie knew he wasn’t the only one who felt it. Larry also had to feel some kind of pull because he was always there to lend a helping hand. Maybe because this was much more immediate. They could see the results of their work in the lives they saved. Astrophysics, advanced math, it was all so theoretical, all so mental that it was hard to see the impact of their chosen work. Helping Don, that was something they could see and feel. That’s what made diverting a little time from their academic endeavors worth the time. In some small way, they were heroes.

 

Comments

[afteriwake.livejournal.com]

I love these! I just watched Numb3rs twice this week, and these drabble sum up exactly why I love the show. Thank you so much!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks. I'm glad you liked them. They were a lot of fun to write