A Scratch in the Surface | A Haven Fanfiction
Title: A Scratch in the Surface
Characters: Audrey Parker, Nathan Wuornos
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: 1x02 "Butterfly"
Summary: Drabble; set during Butterfly. "As he tells you about his high school love affair, you realize there's this whole other side to stoic small town cop Nathan Wuornos. And you're suddenly very interested in learning more."
Word Count: 693
Disclaimer: I don't own Haven.
Nathan Wuornos is a mystery.
Even though you've been in Haven for over a week, the majority of it spent in his company, you still haven't quite got a read on him. Most people you can figure out, at least the basics. Nathan is - different. On the outside he appears to be completely emotionless. He speaks in a simple monotone. He doesn't really smile or frown, just stares for the most part. He doesn't appear to have much in the way of people skills or a social life, despite having apparently lived in Haven his entire life.
But then there are those rare glimpses of personality that he lets slip. Sarcastic jokes, wry commentary, biting quips. He doesn't talk about himself much - or talk much at all, really - but it's enough for you to pick up a few facts about it. There are some wildly obvious daddy issues going on there, an almost obsessive dedication to his work, and then there's that whole "no feeling" medical disease thing. Other than that though, the back story of one Nathan Wuornos is still unknown.
Then as you're walking out of the church he's telling you about some high school love affair with the reverend's daughter, and suddenly you realize there's this whole other side to the stoic police detective that you've never seen before.
He's not just a cop. Sometimes when you meet people you forget that they haven't always just been adults. They used to be children; have childhoods and dreams and awkward teen years. He used to be a normal little kid, growing up with his family and going to school with friends. Well, you doubt that Nathan was ever normal, but that's not the point.
You find yourself wondering what it was like for him growing up. What was his mother like? How was it being the cop's kid? Who were his friends? You've guessed there must have been something like friendship between him and Duke Crocker at some point but you're just guessing there. Was he good in school? What were his favourite classes?
Who was his first crush? First kiss? Was Hannah Driscoll his first time? Or his first love? What happened between them in the end? Why did he leave Haven? Why did he come back?
And all of a sudden Nathan Wuornos is a real person to you. He's not just one of those people passing through your life. People don't stick in your brain very well. You move around so much that if you tried to remember every person you interacted with your brain would explode. So you tend to treat the people around you like story characters. They can keep your attention long enough for you to finish that particular story and then the moment you close the book they're gone.
Nathan though, he's the character who walked out of the pages. You can't just close the Haven book and forget about him. He's got your interest. You know that there's so much story there that you haven't heard, and it's a story that you want to know. Like a sequel that hasn't been published yet, that you're just waiting for. Anticipation, interest, speculation. You can wonder and imagine all you want, but you're not going to know until the book comes out.
This is why you purposely never read books with sequels. It's a commitment you don't want to worry about.
Nathan gives a little crooked sideways smile that makes him look like an entirely different person. He doesn't look like a stoic small town cop. He looks like - you don't know. Just different. "Meteor showers are much better naked."
You don't know that other guy beneath the cop, but you're suddenly very interested in learning more.
Characters: Audrey Parker, Nathan Wuornos
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: 1x02 "Butterfly"
Summary: Drabble; set during Butterfly. "As he tells you about his high school love affair, you realize there's this whole other side to stoic small town cop Nathan Wuornos. And you're suddenly very interested in learning more."
Word Count: 693
Disclaimer: I don't own Haven.
Nathan Wuornos is a mystery.
Even though you've been in Haven for over a week, the majority of it spent in his company, you still haven't quite got a read on him. Most people you can figure out, at least the basics. Nathan is - different. On the outside he appears to be completely emotionless. He speaks in a simple monotone. He doesn't really smile or frown, just stares for the most part. He doesn't appear to have much in the way of people skills or a social life, despite having apparently lived in Haven his entire life.
But then there are those rare glimpses of personality that he lets slip. Sarcastic jokes, wry commentary, biting quips. He doesn't talk about himself much - or talk much at all, really - but it's enough for you to pick up a few facts about it. There are some wildly obvious daddy issues going on there, an almost obsessive dedication to his work, and then there's that whole "no feeling" medical disease thing. Other than that though, the back story of one Nathan Wuornos is still unknown.
Then as you're walking out of the church he's telling you about some high school love affair with the reverend's daughter, and suddenly you realize there's this whole other side to the stoic police detective that you've never seen before.
He's not just a cop. Sometimes when you meet people you forget that they haven't always just been adults. They used to be children; have childhoods and dreams and awkward teen years. He used to be a normal little kid, growing up with his family and going to school with friends. Well, you doubt that Nathan was ever normal, but that's not the point.
You find yourself wondering what it was like for him growing up. What was his mother like? How was it being the cop's kid? Who were his friends? You've guessed there must have been something like friendship between him and Duke Crocker at some point but you're just guessing there. Was he good in school? What were his favourite classes?
Who was his first crush? First kiss? Was Hannah Driscoll his first time? Or his first love? What happened between them in the end? Why did he leave Haven? Why did he come back?
And all of a sudden Nathan Wuornos is a real person to you. He's not just one of those people passing through your life. People don't stick in your brain very well. You move around so much that if you tried to remember every person you interacted with your brain would explode. So you tend to treat the people around you like story characters. They can keep your attention long enough for you to finish that particular story and then the moment you close the book they're gone.
Nathan though, he's the character who walked out of the pages. You can't just close the Haven book and forget about him. He's got your interest. You know that there's so much story there that you haven't heard, and it's a story that you want to know. Like a sequel that hasn't been published yet, that you're just waiting for. Anticipation, interest, speculation. You can wonder and imagine all you want, but you're not going to know until the book comes out.
This is why you purposely never read books with sequels. It's a commitment you don't want to worry about.
Nathan gives a little crooked sideways smile that makes him look like an entirely different person. He doesn't look like a stoic small town cop. He looks like - you don't know. Just different. "Meteor showers are much better naked."
You don't know that other guy beneath the cop, but you're suddenly very interested in learning more.