Fic: Pains of the Past (Harry/Lance)
Title: Pain of the Past, Be Healed
Author: loonie_lupin (ff. net)/nilitara (livejournal)
Fandom: HP, Bones
Rating: PG
Summary: Lance’s whole world has been changed in a matter of hours.
For: crossovers100
Prompt: 006. Hours
Disclaimer: The characters are the property of their respective creator. I own nothing
006. Hours.
Never before had Lance Sweets realized how much things could change in so little time. Only hours ago, everything in his life was normal, or at least as normal as it could be when you worked for the FBI, consulting on cases so brutal. He was happy and confident in both his job and his personal life. He was especially confident in knowing the truth about his world: the things he knew existed, the things he knew only had ground in fiction and the little space in between devoted to everything that pertained religion and spirituality.
Then it happened.
Everything had gone so very fast. First, the hostage crisis that had made him doubt he would even survive the end of the day. Then, the threat to their outside family and friends that had made him certain that Harry would die because of him. Then, the rescue.
Harry coming to their rescue.
Harry coming to their rescue using magic as if it was the most natural weapon in the world. And, really, maybe it was for him. Because apparently he was a wizard. How could that be? How could a whole other world coexist with Lance’s, secretly, his own boyfriend being part of it and Lance be totally clueless about it. It just didn’t make sense in his mind.
The fight didn’t last long. Harry had been able to take their enemies by surprise and then had apparently been no match for him, power wise or even skills wise. It seemed that Harry was very good, which may have been the most unsurprising things in the whole ordeal.
The FBI had, after all, recruited a non-American citizen, asking him to come to the States especially for the job, and given him a month long reflection time to decide whether or not he wanted to work for them. It was only logical that they had a damn good reason for wanting him there so much. And seeing how many times Harry had been called in, on quite a lot of project, it meant that he did good work so, yes, not surprise for him to be good at what he did.
Once the bad guys were disposed of, Harry had secured the scene and called in the rest of the rescue team, non-magical people apparently. He had also made sure to release them the moment it was over and explained that the FBI had been apprised of the situation and would call them for a debriefing with the Director himself immediately after they had been checked out by the paramedics. After all, very few people in the Bureau were aware of the existence of magic and the higher up wanted it to stay that way.
When Lance was finally free to go, more hours after it had all begun, his head was spinning with information. He could not stop thinking about what he had heard in the meeting with the Director. The man had decided against erasing their memories, which had apparently been a very serious possibility, but had also gifted them with full disclosure because he thought it wouldn’t hurt to have at least one team of scientist in the known when it came to the existence of the wizarding world.
Should they stumble on something all their knowledge couldn’t explain during one of their investigation, they may recognize it as being something magical and call for the appropriate back-up. Lance had to admit that it was a pretty sound idea and he was more than glad no one decided to mess with his head. Granted, he wouldn’t have known the difference if that had been the case, but just thinking about it made him shudder. Booth was also considered an asset in this situation, as he was usually working with them. All in all, they would be an even more special team, now. Lance himself would be able to talk with victims they may not have let him see before, if they had been witnessed to something concerning the supernatural world. He would be able to give a sound analysis of their state of mind, without thinking they had been hallucinating.
However, of all of the revelations that had been made, the one he was stuck on was the fact that Harry was a wizard. Harry was a wizard and he hadn’t known about it. Harry was a wizard and most of his life must have been edited for Lance’s ears. What would the truth be like?
Still, as he was walking out of the federal building, towards his car, and he recognized his boyfriend leaning against it, waiting nervously for him, he had to smile.
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