Title: Shot
Series: Crossfire
Pairing/Characters: Alan Eppes
Rating: G
Summary: Alan gets the news
Word Count: 100
Spoilers: none
Notes/Warnings: Okay. You've gotten me hooked. Diva's going to start nagging me for the next chapter of Breaking the Code, but I don't care.
Crossfire Alan stared at the phone in his hand. Shot. Charlie had been shot. He’d learned to live with the possibility that someday he’d hear that news about Don. But not Charlie. Charlie was supposed to be safe in his ivory tower, exploring new areas of math. He wasn’t supposed to be …
Don had said that Liz was on her way to pick him up. He had said that it didn’t look serious. But all Alan could focus on right now were those four words. “Dad, Charlie’s been shot.”
He put the phone back on the table. His baby. Shot.