Wes drabble -200 words

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TITLE: Second Sight
AUTHOR: Eloise
RATING: PG13
SPOILERS: Early season 3-ish
NOTES: Wesley sings at Caritas. Lines quoted from 'Nature Boy' by Eden Ahbez.




Second Sight

He doesn’t like it when Wesley sings. Oh, he listens, that’s his job, what puts seabreezes on the table, but he doesn’t like it.

Not that he’s got a bad voice. Kind of soft and fuzzy, quite melodic, although sadly untrained. Could have been a choir boy, that one. A little Gabriel.

No, it’s not the singer. Or the song, even. Because this time, Wesley let him pick the song.

“A little shy and sad of eye, and very wise was he…”

But singing isn’t in the British boy’s nature. He sings rarely, and when he does, it’s hard to hear the song because his heart is out there, for everyone to see. Well, not everyone, clearly. But he sees enough.

Enough to know that life, or what’s left of it, isn’t going to be treating Wesley very kindly. He’s going to be kicked, and left out in the cold, and any chance of happiness he might have had with anyone is going to be cruelly snatched from him.

Wesley finishes the song, comes down from the stage and looks at him expectantly.

“Like the song says, sweetie.” Lorne lies without shame. “Just love, and be loved in return.”

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Thanks. I usually live in my denial bubble, but occasionally the angst demands to be written. Poor broken boy...