Light to See By (Numb3rs, triple-drabble, PG-15)

[browngirl]

Title: Light to See By
Fandom: Numb3rs
Rating: PG-15
Pairing: Charlie / Amita / Seth Marlowe
Warnings/Spoilers: het/slash/threesome, AU of Episode 4.09 , Graphic.
All Thanks To: / Acknowledgements: lomedet *waves* and tigerbright *hollers*
Author's Note: in first comment. This was written for numb3rs100's Prompt #7, "Science and/or Art".
Disclaimer: None of these characters or their settings belong to me.



Amita drowses, back tucked to Seth's chest, cheek on Charlie's shoulder. Charlie shifts and she squeezes him lightly as Seth strokes down her arm onto Charlie's belly. Charlie's next breath is a little deeper, and she rides it bonelessly, relaxing into this warm three-way cuddle.

Then Charlie clamps both arms around Amita, hauling her onto his chest as Seth huffs sleepily. Charlie's eyes gleam as she lurches awake, his smile's wide and somewhat demented. "Charlie, what--?"

"Sorry, sorry," he murmurs, rubbing her back, holding out a hand to Seth. "I just needed to test a hypothesis." Amita tilts her head expectantly. "I had to see if you weighed noticeably less while being so intensely radiant, since e equals mc squared."

"Charlie!" Amita drops her forehead to his chest, laughing helplessly as Seth snickers beside her. "That is so..." Wonderfully dorky, completely you, she thinks; he grins, his hand in her hair, and she simply has to cup his cheek and kiss him.

Inhaling sharply, Seth rolls out of bed, and they startle, breaking the kiss. Amita pushes herself up, seeing her worry reflected in Charlie's eyes. Seth kneels naked on the floor, rummaging in his bag, and Amita tries not to be distracted by his moving shoulders as she figures out how to ask if he's okay.

He looks up smiling, brandishing a sketchpad; Amita breathes easier and smiles back. "Stay just like that," Seth orders, shoving his glasses on and scrambling onto the foot of the bed.

Amita laughs, thinking of how ridiculous she probably looks from that angle, and of Seth's hands encircling Charlie's face and sliding warmly over her skin. "Come here," she says, reaching out.

Charlie catches her hand, pulling it to his chest. "No, go on," he tells Seth, lips brushing Amita's forehead. "I know inspiration when I see it."

Comments

Author's Note

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

So, they showed Graphic a couple weeks ago, and I finally watched it recently (yay TiVo!). I really adore that episode (David!development! Megan!snark! Taxi cameos! Larry the Quantum Avenger!) and I especially adore Seth Marlowe and his interactions with Charlie and Amita. I think every time I see that eppesode I may have to write a threesome. Last time I wrote "Magic Number", which is about how the desired threesome doesn't actually happen due to ensuing events. This little tale, meanwhile, is a snippet from what might have been.

Seth, see what you could have had if only you'd used your powers for good and not evil?

[emmademarais.livejournal.com]

SQUEE! Someone finally wrote what I wanted! (Okay, maybe I also wanted some actual porn) But I really wanted Seth not to have to go to jail and for these three to hook up. I kept wanting to write it myself, but I couldn't make the AU work in my head. (Well, until I read this. Now I actually have a way to get Seth off the hook that might have worked in canon.)

So THANK YOU! Not just for writing a great fic, but for helping me find my way to this pairing. Now I can write Charlie/Seth and/or Charlie/Amita/Seth. /dances/

This was fabulous by the way: both men being their wonderfully geeky selves with her and her getting to relish it. Hee! Just wonderful! (And the image of Seth sketching naked? Such a happy bonus!)

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

Now I actually have a way to get Seth off the hook that might have worked in canon.

*happy dances* I can't WAIT to see this, bwee! I'm with you; I just adore Seth, and rewatching the episode made me see even more how well he fit with Amita and Charlie. If this weren't a drabble there would have been *so* much description of him with his sketchpad dressed in nothing but glasses. (Maybe I'll just write a sequel...) And if I could help you see your way to a story you wanted to write, after all the times yor stories have helped me do so, I'm doubly glad I wrote this.

*beams at you very much*

[melissima.livejournal.com]

ZOMG!!! <3 This is fantastic. :)

Then Charlie clamps both arms around Amita, hauling her onto his chest. Seth huffs sleepily as she lurches awake; Charlie's eyes gleam, his smile's wide and somewhat demented. "Charlie, what--?"

"Sorry, sorry," he murmurs, rubbing her back, holding out a hand to Seth. "I just needed to test a hypothesis." Amita tilts her head expectantly. "I had to see if you weighed noticeably less while being so intensely radiant, since e equals mc squared."

THIS! This is what TPTB need to get knocked in the head with to make Charlie and Amita work. The dork factor in any relationship between two geeks enhances the cuteness and sexiness of both parties. Or in this case, all three.

Simple, no? You obviously have it down so cold we should be calling it Rubynye's Law.

I love it. Damn. Now I want to write them, too.

[jelsemium.livejournal.com]

Nice work!

Now one of you needs to write a longer story, because Drabbles are only acceptable in the Drabble category, not the Kink category at the Numb3rs Awards!

Finish the story before Jan. 22 if you want to be considered for this year's awards! The Het Kink category is usually pretty light, you'd have a good chance! (And I know someone who will nominate you! :-D)

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

Wow, thank you! How long does a story have to be to count for the not-a-drabble categories?

*contemplates Charlie, Seth, and Amita*

[jelsemium.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!

You write such wonderful stories I think they deserve recognition!

Drabbles are generally considered to be 100 to 300 words. So, if your stories are 301 words or more. (More is better! ;-)) Then a certain fan of yours could nominate you in the Het Kink category!

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

The dork factor in any relationship between two geeks enhances the cuteness and sexiness of both parties. Or in this case, all three.

Oh, *so* true! Besides, it was a great excuse to depict Charlie's adorkability. :D

Simple, no? You obviously have it down so cold we should be calling it Rubynye's Law.


*blushes very much* Thank you. :) You should totally write them. Emma's figured out how Seth could end up not being the eppesode's Evil Mastermind, so maybe we can both write more of the most adorkable threesome ever.

[1trackmind.livejournal.com]

"No, go on," he tells Seth, lips brushing Amita's forehead. "I know inspiration when I see it."

I like it! And I'm sure the picture would be lovely!

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

That picture was gorgeous. Or would have been. :)

[owl]

Heh, I loved Charlie's hypothesis, and the experiment he devised to test it. :) And Seth putting on his glasses and nothing else to sketch.

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

*beam* Thank you, very much. I wanted this to be a little bonbon of adorkability, and it seems to have hit that mark.