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PG; Eureka missing scene; 200 words. SPOILERS FOR EUReKA 3.18.

Jack waited longer than Henry'd expected to ask about the letter.



Title: The Full Truth
Author: Jedi Buttercup
Disclaimer: The words are mine; the world belongs to SyFy.
Rating: FR7/PG

Summary: Jack waited longer than Henry'd expected to ask about the letter. 200 words, Henry POV.

Spoilers: Eureka 3.18 "What Goes Around, Comes Around"
Notes: For Season 3.5, Week 10 at [livejournal.com profile] eureka_tag. Also references 1.12 "Once in a Lifetime".



Jack waited longer than Henry'd expected to ask about the Harvard recommendation letter, and when he did, he had only one question:

"Why Zoe?"

Henry's answer was that she deserved it. But that wasn't the full truth, was it?

The Zoe he knew now, of the B- average, part-time job, and still-single father, wasn't the strongest candidate at Tesla. But the Zoe that might've been, the valedictorian with the new brother and mother who'd kept her focus more closely on her schoolwork, had been the best of her class... and Henry had been too obsessed with saving Kim to assist her.

On behalf of the Zoe he'd slighted, he'd written that letter in the here and now.

And on behalf of the Jack who'd left a wife and child behind to prevent Henry from destroying the universe, Henry had another answer for a question not yet asked:

"I know you're wondering what to do now she and Tess are gone. Go to Australia and find out; if you're happy there, stay. You belong in Eureka, Jack. But you deserve happiness more than we need you.

"Hold on to love while you've got it. You never know how long it'll last."

-x-

(x-posted to [livejournal.com profile] eureka_tag)

Date: 2010-01-11 06:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lizbet0.livejournal.com
Wow, great insights into Henry here!

Date: 2011-12-09 08:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] argentumpuella.livejournal.com
Thank you! It's been bothering me for a while now why Zoe would be the one out of all her classmates. Your explanation had never occurred to me, but makes complete sense. I feel like you just filled in a missing puzzle piece for me!

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