A NUMB3RS story by Debbie418uk that has Charlie and Larry dealing with a student willing to do anything to avoid getting expelled for cheating.
The story can be found on fanfiction.net:
It was completed on January 23, 2007.
Tropes for the fic:
- Big Brother Instinct: Don gets worried about Charlie's safety after he gets drugged by Evans and is forced to kill the student after the man has a knife to his younger brother's throat.
- Character Death: Evans is shot and killed after threatening to kill Charlie at the Craftsman.
- "Everybody Laughs" Ending: Happens after Larry complains that everyone should be paying attention to him and Charlie mocking calls him "high and exalted one".
- Hospital Epilogue: The story ends as the characters gather in Larry's hospital room after he is shot by Evans.
- Original Character: Robert Evans, Charlie's student who tries to avoid getting expelled after cheating on a test and later tries to kill both Larry and Charlie after they threaten to meet with the Dean to deal with the issue.
- Slashed Throat: Downplayed, as Charlie gets a gash on his throat but it doesn't hit a major artery and he survives the encounter.
