


A Father Lost

by lohnshark



Category: iCarly
Genre: Angst, Tragedy
Language: English
Status: Completed
Published: 2011-09-08
Updated: 2011-09-08
Packaged: 2015-05-23 14:18:20
Rating: K+
Chapters: 1
Words: 283
Publisher: www.fanfiction.net
Story URL: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7365306/1/
Author URL: https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1650285/lohnshark
Summary: A sad little one-shot about where Freddie's dad is. Inspired by 9/11. My first fanfic.





	A Father Lost

A Father Lost -  
>Disclaimer: Dan Schneider owns all iCarly rights, not me.<p>Fredward Benson awoke to the sensation of a gentle hand rubbing his back.<p>

Freddie-bear, it s time to get up, his mother whispered. He shifted under the blanket to find her perched on the edge of his bed.

Hey, Mom, he said with a sleepy voice as he rubbed his eyes.

Hey yourself, baby, she said with a sad smile and kissed his forehead.

On any other day, Marissa Benson would most likely barge into the 18-year-old s bedroom, flip on the lights, throw open the curtains and cheerfully chirp, Boys who lay about in bed, won t ever get ahead!

But today wasn t any other day. She sighed and stood up, her face grim. Freddie sat up in bed, silently watching her.

Put on your church pants please and remember to floss your teeth with the new antibacterial floss I bought for you, his mother said softly as she turned and left to start preparing a whole grain, high protein, low fat breakfast for the young man.

Freddie let out a huge breath and fell back onto his pillow, and blinked at the ceiling.

Ten years, he thought. A decade. 3,650 days ago. That s when his mother became a widow. That s when he lost his dad.

He opened the drawer of his bedside table and took out a small photo frame that showed a seven-year-old Freddie laughing gleefully as his father, clad in blue New York City EMS coveralls, swung the child into the air.

Freddie wearily looked at the calendar on his wall. September 11.

Miss you, Dad, he murmured.


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