A missing scene for “Reunion,” written for the Sunday Challenge prompt.

After reconnecting with Valerie, Peter is pulled back toward the boy he used to be at the temple, caught between old shyness, old longing, and the uneasy realization that some parts of him survived after all.

Sunday Challenge Season IV

Time Prisoners
Peter realizes Caine reached him through time, not dreams, and begins to let go of the question that has haunted him for fifteen years: why his father did not stop the separation.

Shaolin Shot
After Caine gives Peter space to stand on his own, father and son reconnect through hockey tickets, old skating memories, and the quiet proof that Caine never stopped watching.

Veil of Tears
Peter questions kindness, self-protection, Chinatown, and Colleen Cameron, while Caine guides him toward being light without burning himself out.

Special Forces / Boot Camp thread
A quiet conversation about misfits, duty, and spiritual connection leads Peter and Caine back to Paul, whose message reminds Peter that one father’s absence does not mean abandonment.

Black Widow
After Caine’s poisoning, Peter tries to hide his fear behind jokes, only to admit how deeply he still worries about losing his father again.

Dark Vision
When Peter’s mind locks Caine out, Lo Si helps Caine understand that Peter’s rejection is not lack of love, but an old wound trying to survive being seen. 

Peter's flashback to his first assignment with Kermit.

The first story in the Phoenix Rising trilogy. When a murder investigation leaves an orphaned child behind, Peter is forced to confront his own childhood trauma, nightmares, and unresolved grief. But as exhaustion gives way to a leukemia diagnosis, the case becomes a fight for healing, recovery, and the family support he keeps trying not to need.

With Annie missing, and the only witness to her whereabouts hospitalized, Paul comes across his wife's diary.