Kingdom Keepers: The Little Things

Strong.

Wilby Feels from the prompt "You keep me strong" as requested by Magis213

He was in SBS. No matter what they had tried, nothing was waking him up. Finn had gone to check out some suspicious activity, and he had been asleep for almost two days. And now, the servers were shut down and they had no way to cross over. Lines of code streamed across Philby's laptop, but he couldn't seem to make anything work.  He rubbed his eyes, they felt bloodshot. He hunched back over the key board, trying everything to bring Finn back to safety. He didn't look up till he heard a soft knock.

"Hey." Willa stood in the open door way. "I brought you some food, when's the last time you ate, are you okay?"

He looked at her, his eyes felt gritty.

"I'm fine." He said, getting up.  Hours of work and it felt like he were making no progress at all. He punched the door frame and then rested his forehead against it.

"Hey, it's okay...we'll figure it out, we won't leave Finn without help." Willa stood by him and rubbed his back.

"I'm so stupid." Philby said in anger. "This is all my fault, I should of never let him crossover alone. It's our rule, I just didn't think the threat was that dangerous, I thought he could handle it..."

"Philby it's not your fault...we've all made mistakes like that. Don't beat yourself up. The best we can do is get these servers back up and help our friend."

Philby closed his eyes.

"He's my best friend Wills, if anything happens to him..."

"It wont, stop thinking like that!" Willa exclaimed. "Come on, we getting close to solving this.

She led him back over to the desk and they sat side by side. He could see brain working as she analyzed what she saw and thought of how to fix it. It was one of the things he loved about her.

It was late when they finally got the servers back up.

Philby leaned back.

"Thank God." Willa whispered softly.

"Let Maybeck and Charlene know, they were prepared for crossover." Philby said.

"I already texted." She responded. 

"Thank you." Philby said turning to face her.

"It's just a text." Willa shrugged.

"No, for not letting me give up, I almost did until you came."

"Oh..."

He leaned over and rested his head on her lap and closed his eyes.

"I'm so afraid of failing the people I love. I don't know the solution for everything and that scares me." His voice cracked. "That's why I have you Willa, you keep me strong."

She stroked the hair away from his temples.

"Dell..."

"I know I don't express it often...but I don't know what I would do without you"

"I'm here for you Dell." She said.

A few moments passed and then she realized Philby was asleep.

They stayed that way until they got the message from Finn saying his all right.