Lost fic: Third [J/K/S]

[eponine119]

Disclaimer: Lost is not mine.
Notes: Using for: fanfic100 #59, food and psych_30 #20, learned helplessness. This is AU, in that the events of the season 2 finale never happened.
Summary: Jack, Kate and Sawyer trap themselves in the hatch. There's only one possible escape.
Warning: This story's pretty dark. People die.

Third
by eponine119
January 20-21, 2007

Comments

[jenthegypsy]

This is exactly what I needed at the exact right time; I've cried my eyes out over it, and life in general, but I wasn't about to let life make me break down, no matter how much of a relief I knew it would be. So, thank you, on many levels, for posting this.

It amazes me how so many people just flat out miss the humanity of Sawyer, the size of his heart and his automatic need to comfort when things are at their darkest. Yes, he is an ass, but when it's balls against the wall, he has always stepped up - just as you have him doing here. Trying to spare Kate from the horror of what actually happened on the beach, taking Aaron from her, gently getting Jack to let go - sacrificing himself so Jack could live, perhaps to be rescued. Sawyer is an unsung hero, something he isn't even aware of within himself. My god, what sort of man would he have been had it not been for the influence of the unknown Mr. Sawyer on his life?

With your permission, I will hold you tight for a moment, because I know you were afraid to go there, but you told the tale masterfully, and you should rest easy, knowing that you did.

[eponine119]

*clings*

Thank you for going there with me, and I'm glad it helped you in some small way.

I love what you say about Sawyer here. It's absolutely how I feel about him. There's so much inside him that if he's aware of, he actively fights and denies.

the question of what sort of man he might have been if not for Mr Sawyer is an interesting one. The assumption is that he could have risen to greater heights, but I wonder. He's so much the man he is because of that -- without the struggle, perhaps he would only have become the sort of man Sawyer seems to be on the surface, lazy and unheroic, without any of the depth in him we love.

I mean, even the "good guy" Jack, he is who he is because of or in spite of his father's abuse. On the other hand, the idea that suffering is good for us is kind of repugnant, isn't it? So I'm not sure I want to believe it.

Look at that, you made me think. ♥