just_muse_me - 6.6.3 - Times Change
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It runs through her head again and again. The ship exploding. The blasting light. The feeling in her heart in that moment between. What are we doing?
The idea that some were gone. Maybe even dead. Those that she had lived around for a long time. Some of whom she cared for.
He was gone.
She felt it, really. His presence had always hovered over her. She felt Jack on the island, no matter how far apart on it they were. Even when it hurt to feel, when his eyes were on Kate, she felt him there. Now she felt a void. She couldn't feel him anymore, and it made her uneasy. Not because she needed him, not because she wanted him, but because - it was something she'd grown used to. And it was gone.
Things changed when the six left. Everything was different. And it would never be as it was, even if they returned.
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It runs through her head again and again. The ship exploding. The blasting light. The feeling in her heart in that moment between. What are we doing?
The idea that some were gone. Maybe even dead. Those that she had lived around for a long time. Some of whom she cared for.
He was gone.
She felt it, really. His presence had always hovered over her. She felt Jack on the island, no matter how far apart on it they were. Even when it hurt to feel, when his eyes were on Kate, she felt him there. Now she felt a void. She couldn't feel him anymore, and it made her uneasy. Not because she needed him, not because she wanted him, but because - it was something she'd grown used to. And it was gone.
Things changed when the six left. Everything was different. And it would never be as it was, even if they returned.
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