Title: New Kids on the Block
Fandom: Lost
Author:
isabelquinnRating: G
Spoiler Alert: Set around the time of a flashback that happens in the first few eps of Season 6.
Summary: Tom isn't quite sure how he feels about this.
Author's note: Drabble written for
lost-in-108! Prompt is Path.
Sometimes his dad takes him fishing. He still needs help getting fish off his line, because they thrash around like crazy and he can't control them.
Right now, he feels like freshly-caught trout are trying to escape from his stomach.
Katie acts like normal, crisscrossing her way along the path and crashing through loose stones. She likes to walk loud. She said once that the sound makes her feel like she's going somewhere.
Tom thinks he'd sort of like the sound of turning round and going home. Maybe.
"This is a dumb idea. It's just a stupid lunch box."
Katie keeps walking. "It was your dumb idea, scaredy-cat."