24: "Hold On" (Part 1 of a possible series)

[knitwitfics]

Title: Hold On (Part 1 of a possible series)
Fandom: 24
Characters: Jack Bauer, Renee Walker
Spoilers: Up to and including 7x17
Warnings: ...If you've seen the episode, you can imagine anything I might warn about.
Summary: She's the only thing he has to hold on to, even as he feels his grip start to slip.
Author's Note:  This was entirely written and

Comments

[cybertoothtiger]

Gah. The hurt, the comfort! Loved this.

He'd had practice injecting himself with shaky hands, but even this was beyond him.

This, and the comparison to China -- yes. Poor Jack.

Already he was having trouble keeping his mind from wandering; he couldn't be sure how much longer he'd be coherent enough to say this.

Oh, didn't you just want to DIE when he said they'd better let him debrief soon, because he didn't know how long he'd be able to? Gerp. My sentences fail me.

[kcountess]

Yeah, I thought considering the situation and the treatment, China had to be something that would start filtering into the hallucinations. And it's something where, at first, he wouldn't really be aware that it was a hallucination, as opposed to a flashback.

And AUGH YES, that bit killed me, though I was also melting that he was admitting that to Renee. Showing her his vulnerable side is a good thing!

[cybertoothtiger]

Yes, some Cheng flashbacks are definitely warranted, although I don't expect the show to have that much continuity. My Grandpa was a soldier in WWI, and when he died in hospital in the 1970s, he was convinced the Germans had got him. Poor guy.

GAH. I kinda hope the writers don't take Jack there, although part of me also wants to see the angst. Especially with Renee watching. Is that sick? That's pretty sick, isn't it?

[kcountess]

Ugh, that must have been awful, both for him and for you. *hugs*

And at least they gave us the scars?

And yeah, same here. And yes, it's sick, but then considering what I do to my RP characters, you're in good company? :D

[cybertoothtiger]

Well, I was six so they didn't let me see him, so it wasn't that traumatic for me. Just... it can happen, is all.

Mmmmm. Yes. The scars. So, maybe. We can always hope. It would be a way of addressing China in a more acceptable way than the travesty that was S6. I'm sceptical, though, given that Audrey apparently has fallen off the planet. Not so much that I expected her to appear, mind you, just that someone might have referred to her memory floating along amongst the flotsam and jetsam of Jack's ship wrecked life.