three drabbles
Two next-gen drabbles and one Miles drabble. Apparently, I can't write something larger than 290 words.
Title: A Better Tomorrow
Characters/Pairings: Charlie H., Aaron, Ji Yeon; mentions of Clementine.
Summary: Charlie already knows that something is wrong with Aaron.
Spoilers/Warnings: Next-gen, connected with other drabbles.
Disclaimer: I don’t own LOST.
A/N: Written for pann_cake at the Multi-fandom OT3 fic-a-thon, prompt making plans to change the world.
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Not daring to ask, Charlie already knows that something is wrong with Aaron. The way he walks (runs), the way he talks (mumbles), the way he looks Ji Yeon (a few tears betraying him).
Danger is in the air, and he knows it; despite not being special, despite not being able to understand the strong connections between this island and their pasts, despite all the questions and deceptions...
"Aaron, where are we going?" - Ji Yeon is the one who breaks the silence, her body suddenly shivering.
"This place..." - he starts, blue eyes unfocused and hands covering his ears - "This place is death... and if we don't end this... all of us are gonna die"
Yeah, that perfectly makes sense, Nostradamus - he misses Clementine and her voice in moments like these. But she's not there; she's lost somewhere far away from them (she's the bait).
"Will your plan work?" - he doesn't want to be a hero, he just wants to see her again.
Aaron smiles (grimaces), a bitter flavor on his tongue as he grips Ji Yeon's hand tighter.
"I promise"
Title: Death is Only a Horizon
Characters/Pairings: Aaron/Ji Yeon; mentions of Daniel, Charlotte and Sun.
Summary: His memories are rewound; Ji Yeon is holding his hand.
Spoilers/Warnings: Next-gen, mentions of character death.
Disclaimer: I don’t own LOST.
A/N: Written for ciaimpala at the V-Day Fic Exchange, who requested Aaron/Ji Yeon with the prompt don’t ever look back. Lyrics on the second paragraph are from Run by Snow Patrol.
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He sings one of her favorite songs, almost screaming, an attempt to silence all of the wandering ghosts. He doesn’t want to listen, he never wanted. A strong headache strikes him every time he reaches the frozen wheel, electromagnetic forces making him hallucinate.
Even if you cannot hear my voice, I’ll be right beside you dear - he cries in silence, frustration and guilt forcing him to kneel down, the lost souls telling their forgotten tragedies once again.
“The Island claimed her” - a twitchy voice says, a dark jumpsuit stained with blood, a bullet in his chest - “No matter how many times you try it, it’ll be the same”
“You can’t change the past” - cold arms embrace the dead man, blood on her face, sadness in her voice - “You won’t save her”
Everything becomes silence, but the pain inside his heart still pierces him. Then he sees a familiar scene, a girl with raven hair finding a ring near the beach, a gray sky above her, a woman trying to push her away from the ocean.
He forgets the warnings (as he always did), and talks to the girl whose destiny was already written.
“Stay with me” - yet again she goes further, she drowns in front of his blue eyes again as a red substance surges from his mouth.
His memories are rewound; Ji Yeon is holding his hand. I can save her.
The echoes of the night along with the sight of her smiling and then dying pursuit him, missed opportunities becoming his obsession, driving him mad.
This place... this place is death - he decides, rotten hope promising a new horizon, a world where he can be happy.
This time it’ll be different.
Title: Asphyxia
Characters/Pairings: Miles, Charlotte, Daniel; implied Daniel/Charlotte.
Summary: He locks himself up in the same old room.
Spoilers/Warnings: Post-series, mentions of character deaths.
Disclaimer: I don’t own LOST.
A/N: Written for valhalla37 at the Multi-fandom OT3 fic-a-thon, prompt your ghosts keep haunting me. This, obviously, isn't part of my next-gen verse.
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He locks himself up in the same old room, tries to think in the glory of being outside that damned Island, of being alive.
(But it was a lie, because even in his safest dreams or most twisted nightmares, the Island wouldn't leave him)
Dark eyes are always open, hands as cold as ice, throat slowly suffering from suffocation -- they're here -- he hears them, moans and whispered promises; suddenly they can make time, they can say everything they didn't when they were roaming through the merciless jungle.
"Someday you'll join us, Miles" - it was Charlotte the one who spoke to him, a faint smile upon her face while Daniel was kissing her neck. "We'll be waiting in the mean time"
(His lungs were about to explode, blood ran down his nose)
Title: A Better Tomorrow
Characters/Pairings: Charlie H., Aaron, Ji Yeon; mentions of Clementine.
Summary: Charlie already knows that something is wrong with Aaron.
Spoilers/Warnings: Next-gen, connected with other drabbles.
Disclaimer: I don’t own LOST.
A/N: Written for pann_cake at the Multi-fandom OT3 fic-a-thon, prompt making plans to change the world.
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Not daring to ask, Charlie already knows that something is wrong with Aaron. The way he walks (runs), the way he talks (mumbles), the way he looks Ji Yeon (a few tears betraying him).
Danger is in the air, and he knows it; despite not being special, despite not being able to understand the strong connections between this island and their pasts, despite all the questions and deceptions...
"Aaron, where are we going?" - Ji Yeon is the one who breaks the silence, her body suddenly shivering.
"This place..." - he starts, blue eyes unfocused and hands covering his ears - "This place is death... and if we don't end this... all of us are gonna die"
Yeah, that perfectly makes sense, Nostradamus - he misses Clementine and her voice in moments like these. But she's not there; she's lost somewhere far away from them (she's the bait).
"Will your plan work?" - he doesn't want to be a hero, he just wants to see her again.
Aaron smiles (grimaces), a bitter flavor on his tongue as he grips Ji Yeon's hand tighter.
"I promise"
Title: Death is Only a Horizon
Characters/Pairings: Aaron/Ji Yeon; mentions of Daniel, Charlotte and Sun.
Summary: His memories are rewound; Ji Yeon is holding his hand.
Spoilers/Warnings: Next-gen, mentions of character death.
Disclaimer: I don’t own LOST.
A/N: Written for ciaimpala at the V-Day Fic Exchange, who requested Aaron/Ji Yeon with the prompt don’t ever look back. Lyrics on the second paragraph are from Run by Snow Patrol.
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He sings one of her favorite songs, almost screaming, an attempt to silence all of the wandering ghosts. He doesn’t want to listen, he never wanted. A strong headache strikes him every time he reaches the frozen wheel, electromagnetic forces making him hallucinate.
Even if you cannot hear my voice, I’ll be right beside you dear - he cries in silence, frustration and guilt forcing him to kneel down, the lost souls telling their forgotten tragedies once again.
“The Island claimed her” - a twitchy voice says, a dark jumpsuit stained with blood, a bullet in his chest - “No matter how many times you try it, it’ll be the same”
“You can’t change the past” - cold arms embrace the dead man, blood on her face, sadness in her voice - “You won’t save her”
Everything becomes silence, but the pain inside his heart still pierces him. Then he sees a familiar scene, a girl with raven hair finding a ring near the beach, a gray sky above her, a woman trying to push her away from the ocean.
He forgets the warnings (as he always did), and talks to the girl whose destiny was already written.
“Stay with me” - yet again she goes further, she drowns in front of his blue eyes again as a red substance surges from his mouth.
His memories are rewound; Ji Yeon is holding his hand. I can save her.
The echoes of the night along with the sight of her smiling and then dying pursuit him, missed opportunities becoming his obsession, driving him mad.
This place... this place is death - he decides, rotten hope promising a new horizon, a world where he can be happy.
This time it’ll be different.
Title: Asphyxia
Characters/Pairings: Miles, Charlotte, Daniel; implied Daniel/Charlotte.
Summary: He locks himself up in the same old room.
Spoilers/Warnings: Post-series, mentions of character deaths.
Disclaimer: I don’t own LOST.
A/N: Written for valhalla37 at the Multi-fandom OT3 fic-a-thon, prompt your ghosts keep haunting me. This, obviously, isn't part of my next-gen verse.
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He locks himself up in the same old room, tries to think in the glory of being outside that damned Island, of being alive.
(But it was a lie, because even in his safest dreams or most twisted nightmares, the Island wouldn't leave him)
Dark eyes are always open, hands as cold as ice, throat slowly suffering from suffocation -- they're here -- he hears them, moans and whispered promises; suddenly they can make time, they can say everything they didn't when they were roaming through the merciless jungle.
"Someday you'll join us, Miles" - it was Charlotte the one who spoke to him, a faint smile upon her face while Daniel was kissing her neck. "We'll be waiting in the mean time"
(His lungs were about to explode, blood ran down his nose)