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Futures (A Cold Night For A Lifetime)

May 01, 2008 12:16

Title: Futures (A Cold Night For A Lifetime)
Fandom: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Pairings: Sarah/Derek, John/Cameron, John/Other
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Season 1
Description: Let's assume the best-case scenario for the gang: they destroy Skynet and live happily ever after. This is one version of their "happily ever after".

( They had fought hard for their lives. Now all they had to do was live it. )

tscc

Comments 20

sabaceanbabe May 1 2008, 20:55:04 UTC

Wow. I really like this ALOT. The dichotomy of them all as they are in a future where they've won, where there is no SkyNet, beside the past where every moment they were still alive was a another moment they fought to save the future that's boring them to death now.

Awesome job. And heh. Derek as a shoe salesman. :P

powergrapes May 2 2008, 06:10:47 UTC

Be careful what you wish for, right? Thanks for reading. Glad you liked it!

quiet_elle May 1 2008, 20:58:55 UTC

oh wow!
that was incredible. I loved it. The ending was powerful, i loved the quibs about Johns masochistic streak, Derek sneaking out of Sarah's room. You got characterization spot on :)

powergrapes May 2 2008, 06:10:58 UTC

Thank you. :)

worlddescending May 1 2008, 20:59:34 UTC

Oh, gah. This story needs to be chewed. It's so good. Light on the surface and it just keeps getting deeper and it becomes so clear that these people are simply lost without that focus.

Brilliant.

powergrapes May 2 2008, 06:11:56 UTC

I think people like Derek and Sarah are simply meant to be soldiers. There may be a chance for John yet, but who knows? Glad you liked it!

cisaac May 1 2008, 21:14:42 UTC

That was excellent. I really enjoyed it, and the ending had to be the absolute best part of it. I mean, really, how do you go from saving the world to being just people?

Very well done.

powergrapes May 2 2008, 06:15:11 UTC

I don't think you do, which I tend to regard as part of the tragedy inherent in the Terminator universe. None of them are capable of being people.

Hey, nobody ever said that saving the world was an easy job.

indiefic May 1 2008, 21:23:21 UTC

Oh my god, I LOVE this!!

Sarah is a psychiatric nurse. Derek owns a shoe store. They visit the mall on the weekends.

God, imaginging them like that makes my ass twitch. (In a good way, damn I love this, but still ..) It's like seeing a lion in some rickety little cage in a rundown zoo. Sad. Very sad. But weirdly appealing too. Because it's safer.

Kate's never met her, but she lies awake at night wondering about her. She wonders what it is that John does with her on these visits. She's always too afraid to ask.

I wasn't crazy about the third movie and honestly, I don't remember much about Kate, but this is such an appealing character study for John. That he finally has this mostly normal life with a wife and kids. His wife knows and she still loves him and he's finally safeguarded humanity, but in the process has managed to fuck up his own life.

Without Skynet, without an enemy to rally against, without a place to direct his teenage anger, Derek Reese faltered and got mixed up with the wrong people. Derek reads about ( ... )

powergrapes May 2 2008, 06:13:46 UTC

Can I just say that you leave the best feedback? So detailed and analytical! Makes a person feel good. :D