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[slybrunette]

Title: We Paint These Pictures
Fandom: Lost
Characters/Pairings: Claire/Sawyer
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,613
Spoilers: For Season Three finale
Summary: There's a difference between just living somewhere, and making it yours.
Author's Note: I wasn't going to do this but both

Comments

[gottalovev]

awww, very cute. I can understand Sawyer's reluctance at something looking like stability and commitment. But as he says, they seem to be doing just fine.

makes me even more pissed at Jack at the next part, that I just read too! (was good! and now I wanna see Claire getting mad at Jack, damnit! ;) )

[slybrunette]

Well you know Sawyer doesn't seem like the settling down type, which is what I was trying to get at, because in the first one I just didn't get to that as much as I would've liked. I felt it needed more backstory.

Of course now everyone's going to want a sequel to Better right, now that I chose to do a prequel instead. Kinda tempting...

I'm glad you liked it though. Thanks for reading!

[raisingirl99]

LOVE IT.

I love how natural they are together -- their interaction, their dialogue, the situation, everything. It's so believable and real... which is particularly impressive, considering we haven't seen them interact all that much on the show (much less as a couple).

I also like how you write Sawyer. I actually like him and care about him, but at the same time he (to me) still seems true to the show version (for whom I haven't cared for quite some time, as I've mentioned before).

Plus, the whole exchange at the end... just so perfect. :)

Also...

“Great, trade toxic air for hot air. We’ll be sweating our - “ he eyed Aaron once more, miraculously able to stop that sentence in its tracks. She nearly smiled, but quickly hid it and went back to staring him down. “Fine, but if you paint anything pink, or I see anything remotely floral come into this house then I’m tossing you out.”

Hee!

[slybrunette]

Yay! I'm glad you liked it.

I think the more I write Claire/Sawyer the more comfortable I am with having them together. At this point it kind of feels natural to me, which is weird, but I guess it carries over in my writing, which is a plus.

I'm glad my version of Sawyer works for you. It's always so hard to keep him balanced because I'm already having my own crisis with him. He just seems so different this season.

The end was the thing that stopped this from being posted Monday. It used to end differently, but I changed it last night because I wanted something simpler.

Banter is fun to write, so I loved doing that whole conversation at the beginning, that part especially.

Thanks for reading (and for the incredibly thorough feedback)!

[crickets]

Ah this was so sweet. I loved Sawyer's "Girl I ain't ever sure," line. I could so hear him saying that. Enjoying this little verse you got here. I could just SEE this. Love it as always my dear.

[slybrunette]

I like that line as well, it just felt so him. The way I seem to be going with this verse there will be a sequel sooner or later. Totally didn't mean for that to happen, lol.

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for reading!

[pellamerethiel]

Awwww, I'm such a happy girl now then you've finally written this one! :D This is really a very good fic, as usual. The descriptions are really beautiful and characters are so canon! Claire, I love your Claire, she's such a good and sweet girl here, but she's also very smart and reasonable - I loved her talk with Sawyer about feelings and things happening maybe a little too fast. And Sawyer was great, too. And the fact that they never talked about their pasts - yay!!!! :D

Some part of him was curious as to why a seemingly good girl like her wasn’t more open, and he thought maybe she really wasn’t as innocent and perfect as she seemed.
I loved this part. Very true.

Well done!:D

[slybrunette]

I was working at it all week -- I would've gotten it up sooner but I was trying to do too many things at once I think. Claire...well you know my issues. It's my quest to turn her into a character I actually like. And I had to have her get under his skin otherwise this piece would've been pure fluff, and that couldn't happen.

I'm glad you enjoyed this! Thanks for reading!

[bebitched]

Awwwwz! I love that they don't talk about feelings, even if it ends up screwing them over in the end. It's not really a Sawyer thing and it doesn't particiarly feel like a Claire thing either.

Have I ever told you what the rooms in my Grandma's house were paited when she first moved in? *shivers* It would make neon orange look like chic decor.

[slybrunette]

Sawyer isn't very open, this we know. And Claire doesn't talk about her past on the show that often either so I felt the need to make them do the same on here. Plus it works as a catalyst.

Thanks for reading!