lost fic: one foot in sea, one on shore (rachel, jacob)

[angeldylan628]

Title: one foot in sea, one on shore
Character(s)/Pairing(s): rachel, jacob (rachel/jacob)
Word Count/Rating: PG-13, 1,342
Summary: Rachel always dreamed big.
A/N: For ozmissage at lostsquee who asked for Lost ladies. Somehow, I started writing a Juliet fic and this is what I got instead. I have no idea why. Title taken from Mumford & Sons lyrics.

Comments

[ozmissage]

Goosebumps, I have them.

There's nothing about this fic that isn't absolutely perfect. You give Rachel so much life, her character feels so vivid and real. I love her strength here and her straightforwardness. The way she keeps seeing Jacob, but Juliet never notices gave me chills.

And the fact that he falls in love with her is beautiful and twisted and amazing. I love the idea that he visited her over the years and the scene where he touches her was incredibly moving. Everything about this story is so atmospheric and filled with this sense of longing. You made me feel for Jacob and that's no easy task.

Also this is such a spot-on, heartbreaking Juliet characterization:

Juliet leaves in a flurry of 'I can't do this' and 'I'll talk to you tomorrow' and Rachel tries to stall her, but Juliet does what she's been doing since she was nine and runs.

Oh, Juliet. That's totally how I imagine that went down. And then the end:

She looks beautiful. The light has finally returned to her eyes, though he's not sure it was ever really gone, just dormant. He always saw glimpses of it lingering under the surface. But there's no doubt - it's there now.

He can feel the tug of the island as his ashes slowly evaporate in the flames.

He is dying and she is growing stronger day by day.

This is the way life works.

Stunning work. Thank you so, so much for this! :D

[angeldylan628]

Oh gosh. I'm so glad you liked it! I was a little worried since I wound up writing such a random character, but I was watching some S3 Juliet scenes the other day and I was struck by Rachel and when you asked for the ladies of Lost I just couldn't get this fic out of my head even when I was trying so hard to write just Juliet[/ramble]

Thank you for the feedback! I really hope you enjoyed your day as queen! :)