The finish line's a good place we could start

[valhalla37]

Title: The finish line's a good place we could start
Characters/Pairings: Daniel, Eloise, Charlotte, Theresa (slight Dan/Theresa, Dan/Charlotte)
Rating: PG
Summary: He will do this a thousand times, fail a thousand times.
Spoilers/Warnings: Up to 5x14; character death.
Disclaimer: Not mine.
A/N: Written for thequillstation's Spooky Lost Fic Battle and ozmissage's prompt of

Comments

[ozmissage]

OH...MY...GOD

[saved29]

I am speechless!

[valhalla37]

Wow, thank you so much! :D

[valhalla37]

LOL, thanks! ;D

[elliotsmelliot]

What a cute icon!

[valhalla37]

No, thank YOU for the awesome prompt -- it was so much fun to write, and there were so many potential options with such a great jumping-off point.

I really like using Theresa in fic, though admittedly she's more of a tool to push things along that a proper character in her own right. I've kind of always had a ... weird relationship with how to consider her in relation to Dan (and even Charlotte, in a second-hand way), so I'm really pleased you liked her inclusion here.

I think that's what I found most heart-breaking about Dan's story in canon -- that he honestly, genuinely seems to believe that right up until the moment Charlotte dies, he can save her. So I wanted to have him grapple with that, along with my own added personal theory that he already knows what's going to happen -- making it even more fruitless -- but can't quite connect all the pieces together in time.

Awwww, you are too sweet! And thanks again for giving out such a super-awesome prompt!