[Fanfiction] Don’t dream it’s over {Lost}

[nicis_anatomy]

TITLE: Don’t dream it’s over
SERIES: Family Portrait - Part 14/25
FANDOM: Lost
AUTHOR: nicis_anatomy
CHARACTER: Juliet Carlson/Jack Shephard
GENRE: het, romance
RATING: PG-13
WORD COUNT: 1,762
SUMMARY: It's the night before their wedding, but Juliet can't find any sleep and Jack is haunted by disturbing nightmares ... Written for prompt "Nightmare" for schmoop_bingo

Comments

[pann_cake]

Nice chapter! I love how you make the real world slip through to this one with the dream. One of my favorite scenes in season 6 is when Jack tells Hurley and later Sawyer how upset and guilty he felt over Juliet's death, and I like that you touch on that here. :(

And yes, Juliet is never allowed to buy that blouse! No matter how cute it looked on her. :P

I can't wait to see the wedding! I wish I could draw, because your stories always leave such detailed pictures in my head. :D

[nicis_anatomy]

Thank you ;) I wasn't so sure how far I could take this dream or if it would be too much, but then I decided to go for it. Because, for me, that scene you mention is the key scene to what happened to Jack and why he spend his sideways!life with Juliet and why they worked. He felt guilty and tried to make up for what he screwed up on the island. And I believe that this guilt was what keep him going - at the same time it also made him insecure and afraid (of course, only subconsciously

[lormats]

oooo good god where do I start? I love it, he dreaming about her, maybe related to his feelings towards what happened in the incident, and her own fears, and I can't even bb, it's a wonderful sotry, and I can't wait to see the ending, or know what are you planning to do ahead I'm an spoiler whore what can i say?

Really good chapter, I won't believe you anymore when you say to me that you don't like what you're writing, I know by now that is gonna be better than the previous one XD

[nicis_anatomy]

Thank you, Laura. As you know, I wasn't quite satisfied with it, but I will keep my mouth shut and just accept that those things I don't like myself are the ones you guys like ;)
The dream was long planned and I really wanted to do it. I just didn't know how far I could get. As said to pann_cake I believe that Jack's guilt after Juliet died what a key to how they lived their lived in the sideways!world. But maybe that's just me ...

I'm glad you liked this chapter. Coming next ... well, wedding, honeymoon, pregnancy, maybe another wedding (*g*), David and a stuffed animal (I was thinking polar bear or dolphin). Anything else?

[lormats]

Nah I think you have to stop been so critic about yourself and deal with the fact that you're a good writer ;) *squishes*

Yeah totally I agree with you and her, and I think it had to do with the fact that he felt guilty too for leaving her behind...

ohhh I like the little teaser :) (a polar bear would be soooo good lol (IDK when I become such a polar bear's fan)

[nicis_anatomy]

I will try to keep that in mind - although, I'm sure it's not true ;) Thank you!

That, too. He felt really guilty for leaving her - and then again for coming back to ruin her hippie life *sighs*

Me, too. Polar bear it is then.

[squeakyboots]

This was great and I will definitely stick around for as long as it takes you to finish! And Jack's right: Juliet should never ever wear red shirts: bad things happen to people who wear them.

I have to say (if you're still trying to think up ideas for remaining fics) I'd love to read about either Jack or Juliet's bout with the flu!

[nicis_anatomy]

Thank you ;) I'm glad you will stay. It's really bad timing. I could finish all prompts by the end of the year, but that would mean to write only short (about 500 words) parts and I don't want to do this. There is so much to tell and this needs time (and space) so I decided to rather extend my own deadline than write something I'm not satisfied with - just to finish the bingo card.

No one should wear red shirts - I think Boone mentioned that in season 1 already. It's always a bad sign :(

I like the idea. Thank you. But that would mean I have to go back in time and I don't think that would work. But I already have an idea ... maybe a second flu once David is born and Jack has to take care of him and of Juliet? That could be fun (not for Jack, of course lol). I will try to make it work - there are still a few prompts that are just meant as filler chapters and can be used for such spontaneous ideas ;)
Thank you!

[nighttiming1022]

Sorry I can't leave proper feedback, but I love this as usually :D

[nicis_anatomy]

Every feedback is fine ;) Thank you for reading (and staying with me here)