Comments | eponine119: Lost fic: Shelving [Sawyer, Desmond, future]

eponine119

Lost fic: Shelving [Sawyer, Desmond, future]

Jul 30, 2006 23:13

Disclaimer: Lost is not mine.
Summary: Of course the island changed him. Sawyer, Desmond, future fic.
Author's note: Written for a certain selfless someone who will know who she is.
Using for fanfic100 #58, Dinner

Shelving
by eponine119
July 30, 2006

( He'd figured this was the one place in the entire city he was safe from his past. )

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Comments 22

I wasn't actually expecting.... keyweegirlie July 31 2006, 09:00:52 UTC

"Desmond went. He left his library books on the table and walked calmly and straight-shouldered out of the cafe. Sawyer didn't have to reach down into his bag to know his notebook was gone. He wondered what Desmond would make of the things written in it, and knew he hadn't seen the last of him."

Oh wow...I wasn't actually expecting that ending, Poor Sawyer still all alone. I hope that I don't sound to sad though, because this was really good.

~C~

Re: I wasn't actually expecting.... eponine119 July 31 2006, 14:38:10 UTC

I wasn't really expecting that ending either, to tell the truth. It kind of happened and I went with it. You're right, though, Sawyer is left alone, again -- I hadn't quite realized that before you said it. Glad you liked it!

hkath July 31 2006, 17:38:45 UTC

"Bookman" - so precious. This was intriguing as hell! Good job!

I know you, so I know it's complete, and that kind of frustrates me because... what? What's in the notebook, and what does Sawyer's future look like, now that Desmond has involved himself in it and... what? Sigh. :) I love you.

eponine119 August 1 2006, 02:14:28 UTC

Glad you liked the "bookman" bit.

It's complete only by virtue of laziness, so I accept full responsibility for that. I think up these great set-ups, but then I can't decide what's going on (too many possibilities!). Sounds like you didn't mind too much. ;)

cynthia_arrow July 31 2006, 17:53:12 UTC

You let Sawyer bury himself in books all day? 0_0

I officially love you. :)

And, OMG, you let Desmond be happy! With his epic love! *flails*

But poor Sawyer. As initially odd as it is to see him with such a quiet life, he still seems distinctly Sawyer to me--so self-protective it almost hurts to think about it. I like how I'm not sure if Desmond is being idealistic (idealistic!Desmond is my favorite, despite the level of melodrama usually involved) and wanting to genuinely connect with Sawyer, or if he's just out for what he can get from him. And I love that this isn't neatly sewed up at the end.

I'm certain that whoever you wrote this for is quite happy with it, and with you. And would tackle you with a hug...if you were the hugging sort. But she knows you aren't. :)

eponine119 August 1 2006, 02:16:59 UTC

Oh, I made some good choices, I see. :) Of course Sawyer gets books and Desmond gets his girl. I couldn't quite decide about Desmond's motives -- I don't see why it couldn't be both, really. Even if Desmond did want something, I think he is also the kind of person who seeks genuine connections, regardless.

Happy to hear you think the intended recipient would enjoy it. :D

gottalovev July 31 2006, 18:19:08 UTC

oh wow. makes me sad for Sawyer, to see that he cut himself from everyone. But then again, he embraced the change from the island and stopped his conning, something rarely seen up to that level in future fic that do not focus on him in a relationship or another.

I don't know what to think of your Desmond.... does he want everyone happy or is he just exploiting everyone stories? intriguing.

eponine119 August 1 2006, 02:20:17 UTC

It is sad for Sawyer, but at the same time it's progress...so it's hard to say which would really be worse.

I like my intriguing Desmond. No reason why it couldn't be both.

astra2104 July 31 2006, 20:33:24 UTC

Somehow the thought of Sawyer working in a library and going home to dozens of books make me happy; maybe because I'm happy around books, or because it's hard to be angry or pessimistic or self-loathing while reading.
And I liked the way desmond turns out in this fic; well, maybe not like, but I'm intrigued. There are so many possibilities what Desmond could be or do; I wonder how he will turn out in the end.
And I think this is my favourite sentence; feels so true.
He took them home, on occasion, but he was an impossibly slow reader. He didn't mind losing them back to the shelves. He'd find them again when the time was right.
:)

eponine119 August 1 2006, 02:21:28 UTC

it's hard to be angry or pessimistic or self-loathing while reading.

This is so true. Maybe that's why I'm in love with reading so much, and in love with reading!Sawyer as well.