Lost fic: Santa Ana Winds [Jack/Sawyer, PG]

[eponine119]

Disclaimer: Lost is not mine.
Notes: Using for fanfic100 #54, Air

Santa Ana Wind
by eponine119
July 24, 2007

Comments

[bachlava]

Quite lovely! Before I could even read the header properly, "Ana" jumped out at me and I was like, "Ana Lucia?!" That was sort of in the back of my mind the whole time, and then it came to fruition at the end.

Beautifully put, and very believable.

[eponine119]

Thank you! I had the idea of doing a story about the wind, and then it was like Ana heard her name and demanded I include her, somehow. I'm glad you thought it worked.

[haldoor]

Wow, you really have a way of making me feel the anxiety Sawyer displays. I find the wind unsettling too, especially when it's wild. Excellent work, my dear! *hugs*

[eponine119]

Thanks! Although I'm sorry to have made you anxious. I usually like the crazy wind, but it used to blow straight through my closed windows and it was disturbing in a way.

[haldoor]

Don't worry, it wasn't quite like Sawyer's anxious! But I felt for him, if you know what I mean! At least he had Jack to go home with!

[alliecat8]

This was beautifully written. The wind was a main character in the story; it was like it had a malevolent soul, and Sawyer's anxiety about it was palpable. I love how Sawyer feels safest in the hospital, and I don't think it's because it's a hospital, but because Jack's there. Even if Jack doesn't understand completely, he's there and Sawyer feels more grounded because of it. It was chilling (even in the hot wind!) to think that Sawyer would feel the madness as a desire to hurt himself just to feel cared-for by Jack again. The wind is like a representation of the wildness that's in Sawyer's soul, and I like it that you compared it to Ana Lucia (great connection with the name, btw), because there was a wildness about her, too. I love how you worked Ana's mom (was she Teresa?) in. This was different from any Lost fic I've ever read, and I really think it's one of my favorites because of the way you used the words. I'm rambling again (why is it lately that I want to write fb that's longer than the fics themselves?), but I

[eponine119]

Thank you so much, especially since I pressured you into reading this. I'm so happy you picked up that it was Ana's mother (no clue on her name), and also the wind and what it represented in Sawyer, and yes, that he almost would hurt himself to be cared for again by Jack.

I'd forgotten Libby's comment. I've always thought it was so accurate and wise.

[uhzoomzip]

i love this, and i don't think i can even articulate why. but i do. :-)

[eponine119]

Thank you so much for reading! I'm glad you liked it. :)

[aimala1]

Am I wrong to think that was Ana, as in the woman was an apparition that Sawyer invented to get himself off the roof?

"They say that when the Santa Ana winds blow, it drives people mad."

Sawyer is in the state of mind to "see things" that aren't there.

And the way she approaches him forcefully and "abandons" him just as quickly at the first doorway. Kind of metaphoric to me, especially when she says "so did I" -- with maybe regret more than sorrow.

Anyway, beautiful description with so few words, which is what I always love about your writing. I am right there! It's so sensory.

And thanks so much for including Ana.

[eponine119]

Oh, wow, I wish I'd thought of that! What a brilliant interpretation. No, I intended for it to be her mother.

Thank you so much for the kind words and for reading this.