Fic, Lost: I'm Headed Nowhere But Downhill (Hurley, Sayid, Kate, Jack), PG13

[janie_tangerine]

I never should give in to plot bunnies during lectures.

Title: I'm Headed Nowhere But Downhill
Characters: Hurley, Sayid, Kate, Jack
Rating: PG13, but sort of deals with drug use. What's with me and drugs?
Disclaimer: If they were mine they wouldn't have been in the FFs situations to begin with...
Word count: 400
Spoilers: Up to 4x10.
Summary:

Comments

[neated]

When she swallows the first pill and hears What’s up, Freckles?, she understands how Jack felt. Too late, as always.

That line gave me chills.

Wow, this is a real great idea. And they are all taking the same drug^^

The bitter irony of it, is that he started taking it in order not to see his father anymore; he always shows up as soon as he swallows one down.

Aww, poor Jack. Very ironic.

[janie_tangerine]

Thank you! I was actually upset myself while writing half of this. I don't know what's up with my brain sometimes...

And yeah, everyone is on Oxy. I realize I may have stretched a bit but it looked plausible. Thanks so much again, really glad you liked it!

[elise_509]

Someone already commented on it but I loved this especially:
When she swallows the first pill and hears What’s up, Freckles?, she understands how Jack felt. Too late, as always.

It is going to be interesting when Kate starts being haunted by the island the way that Jack and Hurley are and she realizes what Jack was going through. Having the drug be a link between all of them was an interesting idea. Nice work!

[janie_tangerine]

It is going to be interesting when Kate starts being haunted by the island the way that Jack and Hurley are and she realizes what Jack was going through.

I'm living to see that, methinks. Or at least, I'd love to see S3 flashforward Kate in that situation. *eyes her not too kindly*

I really don't know where the idea came from but I thought it'd be interesting to link them that way. Thank you so much, glad you liked it!

[shennydenny]

Wow, that was really good! Especially Kate seeing Sawyer...except if he was flashing those dimples at me I'd never touch the pills again.

[janie_tangerine]

Thank you! Well, maybe if he was the real one, but if he was the creepy island dead but not here version I can (sort of) understand where she comes from ;) thanks so much again, glad you liked it!

[elliotsmelliot]

This fic gave me the chills especially the part with Sayid getting his next name (did taking the pill mean he is actually contemplating that job? Eek!) and Kate seeing Sawyer (does one have to be dead to pop up and call someone freckles?Eek). Thanks leaving Sun out of the collective tumble downhill. Clearly Oxycodone (and possibly your brain!) is manufactured by Widmore pharmaceuticals.

[janie_tangerine]

Thanks! Well, chilling was my target. Though I rarely do it and I won't do it again soon for sure.

(did taking the pill mean he is actually contemplating that job? Eek!)

Hell no! I mean, it probably means that he realized that he reached his lowest point. If I ever write him doing that job, he's never going to finish it. I'm not that masochistic!

About Kate and Sawyer, uhm, I leave liberty of choice. I had a bunny since Eggtown where she saw him and then found out it was happening because on the island they were all dead but at the time there weren't kids and promises in between and I never had the guts to go through with it (especially because I still didn't know you-know-what), so let's say I don't want to know what's up with him. I'd say one doesn't need to be dead though ;)

Sun surely didn't need me torturing her, at this point!

Clearly Oxycodone (and possibly your brain!) is manufactured by Widmore pharmaceuticals.

That's a likely possibility!

[falafel_musings]

Interesting way to link the O6, through hard drugs! I liked the creepy image of Sawyer reading on Kates bed! Funny that Jack sees Christian when he takes the drugs and Hurley sees Charlie when he stops taking them. Sayid, darling, pls don't pop a pill and kill Penny, okay, thx...

[janie_tangerine]

Thanks! I blame Steve Earle. I would've probably written some fluff Sayid/Nadia for that challenge if this bunny wasn't so insistent! But I wasn't really channeling that one though, so I went with the angst. Sayid is never killing Penny here, I could never bring myself to!

Funny that Jack sees Christian when he takes the drugs and Hurley sees Charlie when he stops taking them.

Hurley is one that I like to stay clean ;) and I still think that the Charlie he sees has good intentions. About Jack's dad I couldn't say the same though... and glad you liked the creepy!Sawyer! I was going to do a full thing on that once. But it would have required a massacre and I'm nowhere near ready to go that way. And canon 90% ditched it anyway ;)