Lost Fic: Time Enough at Last (Daniel/Charlotte)

[ozmissage]

Title: Time Enough at Last
Pairing: Daniel/Charlotte (a bit of Daniel/Theresa)
Rating: PG-13 (character death)
Words: 1,376
Disclaimer: Not mine. Title from The Twilight Zone.
Summary: He takes to slipping into his room and bolting the door every afternoon, locking himself away with nothing but his memories and his machine.
A/N: Written for valhalla37 who

Comments

[pann_cake]

:((( Poor Dan! This is heartbreaking, but I can really see him doing something so desperate and crazy. I like the ending, that Miles can tell it was worth it.

Actually, I just love all of Miles throughout this. NO SURPRISE THERE. :P

[ozmissage]

Thank you so much!

I'm not sure how Miles even creeped in there so much. He has a way of hijacking my fics...;)

[valhalla37]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

You're a genius, and I am thoroughly creeped out/heart-broken/rejoicing over this awesome, awesome fic.

Alas, I'm on my phone so I'll have to come back later to leave real feedback, but just wanted to say this is SO INCREDIBLE, and thank you so, so, so much! :D :D :D

[valhalla37]

(Okay, I'm back -- so, so sorry for the delay!)

This is just ... GUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH. I'm reduced to capslock, like with everything you write. This is just so, so, SO eerie, in a very Twilight-esque way -- like it still gives you the willies long after you read it; this has stuck with me all day -- and so sad and awful and tragic but ultimately not completely hopeless in the end.

The set-up is so neat; such a great sci-fi feel, and I can totally, absolutely see Dan embarking on something like this, that he would still try to twist the science to suit his goals which makes SO much more sense than discrediting his own life's work and dropping a bomb. And the whole machine -- it gives me the creepy, very Frankenstein (as Miles rightly said) image -- it's such a great illustration of how Daniel's more of a shell of a man than anything at that point.

I loooove that you included Theresa as well, because she's such a key part of Dan's tragedy and his whole story, and I don't think she's seen enough in fic, in my opinion. I love all the

[ozmissage]

I'm so glad you liked it! I was a little wary about killing Dan, but I couldn't see any other way. I'm sorry about Miles sneaking in there so much. You know how he is, he just does whatever he wants including wandering into fics that aren't about him. ;)

[bluerosetorn]

Ok this just broke my heart on about ten different levels. 8[

Beautifully written, as always.

[ozmissage]

Aww, thank you so much! (And sorry about the heartbreaking.) ;)

[ozmissage]

Thank you so much! I wanted to try for something a little scifi-y with this one because I tend to go straight for the ghosts and goblins. I'm glad it worked for you! :)

[mustaza]

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Sorry for the caps, but seriously this story worths it. Oh my Daniel Faraday, what a beautiful fic. I cried a little bit, but that's something I'm getting used to.

I'm haunted by the idea of the "He could stop it, he could save her" - for Theresa and for Charlotte. Also, I found very interesting the development of the machine - I can really picture it!

And a little boy!!! :( Why do I always find well-written stories when I'm trying to write my own? Stuff like this makes me enter in a mental block!

Anyway, excellent job. (I'm glad my curiosity led me here).