i lost my power in this world (Ben/Kate, PG-13)
Title: i lost my power in this world
Fandom: LOST
Characters: Ben/Kate, past Ben/Annie
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 108
Summary: Symmetry's the closest to love he's going to get. (prompt - nightmare, written for lost_in_108 )
Ben builds walls to keep out the dead, and she climbs them like trees, letting in memories of childish hearts carved into bark and sun-bleached curls caught in his fingers.
The chains of the old swingset mark Kate's hands, and Ben accepts that symmetry is the closest to love he's going to get. She slips on the nightgown Ben dug out of his closet, pale blue over paler skin and bones, and the phantom sting of chocolate fills his mouth.
He tests the name on her when he thinks she's asleep, "Katherine Anne," his voice thick with ash.
The living ghost in his bed snickers. "It's just Kate."
Fandom: LOST
Characters: Ben/Kate, past Ben/Annie
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 108
Summary: Symmetry's the closest to love he's going to get. (prompt - nightmare, written for lost_in_108 )
Ben builds walls to keep out the dead, and she climbs them like trees, letting in memories of childish hearts carved into bark and sun-bleached curls caught in his fingers.
The chains of the old swingset mark Kate's hands, and Ben accepts that symmetry is the closest to love he's going to get. She slips on the nightgown Ben dug out of his closet, pale blue over paler skin and bones, and the phantom sting of chocolate fills his mouth.
He tests the name on her when he thinks she's asleep, "Katherine Anne," his voice thick with ash.
The living ghost in his bed snickers. "It's just Kate."