Title: if it all ends in fire
Fandom: LOST
Characters: Ilana/Jacob
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 108
Summary: prompt - worked, written for
lost_in_108 He isn't beside her when she wakes up. Ilana carries the blanket to where he sits in his chair, and wraps it around his bare shoulders. Jacob doesn't look up, stares into the fire ahead. "Is the world going to come to an end now?" she teases softly.
His laugh is hollow. "It might." Ilana slips her fingers into blond hair, and listens to his uneven breathing. "I... There are things I'm not allowed to... It could destroy everything I've worked so hard to fix." He pulls her hands away from his hair.
"I'm sorry, Jacob," Ilana says.
Jacob's fingers tremble against hers as he whispers, "I'm not."