Secret Santa Gift for empty_marrow

[m_ravensblood]

Title: Hollow Hearted
Author: M. Elizabeth Ravensblood
Rating: PG-13 for language and minor sexuality
Pairing: Jack/Samantha
Summary: Afternoons in a sleazy motel are not longer enough for Jack.
Author's Notes: For my delightfully twisted friend, empty_marrow, I present you with major angst that draws it's inspiration from your prompt, the lyrics of Rootless

Comments

[velvetwhip]

Oh! This is so heartbreaking...poor jack! And poor Sam!

Great work!

Gabrielle

[m_ravensblood]

Thank you! Robin loves angst, so I gave her a good dose of it ;o)

[roman_romantic]

Absolutely heartwrenching! Poor Jack! Poor foolish Sam! Any chance of more and giving them a happy ending? :-(

[m_ravensblood]

I did have a sequel idea. But I have a lot going on at the moment. So maybe sometime :o)

[serialbathera]

this is excellent

[m_ravensblood]

Thank you! That's very kind of you :o)

[empty_marrow]

OK, I deliberately was holding off on reading this as enticement of a wonderful reward once I finished your fic. ;) So, so worth the wait!

I love the use of the lyrics and Jack's horrible realization that even the hating with passion had fizzled, just as Sam was realizing she did love and need him more than as a one-night stand. It also seems weirdly and sadly appropriate that these two brilliant communicators, who have so much insight into people's behavior and motivations in the general sense of things, are so hobbled in their attempts to connect with one another.

...and, wow, I think you just penned an episode of "Mad Men" right here! Wonderfully done, you made this old Angst Ho very very happy!

[m_ravensblood]

I'm so thrilled you liked and that it appealed to you er Ho-liness ;o)

Sam is so blind and even the most loyal of dogs need a bone now and then. Poor Jack would probably take her back if she groveled and went all out but I think he would not trust her easily. I thought of a happy ending but decided to leave it angsty and keep them apart :o)

Oy veh! You got me hooked on Mad Men. Another series, the last thing I needed ;o) Now to get the Profiler/Mad Men crossover finished and posted sometime.

[melanie_anne]

Hooray for angst! Very nicely done. :)