jack/kate: "those small steps"
Title: Those Small Steps
Rating: pg-13
Fandom: Lost
Pairing/Characters: Jack/Kate, Aaron, Juliet
Genre(s): Angst/Romance
Word Count: 2,867
Status: Complete
Spoilers: up to 5x10 "He's Our You"
Summary: She watched as he fell apart. In turn, she fell apart with him.
A/N: This is an early birthday gift to _milz_ ; sorry it's so angsty! XD
( Back on the island, everything, all the glances, the flirtations, the conversations, and the sly way their arms wold brush against each other's as they trekked into the jungle together, it was all done slowly, incessantly bothered by interruptions. )
Rating: pg-13
Fandom: Lost
Pairing/Characters: Jack/Kate, Aaron, Juliet
Genre(s): Angst/Romance
Word Count: 2,867
Status: Complete
Spoilers: up to 5x10 "He's Our You"
Summary: She watched as he fell apart. In turn, she fell apart with him.
A/N: This is an early birthday gift to _milz_ ; sorry it's so angsty! XD
( Back on the island, everything, all the glances, the flirtations, the conversations, and the sly way their arms wold brush against each other's as they trekked into the jungle together, it was all done slowly, incessantly bothered by interruptions. )
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Their lives, now, were a lie so they clung to each other, the one thing that was real.
That's such a lovely way to put it. Very true.
He asked her out to dinner for the next evening and yes tumbled out of her mouth so quickly (she couldn’t say no, and she didn’t want to anymore) that there was a brief silence on his end of the line and she knew he was smiling.
AWWW! ♥ That's so adorable! :D
He walked her to her front door (the innocence of it made her want to laugh) and she turned to him, her hands reaching up to grasp the collar of his dress shirt and pulling him down towards her to kiss him ( ... )
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“Why won’t you talk to me?” She asked quietly, and he turned away, his shoulders tensing (everything about him was tense now, like something just waiting to snap).
Her fingers enclosed over his hand and she couldn’t keep the pleading out of her voice. “Let me help you, Jack.”
He looked back at her, his face so tight, and he took her in his arms and she leaned her head against his chest.
She knew then that he was already too far gone.
AUGH. Dead. ♥ AND this:
She stared at his back, the breath held back in her throat, and she willed herself, desperately, to say something, anything (you saved me, so let me save you), and Jack’s shoulders slumped in defeat as he started walking.
The part in parentheses is perfect. *huge sigh*
Aaron asking for Jack! :( That made me more upset than anything else.
So she became the one who turned and walked away this time, and each step she took was harder than the one before.
I’m sick of lying ( ... )
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LOL, we just keep killing each other with our fics, don't we? XD
The part in parentheses is perfect. *huge sigh*
Thank you. I was so giddy when that came to me, it was pathetic, really. XD
Aaron asking for Jack! :( That made me more upset than anything else.
I know; I hated writing that part as well, but felt it fit. :/
Oooh, that's quite insightful! I love how you're paralleling their characters here, and throughout the whole piece, really.
Thanks! I thought that part fit, so I put it in. I'm glad you liked it!
Juliet! That's such a great way to introduce the pregnancy. And the way you wrap it all up with her final line is so nice.
Gotta keep putting Juliet in. ;D I truly think it would be awesome if Juliet does turn out to be the one who finds out first (if Kate IS pregnant, that is), since she's so trustworthy and it could really strike up a good friendship between her and Kate. So I'm happy you liked how the fic ended with that.
So, if you couldn't tell already, I adored this. :D And on a purely stylistic ( ... )
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Yup! But like phoenixes, we always rise from the ashes. ;D
Gotta keep putting Juliet in. ;D I truly think it would be awesome if Juliet does turn out to be the one who finds out first (if Kate IS pregnant, that is), since she's so trustworthy and it could really strike up a good friendship between her and Kate.
I would love for that to happen, too, for the reasons you list! And of course it would create some really interesting drama with Juliet's loyalties--to Kate and to Jack--being questioned. She'll have to stick with Kate, though. XD And of course she's pregnant. ;D My sister and I had a very long conversation about why THIS IS THE TRUTH the other day (we were bored . . . :D). It will happen, just wait for it. ;)
And you DO NOT over-do it in your fics, trust me. :DI'm glad you don't think so, because I just typed up a fic chock-full of parentheses and italics and angst. Not the kind of thing I usually write at all. ;D ( ... )
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I am so glad, so effing glad I friended you because, because, having a fic dedicated to me makes me the happiest biatch in the world right now.
Aww... that's very sweet. The feeling is mutual, definitely; well, being happy that I friended you part. ;D
First, don't apologize for the angst. I love the angst. The angst tears them apart but ultimately brings them closer together.
Good, I'm very glad. I know a lot of people who don't like fics with angst. And I agree: angst does do that to Jate.
I'm still waiting for the day when they finally scream at each other. I hate when Jack and Kate don't talk. I hate when all they do is share glances. Sharing glances is FINE when you're talking. Sharing glances (like the one they shared at the breakfast table) is not good. I want them to scream, want them to yell, want Kate to take her fists and punch Jack in the chest. I just want them to talk. OKOKOK, I'm done. Seriously.LOL, I completely understand. They never, ever talk or are open with each other at all and that's ( ... )
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