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[slybrunette]

Title: We'll Be Playmates And Lovers And Share Our Secret World
Fandom: Lost
Characters/Pairings: Kate, Tom
Word Count: 909
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Pre-island. Solace is found in the grass, sun beaming down on freckled hands, interlocked, like if he lets go she'll be gone in an instant.

First day of second grade, Kate launches herself into a tree as soon

Comments

[slybrunette]

I always liked Tom, just for the novelty of the whole childhood sweetheart thing. Maybe I'm weird. But I'm glad you went ahead and read it anyway and you know didn't hate it. I've been dying to write this for awhile.

Glad you liked it :) Thanks for reading and reviewing!

[slybrunette]

Aw, thanks! I'm glad you liked it :)

(PS, I love your icon!)

[elise_509]

This is absolutely stunning.

I loved this:

Somehow she gets up high enough to knock on Tom’s second story bedroom window, just to say goodbye, which ends up being nothing more than goodnight.

Now she’s fairly sure she only did it to see if there was anyone still strong enough to tether her there.

and this, especially:

Kate likes to pretend that’s the last time she ever tried to contact him. That she let him go along with her childhood.

There’s a toy plane and a little boy somewhere in Iowa who has lost his father that begs to differ.

It's heartbreaking that she loses him, first when he kind of outgrows her and leaves her behind, and then when his wife answers the phone, and then when she loses him for good. It feels like endless pain for her.

Beautiful piece!

[slybrunette]

Aw, thank you!! I think Tom probably played a major part in what went on in her youth, judging by how soon we saw flashbacks of her with him, so I've always wanted to explore that in relation to her backstory.

I'm glad you liked this! Thanks for reading!

[raisingirl99]

I loved this, from the sweetly amusing beginning to the perfect ending. I'm a big fan of the Kate/Tom friendship/pairing, and I loved the way you portrayed the progression of their relationship. I really could quote most of it to say what I especially loved, but I'll limit it to this line:

She’s losing him and she would fight for him if she didn’t know she’d leave him in the end anyway.

Thanks so much for sharing this with everyone. :)

[slybrunette]

I've always been interested to read stuff about them, I've just never actually written any.

Anyways, I'm glad you liked this! Thanks for reading!

[gottalovev]

what a bittersweet retelling of Kate/Tom, little school sweethearts, the nice and warm relationship they have as teens but secrets, always holding them back. made me feel for Kate.. things could have been so different!

[slybrunette]

I like the whole concept of them, the dynamic that was presented. We've never really seen Kate when she was younger, and I wanted to play with that.

I'm glad you liked this! Thanks for reading!