Just another word for nothing left to lose

[aboutbunnies]

Title: Just another word for nothing left to lose
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Don't own them; just borrowing.
Summary: Forty-two hours of a road trip. She's never gone on the run with anyone. It occurs to her this could be dangerous, in more ways than one.
Spoilers: through What They Died For, and the very beginning of The End
Notes: Very belated

Comments

[aurilly]

God, I have had the worst day ever, and then this happened. What a lovely pick-me-up before bedtime.

It'd felt very Pretty Woman, she in the black dress and stilettos, and doesn't take much for Kate to figure he expects to get laid for his troubles.
Lol, creeper Desmond. I love how you call him out on that. He managed to creep in every possible definition of the word: hanging out in schools, stalking pregnant ladies, stealing coffins, hooker-ifying Kate.

expertly hotwired, and Kate's impressed. Maybe even a little turned on
Love it!

I also love Kate's dream, with him on the sidelines on the island, always caring about her but not being insistently in her business. God, I love them. This was absolutely delightful, so quietly, fantastically them. Screw the light and the afterlife; I really liked the sideways as a regular old alternate universe, so I like that you had them just continue living in it. This was beautifully written. It's really put me in a slightly better mood! <3

[aboutbunnies]

Aw, I'm so glad you enjoyed this and that it made your day better! Thanks so much for letting me know :)

Lol, creeper Desmond.
Maybe I should have made it clearer, but that wasn't Desmond :/ I love Desmond! Nah, Kate scooted away from Des while he was preoccupied with the Oceanic coffin; creeper was just a random someone she hitched a ride with ;) But yes, the dress from Desmond was very hooker-ish! And totally not Kate. At all.

Screw the light and the afterlife; I really liked the sideways as a regular old alternate universe
I did too! I loved the sideways and it will always be real in my head.

Thanks so much for the kind words. I'm glad this worked for you, and you felt it was true to Kate and Sayid. :)

[tidbit2008]

I love this. You always manage to capture the best qualities of the Losties. And I love the destination of "Anywhere." Anywhere but here, anywhere but the island, even though they don't know yet that that's also what they're running from.

Very well written, as always :)

[aboutbunnies]

Aw, thank you! I'm so glad you liked this!

anywhere but the island, even though they don't know yet that that's also what they're running from. I love that - thanks for picking up on that ;)

[tidbit2008]

You're most welcome :)

hee. Happy to be of service.

[pann_cake]

I loved this! I always had a soft spot for these two, and you captured their dynamic so perfectly. I love the dream, of him kissing her hand. Always one of my favorite LOST scenes. Pretty much the whole stay at the hotel was squee-worthy. :DD

I also am a sucker for the sideways world, I like the idea of it being real.

[aboutbunnies]

Thank you so much; I'm so glad you enjoyed this! I'm a sucker for the sideways world, too. I choose to believe it was certainly more real than the heaven!verse real.

Thanks for reading and commenting :)

[squeakyboots]

You had me at ...the stupid dress. Oh, and this: “Somehow I didn't think [a concert]'d be my style.”. Because it absolutely is not Kate's style and after six seasons of writing her I am shocked that the writers of Lost never got that about Kate at all. Your Kate here is more IC and interesting than "finale Kate" by a long shot. And Sayid's voice is great, too. ♥

[aboutbunnies]

Thank you so much - I'm so glad you enjoyed this! What you say about Kate and the characterization the writers gave her in the finale is exactly why I needed to write this, so I'm delighted that rejection of finale!Kate came across to you :) Thanks for reading and commenting!

[aboutbunnies]

I'm so, so very glad you enjoyed this! ♥ It was so much fun to write; thank you for the request that pushed me to do this - it's something I wanted to write since the finale but would have probably just sat in my head forever had you not prompted it.

it creates elaborate imagery and sense of time without being top-heavy.
Thank you - because this was what I was the most unsure of while writing. I knew I wanted to do the time progression, but worried it might have come across as too forced or heavy-handed. I'm delighted you liked the little details.

And the Patsy Cline - it's such a Kate!cliche, but I just cannot help myself ;)

Thank you for such a lovely comment. I'm so very glad you enjoyed!