[Fiction] It worked (against all odds)
Title: It worked (against all odds)
Fandom: Lost
Pairing: Juliet Burke/James "Sawyer" Ford
Theme set: Gamma
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2,131
Warning: Spoiler for the whole series (including the finale)
Summary: Juliet and James … a most unlikely couple in the beginning, but in the end they were (and had always been) a perfect match.
Notes: 50 themes/one sentence for each theme - that's the challenge 1sentence, and it wasn't an easy one … English isn't my native language (although I wish) and the story is not beta'd.
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters, nor am I making any money from them. I just borrow them from time to time to have some fun. #47 (Highway) was inspired by ozmissage drabble one foot in sea, one foot on shore".
"Look, I’m sorry. I should’ve listened to you when
you wanted to get on this sub three years ago."
"I’m glad you talked me out of it."
(5.15 "Follow the Leader")
#01 - Ring
"Juliet, do you want to marry me?" he asks, holding up the ring (it is the same one he’d bought in 1977), nervous but not afraid that she would say 'no', and when she smiles (tears in her eyes) he realizes that he could never be happier in his life than right now.
#02 - Hero
Every time the fist hits his face the pain Juliet feels is twice as bad as what he must be feeling, but seeing James all brave and stubborn (as usual) makes her realize, once again, how much of the hero she fell in love with, three years ago, he still is.
#03 - Memory
They touch and the memories are overwhelming, disturbing, some of them even brutal, painful and sad - but they are also the best thing that ever happened in their lives.
#04 - Box
Looking at the small box in his shaking hand, Kate realizes that Sawyer and she were probable meant to be - but never to last; it is him and Juliet that would’ve made the perfect couple, but because of her, he’d lost Juliet, too.
#05 - Run
The moment Juliet realizes that James means so much more to her than just a friend, the second she falls in love with him (and just knows that he feels the same) the urge to run away from this island, to flee from this misery her live has become, is gone - and it never comes back.
#06 - Hurricane
Every time Juliet is moody, commanding him around (or yelling at him) James just grins and calls her hurricane!Juliet - and the problem is solved.
#07 - Wings
James can’t hold her anymore, everything around him is crashing down, but he doesn’t care; all he sees is Juliet (injured, bruised and bleeding), the love of his life falling deeper and deeper, and for some strange reason she still looks like an angel to him - if only she’d wings to fly …
#08 - Cold
The first time, her cold feet touch his leg under the blankets he startles - surprised and unsure how to deal with it - but at that very moment he makes the promise to himself to make sure she would never freeze again.
#09 - Red
Juliet's blood is everywhere, turning his hands, his clothes, his face red (he can even taste it on his lips), but he doesn’t care; he just wants to hold her forever, keeping her close and pretending everything will be all right.
#10 - Drink
"We should get coffee some time," Juliet says smiling, knowing that coffee (or any other drink) is only a code for something else - something more; and from the look in his eyes she can be sure that he knows it, too.
#11 - Midnight
It is past midnight, when, for the first time since they became members of the Dharma Initiative, Juliet knocks on his door; and it isn’t until the next morning that she leaves his house again.
#12 - Temptation
"I can’t take it anymore," Miles says one evening during their weekly meetings, pointing at James and Juliet (both smiling innocently, somehow knowing what is coming next), "You to need to get this thing out of your system or it will kill me and kill you - all of us!" (he doesn't know that his wish has already be granted a few days earlier)
#13 - View
"Like what you see?" she asks when she notices him staring at her ass (again) and his smile in return sends hot and cold shivers down her spine.
#14 - Music
He has no idea why Juliet starts crying while listening to 'Downtown' and he doesn’t ask; he just holds her in his arms until her tears stop and she relaxes in his tight embrace.
#15 - Silk
Juliet’s blond hair feels like the most valuable silk, and James never gets tired of touching it; in the morning, while she is still sleeping next to him; during breakfast, when she is drinking her coffee; in the evening, when her head is resting in his lap while he reads to her; or at night when they make love.
#16 - Cover
Juliet knows that LaFleur is just a cover James came up with to save their lives; but for her it is so much more … the most romantic name that brings out his real self; the one he’s kept hidden for his whole life.
#17 - Promise
He doesn’t need to ask her, he knows he can rely on her, but hearing her voice, promising him she still has his back sounds too good in his ears to not ask again and again (and there is this warm feeling rising inside of him that he no longer can - or want to - ignore ordeny).
#18 - Dream
One month after Juliet moved in with him, his dreams start to change; he stops having nightmares but instead he dreams of flowers, long walks at the beach and two blond haired, blue eyed kids (one girl looking exactly like her mother), and his nights have never before been so refreshing.
#19 - Candle
On their first anniversary Juliet surprises him with a romantic candlelight dinner; the next year he brings her red roses - one for every month.
#20 - Talent
When Juliet tells him she is assigned to the motor pool, he raises an eyebrow, amused and mischievous, but when she fixes the motor of his van one week later, he has to admit that he underestimated her talent.
#21 - Silence
James has never been a big talker - especially, when it comes to personal topics he feels uncomfortable to share - but Juliet doesn’t mind; she loves his company, no matter if they talk or spend the evening in silence (his looks and the way he touches her, cares for her ... mean so much more than words could ever say).
#22 - Journey
James takes Juliet’s hand as they both stare at the light, ready to make their final journey into eternity together; to a place where no force would ever be able to separate them again.
#23 - Fire
Before he even realizes it, the whole camp is under fire and people are screaming and running into the jungle; some of his friends are injures, need his help, but he instinctively reaches out for (the stranger) Juliet’s arm to pull her with him to take her some place safe.
#24 - Strength
"You think I can’t beat you?" she asks, playfully shaking her fist at him, and he slightly shakes his head, trying not to challenge her and recalling the first time they met (when she’d knocked him out with a teaser).
#25 - Mask
It doesn’t take Juliet long to figure out that his behavior is just an act and that his true self (the one she soon falls in love with) is carefully hidden behind a mask of mean nicknames and an exaggerated tendency to play cool.
#26 - Ice
She isn’t the ice queen he thought she was, and once he realizes this there is no way not to trust her with his life (or to fall in love with her), and - as weird as it is - it all comes natural and without much thinking.
#27 - Fall
"I got you, babe," he mumbles and only a second later he has lost her hand and watches her fall down that hole, while the whole world starts crashing down on him (in more than one way).
#28 - Forgotten
Juliet brings the best out of him and shows him a life full of joy and happiness he had forgotten existed ever since his parents died and his world had turned dark (now it is bright and beautiful again).
#29 - Dance
Ever since James has hold her tight to dry her tears this one song ('Downtown') has caused, Juliet feels the urge to dance with him, every time they listen to this song on their stereo (and every single time, James grants her that wish; she doesn't even have to ask …
#30 - Body
"I had no idea grease monkey can look so damn sexy," James says one evening, pulling Juliet close, before she even gets the chance to shower or change clothes.
#31 - Sacred
They promise each other to never take the other for granted; their love, their relationship should be treated as something special, something valuably (and they keep this promise up to the very end).
#32 - Farewells
With mixed feelings they look back on the island that was their home for a very long time, not sure, whether to be happy to finally leave this place or not; and somehow they both feel that this isn’t a goodbye forever ...
#33 - World
Living in Dharmaville, in the 70s, is a challenge for them at first, but once they get used to this decade they only remember from blurry childhood memories, James and Juliet start to built a whole new world for them and their growing love (not knowing that only three years later their friends would destroy it and change everything).
#34 - Formal
Hearing her call him James feels strange in the beginning (he is so used to ‘Sawyer’ that he sometimes forgets that this isn't his real name), but then he notices how sexy his name sounds when she says it and he instantly starts to wish she would say him name more often.
#35 - Fever
"I had no idea that grease monkeys have hidden healing powers, blondie," James says, glassy-eyed and still shaking and sweaty, but it is a small relief to hear him trying to be funny again, and Juliet can finally breathe again (after spending three whole days watching him having feverish dreams).
#36 - Laugh
James loves to hear her laugh; her laughter is so clear and honest and the best medicine for his broken soul he could wish for, so he tries to make her laugh every day.
#37 - Lies
Lying about their past, of where they came from and who they really are, is easy; but they never lie to each other - not once.
#38 - Forever
"I will never leave you," she promises him and this time it is a promise she would keep - forever.
#39 - Overwhelmed
On their way to the church, where they would meet their friends, Juliet and James can’t stop looking at each other, overwhelmed by long lost feelings and a love that grows stronger with every step the take.
#40 - Whisper
James pulls her closer as he feels her whole body shaking and he whispers, "It’s me, baby" against her shoulder, for once not ashamed that she isn’t the only one crying.
#41 - Wait
Juliet is the woman he has waited for all his life, but it isn't until their first kiss that he realizes what he's missed all these years.
#42 - Talk
She catches him when he is trying to snag a chocolate bar from the candy machine, but instead of just walking by, she starts talking to him; without exactly knowing why, but with the feeling that this is the right thing - the only thing - to do.
#43 - Search
"I feel like I've been looking for you for all my life," she says one night as she snuggles against his body, her hand caressing his bare chest, and he smiles, telling her he was in his office all day - only a few steps away from where she worked.
#44 - Hope
What are the odds that they all would survive the explosion, and yet they are (and she is) still alive (injured, but breathing) when he finally finds here - and the hope that they can stay together - the one he lost before - raises again; against his better judgment.
#45 - Eclipse
James can'T let go of her, he keeps holding her, carrying her all the way up the hole, not seeing, that the sun is shining, its brightness hurting his eyes, while inside of him it's dark and empty as if Juliet has taken everything with her, when she died.
#46 - Gravity
They are traveling in time, their heads hurt, their noses bleed, and it takes them every time a bit longer to adjust to the new situation, but no matter how exhausting, how painful each travel is, the first thing they do is reach out to each other, making sure the other one is okay (even then instinctively feeing the special connection they will soon turn into something more).
#47 - Highway
"You are insane," Juliet shouts, laughing, the wind blowing into her face, as James speeds up the Porsche, driving down to Vegas (after explaining her that eternity could wait a little bit longer).
#48 - Unknown
She enters the same elevator he just wants to leave, a young boy at her side, and although he doesn't know her (doesn't remember her) he instantly feels some kind of connection; it's disturbing, and yet so familiar.
#49 - Lock
He asks why she locks the door (he has never done this since he get the house), but when she just smiles and opens the first button of her shirt, all questions are erased from his mind and all he can focus on is the soft skin he desperately wants to touch.
#50 - Breathe
The last time she asked him to kiss him, he had kissed her until her last breathe; the next time, she asks him, he kisses her in the same way, and again he takes her breath away - but this time he doesn't mind leaving her breathless (and speechless).
Fandom: Lost
Pairing: Juliet Burke/James "Sawyer" Ford
Theme set: Gamma
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2,131
Warning: Spoiler for the whole series (including the finale)
Summary: Juliet and James … a most unlikely couple in the beginning, but in the end they were (and had always been) a perfect match.
Notes: 50 themes/one sentence for each theme - that's the challenge 1sentence, and it wasn't an easy one … English isn't my native language (although I wish) and the story is not beta'd.
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters, nor am I making any money from them. I just borrow them from time to time to have some fun. #47 (Highway) was inspired by ozmissage drabble one foot in sea, one foot on shore".
"Look, I’m sorry. I should’ve listened to you when
you wanted to get on this sub three years ago."
"I’m glad you talked me out of it."
(5.15 "Follow the Leader")
#01 - Ring
"Juliet, do you want to marry me?" he asks, holding up the ring (it is the same one he’d bought in 1977), nervous but not afraid that she would say 'no', and when she smiles (tears in her eyes) he realizes that he could never be happier in his life than right now.
#02 - Hero
Every time the fist hits his face the pain Juliet feels is twice as bad as what he must be feeling, but seeing James all brave and stubborn (as usual) makes her realize, once again, how much of the hero she fell in love with, three years ago, he still is.
#03 - Memory
They touch and the memories are overwhelming, disturbing, some of them even brutal, painful and sad - but they are also the best thing that ever happened in their lives.
#04 - Box
Looking at the small box in his shaking hand, Kate realizes that Sawyer and she were probable meant to be - but never to last; it is him and Juliet that would’ve made the perfect couple, but because of her, he’d lost Juliet, too.
#05 - Run
The moment Juliet realizes that James means so much more to her than just a friend, the second she falls in love with him (and just knows that he feels the same) the urge to run away from this island, to flee from this misery her live has become, is gone - and it never comes back.
#06 - Hurricane
Every time Juliet is moody, commanding him around (or yelling at him) James just grins and calls her hurricane!Juliet - and the problem is solved.
#07 - Wings
James can’t hold her anymore, everything around him is crashing down, but he doesn’t care; all he sees is Juliet (injured, bruised and bleeding), the love of his life falling deeper and deeper, and for some strange reason she still looks like an angel to him - if only she’d wings to fly …
#08 - Cold
The first time, her cold feet touch his leg under the blankets he startles - surprised and unsure how to deal with it - but at that very moment he makes the promise to himself to make sure she would never freeze again.
#09 - Red
Juliet's blood is everywhere, turning his hands, his clothes, his face red (he can even taste it on his lips), but he doesn’t care; he just wants to hold her forever, keeping her close and pretending everything will be all right.
#10 - Drink
"We should get coffee some time," Juliet says smiling, knowing that coffee (or any other drink) is only a code for something else - something more; and from the look in his eyes she can be sure that he knows it, too.
#11 - Midnight
It is past midnight, when, for the first time since they became members of the Dharma Initiative, Juliet knocks on his door; and it isn’t until the next morning that she leaves his house again.
#12 - Temptation
"I can’t take it anymore," Miles says one evening during their weekly meetings, pointing at James and Juliet (both smiling innocently, somehow knowing what is coming next), "You to need to get this thing out of your system or it will kill me and kill you - all of us!" (he doesn't know that his wish has already be granted a few days earlier)
#13 - View
"Like what you see?" she asks when she notices him staring at her ass (again) and his smile in return sends hot and cold shivers down her spine.
#14 - Music
He has no idea why Juliet starts crying while listening to 'Downtown' and he doesn’t ask; he just holds her in his arms until her tears stop and she relaxes in his tight embrace.
#15 - Silk
Juliet’s blond hair feels like the most valuable silk, and James never gets tired of touching it; in the morning, while she is still sleeping next to him; during breakfast, when she is drinking her coffee; in the evening, when her head is resting in his lap while he reads to her; or at night when they make love.
#16 - Cover
Juliet knows that LaFleur is just a cover James came up with to save their lives; but for her it is so much more … the most romantic name that brings out his real self; the one he’s kept hidden for his whole life.
#17 - Promise
He doesn’t need to ask her, he knows he can rely on her, but hearing her voice, promising him she still has his back sounds too good in his ears to not ask again and again (and there is this warm feeling rising inside of him that he no longer can - or want to - ignore ordeny).
#18 - Dream
One month after Juliet moved in with him, his dreams start to change; he stops having nightmares but instead he dreams of flowers, long walks at the beach and two blond haired, blue eyed kids (one girl looking exactly like her mother), and his nights have never before been so refreshing.
#19 - Candle
On their first anniversary Juliet surprises him with a romantic candlelight dinner; the next year he brings her red roses - one for every month.
#20 - Talent
When Juliet tells him she is assigned to the motor pool, he raises an eyebrow, amused and mischievous, but when she fixes the motor of his van one week later, he has to admit that he underestimated her talent.
#21 - Silence
James has never been a big talker - especially, when it comes to personal topics he feels uncomfortable to share - but Juliet doesn’t mind; she loves his company, no matter if they talk or spend the evening in silence (his looks and the way he touches her, cares for her ... mean so much more than words could ever say).
#22 - Journey
James takes Juliet’s hand as they both stare at the light, ready to make their final journey into eternity together; to a place where no force would ever be able to separate them again.
#23 - Fire
Before he even realizes it, the whole camp is under fire and people are screaming and running into the jungle; some of his friends are injures, need his help, but he instinctively reaches out for (the stranger) Juliet’s arm to pull her with him to take her some place safe.
#24 - Strength
"You think I can’t beat you?" she asks, playfully shaking her fist at him, and he slightly shakes his head, trying not to challenge her and recalling the first time they met (when she’d knocked him out with a teaser).
#25 - Mask
It doesn’t take Juliet long to figure out that his behavior is just an act and that his true self (the one she soon falls in love with) is carefully hidden behind a mask of mean nicknames and an exaggerated tendency to play cool.
#26 - Ice
She isn’t the ice queen he thought she was, and once he realizes this there is no way not to trust her with his life (or to fall in love with her), and - as weird as it is - it all comes natural and without much thinking.
#27 - Fall
"I got you, babe," he mumbles and only a second later he has lost her hand and watches her fall down that hole, while the whole world starts crashing down on him (in more than one way).
#28 - Forgotten
Juliet brings the best out of him and shows him a life full of joy and happiness he had forgotten existed ever since his parents died and his world had turned dark (now it is bright and beautiful again).
#29 - Dance
Ever since James has hold her tight to dry her tears this one song ('Downtown') has caused, Juliet feels the urge to dance with him, every time they listen to this song on their stereo (and every single time, James grants her that wish; she doesn't even have to ask …
#30 - Body
"I had no idea grease monkey can look so damn sexy," James says one evening, pulling Juliet close, before she even gets the chance to shower or change clothes.
#31 - Sacred
They promise each other to never take the other for granted; their love, their relationship should be treated as something special, something valuably (and they keep this promise up to the very end).
#32 - Farewells
With mixed feelings they look back on the island that was their home for a very long time, not sure, whether to be happy to finally leave this place or not; and somehow they both feel that this isn’t a goodbye forever ...
#33 - World
Living in Dharmaville, in the 70s, is a challenge for them at first, but once they get used to this decade they only remember from blurry childhood memories, James and Juliet start to built a whole new world for them and their growing love (not knowing that only three years later their friends would destroy it and change everything).
#34 - Formal
Hearing her call him James feels strange in the beginning (he is so used to ‘Sawyer’ that he sometimes forgets that this isn't his real name), but then he notices how sexy his name sounds when she says it and he instantly starts to wish she would say him name more often.
#35 - Fever
"I had no idea that grease monkeys have hidden healing powers, blondie," James says, glassy-eyed and still shaking and sweaty, but it is a small relief to hear him trying to be funny again, and Juliet can finally breathe again (after spending three whole days watching him having feverish dreams).
#36 - Laugh
James loves to hear her laugh; her laughter is so clear and honest and the best medicine for his broken soul he could wish for, so he tries to make her laugh every day.
#37 - Lies
Lying about their past, of where they came from and who they really are, is easy; but they never lie to each other - not once.
#38 - Forever
"I will never leave you," she promises him and this time it is a promise she would keep - forever.
#39 - Overwhelmed
On their way to the church, where they would meet their friends, Juliet and James can’t stop looking at each other, overwhelmed by long lost feelings and a love that grows stronger with every step the take.
#40 - Whisper
James pulls her closer as he feels her whole body shaking and he whispers, "It’s me, baby" against her shoulder, for once not ashamed that she isn’t the only one crying.
#41 - Wait
Juliet is the woman he has waited for all his life, but it isn't until their first kiss that he realizes what he's missed all these years.
#42 - Talk
She catches him when he is trying to snag a chocolate bar from the candy machine, but instead of just walking by, she starts talking to him; without exactly knowing why, but with the feeling that this is the right thing - the only thing - to do.
#43 - Search
"I feel like I've been looking for you for all my life," she says one night as she snuggles against his body, her hand caressing his bare chest, and he smiles, telling her he was in his office all day - only a few steps away from where she worked.
#44 - Hope
What are the odds that they all would survive the explosion, and yet they are (and she is) still alive (injured, but breathing) when he finally finds here - and the hope that they can stay together - the one he lost before - raises again; against his better judgment.
#45 - Eclipse
James can'T let go of her, he keeps holding her, carrying her all the way up the hole, not seeing, that the sun is shining, its brightness hurting his eyes, while inside of him it's dark and empty as if Juliet has taken everything with her, when she died.
#46 - Gravity
They are traveling in time, their heads hurt, their noses bleed, and it takes them every time a bit longer to adjust to the new situation, but no matter how exhausting, how painful each travel is, the first thing they do is reach out to each other, making sure the other one is okay (even then instinctively feeing the special connection they will soon turn into something more).
#47 - Highway
"You are insane," Juliet shouts, laughing, the wind blowing into her face, as James speeds up the Porsche, driving down to Vegas (after explaining her that eternity could wait a little bit longer).
#48 - Unknown
She enters the same elevator he just wants to leave, a young boy at her side, and although he doesn't know her (doesn't remember her) he instantly feels some kind of connection; it's disturbing, and yet so familiar.
#49 - Lock
He asks why she locks the door (he has never done this since he get the house), but when she just smiles and opens the first button of her shirt, all questions are erased from his mind and all he can focus on is the soft skin he desperately wants to touch.
#50 - Breathe
The last time she asked him to kiss him, he had kissed her until her last breathe; the next time, she asks him, he kisses her in the same way, and again he takes her breath away - but this time he doesn't mind leaving her breathless (and speechless).