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Like the New Normal by sinaddict (NC-17)
Fandom: LOST
Pairing: Shannon/Boone, Shannon/Sawyer
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sinaddict
Author Website: None
Why this must be read:
Simply one of the best Shannon POVs ever written. Since being stranded, she keeps painting her toenails and then chipping away at the layers, just as this fic slowly works past her brittle, bitchy surface. Also love the nicely drawn supporting role by a surprisingly sympathetic (for the canon timeline) Sawyer.
The first time Boone paid off one of her boyfriends, it wasn't a scam. She was barely eighteen and left home with a group of people she didn't know to 'see the country'. Somehow Miami ended up leading her onto a cruise ship that landed in Cancun with a guy who was perfectly nice (if somewhat boring) until he discovered Mexican tequila.
After the first black eye and bloody nose, she locked herself in the bathroom with her cell phone and called Boone. She was halfway to an asthma attack by the time he picked up the phone, and she was too scared and too pissed off to care that she was sobbing and begging Boone to come get her and fix everything like he always did.
He was at her door six hours later telling her to pack her things.
She didn't question how he got rid of the guy (she can't remember his name anymore); she was so happy to see Boone, she'd pulled him into the room by the lapels of his jacket and kissed him with more fervor than she'd shown her last few boyfriends. She waited until he just started to respond to pull away and start packing.
After all, being grateful never stopped her from being a bitch, too.
Like the New Normal
Pairing: Shannon/Boone, Shannon/Sawyer
Author on LJ:
sinaddictAuthor Website: None
Why this must be read:
Simply one of the best Shannon POVs ever written. Since being stranded, she keeps painting her toenails and then chipping away at the layers, just as this fic slowly works past her brittle, bitchy surface. Also love the nicely drawn supporting role by a surprisingly sympathetic (for the canon timeline) Sawyer.
The first time Boone paid off one of her boyfriends, it wasn't a scam. She was barely eighteen and left home with a group of people she didn't know to 'see the country'. Somehow Miami ended up leading her onto a cruise ship that landed in Cancun with a guy who was perfectly nice (if somewhat boring) until he discovered Mexican tequila.
After the first black eye and bloody nose, she locked herself in the bathroom with her cell phone and called Boone. She was halfway to an asthma attack by the time he picked up the phone, and she was too scared and too pissed off to care that she was sobbing and begging Boone to come get her and fix everything like he always did.
He was at her door six hours later telling her to pack her things.
She didn't question how he got rid of the guy (she can't remember his name anymore); she was so happy to see Boone, she'd pulled him into the room by the lapels of his jacket and kissed him with more fervor than she'd shown her last few boyfriends. She waited until he just started to respond to pull away and start packing.
After all, being grateful never stopped her from being a bitch, too.
Like the New Normal