Tick by Vyola (PG)

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Fandom: THE DEAD ZONE
Pairing: None
Author on LJ: ladyvyola
Author Website: Petals & Pixels
Why this must be read:

Johnny lost six years to his coma, but with each vision he gains the borrowed experiences of months, years, lifetimes. Yet, lying in wait for him is one vision that only takes. Tick is about the moment of revelation--the change that comes upon you when you realize the end of the world is coming, and soon.

Suddenly he's himself again but it's enough -- he saw the color of the car and the first half of the tag number. A quick check of state records and Walt's got an APB out on the car and a team headed for the residence of one Derrick Wayne Barsters, whose career as a child molester is about to end. Johnny doesn't care about the clever way Walt's people talk their way into Barsters' house or how they manage to keep it both legal and quick. All he knows is that when Nikki and Andre Hendly are reunited at the station with their scared but unharmed daughter, he can see the life that almost wasn't. Aleshia's years are spread out before him, from the childhood dreams to the teenaged anxieties to the bright possibilities of her college days. He sees her first love and her first heartbreak, the boy who will become her best friend and then her husband, the children and the grandchildren and all the time that has been restored to her.

Johnny Smith has all the time in the world.

Tick