ext_25715 ([identity profile] alemyrddin.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2008-11-17 02:40 pm
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Soothe the burn by janie_tangerine (R)

Fandom: LOST
Pairing: Jack/Boone
Length: 3375
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] janie_tangerine
Author Website: Master Fic list.

Why this must be read: A very prolific writer, [livejournal.com profile] janie_tangerine writes complex and evocative stories, often dealing with neglected characters. She writes a lot of different pairings and hilarious crack!fics, but she's also the 'official' Boone lover in the fandom.
This fic, in particular, portrays a more mature and intriguing - but not less in character - Boone, helping a post-rescue, drunken and devasted by guilt Jack cope. It's a long process, to make Jack better, and it's beautiful to read.

Summary:
It isn’t really a surprise when he appears one day when Jack is really drunk; he was the only one missing after all and it’s just fitting that he’s the last. The first and the last, how damn ironic.

Excerpt:
He sits on his mattress, his back up to the wall, a half empty whiskey bottle in his hand, ready for the lecture. He doesn’t even look at him after the first glance. He just waits for Boone to start 'you have to go back'-ing him but what he hears is not what he was expecting.

"Jesus. I was hoping that I could say it was good to see you again, but I guess I can’t."


Soothe the burn