crack_van | To Be Clear-Minded by chaila (PG-13?)

Fandom: TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES
Pairing: Sarah/Jesse
Length: 2191 words
Author on LJ:

chaila43
Author Website: Fic tag on lj and A03 account.
Why this must be read:
This is an extremely rare pairing for obvious reasons - the two never actually interacted during the series. Or at least, not as themselves. (Jesse once pretended to be a social worker to Sarah.) Despite this, their interactions feel true.

Set post-series, the fic makes interesting observations in how Sarah and Jesse can be both alike and different at the same time.

Sarah says nothing. In every future she has ever heard about, there is war, death and destruction, and too many machines in charge of too many things. In every future she has ever heard about, she has failed. She is not indifferent to Jesse’s particular account of her failure, but neither is it the only version she is trying to prevent.

to be clear-minded towards the next day's treacherous objects