I like this concept, so I decided to give it a try. The one 'Drink' is a reference to the scene from season three, where Juliet throws Sawyer a water bottle as an apology for shocking him, and he dumps it on the ground - just in case anyone had forgotten. Hopefully, the next part will be finished either tomorrow or the day after, or at the very latest Monday, since I'm gone for the weekend.
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/01/ Ring
She's singing 'Ring Around the Rosie' to a laughing Charlotte, and maybe it's just her infectious (rare) smile and her gleaming blond (golden) hair, his thoughts wander absently to a different kind of ring.
/02/ Hero
"Well, aren't you a hero," she mutters in irritation as she cleans his wounds, and his heart starts fluttering, as he tastes the word on his tongue; he thinks maybe she's the first person to call him that, and she's read his file, don't you know, so maybe he has changed after all.
/03/ Memory
After a rather hilarious poker game at Miles', Juliet and James head back to the house they share, and he's teasing her about having supper on the table by seven, when she sees her house and it occurs to her she can't remember when the sight of this house inspired hate, not love.
/04/ Box
She comes home from work with a box, so naturally he's curious; he pesters her all night, and when he's about to explode from frustration, she opens it, hands him a bottle of Comet, and tells him it's his turn to do the dishes.
/05/ Run
It never fails to shock him how different Juliet and Kate are, and he doesn't mean the whole brown-hair, blond- hair thing, because when he kisses Juliet for the first time, she doesn't frown or sigh or walk away, and most of all, she's not afraid.
/06/ Hurricane
She watches the rain splatter against the window, and just as she's about to start griping about all the work she could be doing, he puts down his book, and pulls her onto his lap, and her last thought is of all her list of activities, this is her favorite; her second last is maybe hurricane season's not so bad.
/07/ Wings
When he thinks no one is looking, he places a fallen baby bird back into its nest, grinning unabashedly as the mother chirps in welcome; she watches, smile nearly splitting her face in two, until he sees her and growls, "Oh, shut it, grease monkey."
/08/ Cold
The couch is cold and lumpy, and as he turns over in his sleep yet again, he thinks maybe he'll keep his opinions of Carrie to himself next time.
/09/ Red
"Son of a bitch," he hisses as he cuts his finger on a butcher knife, and a spot of blood stains the counter; he looks up into her concerned expression and quips, "Wanna kiss it better?"
/10/ Drink [sequel to Cold]
"Drink it," he tries to convince her, because it's too damn hot outside for her to be working on the garden, and this fight is getting pointless, so she raises her eyebrow in a mocking way, slowly uncaps the water bottle, and the pours it on the ground; he rolls his eyes sky ward and snaps, "Oh, tou-ché."
/11/ Midnight
"Happy New Year!" The crowd shouts collectively, it's 1977; James smiles at Juliet and shrugs as if to say, "Another story for the grandkids."
/12/ Temptation
She has never seen a greater temptation then James in his silly beige jumpsuit and his ridiculous glasses, and she doubts she ever will.
/13/ View
He stands with Miles and Jin as the fireworks go off, and Juliet's with Amy a short distance away; Miles points out, annoyed, that the amazing view is above his head, so he shakes head and smiles, catches her eye, and winks.
/14/ Music
"I never..." he considers, "liked 'Downtown'", causing her to roll her eyes and drink, and then add a jab of her own: "I never thought a Phil Collins tape was an acceptable gift," causing Miles to butt in with a "Oh, look, they're bonding already. Whoop dee freakin' doo."
/15/ Silk
Maybe it's the fact that he was a conman, or just that sexy accent, but to Juliet his voice feels like silk on her skin; so is it any wonder, when he murmurs "I love you", she replies in kind?
/16/ Cover
"I'll cover you," Kate says grimly as they step into the van; he hears I've got your back – Juliet looks away.
/17/ Promise
"You'll come back, right?" She asks tentatively as the alarms blare; he's already out the door, with a "Where else would I go?" back, and just this time, she doesn't appreciate the cheek, because he didn't promise.
/18/ Dream [sequel to Red]
She rolls her eyes and says, "In your dreams," and yeah, he ruefully thinks before he can stop himself, only in his dreams.
/19/ Candle
The power goes out one night, so they try to find a candle to light; they can't find one, of course, so they stay awake for hours in the dark talking about Jack, Kate, Ben, Rachel, Julian, the real Sawyer, Cassidy, and Clementine, and when the power comes back on and they look at each other, he just has the strangest feeling he's been baptized or something.
/20/ Talent
One of his many talents is flipping pancakes without a spatula, something she will never master, so he will never stop rubbing it in, and it's funny, because from anyone else it would piss her off, but with him it just makes her love him even more.
/21/ Silence
The silent night beckons him as he walks out onto the dock, towards her silhouette; as he sits down he gropes for something to say (just her calm stare leaves him speechless, and for him, that's a helluva lot), and she reaches for his hand, squeezes it, and just says, "It's okay."
/22/ Journey
If anyone told him that the first time he saw the woman he would come to love more than anything else, she would stun him with a taser, he would have never believed it; if someone told her that she's the one who'll do it, she would shrug and say, "Love hurts."
/23/ Fire
He originally presumed she was carved from ice, but in these past few years he's gotten to know (and fallen in love with) her, and he's learned he was wrong; she's actually made of flame, and passion and love so strong, but she was forced to put a damper on it (lucky for her he's an excellent firestarter).
/24/ Strength
It's not like she doesn't appreciate James' protectiveness, but when he punches a guy who puts the move s on her, she knows she has to stop him; she says, "I can take care of myself," and he gives her a look that says sure you can, and before he knows what's happened, she's flipped him over, and lying on his back, looking up at her smirking face, he lets out a long, appreciative, "Damn."
/25/ Mask
He regrets his words the second their out, and he can see her mask she had chosen to show the world slipping back on as she slams and locks the bedroom door; he sighs and tries to ignore the guilt gnawing away at his stomach, because she's just some stupid woman... that maybe he's falling in love with.