A Miles fic. Set during Dharmatimes. Other characters: Dan, (implied Dan/ Charlotte), James, Juliet (implied Suliet), Jin, Pierre Chang, Lara Chang, Horace.

1. It's my first ff ever, so pls don't flame me

2. I always thought Miles deserves more fan-lovin'

3. There are a lot of missing pieces during Dharmatimes, so I'll try to present my version of

Miles' and other losties' lives in Dharmaville between 1974-1977

4. English is not my first lg, so forgive me for all the awkward phrases and errors.

5. Disclaimer: Sadly, I don't own LOST

6. Pls, R/R

James woke up on a tiny, uncomfortable couch. Apart from feeling dizzy and weak, he had no freakin' idea what the hell was going on. His head was spinning as if he had been stuck on a damn rollercoaster for 5 hours. Slowly, he started recalling what had happened:

First the sky lits up and some nutcase physicist is telling him that they are time-travelling. Then they get attacked by The Others and their flaming arrows, turning Frogurt into Human Torch. Then they find Jin, but they lose Locke. The bald idiot went down some old well and the next thing they knew, the well was gone along with Locke. And if that's not bad enough, Charlotte dies because of the time-skipping, and Dan – the only guy with a clue what's going on – goes completely bonkers. Next, they go through the jungle and they hear two shots. They save this girl and... right! That little chick did this! They saved her ass, and this is how she shows her gratitude – by turning their lights out using the sonic fence. That's it! This is THE LAST time he's playing Captain America. No more helping the damn damsel in distress. No more...

Sayer's thoughts are interrupted by footsteps. Some hippie-looking guy walks into the room.

How's your head?

It hurts... Where are my people?

They're fine. Amy told me what happened in the jungle and I really appreciate what you did....

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And that's how it started. Apparently they flashed in time to 1974! That's right kids - the time of drugs, bell-bottoms, and Grateful Dead. The Dharma Initiative allowed them to stay in their little Hippitown and look for their "lost crew" for as long as they want to. But truth be told, James was the only one who REALLY wanted to stay on the island.

Juliet gave him a word that she'd stay for two weeks, but Sawyer - or LaFleur, as "his people" were instructed to call him - could tell that as soon as the sub shows up, she'd be the first one to board it. She'd spent 3 years trying to get out of that rathole, and there was no way in hell, she was going to stay longer that the 14 days he negotiated.

Jin knew that there was nothing, or no one, waiting for him in the "real world" so he had no choice but to stick around.

Dan was devastated after Ginger's death, and seeing her younger version cheerfully occupying the swing set didn't help his case. He'd stare at the little girl for long hours which made her parents uneasy. They'd browbeat him or take Charlotte away from his eyesight, but he wouldn't even notice their disdain for him. He'd ponder Charlotte's words shortly before she died: he HAD WARNED her, and it didn't work. It will never work! Whatever happened, happened! He can't save her. This thought was driving him crazy. He was literally going mad. He'd talk to himself, he wouldn't eat or sleep, he'd stare at one point in the wall for hours. Occasionally, he'd notice a pity-stare from Juliet, or a puzzled look from Miles. He couldn't take it. The place, the people, and seeing her.... He NEEDED to leave, or descend into madness.

And then there was Miles. He was the first one to suggest leaving the island ASAP. He was the one who kept repeating that "The sub sounds like a hell of a good idea." He was the one who'd call the members of the Dharma Initiative "a bunch of brain-washed yahoos". And just after three days, he suddenly decided to stay. He wouldn't say what caused him to change his mind. He wasn't very talkative in the first place, unless you consider nagging and throwing sarcastic remarks as conversation.

Sawyer wasn't too sure whether he could trust the little creep. Juliet got his back more than once during the whole time-skipping frenzy, Jin was a good guy, and Dan was just a harmless nutcase. Miles, on the other hand, was a big mystery to him. The list of his flaws was quite long: he was paid big cash to catch Linus for Charles Widmore and then he tried to con both of them; he never denied that he knew Keamy's orders were to kill all the survivors; he saw Claire walking off into the jungle in the middle of the night, and he didn't do squat about it; plus, he's careless, canny, grumpy and unbelievably annoying. If he want's to be a part of their team, he'd better start talking...

You know, the way you describe Miles reminds me of someone – Juliet smirked, ignoring Sawyer's apparent frustration

Oh yeah? And who'd that be, Blondie?

That would be You, James.

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Next chapter:

( I promise there's going to be more action, this chapter was just an introduction)

Miles reveals the reason why he stayed on the island

Dan asks Miles for an unusual favor

Sawyer and Juliet try to assimilate into the new surroundings

Jin learns English, or so he thinks...

Stay tuned:)