Title: Good Morning
Fandom: Eureka
Summary: A typical morning for Sheriff Jack Carter (in 4 parts)
Rating: PG
Pairings: Jack/Allison
Spoilers: Once In a Lifetime (Season 1 Finale)
"Good morning, Jack," a soothing voice crooned. Jack's dream about Zoe's graduation broke and scattered, leaving afterimages to dance behind his eyelids.
"Good morning, Sarah," he replied automatically without opening his eyes.
"It's 7:00 am," SARAH said in a patient tone.
Jack scrubbed a hand over his face, but kept his eyes closed in case the dream decided to return. "Ten more minutes," he answered. It was a routine he and SARAH went through every morning, and he could literally do it in his sleep.
Jack's memories from an alternate timeline had faded surprisingly quickly. He still remembered the broad strokes, but had lost most of the details. He knew he'd been married to Allison in an alternate reality, but he couldn't remember proposing. He couldn't remember asking her out for their first date. Where had they gone? What had they talked about? That kind of insider information might have been helpful in this reality. But no, he had to remember that she liked to make love by candlelight. Not exactly first date conversation material.
The temptation to write everything down had been huge. But nothing good could come from it. If events played out the same way as before, it would be joyless and predictable. If things changed, it would be heartbreaking because he'd loved that alternate reality and it hurt to watch it slip away. He didn't want to end up like Jimmy Stewart's character in the movie Vertigo, so infatuated with his lost love that he was obsessively driven to relive what he'd lost. He didn't want to become like that– tormenting the people he loved in this reality for not being exactly the way they were in the other reality.
With a sigh, Jack climbed out of bed and stumbled toward the sonic shower. And if it felt a little lonely, getting ready for work without the gentle teasing and playful bickering he'd enjoyed with Allison, he refused to acknowledge it.