Title: Things We Can't Ignore
Prompt: war
Words: 108
Summary: Jack was more than a casualty.
Spoilers: 6.17, 18 – The End
A/N: Inspired by Crash Parallel's Casualties of War, which is also where the title comes from.
A/N 2: A prelude of sorts to The Mark Of Time Passing.
A/N 3: MorningGlory2, this isn't exactly a Jack and Aaron drabble, but it does contain happy-ish Jate. I am working on your request.
Scars on her back are reminders of the violence (both silent and outspoken); only one of her sacrifices. The other is him. A casualty in a war never meant to be fought, never intended to be his – like so many others. As if any of them had a choice. All he'll ever be: a sacrifice. An unnamed victim, a fallen soldier.
Not to her.
Watching the night sky – counting stars – she remembers. Unconventional meetings and spilled I love yous. Black thread and cages. The makings of her future and past are engraved in the very fiber of memories left behind.
Even in death, he'll always be her life.