Title: To Soothe
Series: Winter Tidings
Author: Jmaria
Rating: PG
Pairing: FfA# 605 Tara / Sawyer (Lost)
To Soothe
Tara made her way across the sandy beach. He'd be over there, no doubt waiting for her. Too bad. Sure enough, there he sat in the sand, reading Watership Down.
"G-Good book?" She stuttered, unable to stop herself from doing so.
"Pretty good. What'd Freckles send you to weasel outta me, Stutters?" The shaggy-haired blond man smirked up at her.
"K-Kate didn't send me over." She sat down in the sand beside him.
The breeze picked up, rustling her hair. The sun was setting, and Tara remembered a time when the setting sun kicked up her adrenaline. Her adrenaline had been kicked into overdrive since the plane crash. Now, all it seemed to bring was a soothing effect to her.
"What do you want, Stutters?" Sawyer
"You've been keeping distant, Sawyer." Tara looked away from the sunset, and let her toes sink deeper into the sand. "It's not good to get so disconnected from everything."
"Sounds like - "
"Sounds like I know from personal experience." Tara sighed. "Here, of all places - you need to stay connected. Otherwise, you just lose who you were."
"Yeah, cause we're gonna be found real soon." Sawyer retorted.
"No, we're not." The shy blonde replied, burying her toes further in the sand. "But that doesn't mean we'll never be found. It just makes it that much harder to hold on to what we used to be before the crash."
"And what were you, Stutters? Some little boy's unappreciated girlfriend?"
"No, never had a boyfriend. Had a girlfriend, not that it's any of your business." Tara sighed as she looked out at the water. If she let him run with it, she'd never get her point across. "I've never really noticed how peaceful it is here."
"Peaceful? Here?"
"Compared to home." Tara wrapped her arms around her knees.
"Musta been hell."
"No. Just it's mouth."