Notes: I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! Thanks for the reviews. Song "Come a little Closer" By Dierks Bentley. I realize Sawyer's arm would probably be in worse shape than depicted here but let's just use that fabulous suspension of belief!
Disclaimer: I don't own Lost, I only derive inspiration from it.
Sawyer did the only thing that came to mind. "Come a little closer baby, I feel like laying you down." Sawyer sang deep and quietly.
Kate brought her head up from Sawyer's chest, "What?"
Sawyer avoided her eyes, it was the first song that popped into his head. He pulled Kate back closer to him, as much for keeping her warm, as avoiding her eyes.
On a bed of sweet surrender
Where we can work all out.
There ain't nothing that love can't fix
Girl it's right here at our fingertips.
So come a little closer baby
I feel like laying you down
Kate had to admit, this was probably the last place she would have expected to hear him sing but then again, she'd never expected him to sing to her in the first place. It actually was calming her down a bit, distracting her from the dire situation surrounding them. That southern accent always, though she'd never admit it, had an affect on her, a more than pleasant one.
Come a little closer baby
I feel like letting go
Of everything that stands between us
And the love we used to know
I wanna touch you like a cleansing rain
Let it wash all the hurt away
So come a little closer baby
I feel like letting go
He felt the water rising around them, it was now up to her shoulders, he pulled her even closer, as if it would protect her from what was going on. He couldn't believe that he'd ever end up in a situation like this. The whole room filling with water thing was definitely new but so was caring about someone so much that he would have gladly given his own life to save hers. He definitely wasn't the same guy he was before or maybe he was…
If there's still a chance
Then take my hand
And we'll steal away
Off into the night
'Till we make things right
The sun's gonna rise on a better day
"Sawyer," there was fear in Kate's voice. The water had risen up to past her head, the only thing holding her head above water was him.
Best as she could, Kate's calm exterior was breaking away. The room was going to be completely full in maybe five more minutes. It didn't look like they were going to get out here but she started screaming anyway. Sawyer following behind.
"Help! Let us out of here." Over and over again they yelled but to no avail, no one was coming.
Kate closed her eyes, treading water now to stay afloat, willing the fear to go away. She stole a look at Sawyer, his eyes as desperate as hers but he seemed to be more concerned with her than himself.
"Kate," he breathed. It was the same way he'd said her name when she'd figured out who he really was, after he'd been stabbed in the jungle. Desperate, sad, so unlike Sawyer. It broke her heart. She couldn't help it, she started to cry. She'd never wanted someone that could read her every thought, who knew when she was lying or if she was hiding something. Sawyer did though and she realized she wanted all of that. She didn't want to hide who she was anymore. They'd wasted all that time and now they were going to die.
Sawyer pulled her to him, his hand rubbing the tears away. He looked her deep in the eyes, she knew what he was going to say before he said it. "Kate, I love you."
She moved in to kiss him but seconds before their lips touched, they heard the water stop and the hatch above them, open.
"Well, you two passed the first test."
A/N: Thanks for reading, please review. I wanted to put more flashbacks in but it seemed, as someone pointed out and I totally agree, to ruin the flow. Sorry this one was so short!