Sliver of Lover

[jooles34]

Title: Sliver of Lover
Characters: Jack
Word count: 100
Challenge: tw100 prompt: Random title generator. Title generated "Sliver of Lover"
Rating/Warning: PG

He catches them out of the corner of his eye, sometimes in the face of a stranger. The ghosts of his past hovering in his brain, tricking his sight.  Or maybe he really does see them. He knows there are stranger things in this world.

Sometimes he turns, tries to see them properly, as if he could grab hold and look on them one last time.

It never works. He can never see them again, never be with them again. So he makes do with what he gets.

Just a glimpse, a taste, a sliver of lovers long since gone.

Comments

[emyrldlady.livejournal.com]

Damn you for making me tear up.

[jooles34.livejournal.com]

Sorry. Have a tissue.

[aviv-b.livejournal.com]

A lovely, sad story. Amazing what you can say in 100 words.

[jooles34.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. Glad you think this worked.

[karaokegal.livejournal.com]

Nice, angsty look at Jack.

[jooles34.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much.

[huskyfriends.livejournal.com]

Oh, this was quite beautiful. Just the thought of your past being in the corner of your eye... what lovely imagery.

[jooles34.livejournal.com]

Wow, thank you so very much. So pleased you liked this hun.

[czarina-kitty.livejournal.com]

I love this, even though it made me cry.

[jooles34.livejournal.com]

*hands tissue* Thank you so much, that's a huge compliment.

[ebineez01.livejournal.com]

nice

[jooles34.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[bk_forever]

Poor Jack. Echoes of the past all around him and all he can get are fleeting glimpses that ignite memories of the people he's loved and lost.

[jooles34.livejournal.com]

Thank you, glad you liked this.

[hab318princess.livejournal.com]

ouch... but brilliant

[jooles34.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much.

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

This is such a good description of that phenomenon of thinking you recognize someone from your past in a stranger -- and of course Jack would be prone to that way more than most of us. Really neat!

[jooles34.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much, I'm so pleased that you think that came through.

[samueljames]

Aww, this is beautiful.

[jooles34.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much.

[itsarift-thing.livejournal.com]

*meeps*

I can see what I'm going to like most about the current challenge is finding more little gems, like this one.