Lost Fic: we laugh and we've got nothing left to lose (Richard, Miles)

[ozmissage]

Title: we laugh and we’ve got nothing left to lose
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers/Warnings: Through “The Incident”.
Disclaimer: These guys don’t belong to me…but I wouldn’t mind if they did.
Summary: Miles does Richard a favor, if you can call it that.
A/N: Title from the poem “Saying Your Names” by Richard Siken. Written for lost_in_108 challenge #13 “gift”.

Richard watches as the boy examines the body. His eyes shut tight, his lips moving in a manner that could be mistaken for prayer if his features weren’t so grim. Richard sighs; Jacob never was any good at distinguishing between gifts and curses.

Miles straightens up, looking as apologetic as he can manage.

“Sorry man, looks like nobody’s home.”

Richard nods. He figured as much. Dead is dead after all, even (especially) if you’re a god.

“Thank you for trying.”

Miles shrugs as if it was nothing (as if there was no cost); Richard admires the boy’s resiliency.

“So we’re fucked then?”

Richard laughs.

“It would seem so.”

Comments

[mollivanders.livejournal.com]

So not even Jacob can save himself :/ Neat!

[ozmissage.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Poor Jacob, he never fairs well in my fics...possibly because of my epic issues with him. ;)

[elliotsmelliot.livejournal.com]

Interesting! I think it is fitting that Richard calls Miles "a boy".

[ozmissage.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I think Miles would seem exceedingly young to Richard. ;)

[angela-weber.livejournal.com]

Wow! This is fascinating.

Jacob never was any good at distinguishing between gifts and curses.

Creepy and awesome and just . . . guh! AMAZING!

(I love Richard Siken. *sigh*)

[ozmissage.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

I just discovered Siken a couple of months ago and I've fallen so hard for his poetry. I have like a dozen of his lines on my "future titles" list. :D

[joyyjpg.livejournal.com]

GOOD LORD. You wrote this for me, didn't you? You put my two favorite boys in one awesome drabble just to make my day.

Well, it totally worked even if you didn't. :D

But I don't want Jacob to be dead. :(

This whole thing is amazing, but I especially love the end. Great work, bb! ♥

[ozmissage.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you so much! I thought you might like this one. ;)

I really love writing Richard and Miles together; I'm fascinated by the idea that Jacob may have given them both a "gift". One of these days I'm going to get around to writing that Miles/Richard epic that's been taking up brain space forever...

[valhalla37.livejournal.com]

AWESOME.

Perfect Richard characterization, perfect Miles characterization -- just fantastic. That is the best word for it. :D

[ozmissage.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you so much! I'm always a little hesitant about writing Richard so I'm glad the characterization felt right. :)

[sedauny.livejournal.com]

I like these two together. Miles' slang and careful indifference complement Richard's formality and polite distance. Richard's reaction to Miles' neat summing up of the situation suggests that the two might make a formidable team for the island showdown. Great job of getting the voices right in such a small space!

[ozmissage.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! If they team Miles and Richard up next season I will be one happy fangirl. :)

[jeaniris.livejournal.com]

I don't have words to describe how much I love this, both Miles and Richard are just perfect!

[ozmissage.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you so much! :D

[missy-useless.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, this was fantastic! Your Richard voice is perfect.

[ozmissage.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! :D

[flaky-artist.livejournal.com]

Grim and fabulous...I love Richard's introspection here.

[ozmissage.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[aboutbunnies.livejournal.com]

Very, very cool. I really enjoyed this!

[ozmissage.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! :)

fantastic

[maelstrom815.livejournal.com]

I have to say, I'm a big fan of all of your Miles fics because you have some great ideas and you execute them perfectly in terms of style, language use, character depth etc. Your fics are both funny and at times angsty, which is great! I realize it's extremely hard to keep the right balance between the humorous bits and the poignant elements, but you manage to do that flawlessly:)Great job, as always.

Re: fantastic

[ozmissage.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you so much! :)

[bold-seer.livejournal.com]

“Sorry man, looks like nobody’s home.”

Miles and Richard, really that's brilliant!

[ozmissage.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! :)

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Very interesting.

[ozmissage.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)