Drabble for tv100 LJ Community--"distant barking, breath, salt" c

[agilebrit]

Title: Waking Nightmare
Author: babies stole my dingo (agilebrit)
Fandom: Lost
Rating: PG-13
Length: Drabble (100 words)
Disclaimer: JJ Abrams is the genius behind these characters; I am but a lowly follower. I make no money from any of this, so please don't sue me.
Written for: tv100's "distant barking, breath, salt" challenge.
Notes: Self-explanatory, I think.

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"Mama? Daddy?" He tiptoed down the stairs and found a scene of carnage. His breath hitched in his narrow nine-year-old chest when he saw his parents lying there in pools of blood, with a strange man standing over them holding a smoking gun. The stranger looked up...and he was horrified to see that the man wore his own face.

Distant barking startled Sawyer awake from the nightmare. For a moment, he had a hard time remembering where he was. He tasted the salty bitterness of tears, scrubbing his face so the others wouldn't see. "Outta the fryin' pan..." he muttered.

Comments

[hieispike.livejournal.com]

I still got nothing on Lost. But I couldn't resist this one, beautiful imagery. :)

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Ah, Sawyer. He's so damaged. I likes my (fictional) men broken, I does...

[alliterator.livejournal.com]

Cool. I was going to complain about how it wasn't Sawyer who killed notSawyer's family, but his father, but then it turned out to be a dream, so cool.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was going for a whole psychological thing there, because notSawyer blamed Sawyer for the death of his parents and then turned into the man he hated. And dreams are freaky. *grin* Glad you liked.