Sad and beautiful!

Very well-written. Angst Jate always can move the reader.
In that scene we totally relate to Jack's pain,because it's clear that he's been struggling with himself. We see that their argument had nothing to do with their feelings or with the jealousy,because the little affair with Sawyer was pretty meaningless and the lie about Cassidy really could not be a big deal.
The biggest problem was that Kate could help an old friend and tell a stranger all about the island,Jack couldn't do anything for Claire instead. He just had to lie about Aaron,he had to lie with his mom,with Carole,etc...
The attitude was wrong,but Jack was totally right.
Kate needed a wake-up about Aaron,he wasn't his own son and she had no right to raise him (especially after meeting his grandmother).
This kind of scene really made Kate look bad to the audience,her "betrayal" was misinterpreted.
I believe that the trust issues between Jack & Kate were easy to resolve,because they were deeply in love,but the Island would never have left them alone.

This was so powerful and sad.
The Kate's POV was so right,her pain,her tegrets,her hopes,amazingly written...
I miss them :(
Thank you for writing!

amazingly powerful ending "act"... and the rest of the piece was great too, but that one is going to resonate with me for a while (Especially after my rewatch of Lost, and that scene has so many implications and unspoken motivations that you seem to have captured brilliantly). Not sure what's going on with the review below mine, but know that you are an amazing writer! hope you write more jate some day (I miss them).

Sometimes, when you trawl through the heap that is and you find a story that supposedly has some insight and some rhythm to the writing and in which nobody is named Rayannae, a brilliant young heroine with sparkling aquamarine eyes, you just count your blessings and appreciate that the author can tell the difference between "you're" and "your".

That'd be highly commendable if from this point on the writer had ambitions such as an AU story where Jack is a warlock and they fly back to the island on the back of a dragon or if his evil twin showed up. However, what you set up to do here is write a story on the basis of an episode and a scene that actually happened on the actual show, the one that's still on the DVDs.

And on my DVD set (not a pirated copy, nor one where TPTB inserted special sekkrit scenes), Kate accepted to spend the rest of his life with Jack and promptly proceeded to put the needs of her ex fuckbuddy (who was sort of a sore spot for him for OH SO many reasons) above Jack's needs.

"how innocent he still is, and she sends a desperate wish into the air that he'll always remain that way. That Jack's angry shouting will be the worst thing he'll ever witness."

I'm sure glad she worried about all that when she stole him from his REAL family, ie his very much still alive and kicking grandmother. Cause some day he might have witnessed how he couldn't donate bone marrow to either of his "parents" or how his BIRTHDAY was fake, things that make up the core identity of a human being and which Kate falsified cause some hillbilly dumped her.

Your characterization and interpretation of that episode is flawed. OK, it's not just flawed, it's plain ol' wrong. Sometimes, knowing the difference between "you're" and "your" is just not enough.

I did like the part about the hate sex against the door though. Kind of messed up, but hot and also fitting with the situation. It doesn't change the fact that there's no "poor, POOR Kate" narrative to pin it on.

Your writing, as always, is beautiful. I'm glad you haven't given up on Lost, or Jate, yet because you still have the characters down pat.

This fic made my heart ache along with Kate for all that she lost, and for the hope she maintains that things will somehow fix themselves. Love the last line.

I miss Jate too. hope you'll write another story. It was good