Walk the Wire, Yuletide (PG-ish)

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Fandom Category: Speed (the movie)
Pairing: Annie Porter/Jack Traven
Fic Title: Walk the Wire
Author: anr
Link: http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/64/walkthe.html
Rating/Warning(s): PG
Genre: Post-movie
WIP?: no

Why This Must Be Read: This is a really great Yuletide fic exploring the aftermath of the movie, Speed. For a movie that was all about action and the UST between the two characters, this fic explores the emotional after-disaster of surviving that day. Familiar characters, great characterization, and moving narration.

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They make it to the hospital this time, both of them under strict orders from Lieutenant McMahon to do whatever the doctors say and nothing else. She'd think the order was meant for Jack only except, every time she closes her eyes, she sees herself stepping out of the ambulance even though Jack had said to wait.

"I'd make a terrible cop," she hears herself tell the doctor when he asks her to take a deep breath, "I hate being told what to do."

Jack's standing against the wall, watching her get checked out. His eyes are dark, unreadable.

"No, really," she insists. "In pre-school I was forever being sent to the corner for drawing outside the lines."

"You're in shock," the doctor says, tone disinterested. She doubts he's heard a word she's said. "I'm keeping you overnight for observation."

"That's why I went into graphic design," she says, unable to stop herself. "So I could create my own lines."

Jack says nothing. She keeps talking.