#jackagnes

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Jack and Agnes

Neon from Cinderella castle

There’s been at least one text post, a fanart piece, two different fics did it (including mine)

Now for the obvious next step:

Agnes stared out at the horizon quiet and thoughtful.

“Do you like the beach?” Jack asked. He had been surprised when she had appeared early in the morning, led him to the tube and then a bus. It was early enough there were only the occasional tourist not even the workers out yet. 

“I’ve never been,” Agnes told him. 

“You’ve never see the ocean?” That seemed impossible.

“Not like this, not on the shore. It’s big.” 

Jack laughed. “Yeah. Goes on forever.”

“Are you afraid?” Agnes pulled her eyes away from the endless sea back to Jack. Jack felt his face heat at her attention.

“No? I know how to swim.”

She seemed pleased by that answer, but he didn’t quite know why.

“Did you want to dip your feet in?”

“Hm?”

Jack shucked off his shoes and socks and rolled up his pant legs. He walked forward letting the ocean foam cover his calves. He put his hand out to her. 

Agnes didn’t go forward. She would burn his hand. She would boil the sea. Her anger was deep and hot. That she had missed this. That this place didn’t belong to her. That–

Jack seemed to realize her reluctance and didn’t egg her on. Instead he bent down and scooped into the water, then headed back to her side. 

“Here, for you.” He held out the pretty shell, dropped it into her hand. The inside glistened and shined. 

People speculating about Agnes showing up in TMP puts me on edge, ‘cause if they joss my silly pairing I’ll be kinda sad (can always chalk it up to alternate universes tho). So I need to get as much content made as I can before TMP comes out.

I want at least 10 chapters of Firestorm done by the time TMP airs, along with the continuation of Boiling Waters that I promised to write forever ago. That way, whatever happens, I can go into TMP happy with the state of my stories.

For those not knowing what the hell I’m on about, I suppose I should advertise: I wrote a bunch of stories on Ao3 featuring Agnes, including two shipping her with Jack Barnabas, her short-lived boyfriend from Burning Desire.

I can’t link them Because Tumblr, but if you want to check them out they’re written under the pseud Merovignian (it’s misspelled on purpose bc the proper one was taken, I swear) and are:

The Firestorm and the Moth, a nobody-dies AU of Burning Desire where the tree on Hill Top Road never quite fell, and Agnes’ odd little dates with Jack deepen into a slow-burn romance. Ongoing, with six chapters at present. So far they’ve reached the ‘holding hands through very thick gloves’ stage…

The Boiling Waters of Asag, a Season 5 era fic complete with statement where Jon and Martin stop at a strange cafe in the burned-out ruins of Sheffield, and meet the Avatar couple that runs it. Jack/Agnes, if much more twisted than the fic above. Also Jon/Martin.

Also the one shots Before the Fire is Lit and Burnt Offerings, a pair of Agnes-centric vignettes. There are hints of pairings, but nothing major. They’re canon compliant, but could fit the above fics easily (if you ignore or creatively interpret the last line of Offerings to make it fit Firestorm, anyway).

Agnes, an actual Fear Avatar, grappling with her doubts in 'do you have a destiny' mode: Do you ever wonder about how others have to suffer for you to live as you do? How the nature of existence means we literally feed off the pain of others, whether we want to or not?

Jack Barnabas, still thinking she's just a normal girl despite all evidence to the contrary: Why, are you planning to go vegetarian or something?

Agnes: ...No.