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The polished second chapterofSunshine In Hell, my Something’s Wrong With Sunny Day Jack fanfic has been posted on AO3! I’ll give a little teaser of what’s in the chapter here (which you can compare to the rough draft sample teaser I posted last week) and hope you read the rest at the provided links. I hope you enjoy and please let me know what you think!

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It was love at first sight.

His sunshine… Alice… was far more beautiful than Jack ever imagined, so beautiful he could hardly believe that she was real. He couldn’t help but admire the radiant person who pulled him out of that cold, dark, and lonely hell to bask in her warm glow. She had a delicate appearance not unlike a porcelain doll, pale with a petite stature that nevertheless was blessed with delightful curves. Waves of curled blonde hair so fair it was almost white framed her angelic face like a halo, ending just past her shoulders.

Alice was asleep now, curled up on the beat up brown sofa he met her on. Saving him had taken so much out of her, and Jack had to restrain himself to let her sleep. There had barely been time for them to talk, for him to look into those lovely pale blue eyes of hers that were now peacefully closed. The clothes she wore - a black hoodie and gray pants - looked soft and cozy, perfect to help her get the rest that she deserved.

Jack could hardly tear his eyes away from her to take in details of his new surroundings. The place they were in was a cozy living room with a scruffy purple carpet, illuminated more by the numerous fairy lights strung across the ceiling than the lone lamp or the glowing television screen. The place had clearly seen better days, as cracks and indents occasionally marred the faded purple walls and plaster ceiling. A few posters of cats had been taped over a number of the larger cracks, as evidenced by one being revealed by a poster that had a corner come loose. The furniture had a similar roughed up appearance alongside electronic devices that seemed to have come straight out of a science fiction movie.

Only the television really drew Jack’s focus away from his sunshine, more specifically the static that filled the screen and hissed at him in a way that made his skin crawl. It took him a little effort to find the television remote and figure out how to use it before he could turn the cursed thing off.

Jack didn’t want to think about that hell. Not ever again.

With that settled, Jack returned his attention to what was most important - his sunshine. For now, he was content to sit on the floor beside Alice as close as he possibly could. He couldn’t bring himself to disturb her after she did so much to bring him here. He wanted to talk to her, to hear her beautiful voice again and learn more about her, but he had to be patient. There would be time for that later. He had time now.

Jack had all the time in the world to bask in his sunshine’s warm and happy light.

A part of Jack still struggled to accept that his endless nightmare was finally over. A whisper of doubt made him wonder if Alice and this place were just a sweet but cruel dream born from his fractured mind.

If he had to go back…

Jack shivered from the cold memories that haunted him and clasped one of Alice’s hands between both of his.

Warm. Alice was so warm. She was real, far more real than anything Jack had ever known.

Jack pressed his forehead to the back of her fingers and focused on her warmth, the softness of her skin against his. He couldn’t get enough of his sunshine’s gentle warmth after being nothing but cold for so long. He wanted to be even closer, to twine himself in her warmth until nothing could ever separate them.

Nothingwouldseparate them. Ever. Jack would never allow it. If someone dared try, then…

A chill that didn’t come from his memories of hell overtook Jack as his thoughts turned dark.

No one would take his sunshine away.