"After the Storm
" is a Sucker Punch Continuation Fic where a young soldier comes to Lennox House to find his ex-girlfriend and initiate one last fight for her.
Tropes that appear in this fanfic:
- Battle Couple: Jack and Baby Doll fight side-by-side in the dream worlds.
- Continuation Fic: Of Sucker Punch after Baby Doll's sacrifice.
- Continuity Nod: Rocket, Amber, and Blondie all have wounds from whatever killed them in the film.
- Demoted to Extra: Dr. Gorski only shows up in the opening chapter when Jack shows up at Lennox House.
- The Ghost:
- Sweet Pea, having already left Lennox House.
- Blue Jones is barely mentioned, let alone appearing.
- Guys Smash, Girls Shoot: Inverted as Jack is a better shot than melee fighter.
- Locked into Strangeness: Possibly with Baby Doll, as the photo with Jack has her with brown hair while her hair is white-blonde while at Lennox House.
- Mecha-Mooks: Chapter 7 has Jack and the girls facing off against combat androids in a Cyberpunk landscape.
- My Greatest Failure: Jack's is pushing Baby Doll away.
- My Secret Pregnancy: The final chapter reveals that before Baby Doll was institutionalized, she became pregnant by Jack and gave birth to a daughter named Abigail.
- Named by the Adaptation: Baby Doll's real name is Ariel Smithson.
- Original Character: Corporal Jack Tennison, a young man who knew Baby Doll before she wound up in Lennox House.
- Parents Know Their Children: Inverted as Abigail has no problem recognizing her father Jack when they meet for the first time.
- The Reveal: The Wise Man was Jack's CO in Vietnam, who sacrificed himself when a grenade Jack tried to throw proved to be a dud and The Wise Man jumped on it. The reason he showed up around Baby Doll is because she was the last remaining person Jack cared about who wasn't part of his unit.
- Time Skip: The last chapter covers several months, with Jack receiving the call about his daughter two months after showing up at Lennox House and visiting Baby Doll a few months after that, having just finished all the paperwork to gain custody of Abigail.
- Tragic Keepsake: Jack kept a photo of him and Baby Doll with him at all times while in Vietnam. It's how The Wise Man knew how to find Baby Doll.
- The Vietnam Vet: Corporal Jack Tennison is a downplayed case, as the mental scars he has from there are only half of his problems.
