Jan Ma

“I’m a member of this crew. Tripathi made me a jacket and everything.”

TSCoSI Week Day 1: Violet / Nature

Fandom: The Strange Case of Starship Iris Wordcount: 100 Summary: How Arkady began growing things. Pre-canon.

I was delighted to recently stumble across the Small Fandoms drabbleathon, which is a drabble fest for small fandoms that runs throughout February!

I asked some friends for prompts and my friend prompted me with "Moist" (thanks XD), which stumped me for a bit until I thought about moist earth and then remembered that I've been meaning to write a fic about Arkady and growing things f o r e v e r.

And so...

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Moist earth clings to Arkady's fingertips. She looks at it and wonders what the hell she's doing.

The miniature greenhouse sits in a disused storeroom the guards never check. She'd been marvelling at the bright green shoots when the organiser there asked if she'd like to plant something.

The seeds are in the soil now, but Arkady doesn't believe it'll do anything. Plants don't grow just like that. Not here.

It's ten days before she cracks, sneaks back to the storeroom.

There'll be nothing to see.

Except -

POV: your bestfriend 👈 and your 👉 girlfriend ~hate~ each other

“I am going to have to ask you to subject yourself to a search of your person.”

"If it’s any comfort, sweetheart, I’m very good at what I do."

or merch!