Juniper⁷

as hint to make you curious, here's a picture of Simon:

and here's a little snippet of the chapter:

“But, at the same time, I know that the world I remember likely wouldn’t be the same one I’d find if I were to try and go home,” he continued after a pause, eyes wandering across the screens and down onto his hands without really seeing anything, too caught up in his thoughts. “After all, more than a decade has already passed, more than two would once I’d arrive, at least for them.” “That really is a long time,” Simon agreed. “Earlier Rocky told me that this is a one-way mission for you.” At that Grace looked up and over at Simon, at his curious eyes and the light shade of sadness painted across his face though without any pity to be found. Grace was thankful for that as well, though really, mostly he was surprised by what he said. “I’m sorry if he wasn’t meant to share that, I didn’t mean to put my nose in your business,” Simon quickly added as though interpreting Grace’s silence as him being displeased.

and lastly, here's the link to the chapter. Hope you'll enjoy it :D

after we had the [redacted] in the last chapter, interesting things are happening and developing in this one :D

here's a picture as our usual hint as to what could be happening in teh chapter:

and here's a little snippet to get you curious:

“…like mate mark question?” Rocky asked, his musical notes steeped in curiosity. “A mate mark? What’s that?” Simon asked in return not knowing what topic he was opening with that simple seeming question. There were two things Rocky could talk about for hours: engineering and Adrian. “It’s mark you get when you chose mate, this Rocky mate mark. Pretty, pretty, pretty.” “It looks beautiful,” Simon said a moment later with something soft in his voice. “Does the color match their…body?” “Yes, yes, Rocky mate beautiful just like that. Adrian have Rocky color in mark too. Mate always have piece of Rocky, Rocky have piece of Adrian, statement.” Rocky’s notes were an octave higher than usual, something so excited and full of love to them making them seem even more melodic, like a romantic melody. It made Grace smile and slow down his steps even more, curious and wanting to listen for a moment longer before he’d eventually have to reveal himself to them. “Simon mark from mate question?”

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we get a lot of feels in this one, lots of little developments on both their parts, and just...there's a lot there that i hope you'll enjoy :D i can't wait to read all your thoughts. :D

as usual, here's a hint in form of a picture (or two, this once):

and here's your small snippet to make you even more curious:

For a moment Grace wondered if he’d made a mistake, interpreted too much into it, because Simon didn’t react, just allowed Grace to wrap his arms around him and pull him close. But then the tension seemed to ease from his body, shoulders lowering, and he put his arm around Grace once more, his head on Grace’s shoulder, their chests and bodies pressed against each other as though they were trying to fuse into one. It was warm and gentle and familiar and yet also entirely new.

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as usual, here's a picture of Grace as little hint:

thank you to the person who commented that picture so i could use it :D

and here is a small snippet to make you curious:

With a sigh Grace took off his glasses, set them aside on the metal lab table before him, and then ran his hands over his face. He could feel a headache approaching. He didn’t like questions that seemed to have answers they would never be able to find. “Maybe it not matter how Simon got here,” Rocky finally said and shifted his wight a bit more to the left. “Maybe only matter that Simon now here. That Simon is friend, not bad human. Is human like Grace, statement. And maybe Grace should talk to Simon, see if he ok. Maybe we not always need all answers, statement.” The scientist within him didn’t like that thought, but the human part enjoyed the sentiment. And maybe Rocky was right and eventually he’d simply have to let these impossible questions go. “When did you get so wise, Rocky?” Grace said and placed his glasses back on his nose. “Rocky always smart.” “Except when it comes to human things.” “Grace human and not smart in human things either,” Rocky argued and, well, touché.

finally, here's the link to the chapter, happy reading :D

as usual, here's a hint in form of a picture of Grace:

and here is a small snippet to make you curious:

“So, you did lie to me then,” Simon eventually said and turned his body more properly toward Grace, eyes hardening in a way he hadn’t seen in weeks while also being laced with something that looked alarmingly like sadness and hurt. “You said you are a captain, a doctor, and yet now instead you say you’re a teacher.” “Grace friend doesn’t lie statement,” came Rocky’s mechanical voice over the speakers a second before he appeared as close by in his tunnel as he could. “Grace never lie.” At the sound and sight of Rocky Simon took a step or two backward as though wanting to put some space between them. It felt like a sudden chasm had opened between them, deep and harsh, and Grace had no idea how they’d gone from talking about kid drawings to this.

here's the link to the chapter, I hope you'll enjoy it :D