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Au where Grace amputates Simon's arm without consent and now questions Grace's ability to take consent serious or not. + a little eden lore.
Simon refusing to sleep in the cots or the pods, and instead decides to sleep on the floor most often when arriving to the Hail Mary. Curled up in the corner nook of the planet room, right by the window, using the quilt and his old now clean-ish clothes as a pillow.
Simon cuddling the clothes, curling up tight as if someone would try to take them from him. Grace coming to check on him, delivering him some soup, watching him flinch away when he steps near the clothing.
Grace, sliding down the wall to sit close by. "Don't worry, I won't take anything."
"..You took my arm." He mutters.
"Sorry.. It was shattered in 3 different places and your hand was crushed. You had internal ganegrene. If I hadn't...It might have spread to your shoulder. Limbs are easier then shoulders.. I left as much as I could though."
"Mhf.."
"But you already knew that."
"You keep telling me."
"I keep telling you on purpose. I want you to know for sure. I don't want you to think I took it because I wanted to. I did my best. Armando helped a lot. Considering I've never amputated an arm before, and it has minimal swelling and infection? I say I did pretty good for my first time."
"Mmh."
"Are you.. going to eat?"
Truthfully, Simon was starving. His mouth had started to salvate the second he smelled the bowl, but he still didn't know what Grace had wanted for all of this help. He didn't have anything of value. He didn't *know* anything of value. Sometimes when Grace and that rock spider spoke he got a migraine just trying to understand them. Simon always thought of himself as intelligent.. yeah.. not anymore.
Rolling over, he gave a small glare, eyeing his thinning figure. Grace had said something about stretching rations the other day, which made him worried. And now, he was giving him a whole bowl of soup to himself? For someone so smart he sure was an idiot.
Yeah sure, lets waste resources on a man useless to the mission and that has only been nothing but aggressive and cold since his arrival. Like that made any sense...
Simon grunts, curling tighter into his corner like a rescue dog into the side of its cage.
"You eat it.."
"Are you sure you aren't hungry? Come on, we'll share."
"Share??" He asked as if Grace just insulted him, scrunching his nose, even baring his teeth. Why the hell would he want something so intimate? He just met him a couple days ago. Unless.. he was wanting something else.
Something more.
Simon let out a soft growl, huffing as he turned away further. "No thanks." He says, flatly with a passive undertone.
Grace blinks. How did sharing offend him? Picking up a spoonful, he brings it to infront of his mouth.
"You need to eat something. Its either this, space goop, tubes, or starvation. Pick. But as Captian of this ship I want- No.. I command you to eat something."
Simon doesn't move. He doesn't say anything. What would happen if he disobeyed? He had no clue. Grace didn't *look* the whipping type. But he might throw him out into the void if he didn't comply.
Giving a silent whine, Simon took the soup off the spoon, wordlessly swallowing it. God damn.. this was probably the best thing he's eaten in a long time.
"You like it? I put a ramen packet in there. Makes it taste better." Grace said, beaming with Victory that he actually ate it.
Rolling over, Simon stared at him, accepting a second spoonful, watching as Grace took one for every two that he gave him. God.. how was this guy still alive? What an idiot.. he could be eating this all his own, but no, he was sharing with someone who tried to strangle him 5 days ago.
"What is that anyway?" Grace questions in between bites. "Youre old clothes? ... Do you miss Eden?"
"No." Simon says instantly. But he had lied - particially anyway.
He didn't miss Eden. He missed his community. His people.. his friends. But he had a feeling even if he went back, they wouldn't want to be friends anymore.. they all blamed him for the Tree. He'd be killed immediately for treason.. or put back in prison.
"Okay... but.. why do you carry around those clothes? There's still a lot of dried blood in the fibers.."
For a long moment, Simon just stared at him like he was stupid, before realizing that Grace's clothes were infact not haircloth. They seemed to be made of some type of softer, thinner fabric. Sheet like.
He sighs heavily. "..In Eden, parents use their hair to make clothes for their children. As the kid grows up they make more and sew it to the same peice as before."
"It's haircloth? So.. that's your parents' hair?"
"Some of it. Some of it is the sisters."
Grace smiles. "How many sisters do you have?"
"They're not *my* sisters. The sisters.. they provide for the saplings where some mothers are lacking.." Simon trails off, accepting another spoonful.
"Saplings?"
"Babies.. children."
"Aww.. Eden calls babies tiny plants? That's adorable. On Earth, my cousin had a baby, and he always called her Starling. Like a baby star?"
Simon turns, looking up out the window at all the stars, saying nothing. He holds the cloth tighter to him, rolling over to burry his face after Grace finished the small bowl.
The look on Grace's face said he had more questions, but he bit the inside of his cheek instead.
"Are you going to sleep on the floor again?"
"Yes."
"Did you ussually sleep on the floor in Eden?"
"No..."
"Oh..." Grace watches him breathe for a moment, noticing an uneven-ness to the breaths.. he must have been crying..
"Simon.. if you ever want to.. I dont know.. not sleep alone.. My door is always open." He whispers, leaving with soft distant footsteps.
What did he mean by that? Sleep alone? He's slept alone for years in Prison.. though.. now that he thought about it, Eden Brothern would sometimes bunk together to save space or bond.. Wade Grace trying to hint at a demand to join him?
Other thoughts filled his head of what that could have possibly meant.. Why would Grace invite him in if not to repay his debt? And if he didn't come.. if he didn't obey.. would Grace do it anyways??
My sincerest apologies to all of my moots for absolutely flooding your dash with bloodymary posts. I will not be stopping anytime soon. Thank you for your patience.
@i-defy-categorization and i have been yapping about these three, they've dragged me into another fucking fandom smh. anyway, we're probs gonna write a thing for them :))) in the meantime, a helpful venn diagram! also as a side note, we still haven't finished all the endings for iswm, soooo this might not be fully accurate rip
Last year I started designing a series of Coat of Arms, themed in the spirit of Pride Month and using different mythological creatures as heraldic animals. I now aim to turn these designs into wearable pins and will be running a Kickstarter in July to fund this endeavor! I have found a very trustworthy local manufacturer, who has already shown the quality of their craftsmanship with the first batch of test pins I received, just look at the detail they were able to produce!
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