Fandom: Project Hail Mary Characters: Grace and Rocky Theme: Rainbow CW: None
For the @ficwip retreat 50 word warm up. I liked the 100 word drabble I started with more, so the 50 word version is below the cut.
“Need word.” “Rainbow, it’s called a rainbow, Rock. It’s beautiful, all the colours of the spectrum.” “When did Grace last see rainbow, question?” Grace smiled, it was a habit Rocky had started recently, asking about things he thought would bring up a positive memory. Good question too, when had he last seen a…he sucked in a sharp breath. Face down on the grass, painfully tight hands gripping him, Carl betraying him just as surely as Stratt. His eyes sliding away to an open sky and a rainbow. “It was the last thing I saw on Earth,” he replied quietly.
