Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Outer Wilds (Video Game) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Gabbro/Player Character (Outer Wilds) Characters: Player Character (Outer Wilds), Gabbro (Outer Wilds), Minor Characters Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Introspection, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Minor appearances from Slate and Riebeck, Chert Feldspar Hornfels Esker and Hal are all mentioned, also a mention of Coleus, Player Character (Outer Wilds) is Called Hatchling, Hatch for short, Cuddling, Cheek Kisses, Kissing, Mentions of the past, A lot of them - Freeform, Thinking about that mural where the Nomai find the protohearthians, No beta we die flying into the sun (thanks autopilot) Summary:
“...do you think… If the world wasn’t ending, would those jellyfish come to the surface too? Over the years, maybe they’d have their own space program. Their own hatchlings, their own schools, their own campfires..?”
Gabbro just shrugged, “again, who can say? Maybe they could. Maybe even those Anglerfish on Dark Bramble could manage it?”
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After a difficult time last loop, Hatch flies somewhere familiar.