ENT 100: Last Rose (A/R) [G]
Title: Last Rose
Rating: G
Prompt: #7 - First Sentence - "The garden was overgrown now."
Pairing: Archer/Reed
Word Count: 100
Timeline: Early S4 - not long after returning from the Expanse
Summary: His mother's world
Notes: Jonathan and Malcolm have an established relationship, predating the mission to the Expanse. This is set in the early weeks after their return to Earth, and is AU to the episode "Home". This is Malcolm's voice, and can be considered in canon with Losses.
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The garden was overgrown now. Jonathan and I walked in silence, stopping occasionally to push some weeds aside in my search for any lingering blooms.
"This was always my mother's pride... and her refuge. Seeing it like this makes it very real that she's gone."
He reached for my hand, our fingers threading together. "I'm so sorry, Malcolm. After all we've been through, for you finally to get home... to this...
"I'd like to have introduced you. I think she always wanted to see me happy...
"Look... there's one flower... next to the arbor.
"It's a Peace rose... her favourite."
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The summary is a reference to a quote from William Kent - "A garden is to be a world unto itself, it had better make room for the darker shades of feeling as well as the sunny ones. "
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Rating: G
Prompt: #7 - First Sentence - "The garden was overgrown now."
Pairing: Archer/Reed
Word Count: 100
Timeline: Early S4 - not long after returning from the Expanse
Summary: His mother's world
Notes: Jonathan and Malcolm have an established relationship, predating the mission to the Expanse. This is set in the early weeks after their return to Earth, and is AU to the episode "Home". This is Malcolm's voice, and can be considered in canon with Losses.
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The garden was overgrown now. Jonathan and I walked in silence, stopping occasionally to push some weeds aside in my search for any lingering blooms.
"This was always my mother's pride... and her refuge. Seeing it like this makes it very real that she's gone."
He reached for my hand, our fingers threading together. "I'm so sorry, Malcolm. After all we've been through, for you finally to get home... to this...
"I'd like to have introduced you. I think she always wanted to see me happy...
"Look... there's one flower... next to the arbor.
"It's a Peace rose... her favourite."
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The summary is a reference to a quote from William Kent - "A garden is to be a world unto itself, it had better make room for the darker shades of feeling as well as the sunny ones. "
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