Sam had to admit that she wasn't likely to miss Fandom for the most part. Oh, sure, she'd miss the gigantic house that she still couldn't believe the Alliance had set her up in, and she'd certainly miss the convenient access to "American" restaurants -- she'd developed a minor addiction to Taste of Thai. But when her reassignment orders came in ( Read more... )

Hopefully, Riley and Éponine were enjoying the walking tour of Sam's home town. Sam thought it was preferable to spending more time at home with her mum and dad, who were quite welcoming, but a bit stifling after she'd spent so long away from home. Taking in the sights of Horizon was more in line with the experience she wanted to provide for her ( Read more... )

There was something unexpectedly lovely about returning home with a bag of take-out in hand and knowing that there was another living creature in her house waiting for her, Sam decided. There was something even lovelier about having that knowledge and knowing that the living creature in question wasn't, say, a spider or a moth or something. Because ( Read more... )

It wasn't until Sam left to get her coffee that she realized that something strange was going on. The only reason she knew anything was happening at all was because of that man she saw singing happily about the ketchup stain on his pants finally being gone -- which would have been strange on its own, but when two people joined him as backup dancers ( Read more... )