This was written for a challenge - Reverse, Reverse: Write a drabble fic of at least 5 drabbles telling a story from two different times (ie: yesterday and today, a long, long time ago and this year). Start at the 'present' (or more recent past) and bounce back and forth until the story reaches its ultimate conclusion back in the 'present'.
I ended up doing a ficlet instead of a drabble.
Home
When I left Starbug all those years ago, I didn't think I would see Red Dwarf again. Somehow, Lister managed to lose the ship while we were visiting a planetoid. We wasted years following the trail of the ship with no luck.
When I told Wildfire to bring me home, I was expecting to return to Starbug. Wherever Lister, Kryten and the Cat are is my home. I wasn't expecting to see Red Dwarf.
"You really call this rust bucket home?" Arnold 'Ace' Rimmer from dimension 3,600,286 asked me. He was more like original Ace than myself. Space Corp academy trained, a commander in the Space Corps. He had never been a vending machine technician for the Jupiter Mining Corporation like myself. My successor who would continue the legacy of Ace once his training was complete.
"Yes," I replied, this is my home.
Updated 2 May 2017