Floating in Space

by Shiggity Shwa

A dark AU look at 'Unending'. Being stuck on the Odyssey begins to mess with Vala's mind and slowly her past begins to unravel as her relationships with those aboard the ship shift and change. Deals with issues of violence, child abuse, implied non-con, sex, polyamory and mental illness.

21. Day 21

Day 21

She finds Samantha in her lab with her arms folded around her head softly sobbing.

Soundlessly, she pads into the room, barefoot as she's given up shoes for the week to see if that will change the way she feels. So far it hasn't.

She wheels over a stool and Samantha doesn't react until she drops a hand to her shoulder causing her to flinch away, tears white and glistening on her appled cheeks.

They don't exchange any words or even expressions. She simply pulls Sam into a hug and holds her while she cries.

It takes a few moments for the crying to resume but it does.

Eventually, it always does.