Prompt: Tupperware (from maximumpotter101)
Someone also requested I do one with Solomon in it... so here it is. :)
Tupperware is temporary, like life.
Maybe a better word would be "ephemeral" or "fleeting," but Joe Solomon doesn't mince his words. He knows that he doesn't have much time. Then again, it's time – no one ever has enough of it. Still, it's only a little while before people start asking questions, digging deeper than they should, and unburying parts of his past that he hoped would stay buried for another century or so. He didn't want to have to face that part of himself again.
All philosophical musings aside, there is a simple reason why Joe Solomon's kitchen cabinets are filled with Tupperware. It's the mark of someone who moves around often, someone who seeks practicality. Tupperware is practical because it's easy to clean, easy to stack.
Easy to pack. Also, it's cheap, it isn't super valuable – so it's much easier to throw away or discard. Whereas your aunt's heirloom glass plate has passed down through generations, Tupperware doesn't hold any memories or any values. It just is.
Glass plates and bowls aren't something you can take with you on impromptu trips halfway across the world. But Tupperware fits easily, and you don't have to worry about it breaking. It's sturdy, dependable. Something he wishes he was.
Maybe it isn't practical to pack a Tupperware container with you in your suitcase when you're on a mission, staying some place far away for who knows how long. But it's comforting to take a piece of his life with him everywhere. A familiar container on a foreign apartment counter somehow makes life more bearable. It reminds you of home.
He's not quite sure where his home is anymore. Home is a place where you belong, a place where there are those you trust. But for him, as a spy, trust has become an obsolete term.
It saddens him, but then he reminds himself that life is temporary, and even then, there's much for him to do.