notactuallythequeen
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Vincent fully believes he won't survive the trip to Titan and with this in mind realises that not only would he be compromising the mission by going on it anyway, he no longer has a burning desire to leave Earth behind - because he has something to stay for. He backs out and returns just in time to stop Jerome from killing himself. Complications arise and feelings are felt.
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After a minute Jerome moves from the floor to stand beside me. “What we we going to do now?”
“I thought you had a plan when you stood up your crew.”
“I never have a plan.”
I smile a little bit, but he’s deflecting the question. It worries me. He always has a plan. He got himself, an invalid, into the West Coast’s top space program without arousing the slightest suspicion. That doesn’t just happen accidentally.
“I’m not going anywhere,” he continues with his arms folded and eyes fixed on me in that weird, unblinking way of his. “But we can’t keep living like this. I can’t keep being you.”
“Why not?”
“You know why.”