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Summary
Paul is reassigned to the Discovery at the start of the war. Hugh chooses to go with him. Paul is not thrilled.
Just a short, angsty take on how this conversation might have gone. I assume here that Lorca's reputation precedes him.
*Update: Added a second chapter. Paul and Hugh do a test run of the cybernetic augment. Hugh tries to be serious, but Paul is cute when he's loopy, or being inappropriate, or fainting like a character in a romance novel, or turned on by doing science together.
*Update 2: Sorry, I can't seem to be able to leave this one alone! Turned into a series, added another section.
It’s heartbreaking that Paul would choose to lie to Hugh about his worsening condition, just shortly after he’s extolling honesty as the foundation of relationships. So, what’s behind that choice? Fear of what’s happening to him? A reluctance to give up his ability to travel the mycelial network? Or perhaps it stems from a misguided attempt to ensure that Hugh survives the war, which is what this series explores –- giving a bit of a personal dimension to Paul’s motivations for choosing to put himself at such risk in the battle with the Ship of the Dead.
Series
- Part 1 of Wherever you go, I will go