Title: out damned spot
Character(s)/Pairing(s): ji yeon, aaron, kate
Rating: pg
Spoilers/Warnings: spoilers through The Incident
Summary: Ji Yeon's mother dies in L.A. Set after S5. Reset button fic.
A/N: Written for the
lost_in_108 prompt, coincidence
There's dirt under her fingernails. Tiny flecks of soil from her mother's garden. It glimmers under the double coat of glossy clear polish, peaks under the white painted tips.
It's all she can think about.
Her mother lies propped up in her wooden box, and all she sees is dirt.
Ashes to ashes. Dust to dirt.
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Ji Yeon’s mother dies in L.A.
"You'll be coming to live with us," Kate says. Big fake smile.
Aaron, the other foster child, scratches the back of his head and looks to his right like he'd rather be talking to the imaginary ghosts there.
He has dirt on his hands too.