I Watch The Moon

"'Bout time we head back to the lander," Seonghwa suggests, continuing to record the data the rover's camera caught without as much as a glance in his direction.

Hongjoong laughs, "Oh c'mon Seonghwa, just a few more klicks," he spares a glance at the rear view mirror, noting how the older immediately meets his eyes, "This is our closest pass to Daedalus Patera!"

The older, worried as always doesn't hesitate to refute, "Hongjoong, we're already way past the rover's operational limits, you know that-"

"-Look, how about this?" Hongjoong cuts in before he could get lectured for the fifth time in the trip, "We just drop a sensor package, grab a few pics, and then we're gone, okay?" Seonghwa merely shakes his head fondly at the other's shenanigans, returning his focus back to the screen before him.

Hongjoong doesn't resist the smile that blooms on his face the way Seonghwa does when they both know he'd won the argument; as usual.

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or:

A simple mission gone wrong leaves Hongjoong struggling to make it to the end. That's when things take a different turn, maybe for the worse.