[Fic] Everybody's Changing

[anneapocalypse]

Title: Everybody's Changing
Author: anneapocalypse
Characters/Pairings: Katie Jensen/Volleyball
Length: 2700 words
Rating: Teen & Up
Warnings: None
Summary: Even after the war, Chorus is always in flux. It's a changing world out there. Sometimes you need a constant.
Notes: Written for rvbrarepairweek ! Set post-season 17. Same continuity as "Hopes & Fears," and kind of a happy sequel to "Over," though you don't need to read those first.

It's chilly this morning, and Katie Jensen rolls out of bed and pulls on her old gray hoodie before even putting her glasses on.

It's silly to keep wearing it, maybe, when it's so worn out, and she really needs to figure out a way to patch the elbows, one of which has worn clean through. She could get a new sweatshirt. An offworld import would cost an arm and a leg, but they do have textile production on Chorus again.

But it wouldn't be this hoodie. Faded and pilled, with ragged cuffs and split seams, the drawstring from the hood long gone. Once bright red, the lettering on the front has worn away to a faint shadow: ARMONIA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.

It's the one thing of her own she still has from before the war. And as ragged as it is, the heavy knit fabric hasn't lost all of its warmth. Pulled over a long-sleeved shirt, it's still cozy and soft and comforting.

And sometimes Katie just wants something old and familiar.

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