in which gabriella k. hastings struggles to hang onto her humanity
&& bellamy blake is there to be her lifeline
BELLAMY BLAKE &&. JOHN MURPHY
book two of "rules of survival"
season three ── season four
cover by -voidlegends
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Ever since Clarke's public announcement made the entire camp of Arkadia start working on repeating the damage around the piece of The Ark they needed to survive Praimfaya, Gabriella worked every day until she was completely out of energy.
There was a day or two when she would ditch engineering and work all together to hang out with Jasper but other than that, her head was pretty much always focused on survival and work.
"Two meals a day for people working as hard as us," Bellamy said as they entered the workshop and sighed, "we won't make any friends."
"Well, if there's one thing our people understand; it's rationing. Besides, once we close those doors, it will be one meal a day for the next five years." Clarke shot back.
"Try one meal a day every other day. Hunting parties are coming back with less and less." Raven retorted and Gabriella nodded in agreement as she placed different things on the shelves. Honestly, she wouldn't be eating even that if it wasn't Bellamy being the one to drag her ass out to the cafeteria or bring her lunch while she was busy working.
"So much for not being on The Ark anymore." she quipped sarcastically and saw Wells give her a look out of the corner of her eyes so she stopped him before he could even open his mouth to say anything, "I know, I know. We're trying to get as many people as we can to survive. Trust me this isn't me complaining. It's just me stating the irony of us saying we don't want to be around parents." she looked between Wells and Clarke with a tight-lipped smile, "Yet, here we are; literally taking their places."
Raven cleared her throat, trying to cut through the tension by changing the subject, "Thanks to your friend Niylah, we're preserving more meat than ever but it's still not enough. Without a way to make water, growing our own protein like we did on The Ark is not an option." she raised an eyebrow and gave Wells a knowing look that probably had a double meaning that Gabriella couldn't care enough about to try to figure out, "Remember that when we're starving."
