Abby was sweating, covered in grime, and absolutely exhausted as the summer sun beamed down on her. She had been working tirelessly to get this damn A/C working. Once she figured out the wirings, you two could work on installing them and making summers a bit less dreadful.

Meanwhile, in the greenhouse, you were watering the plants as usual. Honestly, when you both had moments alone to think to yourselves, you wondered what the point was. Starting a settlement of your own, was it even worth it? The difficulty, no progress, the bickering, it seemed like this entire process was driving you two apart.

That’s when you saw it… a tomato had grown! How hadn’t you noticed? It was completely ripe! Red and glistening! Although it didn’t seem like a big deal from the outside looking in… this tomato was the first thing that’d truly gone right here…