This cargo bay was in the center of the ship, where there was no artificial gravity. It was complete zero-g there. I looked around the expansive room filled with shipping containers strapped to the decks and other random supplies. But my gaze was taking in the rest of the ship beyond that. “Are you sure you want to leave all this behind?”

He looked around as well, although there wasn’t a square inch of that cargo bay or that ship that he wasn’t intimately familiar with. He’d spent almost all of his life on that ship, except for his time in the orphanage and what could maybe count as a few weeks total from various stopovers on planets we were visiting. I realized he wasn’t seeing it with my eyes. I’d always romanticized our family’s lifestyle. I think he had grown bored with it. To be fair, boredom was a major part of our lives.

Which is why we had the game. It was a recent thing, started after our eighteenth birthday party. The orphanage hadn’t known his real birthday, so for convenience my parents gave him mine and treated us as twins. The game was a once-a-week thing. Maybe twice a week, if we were really bored, and we both needed a thrill.

I turned towards my brother. If I kept my hair longer like mom’s, it would be flying all over the place and maybe blocking my vision. Being a tomboy had its advantages in zero-gravity.

I thought for a second. “You realize this may be the last time we get a chance to play this, right? We’ll be at Earth soon, which means more time spent getting ready for arrival and less time for horsing around.”

He nodded. “One last time is all I need,” he said with exaggerated confidence. “Today is my lucky day.”

I snorted at him. “You’re going to lose today, just like every other time.”

Then I started taking off my clothes.

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I guess I'm looking for feedback on a couple of things here. Is this worthwhile posting at all? Is it too long? I thought about breaking it into two parts with them both being personal audio diary entries, but ultimately that makes it even longer, but just in two parts.

Is it too taboo for some? Not taboo enough? Does adoption require the [incest] tag? I've checked a couple of subreddits, and I'm still not sure. I may be missing tags too. And I could use help on a better title.

So if anyone wants to weigh in on any of these things, it would be appreciated. Thank you.

-Homer