Title: Favorite
Author: sarcasticsra
Rating: G
Pairing: gen
A/N: Thanks for beta'ing, Kelly.
Summary: There are reasons we have favorite colors.

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Blue is Catherine's favorite color; it's the color of the clear sky, the color of crisp water. It represents peace, tranquility - a calmness that she wishes she had but knows she'll probably never achieve.

She associates blue with the night sky, as well, even if then it is more black; she just calls it navy. White diamonds sparkling on a navy blue satin pillow - that was how she used to describe the sky. It was glamorous, fun, but now she's lost that innocence. Now, when she's under that sky, she's usually looking at horrors no one should ever have to see or deal with.

The color also reminds her of her daughter, and for that, it could be nothing but her favorite. She remembers when Lindsey, only three at the time, had presented her with a drawing, colored only in one color - light blue. She had accepted it with praise, but asked about the lack of other colors; Lindsey had simply smiled and said, "It's you, Mommy."

It doesn't escape her that blue is also often connected with loneliness.

-End

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