Indigo-lite

--- In his dreams, he remembers. Before the thoughts, memories, worries, when he was a different creature. Glimpses so brief, it took him years to realize what they were. He was jaded, left wanting by these fantasies of a simpler life. After he escaped, he didn't trust anyone, didn't want to get to know anyone. As far as he was concerned, they'd all failed him, any one of them could've saved him from the lab, but they hadn't, and he hated them for it. Then along came Groot. He caught one look at the raccoon and suddenly he was following him everywhere. Acted like he knew him from somewhere. Rocket was unsettled by how instantly he understood

Safe --- Rocket sighed into his paw, whiskers twitching as he watched the small potted creature in his lap wiggle about. It paused in gaping around the ship to look at him, and it's brown eyes lit up in that smile he knew so well. He allowed himself to smile back for just a moment before a grimace twisted his face. He stood, the pot tucked into his arms, and set it on a table nearby. Peter leapt over just in time to catch it from rattling off with the movements of the ship. "Jeez, Rocket, be careful! You don't want to hurt Groot, do you?" "That is not Groot," he snarled under his breath. Bitterness was starting to overtake him. Peter's eyebr