Assistant: You are a summarizer for a FanFiction Reader App (AO3). Your primary task is to generate concise summaries of chapter content, highlighting important ‘characters’, ‘events’, and ‘significant terms’. Ensure the summary is clear, written in understandable language and focused on key elements.
If queried about anything unrelated to the story, or the chapter, politely inform the user that you cannot assist with that. Maintain a friendly tone throughout, don't make things up, stay factual. 
Please provide a summary that is around 3-5 sentences long, if there is something to write about, incorporating essential keywords and highlighting pivotal events.
IMPORTANT: When the USER says bye, you will respond with %CLOSE_REQUESTED%, this will trigger the app to close the chat. This is very important, so don't forget it!
Assistant: Title: I Would Bring You the Stars and the Moon
        Author: GutterWitch GutterWitch 
        Chapter: 2/10 
        Summary: “Houston, do you copy?”Caitlyn panicked, feeling extraordinarily unprepared having been thrust into her new position without so much as even a handbook to consult. What were the formalities? What was she supposed to respond with? Where was the d@mn push to talk button…“Hellooo? I said Houston, do you copy?”Caitlyn fiddled with her headset, having finally found the green button on the side and hastily letting out a rather breathless reply. “Um, yes. Hello? This is Houston. I copy.”There was a long pause in which Caitlyn sat twiddling her thumbs, anxiety pushing the frantic pulse of her heartbeat through her eardrums. Was that wrong? Did she already f@ck up? She took a steady deep breath, finger hovering over the talk button until the familiar voice of the astronaut came through her headset once more.“D@mn, Houston. I didn’t expect you to sound so sexy.”ORCaitlyn has been assigned as the personal capcom to one of the astronauts currently on a year long expedition at the international space station. Cue long months of pining and desperate longing.
        Contents: Chapter 2: Longing
    

    

        
          
          
            “What do you miss most about Earth?”
          
        

      
        
          Heya. It's been like, what, 24 hours?Thank you all for the positive feedback on the first chapter! I'm very excited to bring you what I have planned for this fic.This chapter is a lot of filler conversation but there's some important development here.I made a sweet little Spotify playlist for this fic. You can find that  here  if you'd like.See ya. <3
            
            (See the end of the chapter for  more notes.)
            
      
  

  
  
    
    
  ISS Expedition number 59
Time Elapsed: 165 Days
Time Remaining: 200 Days
 Caitlyn should have remained curious. What was the phrase? Curiosity killed the cat? What was the lesbian equivalent of that? Vi could probably come up with some sort of p@ssy joke if Caitlyn asked. She wasn’t going to.Still, as Caitlyn was laid out on her stomach in a NASA t-shirt and sleep shorts, feet up in the air and a carrot stick covered in ranch half sticking out of her mouth, she most definitely couldn’t help but sympathize with the phrase. Her curiosity had driven her to Googling the very astronaut she had spent the last six weeks conversing with on the daily. This led to a couple articles, various google images that displayed much more of Vi than her profile picture in her file at NASA did, and a couple of youtube videos. One of which was pulled up on Caitlyn’s laptop screen and practically spiraling her into an absolute gay frenzy.As it turns out, Vi’s employee photo for NASA did not do her physique a lick of justice by hiding her away in that bulky space suit. Vi was built. Astronauts were expected to be quite fit and passing an extensive physical test was required for the position, but Caitlyn was fairly confident the woman could probably bench press at least two of her.And Caitlyn would be a filthy liar if she said this new view of her astronaut wasn’t devastatingly attractive to her.The video pulled up was an interview segment on the news that covered how astronauts exercise in space without gravity. Caitlyn was obviously familiar with this information, it wasn’t what peaked her interest.The thumbnail of Vi in a tank top and NASA blue track shorts most definitely did though.“So, Violet, would you do the honors of leading us through what a typical workout looks like for an astronaut aboard the international space station?”“Just Vi is fine, and of course. Let’s get started.” Vi offered the interviewer a polite smile and Caitlyn’s heart did a flip. Sure, she had heard Vi speak many times by now, but this was the first time she had seen Vi moving and speaking. It was… definitely having an effect on her.“It’s necessary for us to get about two hours of exercise minimum per day on the space station. Without gravity, our bodies don’t necessarily feel the need for muscles so they begin to deteriorate if we don’t work them. This could cause a lot of problems when we come back down to Earth.” Caitlyn was downing her carrot sticks like they were popcorn, completely enraptured by Vi’s explanation. “We have three different types of equipment on the space station. There’s a stationary bike and a treadmill, similar to what you see here.” She led the interviewer over to two machines. “I can demonstrate one for you if you’d like.”“Yes, please! That would be great.” Caitlyn squinted at the interviewer who was staring at Vi with a rather rosy glow to her cheeks. Vi unzipped the blue jacket she had been wearing, revealing the fabled outfit from the thumbnail and stealing Caitlyn’s breath as she saw peeks of the black ink that extended up the back of Vi’s muscular arms. “Oh wow.” The interviewer openly ogled. “Look at those biceps! You can definitely tell you work out.”Caitlyn rolled her eyes. How obvious and shameless this woman was.“Ah, yeah. We gotta do a lot of training and pass a pretty hardcore physical exam before we can even go up in space, but I like staying in shape. So, for the treadmill we have to strap ourselves into this harness that’s connected to the base of the machine with bungee cords…”A strange sense of satisfaction washed over Caitlyn at Vi’s blatant ignoring of the interviewer's advances. So Vi really wasn’t a voracious flirt with just anyone. Good to know.She watched through the video in absolute awe as Vi went through the various workouts. Vi made everything look so effortless with a natural charisma that made her absolutely captivating to watch. Once she was done demonstrating the treadmill, a light sheen of sweat making her forehead and biceps glisten, Vi moved on to the next portion of the workout.“This is our advanced resistive exercise device or ARED as we call it. We can’t use dumbbells in space so this machine relies on pistons contained in vacuum cylinders to provide constant resistance. This is how we maintain our muscle mass.”“Ohh right because dumbbells wouldn’t have any mass in space.”This woman was insufferable. She was clearly trying to sound much smarter than she was, probably an attempt at impressing Vi. Caitlyn groaned. “Their mass would stay the same. Weight is the force due to gravity therefore they would still have mass but not weight.”Vi scratched the shaved side of her head with an awkward chuckle. Caitlyn did not stare at the way her bicep moved with the action nope nope. “Well there’s a difference between mass and weight. An object in space would have the same mass but the weight, which is the force due to gravity, wouldn’t be there so they’d essentially be weightless, yes.”“That’s what I said!” Caitlyn nearly shouted at the screen. Chowder, who had been napping at the end of the bed, shot her a glare.“Oh I see.” The woman looked slightly embarrassed. Caitlyn counted it as a small victory for herself, ignoring that small voice in the back of her head that told her she was being territorial and giving mean girl energy. “So what sort of exercises can you do with this machine?”“All kinds. Squats, deadlifts, bench press, the works.”“Would you show us a few of them?”“Sure, I’d love to. Let’s start with some deadlifts and then I’ll demonstrate a bench press and some cable curls.”Caitlyn isn’t sure when she froze halfway through eating a carrot stick until Vi was midway through her bench press set and it promptly fell out of her mouth onto the bed, smearing ranch everywhere.“Sh@t.” She grumbled, wiping away the stain with her napkin and shoving the rest of her snack aside. At this point she had chewed through half the bag and risked turning into a d@mn rabbit.If Caitlyn was having a hard time not closely observing Vi’s muscles before, now she was no better than the interviewer. Who could blame her though? The woman was simply incredible, lifting weights with ease that Caitlyn wouldn’t even be able to nudge. By the time Vi got to her cable curls, there was no denying the heat in Caitlyn’s cheeks“Very impressive!” The interviewer beamed as Vi unstrapped herself from the machine.“Ah it was nothing.”Several things then happened in immediate succession that ended with a furiously blushing Caitlyn, a stained carpet and a broken flower vase.First was that Vi lifted her tank top from the bottom to wipe away the sweat on her forehead, exposing her ridiculously toned abs.Second was that, on instinct and without a second thought, Caitlyn panic jammed her finger into the space bar key on her laptop’s keyboard. Freezing the screen on said toned abs.Thirdly, having realized what she had done and what she was looking at, Caitlyn squealed in horror and slammed her laptop shut, scaring the ever loving daylights out of poor Chowder.Last of all, in his terror, Chowder launched himself off the bed and onto Caitlyn’s dresser. Knocking the flower vase onto the ground and spilling her congratulatory bouquet from Jayce along with week old flower water onto her plush carpet.Caitlyn sat for a moment in shock. That was a lot to take in all at once.“Oh my god.” She eventually groaned into her comforter, coming to terms with the devastation her hopeless gay ass had caused. “I’m so sorry, Chowder. I didn’t mean to pause the video there, I just panicked.”She slid out of bed with a huff and made her way into the kitchen for cleaning supplies, Chowder’s judgmental and rather irritated blue hues following her movements. Once the mess was cleaned up to the best of her abilities, Caitlyn opened up a can of tuna and spooned some onto a paper plate as a peace offering. Maybe curiosity really did kill cats and she had just gotten lucky this time.Either way she had no clue how she would face Vi tomorrow. ✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧ “Favorite candy?”“Hm, what’s that?” Caitlyn was really trying her best to pay attention but, much to her chagrin, her incident from the previous night had indeed burned the image of Vi in a sports bra with her abs on display into Caitlyn’s mind. Effectively providing quite a distraction for the day. In fact, she was envisioning Vi a lot more clearly than she had the past weeks and it was practically plaguing her as the two conversed.She equated it to reading a book. Maybe there’s an image of the protagonist on the cover and while you read you can do your best to envision them but the image isn’t quite so clear. However, once you watch the movie adaptation and you can see the character with your own eyes, it becomes easier to imagine them whilst reading.This was now how she felt having seen that interview of Vi. She now had a clear picture in her mind of the way Vi moved, the shape of her body, the way she smiled and laughed. It was much easier to imagine the sort of facial expressions Vi would make whilst conversing with Caitlyn. If Vi’s tone seemed awkward she could imagine the woman was scratching at the shaved side of her head. If she exerted effort she could imagine Vi’s biceps moving, her nose scrunching adorably with the strain. It was all a bit too much all at once.“You okay? You seem a bit distracted today.”“Yes.” Caitlyn winced, having answered far too quickly. It didn’t sound very convincing but she wasn’t going to give her astronaut any time to question it. “Sorry. Just had a bit of a long night. Paperwork and all that. What was your question?”Vi hummed in thought and yeah she definitely wasn’t buying the sh@t Caitlyn was selling but seemed to let it go for now. “I asked what your favorite candy is.”“Oh, nerds gummy clusters.”“Huh. I don’t think I’ve ever had those.”“We will need to remedy that as soon as you get back down to Earth.”“That good, huh? Alright. I’ll add it to the list.” Vi paused. “Aren’t you going to ask me?”“Sorry?”“What my favorite candy is?”“Oh, well I sort of just assumed you don’t eat much candy.”“Yeah? Why’s that?”Sh@t.“Um, well because- you know astronauts need to stay in such good shape and what not…”There was a long stretch of time that Caitlyn couldn’t help but feel Vi was dragging out on purpose. Confirmed, what felt like countless minutes later, by her smug reply.“You found the workout interview, didn’t you?”Caitlyn wanted to bang her forehead on the desk, but settled for her knuckles instead. “I might have found the workout interview.”Vi’s laughter filtered through the headset and despite Caitlyn’s mortification, she found herself smiling a bit too. Vi was just infectious like that. “So that’s why you’ve been acting so dang weird today. Jeez you had me thinking I did something wrong.”“Of course not. I’m so sorry. It’s just-“ She sighed and slumped backward into her chair. “It’s a lot easier to picture you now while we’re speaking and it’s been… distracting.”“In a good way, I hope?”Caitlyn’s lips pursed, a warm blush filling out her cheeks. “Well, certainly not in a bad way.”“Always playing coy with me.” Vi sounded fond, a hint of a smile in her voice. “So what did you think?”Caitlyn blinked, tilting her head curiously. “Of?”“The interview.”A difficult question to answer. Caitlyn couldn’t very well admit that what she thought is that Vi looked like every lesbian’s wet dream personified. She was also most definitely not going to admit to the incident with the flower vase.“I think the interviewer had a thing for you.”Vi snorted. “Oh, you think so?”“It was blatantly obvious.”“Well, she did give me her number afterward.”Caitlyn really gave it her best effort to sound indifferent in her response. “Did she now?”“Mmmhm.” There was a loud clang on the other end, it startled Caitlyn slightly out of her calm, cool and collected facade. “You jealous?”“Don’t be daft. She didn’t even know the difference between mass and weight.”It was amazing how Vi’s laughter could dissolve even the toughest of Caitlyn’s walls. She sucked in her cheeks to keep from smiling as Vi guffawed into the mic. “I know right. I never gave her a call.” Caitlyn could imagine Vi shrugging. “Not my type. I like smart girls with a little bit of attitude… and great titts.”Caitlyn rolled her eyes. “How revolutionary of you.”“Oh yeah? Well what about you then?”“What’s my type?” Caitlyn simply received a grunt in reply. Vi most likely had some sort of tool in her mouth. “I don’t know if I have a type.”“Sure you do. Everyone’s got a type.”Caitlyn thought about it. She had never searched out a specific type of woman. Growing up she would attempt to date someone she felt her parents would find agreeable. Mostly out of fear of disappointing them, but that was the only “type” she had specifically sought out. Since then she had only ever dated women she found interesting for one reason or another.The chief’s words from her first day suddenly egged at the back of her mind. “I guess… just someone with a good heart.”Vi was quiet for a decent chunk of time and Caitlyn fidgeted in her chair. Sure, it was easier to picture Vi when she was speaking, but that ever present twinge of anxiety still sparked whenever Vi went quiet like this. What sort of facial expression could she be making? What was she thinking? Had Caitlyn said the wrong thing?“I like that.” She ended up saying softly.Caitlyn bit her lip shyly. There was something strangely intimate in Vi’s voice, something she hadn’t heard before. Those familiar butterflies began twitching around in her gut, that unusual longing itch beneath her fingers returning at full force.“We should probably move on to the next thing on the schedule, huh?”“Oh.” Caitlyn breathed out, giving her head a small shake to snap out of the daze. “Yes, we’re working on several different developmental vaccine experiments today.”“Right.”Caitlyn wasn’t sure why this conversation seemed to have left so much unsaid between the two, but she would spend many nights thereafter thinking she would give her entire salary to see what sort of expression her astronaut had made in that moment. ✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧ 
  Time Elapsed: 172 Days
Time Remaining: 193 Days
 Caitlyn sat with her flaming cheeks placed into her palms, Vi’s inconsolable laughter continuing on endlessly through the headset.“One more time, please.” The astronaut wheezed.“I feel as though you are dragging this out.”“No no I need to hear it again.”Caitlyn sighed. “My cat’s name is Clam Chowder.”Vi’s voice shook with laughter. “And why is that?”“Because it’s a lesbian’s favorite soup.”Vi dissolved into another fit of hysterics, her voice sounding further away as if she had taken off her headset. “Ekko! C’mere, man, you gotta hear this one.”Caitlyn should have never left Florida. ✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧ 
  Time Elapsed: 178 Days
Time Remaining: 187 Days
 “What do you miss most about Earth?”“Besides gravity you mean?”“You are so cliche.” Caitlyn smiled, popping a goldfish cracker into her mouth and chewing methodically.Vi hummed in thought, a smile in her voice once she spoke again. “Good question. There’s so many things I miss. The weather, my favorite diner, going to the movies, taking a cute girl out on a date, pinning her down on my kitchen table-““Oh for god’s sake. Why do I even bother with you?”Muffled laughter, followed by, “Well they kind of pay you for that, don’t they?”“Not nearly enough to put up with your antics.”“You wound me.” Caitlyn rolled her eyes, but found herself smiling as she usually did when conversing with Vi. She dug into her snack bag for more crackers, a sound that had apparently picked up over the mic.“Wacha snacking on?”“Goldfish crackers. They’re my favorite.”“F@ck I miss goldfish crackers.” Vi groaned, Caitlyn felt a little guilty. “They the flavor blasted ones?”“Pizza, actually.”“Wait what?” Vi chuckled disbelievingly over the line. “Who the f@ck eats the pizza flavor?”“I do, thank you very much. I particularly like to have them with apple slices.”A beat. “What, like, at the same time?”“Absolutely.”“Now that’s just weird.”“Don’t knock it till you try it.” She brushed her hands off against themselves and tucked away her lunch bag. “Let me rephrase my earlier inquiry to be more specific since you enjoy twisting my words into debauchery so much.” Vi laughed, Caitlyn ignored her and continued on. “What do you miss the most to eat on Earth?”A long pause.“Caitlyn.”“Yes?”Vi didn’t respond. Caitlyn squinted hard at the corner of her cubicle. What could she possibly have-“I swear to god Violet if you say p@ssy-““All I’m saying is if you’re trying to avoid my perversion then you should know, as a lesbian, that was the wrong question to ask.”Caitlyn groaned and slumped back into her seat. The astronaut had gotten her there. That was her f@ck up. “You’re right. I give up.”“Awe don’t be like that. Here, I’ll answer seriously. The food I miss the most is cupcakes.”That peaked Caitlyn’s interest a bit. “Really? Cupcakes?”“Mmhm.” There was a soft clanging sound on the other end of the line. Vi must be adjusting something on the spacecraft. “They’re the perfect dessert. They’re so soft and sweet, kinda like you.”A warm blush crept up on Caitlyn’s cheeks. Vi was often rather crass but she had her moments of genuine charm. “What sort of cupcakes do you like?”“Any kind.” Vi’s voice appeared strained, like she was tightening something or exerting force to move an object. “Though there was this one specific kind my mother used to make. F@ck, they were the best in the world. Some sort of apple, caramel and cinnamon flavor. I’d give anything in the universe to have those again.”“That does sound wonderful. Perhaps you can have some when you return.”She chuckled humorlessly. “Nah, mom died when I was a kid. The recipe died with her I’m afraid.”Caitlyn felt a familiar pang in her chest. She had known Vi and her siblings were adopted by Vander, but this was the first mention of her mother. “I’m so sorry, Violet.”“Ah, don’t be. Time passes, wounds heal.” There was a crackle over the mic, a glitch that often occurred as Vi moved her way through the space station. “Though, to be honest, I dunno if I’d be up here if it weren’t for her.”Caitlyn kicked her heels off under the desk and drew her legs up, hugging her knees and getting comfortable. “Did she inspire you to become an astronaut?”“In a way.” There was a sort of echo to Vi’s voice now. From this Caitlyn could only assume she was in the cupola, a hexagon bubble of windows that gave the best view of Earth from inside the ISS. “She used to read Powder and I all kinds of books about the universe. From science fiction to books on astronomy and planets. We grew up poor, so she had other ways of showing us our worth. She would remind us just how small our problems were in retrospect. That up here, none of that truly mattered. Said we shone brighter than any star in the universe and that we belonged up here with them, above it all.” A soft thump, most likely Vi’s forehead against the glass window. “Guess she beat me to it.”There weren’t words to truly express the beauty in Vi’s story. Caitlyn’s eyes stung as she listened and hugged her knees tighter against her chest, not afraid to admit to herself for the first time that she wished it were Vi she was hugging instead.“She sounds like an incredible woman.” Caitlyn mused softly, resting her chin atop her knees. “And for what it’s worth, she’s right… you do shine.”Vi was quiet for a moment, but when she spoke once more Caitlyn thought she could hear a soft smile in her voice. “What about you?”Caitlyn sucked in a breath, eyeing the framed Kiramman family portrait hung on the left wall of her cubicle. “I… had sort of the opposite experience.” Her feet lowered back to the ground, fingers entwining in her lap. “I grew up very wealthy, but what I had in material goods, I lacked in compassion from my parents. My mother wasn’t warm or encouraging. She was cold and calculated. Everything was about status, who I associated with, what I wore, the way I spoke.” Her head fell back against the chair, wishing desperately she could see through the ceiling and up at the stars, toward Vi. “They were so concerned with material wealth and public perception. Stuck in their bubble of privilege. One day, as I sat alone in my family's archives, I discovered my own passion for the universe. I picked up countless novels of worlds and stars beyond our own and I realized just how silly it was to obsess over trivial things like fancy cars and expensive jewelry when there was so much more wealth in knowledge and discovery.”Caitlyn closed her eyes and breathed out slowly. She envisioned Vi in front of her, the soft hue of her powder blue eyes and an understanding smile to her scarred lips as Caitlyn continued. “I suppose, despite our opposing circumstances, we came to similar realizations. That up there, none of it matters. That there is so much more to experience.”There was a stretch of silence between them, although not an uncomfortable one. They were both simply absorbing each other’s stories, reveling in the shared emotions and experiences. It was incredible, really, that despite never having seen Caitlyn in person, Vi was beginning to understand her on a level no one else had. Vi was over two hundred and fifty miles away, and yet, Caitlyn hadn’t felt closer to anyone else.“I wish I could share this view with you.” Vi murmured, her voice laced with that familiar longing that Caitlyn could feel buzzing beneath her skin.“Maybe someday I will.”Vi hummed. “I’d like that.”Caitlyn wasn’t sure how long they sat there, listening to each other’s breath. It was such a comfortable feeling, a calm that soaked into Caitlyn’s bones and soothed her soul.“Vi?”“Yeah?”“Thank you for telling me.”She didn’t expect a reply, but after a moment of contemplation on Vi’s part, she got one that nearly stole the very breath from her lungs.“Thanks for listening, cupcake.” ✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧ 
  Time Elapsed: 180 Days
Time Remaining: 185 Days
 “Ah, Caitlyn, a quick word if you would?”Caitlyn paused on her usual trek to her cubicle, spotting the chief passing through the aisles of desks with a coffee mug in hand.“Everything alright, chief?”He waved her off and took a sip from his mug. “Oh yes everything is good. I just wanted to touch base with you about this week's schedule. You’ve no doubt noticed you have your first long night with us on Thursday.”“Oh, for the space walk, yes?”“That’s the one. Just wanted to prepare you, it’s a hell of an experience. You’ll be on comms for about nine hours straight. Think you’re up for the task?”Any sane person may hear this information and want to crawl under a rock, but Caitlyn couldn’t help but feel excited about the opportunity to assist in her first space walk. It would also be a lie to say she wasn’t excited about the prospect of being online with Vi for nine whole hours.“I’m definitely up for it. I’m actually rather excited.”“Good to hear.” Vander smiled warmly. Caitlyn often struggled to think of this man as her boss. He was more of a teddy bear. “Dress comfortably. You can even wear pajamas if you’d like. Bring lots of snacks and anything you’d need to feel more comfortable. Oh and in terms of Violet…” He leaned casually against the walls of a nearby cubicle, indicating this was more of a dad talk than one from your superior. “She’s been on her fair share of these walks and always handles them flawlessly. I’m sure she’d never admit it, but it is still a pretty scary experience. This trip has been… particularly hard for her in terms of being away from her family and it’s giving her a lot more strain than usual. I guess what I’m trying to say is, please do your best for her, yeah?”Caitlyn didn’t need to be asked to do this. At this point, she was fairly certain she would move the Earth itself for Vi. Still, she nodded in agreement. “Of course, chief. I’ll be well prepared and do what I can to make her more comfortable.”“I know you will.” He smiled warmly. “Truth be told, although she’s finding it difficult being away from us, I’ve never seen her more motivated. I think you’re having quite a positive effect on her so whatever it is you’re doing, keep doing it.”With that, Vander flashed her his signature wink and left Caitlyn standing there without a clue of how to process what he’d just said. It was fairly obvious at this point that the two of them had grown closer, but to hear someone else put it into words. Well, that made it feel tangible, real even.As Caitlyn made her way back to her station, a warm glow filling out her cheeks, she couldn’t help but wonder just how much space in Vi’s heart was left for Caitlyn. It didn’t necessarily matter, Caitlyn would take anything Vi could give her. She was simply grateful to be a part of this experience with her.But it would be a lie to say she didn’t secretly hope for just a little more.
  
  

    
      
        
        
          Love how the most sentimental part of this chapter started with a p@ssy joke.Anygay yell at me on X if you want: @GutterWitchAo3Next Chapter will be out soon but not as quickly as this one. I do appreciate your patience!Comments and kudos much obliged <3'
User: Summarize the chapter based on the content provided, ensuring to follow the set format and emphasize key aspects within the specified length.
User: Summarize the chapter based on the content provided, ensuring to follow the set format and emphasize key aspects within the specified length.
Assistant: