This is a story entry for the
750 Word Project 2024
Turk was at his wits end.
Relegated to his tiny room by base security for instigating a tiny little bar fight, he secretly hoped this would be the violation that got him sent home.
One month into a three year contract on a Martian Mining colony and he was climbing the walls with boredom and sexual frustration. Back on Earth, where he had worked the waste fields, there was at least a thriving and legal prostitution sector a man could go to if he needed to get off. Management on Mars was so cheap they wouldn't even supply kleenex.
So acting up seemed like the only way out for Turk. He was a decent enough worker, and he knew that screwing up on the job was out of the question, so insubordination was the only way to go. His sector manager Lt. Grimble hated his guts for this and always warned that he'd break the young man some day.