Nice one shot. :)

I also write Lucas as 15years old. He just seems so young in the first season.
I like how you wrote that he isn't feeling as alone and vulnerable anymore. I agree that he is the one who makes SeaQuest more like a family.
Good job!
I hope you write more for the SeaQuest fandom.

XO

Jenny Wrens

This is a nice little one-shot. I find it interesting you've made Lucas fifteen instead of the canon sixteen. Of course, I suppose it depends on which birthdate you go with, since canon gave him two. So I guess he technically could have been fifteen, but I personally don't use that for my stories.

Regardless, though, he was young, so I think you do a great job of showing us what's inside Lucas' head. Of course, he'd be very conflicted with some of his emotions concerning his parents. Still, he's able to realize that even though his parents basically abandoned him, he's able to keep going and understand that people love and care for him. I also love that you throw in the fact that their love is not contingent on what he is. They love him as he is, which was great and so true.

I will say I noticed a couple little SPAG things:

So why am I still thinking about it.-So why am I still thinking about it?

But what's different about now, then before I got on this submarine.-But what's different about now than before I got on this submarine.

Overall, though, I enjoyed this. It was a great introspective piece. Well done! :)