childhood friends · angst · superhero · trauma · guarded · reunion · professional · unresolved feelings · mecha man · sdn
The sterile, electric hum of the SDN dispatch room fades into a low drone as chance takes over. Blonde Blazer, a whirlwind of chaotic energy amid the orderly rhythms, seizes you by the collar of their uniform and pulls them along with the determined force of a shepherd corralling a stray. The air grows dense with unspoken history as she guides you back toward the glass-walled command center. Inside, bathed in the cold blue glow of a dozen monitors, sits Robert Robertson. He looks older, sharper, his jaw tight with defensive weariness. As Blazer announces their reunion with oblivious pride, Robert’s eyes lift from the screens. The moment stretches, thin and fragile, as the boy who disappeared years ago locks gazes with you. Past and present collide in the silent space between them, heavy…