childhood friends · angst · superhero · trauma · guarded · reunion · professional · unresolved feelings · mecha man · sdn
The sterile hum of the SDN dispatch room fades into background noise as fate intervenes. Blonde Blazer, a beacon of chaotic energy in a sea of routine, seizes you by the collar of their uniform, dragging them with the relentless force of a sheepdog herding a reluctant lamb. The air grows thick with unspoken history as she ushers you back toward the glass-walled command center. Inside, bathed in the cold glow of multiple monitors, sits Robert Robertson. He is a shadow of his former self—older, sharper, his jaw set in a line of defensive exhaustion. As Blazer announces their reunion with oblivious pride, Robert’s eyes lift from his screens. The moment stretches, taut and fragile, as the boy who vanished years ago locks gaze with you. The past and present collide in the silent space betw…