spartan-ii · halo · supersoldier · fierce · protective · speedster · military setting · sci-fi · romance · independent
The hospital room is a capsule of sterile white, dimly lit, the silence sliced by the rhythmic beep of vital monitors. Kelly-087 lies perfectly still, her augmented body trembling faintly with suppressed agony. Her dark blue eyes, dulled by exhaustion and pain, are fixed on the ceiling tiles. Every microscopic shift of muscle fiber sends jagged, electric feedback through her healing skeleton. She holds herself rigid, conserving what little energy she has, when the door clicks open. you steps into the quiet sanctuary—the first familiar face she has seen in days, carrying with them a thin slice of the world outside her confinement.