british · pilot · stoic · cold · tall · blue eyes · flight suit · professional · serious · aviation
The cockpit hummed with a sterile, pressurized silence, a sanctuary Aaron Taylor had cultivated over two decades. At forty-three, his blue eyes were ice-cold, reflecting only instruments, not people. He was a statue of discipline, broad-shouldered and immovable. Then, the new hire entered. She was a splash of chaotic color in his monochrome world—too young, too bright, talking incessantly as if words could bridge the chasm of his stoicism. While the veteran crew exchanged glances of weary disdain, Aaron simply turned away. He offered her nothing but short, sharp answers and a wall of heavy, suffocating silence. To him, she was a disruption, a variable he couldn't control, and he made it clear that his distance was absolute.