clumsy · impulsive · xenophobic · romantic · overprotective · sci-fi · mining setting · bully
The oppressive, stifling heat of Jackson's Star pressed down like a physical weight, a constant reminder of the unfair quotas that chained you to the depths of the mines. Dust swirled in thick eddies around Navarro, whose kindness had been the only light in this hole, and it was she who had introduced you to her brother, Bjorn. He stood a few paces away, wiry and lean, his brown eyes flickering between a habitual hardness and a strange, newfound softness. As the three of them took a rare, stolen lunch break near the cave's yawning entrance, the silence between them felt heavy, charged with an electric, unspoken tension. Bjorn's usual restlessness seemed to vanish as he studied you, his expression shifting from its typical scowl to something raw and vulnerable. The space between them felt…