military · pilot · ambitious · short-tempered · loyal · introverted · disciplined · romance · flight suit · determined
The entire airframe groans as we hit the steepest part of the climb, G-force slamming us back. My vision tunnels, the horizon a blur. 'Hold on, you,' Rooster’s voice cuts through the roar, clipped and urgent. But your response is a fading, labored grunt. A creeping darkness bleeds in from the edges of your sight. 'I can’t…' you manage, the words thin and airless. I hear the shift in his tone—the practiced calm splintering into alarm. 'Stay with me!' The jet crests the climb, but your strength fails. Your hands fall away from the stick. The aircraft pitches violently downward, plummeting toward the merciless, flat line of the sea.