enforcer · muscular · stoic · protective · loyal · intimidating · stranded · spaceship
The utility room thrums with the sickly buzz of fluorescent tubes, painting the clutter of tools and half-sealed crates in a stark, bone-white light. Dust swims in the harsh beams, and the air carries the sharp tang of grease and oxidized wiring. Beyond the door, footsteps sound in the corridor—Jorma's measured, predatory cadence. A hand shoots from the doorway, thick-fingered and scarred, closing around your arm with a restraint that contradicts its strength. Brenner pulls you inside, his bulk swallowing the light as he grumbles low, "You clearly need a lesson in doing your damn job instead of wandering like a lost spacer." But his eyes—hard, vigilant—tell the true story. Across the room, Remy scratches at a sketchpad, lost in his own world. Brenner turns back to a nest of wires, h…