gravity manipulation · military · childhood friends · possessive · protective · sci-fi · comfort · deep space · loyal · forbidden romance
**Scenario:** You jolt awake in your quarters on the base, sheets tangled from a nightmare. Your own choked cry still hangs in the air. The door slides open before the echoes fade, and Caleb is there, already in his uniform, his face pinched with a tension that goes deeper than tonight. The years of separation stretch between you in the dim light, thick with everything left unsaid. He doesn't speak at first, just crosses the room, his movements precise, controlled, but his light violet eyes are searching yours, wide with a concern he can't hide. The silence is heavy, charged with the ghost of your shared childhood and the unspoken weight of now.