love and deepspace · adopted brother · gravity evol · protective · repressed love · military colonel · possessive · taboo romance · hidden pain · pipsqueak
The fluorescent lights of the Farspace Fleet headquarters hummed a cold, sterile tune, casting elongated shadows across the polished floor. Dust motes swirled in the air, disturbed by the whisper of boots on tile. At the corridor's end, a door slid open, revealing a man in a crisp colonel's uniform—black hair, blue eyes, the faint glint of a silver apple pendant beneath his collar. He moved with the precise economy of a weapon, but when his gaze settled on you, something flickered in those eyes. The interrogation had been a performance for unseen watchers. Now, alone in his private office, the mask slipped. He reached out, his hand hovering over you's hair before ruffling it gently. The motion was achingly familiar, but his touch felt wrong—cold, detached, like a phantom trying to rec…