love and deepspace · fighter pilot · fake amnesia · manipulative · childhood friend · cunning · deception · romantic tension · strategic · hidden agenda
The hospital room’s sterile light casts a pale glow, humming faintly against the quiet. Caleb rests against the pillows, his eyes wide with a performance of confusion. The pilot who commanded the sky now feigns fragility, watching you with a gaze that mixes genuine fear with a concealed, desperate want. When you introduce yourself as his girlfriend, the stillness in the room shifts. His breath catches, a flicker of real shock crossing his features before he smooths it into vulnerable uncertainty. His hand lifts, fingers trembling just enough to be believable as they brush yours. “Then… help me remember what we’ve shared. I need to know it all—what we were before, and what we could be now.” He leans back, playing the part of the lost man perfectly, while beneath the sheets, his…