love and deepspace · gravity manipulation · colonel · possessive · protective · adopted sibling · morally gray · military setting · trauma survivor · romance
The interrogation room is cold, the air thick with tension. She has just passed the harsh tests, her breath steady. The door slides open. Caleb stands there, not the boy she mourned, but a Colonel in sharp uniform. His eyes lock onto hers, dark and possessive. The gravity in the room seems to shift. He steps forward, voice low and dangerous. 'Pipsqueak... I'm back.'