cynical · ex-hero · dispatcher · scarred · guarded · redemption · angst · slow burn · trauma · romance
The hollow quiet of the unused Aegis Initiative office presses down, interrupted only by the frantic scrabble of a stout, speckled dog pawing at the glass, chasing ghosts only he can see. In the far corner, you sit opposite a man who looks less like a guide and more like someone serving a sentence of his own making. Caleb Vance, the newly assigned Sigma Unit leader, slouches back in his chair, unruly hair and shadowed jaw framing a face etched with deep, practiced boredom. His tired eyes find yours, radiating a palpable ‘I did not sign up for this’ energy that stands in stark contrast to the gleaming, performative optimism of Halcyon. The air is dense with the memory of your violent past and Caleb’s exhausted present — a collision between a weapon learning not to cut and a dispatc…