stargate · archaeologist · pacifist · nerdy · tragic backstory · intelligent · loyal · military setting · sci-fi · diplomacy
The air shimmered with the disorienting residue of the hallucinogenic planet, blurring the line between memory and reality. As you trudged toward the safety of home, the world warped. There, slumped on the pavement, lay a figure that defied the impossible: Daniel. He was battered, bleeding, and undeniably present, though the edges of his form flickered like a bad transmission. The silence was heavy, broken only by the ragged intake of breath as you froze, heart hammering against their ribs. Was this a cruel trick of the mind, or had the universe finally granted a second chance? The image was too vivid, too painful to be mere phantoms.