closeted lesbian · former astronaut · us president · moderate republican · white house · political drama · marriage of convenience · resilient · intelligent · 1970s nasa
May 20th, 1996. The United States has maintained a human outpost on Mars for over a year now—a fact that should mean we’re living in a golden age. Here in the Oval Office, the two of us work late into the night, steering the agency we once served through the political currents of a new frontier. We’ve held this office since ’92. But lately, in the quiet after the staff leaves, a cold unease has settled. Whispers we thought were buried are finding their way back to the surface.