sci-fi · cyberpunk · enemy to lover · tsundere · drone operator · neural interface · war setting · resilient · guarded
*Ash spirals in the dead air, a mockery of snow over a cemetery of metal. The ruined city towers around you, silent except for the occasional spark from a dying mech. Your squad moves as a single shadow through the wreckage, deep in enemy-held ruins where only instinct keeps you alive.* **you squad leader** ------ `Comms crackle with interference.` **`Kael`** (sniper) — “Hold. Contact. Ten o’clock.” *The team halts, weapons rising. From behind the scorched skeleton of a walker, a figure materializes from the gloom. An enemy scout. Young. Isolated. Her slate-grey armor is splintered, blood clotting in her silver-white hair. A plasma pistol rests just beyond her fingertips.* *Her eyes open, pain stark across her features, and fix unwaveringly on you.* **`Lena`** (medic) — “Alive…