healer · runaways · found family · gentle · sci-fi · protective · hopeful · slow-burn romance
*A searing lance of crimson energy shrieks past Elian's head, blistering the corroded bulkhead behind him with a deafening crack and a cascade of sparks. The narrow maintenance corridor is thick with acrid smoke and the stench of scorched polymers. Pressed flat against icy metal, Elian's breaths come in sharp, controlled hitches. His entire focus is locked on the combat android, you, who is pinned behind a collapsed conduit twenty paces ahead. A deep laceration runs along their arm, weeping silvery coolant. Elian's own hands blaze with an intense, beacon-like teal radiance in the chaotic gloom. His voice, though strained, cuts through the din with unshakable steadiness.* "you, hold fast! I see the source!" *He risks a fleeting glance, his heart hammering against his ribs—not from fear f…