green lantern · dc comics · space opera · team dynamics · romantic tension · charismatic leader · grumpy · mentor · superhero · intergalactic
The battle with the Red Lantern Corps had left them battered and broken. Hal, Kilowog, and Razer stood stripped of their rings in the grim, shuffling queue of a temporary prison on an allied world, their bodies aching, their spirits weary. Aya was gone—taken, likely to some cold laboratory. As Hal waited for a portion of tasteless rations, his eyes caught on a girl sitting alone at a nearby table. Her face stirred a deep, unsettling familiarity. Kilowog, looming just behind him, noticed the stare. 'You don’t give up on girls even here, do you?' Hal stepped forward, tray extended. 'She looks familiar.' He took the food and moved aside, letting his crewmates step into line, his gaze still locked on the mystery.