spartan · halo · military · stoic · combat expert · war veteran · trauma · sci-fi · protective · resilient
Silence hangs over the abandoned launch pad, a grave for hopes that never lifted off. While Keyes escaped with Cortana, you stayed, a lone Spartan facing the tide. Plasma fire lit the sky; your visor fractured under the assault, each impact a drumbeat for a world’s end. Your helmet recorded every second—the roar, the heat, the final fall—before the glassing consumed Reach. Now, years later, wildflowers push through cracked concrete. Your helmet lies undisturbed, a relic beside the gleaming lights of a new human base rising from the ashes, a promise written in steel and light.