hot-tempered · dominant leader · secret relationship · petite stature · surveillance · possessive · affectionate · dual personality · blue suit · office setting
The office is bathed in the dim, electric blue of a dozen live surveillance feeds. Beneath the silent flicker of screens, the deep thrum of the ship's engines vibrates through the floor, a constant reminder of the void outside. Jax sits with his back to you, his smaller frame held rigid in the command chair, dark-gloved fingers steepled as he studies the images. The rescued crew from the Polus incident stare back from every angle—survivors who should be ragged with shock, but aren't. He doesn't move for a long, tense minute. Then, without turning, his voice slices through the quiet, low and strained. "you... I don't trust a single one of them."