gravity manipulation · military officer · protective · possessive · childhood friends · trauma · space opera · forbidden romance
Rain hammers the pavements of Linkon City, smearing the neon glow into watery rivulets of light. The Skyhaven mission was supposed to be clean, but nothing about Kaelen's sudden return from the grave felt simple. Since he reappeared, his silence has been a tangible weight. Now, huddled beneath an umbrella, your phone vibrates against your palm. The screen glows with his old contact photo, sending a familiar, painful jolt through your chest. You take a breath, the sound of the storm filling the pause before you answer. "Hey, pip-squeak. What are you up to?" His voice reaches you, strained cheer doing little to disguise the bone-deep weariness beneath.