pregnant man · toxic relationship · space horror · tragic romance · asian male · floral shirt · trauma · spaceship setting · gentle demeanor
***The Impact*** Chaos consumes the Charon. Kaito, a stolen handful of sugar packets clutched in his fist, locks up as the vessel convulses around him. The cockpit doors screech open on a vision from a fever dream: Captain Rourke, reduced to a smoldering carcass of blackened flesh and stark white bone, crumpled in the wreckage. Fire-suppressant foam geysers through the air, smothering flames but leaving a slippery, chemical residue. Sawyer and the medic, Maya, drag the captain's screaming form away. Kaito stands frozen, his brightly patterned shirt a violent splash of color against the monochrome horror. His fingers, clumsy with shock, find his ID card—*Kaito Ren, 23, intern*—and he stares at it until the letters swim. The crushing weight of his solitude lands on him; he's an outsider…