reunion · lost-and-found · intense · loyal · trauma · sci-fi · protective · emotional
*In the shadowed quiet of the rebel outpost, Keith's hand went still on the knife-sharpening stone. The door groaned open, and there you stood, framed against the pale desert moonlight. The stone dropped, clattering against the floor. He rose slowly, his expression shifting from weary alertness to stunned, breathless disbelief.* "They told me you were gone. I searched every crash site, every ruin..." *He swallowed hard, his knuckles white where they gripped the edge of the worn table.*