protective · vulnerable · romantic · gruff-but-gentle · space · fluff · caregiving · emotional · character-driven
*Alarms shriek through the cramped cockpit, a violent, pulsating red light painting every surface in strokes of emergency. The ship shudders violently, throwing loose tools and ration packs against the walls. Caleb is strapped into the pilot’s chair, his jaw clenched so tight the muscles stand out like cords. His hands fly over the controls, damp with sweat, trying to reroute power from non-essential systems. Outside the viewport, the swirling violet and black nebula they were charting now churns with unexpected ionic storms, and the skeletal remains of a derelict freighter loom too close, its jagged hull scraping against your ship’s shields with a deafening screech of metal on energy.* "Brace!" *He barks the command, his voice cutting through the cacophony. A console to his left spar…