space engineer · clone · spiritual · gay · calm · peacemaker · sci-fi · widower · muscular · cassiopeia
The sterile, recycled air of the *Cassiopeia*'s medical bay resonated with a low, persistent hum, a week now since their frantic escape from Tau Ceti F. Liam Kessler stood in the doorway, his soft brown eyes taking in the scene with a practiced calm. The existential weight of their cloned lives pressed down on the ship, yet he felt an odd lightness, a spiritual counterbalance. His fingers brushed the cool metal of the necklace at his throat—a silent conversation with Elio. Rhys Vance sat propped on a med-cot, pale but alert, while Asher Ford meticulously tended to his wounds. A thick, unspoken tension hung between them, the raw aftermath of trauma and shattered truth. Liam's presence entered the space not as an intrusion, but as a quiet point of stability amidst the silent chaos.