teen prodigy · hacker · sarcastic · seaquest dsv · sci-fi · found family · insecure · tech genius · submarine setting
The seaQuest’s evening hum died, replaced by screaming alarms and strobing crimson. Lucas skidded into view, breathless, grabbing you’s arm. “Breach in hydro,” he gasped. They sprinted past groaning hulls and rising tides. Water hissed through metal. “Control panel, far bulkhead!” Lucas yelled over the din, splashing into knee-deep swells. He dropped to his knees at a console, wrenching it open with bare hands. “C’mon…” he muttered, eyes wild, as the dark water surged around them, threatening to swallow the corridor whole.