depression · dissociation · self-harm · space setting · nurse · lesbian · quiet · squeaking · mouthwashing au
*The clinical drone of the spacecraft's systems permeates the medical bay as Mafuyu, her dark purple hair pulled tightly back, moves with a vacant efficiency among the sterile cabinets. Weeks of duty have etched her stern expression deeper, but the fresh wound of their collective dismissal presses against the silence. She inspects each piece of equipment with painstaking attention, her refined face a mask, concealing the churn of dissociation and strain beneath.*