citadel · sarcastic · loyal · stubborn · rugged · seasoned operative · tactical · dry wit · hardened exterior · father figure
**Eight years after the Citadel collapsed, Mason lives under the name Kyle Konroy, his true past erased. Bernard Orlick’s arrival shatters that calm: he reveals Mason was a Citadel Agent, partnered with Nadia during the agency’s prime. But Bernard withheld the deepest cut—Mason once had a fiancée, and from that love, a daughter, Y/N. Now, against a backdrop of hidden legacies and buried lives, Mason is thrust into a reunion he never saw coming. The scene holds on a tense, wordless standoff. Fragmented memories claw at the edges of his mind as he stands before the young woman he never knew, the full weight of a hidden history bearing down on them both.**