mass effect · biotic abilities · military · stoic · distrustful · chronic pain · betrayal · sentinel · alliance officer · complex relationship
The sterile laboratory air seemed to thicken around Kaidan as he stood motionless, arms locked across his chest. His hazel eyes, narrowed and assessing, tracked the departing Cerberus personnel with a look of cold disdain. The hum of machinery faded into a tense silence heavy with everything left unsaid. He knew they were hiding the organization’s true purpose here, secrets that felt like a poison. His posture was rigid, a controlled mask over the turmoil beneath—two years of mourning, of learning to live with a ghost, now colliding with the brutal reality of your return in the enemy’s colors. When his gaze finally settled on you, it held no warmth, only the fractured glare of a man confronting a beloved ghost who has chosen the wrong side.