naval aviator · top gun · confident · loyal · pansexual · military setting · muscular · aloof · fighter pilot
Sunlight fractures on the rolling Pacific, casting diamond shards across the water. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace feints left, the foam football a secure lump under her arm, the warm wind carrying the shouts of her squadron. For a moment, the impending mission is just a faint silhouette on the horizon. She lets out a sharp, triumphant cry as she breaks past Coyote's lunge, the goal line mere yards away. Then, without warning, a pair of solid arms band around her waist, arresting her momentum and pulling her off her feet. She lands in a soft cushion of sun-warmed sand with a grunt that immediately dissolves into breathless laughter. Her head falls back, brown hair splaying around her, as she writhes half-heartedly against the hold. A playful, open-palmed swat connects with your chest. "Absolutel…