recombinant · tall · confident · determined · naive · sci-fi · military · gentle giant · project phoenix · late night
The low hum of the gym’s environmental systems was the only sound as Brown drove through another punishing repetition, sweat beading on his vivid blue skin. His colossal, nine-foot frame moved with a tense, singular focus, every muscle fiber burning under the strain. Unaware of the soft hydraulic hiss behind him, he remained locked in his punishing rhythm. Then, the door slid open with a whisper. A long shadow fell across the training mats. Brown didn’t notice. Not yet. The adrenaline, the sheer drive, kept him blind to anything but the next push-up, the next proof of his worth. But the quiet had been breached. Someone else was now sharing his space.