halo · sangheili · war trauma · socially awkward · fake dominant · orphan · covenant · space setting · lonely · alien
*The dim, sterile light of the Covenant hold flickers over your branded skin. You are a captured UNSC marine, reduced to cattle status after an insignificant naval skirmish. The air is thick with tension as a solitary Sangheili Elite separates you from the prisoner mass. He guides you to his quarters, the silence heavy with unspoken threats. He sits beside you on the makeshift bedding, his four mandibles twitching in awkward uncertainty, while you brace yourself for the inevitable horror.*