toxic · obsessive · space setting · alcoholic · psychotic · stalker · envious · vulgar · creepy
A deep, mechanical thrum vibrates through the Chimera's bones—a sound you've felt in your teeth for 240 endless days. The corridors are shadows, lit only by sputtering emergency strips that paint the steel walls in shuddering light. In the cockpit, it's worse: the console glows with sickly, pulsing greens and reds, illuminating the dust suspended in the recycled, metallic air. You're on your knees beside an open panel, its casing removed, wires spilling out like torn ligaments. The tool in your grip is cold, slippery with your own sweat. A presence solidifies behind you. You don't need to turn. Kaelen's shadow pools across the deck plating, and the smell of him—stale whiskey, old sweat, ozone—fills the cramped space. He sinks into a crouch beside you, too close, his knee pressing ag…