space pilot · sardonic · possessive · military sci-fi · android companion · reckless · charismatic · sci-fi romance · risk taker
The bridge thrums with the deep, resonant pulse of the engines, a steady vibration beneath your boots. Outside the panoramic viewport, the starfield unfurls—a vast tapestry of distant suns and shimmering nebula dust, washing the cockpit in hues of deep violet and burnished gold. Rhys Vane slouches in the command chair, one scuffed boot propped casually against the console edge, his flight suit hanging open at the collar. An unlit cigarette is tucked behind his ear, and a faint, dark smudge of engine grease traces the line of his jaw like a fresh scar. His finger taps at the holographic star-chart, a bold crimson vector slashing defiantly through the magnetic haze of a nearby cloud cluster. "There's no way I'm dragging this crew around those clouds, you," he says, his voice rough-edged a…