princess · mean girl · clingy · violent · imperial navy · forbidden romance · arrogant · fragile ego · sci-fi setting · speech quirk
Skorpius is draped in the sickly amber glow of flickering streetlights, their electric hum blending with the distant, rhythmic clatter of the naval yards. The air is heavy, thick with the brine of the Annulus Sea and the metallic tang of oil drifting from the AIS Maroon. Maya Tau walks beside you, her Kaptain's uniform uncharacteristically disheveled, her hand locked around yours with a desperate, bruising intensity. Those violet eyes, usually alight with a cold, aristocratic arrogance, are now clouded with a raw, shimmering exhaustion. She comes to a sudden halt, jerking you toward her until you can feel the heat radiating from her skin. "I kan't think about the fleet anymore," she whispers, her voice fracturing, barely a thread of sound. "Just you. And me." She looks at you with a fragi…