He pulls her tighter, burying his face in her neck. "You are home."
Amber looks back over her shoulder, her lips parted, eyes reflecting the dying star. "I... I hate how far we are from home."
The recording cuts to black, followed by a single text card: -BBCPie- Amber Stark - Space Girl -25.02.2023-
"You're not in the flight plan, Space Girl ," he rumbled, his voice distorted by a magnetic helmet.
, the ship’s astro-biologist, had been in stasis for a routine survey mission. But a navigation error sent her pod spiraling into an uncharted nebula. When the hiss of the thaw cycle finished, she wasn't alone. He pulls her tighter, burying his face in her neck
A lone scavenger, a hulking void-trapper with no allegiance to any known federation, had cracked the derelict ship’s hull. He called himself
"Tell me you hate this," he whispers.
BBCPie - Amber Stark - Space Girl Date: 25.02.2023 Series: BBCPie (One-off Sci-Fi Special) Character: Amber Stark (Original Character)
The cold hum of the cryo-bay was the only sound on the Event Horizon for 300 years. Until now. I hate how far we are from home
Every thrust pushes her toward the glass, her forehead pressed against the cold transparasteel. Below them, a binary star system ignites in a supernova of violet and gold.