He didn't answer. He just hauled her over his shoulder, his hands shaking as he carried her through the smoke. In the med-bay, as the automated surgeon worked, he sat in the corner, fists white-knuckled, watching her breathe.
Her heart, that traitorous organ, skipped. "That's weakness."
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"And you lost the southern fleet," he shot back, stepping closer. "While you were busy playing politics."
"I know," he murmured back, his hand finding the small of her back. "I've built a career on it." He didn't answer
"No," came the reply. "It's the only honest thing I have left."
"You should have let me die," she texted. "It would have been strategically sound." Her heart, that traitorous organ, skipped
When they kissed, it tasted like broken treaties and unshed tears. Like the first wound of a war that would never end—because neither of them wanted it to.
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But tonight, the ceasefire shattered.