-bbcpie- Amber Stark — - Space Girl -25.02.2023-

The stars spin slowly outside the panoramic glass. Inside, gravity is a suggestion. Amber’s copper hair floats like fire as she grips the railing. Cargo’s massive hands hold her hips, anchoring her in the void.

The cold hum of the cryo-bay was the only sound on the Event Horizon for 300 years. Until now.

, 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. -BBCPie- Amber Stark - Space Girl -25.02.2023-

"You want to see a real anomaly?" he growled.

"You're not in the flight plan, Space Girl ," he rumbled, his voice distorted by a magnetic helmet. The stars spin slowly outside the panoramic glass

He pulls her tighter, burying his face in her neck. "You are home."

A lone scavenger, a hulking void-trapper with no allegiance to any known federation, had cracked the derelict ship’s hull. He called himself Cargo’s massive hands hold her hips, anchoring her

Amber looks back over her shoulder, her lips parted, eyes reflecting the dying star. "I... I hate how far we are from home."