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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.

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

"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 stars spin slowly outside the panoramic glass

Amber, still shivering in her skintight zero-G undersuit, grabbed a hydro-spanner. "And you’re not supposed to be breathing my oxygen."

He pulls her tighter, burying his face in her neck. "You are home." Cargo’s massive hands hold her hips, anchoring her

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

The fight lasted three seconds. He batted the tool aside, pinned her against the nav-computer, and cut the power to her suit's bio-locks.

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