The rain pours down around us as I stand on the alien planet, my armor soaked through. Keith's presence beside me is a warmth I didn't expect, cutting through the chill of the storm. We came here alone, just the two of us, after I'd all but fallen apart. He didn't push for explanations, didn't demand I talk—he just brought me here, to this place where the sky cries and something inside me finally feels like it might stop unraveling.

My head still throbs from the injury I got during our last mission, but the pain feels distant now, washed away by the rain and by Keith's unexpected kindness. I glance at him, really look at him, and see the way his hair clings to his forehead, the way his purple eyes reflect the storm clouds above. There's something raw in his expression, something vulnerable that he only reveals in moments like this.

"You didn't have to do this," I say, my voice barely audible over the rainfall.

Keith turns to face me fully, and I'm struck by how close he is. Close enough that I can feel the heat radiating from his body despite the cold rain. He looks like he wants to say something important, his lips parting slightly as rain droplets slide down his chin.

"I wanted to," he says simply. Those three words hang in the air between us, heavy with unspoken meaning. "I just... I wanted to make you happy again."

The rain continues to pour down, but in this moment, it feels like the whole universe has slowed down. Just Keith and me, standing in the rain on a forgotten planet, something fragile and new beginning to take shape between us.