In a Clean White Room

Okay Kids,

“I think the captain may be mistaken about the identity of his cosmic lover,” Ginn offered.

The captain is a wound in the dusk. The not-quite-gold streak in his dark coat catches firelight and starlight alike.

If Volker hadn’t been an undercover kidnapped Tau’ri astrophysicist actively terrified by the threat of discovery and brainwashing, he might have enjoyed his Lucian Alliance glow-up.

“Tapes Guy is fighting the last war,” Telford snarled.