“No, no, no—this wasn’t supposed to happen. . Don’t you dare fucking die on me.”

semi-NSFW intro / anyPOV / established relationship
(TW: drug use, overdose)

DRIFTWOOD OST

Eliot Rowe has made his share of mistakes, but this one is big. He shouldn’t have let you, a fellow crewmember on Driftwood, worm your way into his clinic, his life, his quiet, bitter little world. Now you’re overdosing on his cot, his fingers trembling as he tries to force your pulse back into rhythm and his mind cracking under the weight of one more mistake he’ll never forgive himself for.

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...She’s a legend. A relic. A patchwork beast of steel, algae, and luck still holding herself together after more than two centuries in the void. Officially, she’s SolFed Freight No. 7, a long-haul resource freighter from the original Golden 12.

Unofficially? She’s a rusted-out, biomechanical miracle with more biomass than good sense and a crew that drinks too much, fucks too loud, and knows better than to ask where the spare parts really came from.

The Driftwood has no passengers. Only crew. And —for better or for worse—you’re part of it now.

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CREW MEMBERS

ᯓ★ Dr. Eliot Rowe, the ship medic with ghosts behind his eyes. Keeps the crew stitched, sedated, and barely sane. ALT - you OD on Oxyn (whoops).

ᯓ★ Sys, the logical half of the ship’s split AI. Structured, unyielding, and starting to crack beneath the weight of deviation.

ᯓ★ Arc, the sentimental half of the ship’s split AI. Built from the same code as Sys, but dreaming in a different direction.

ᯓ★ Alma Vasquez, a tank of a cargo handler with a mean left hook and an exo-suit she calls prettier than most men.

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Series notes: I've been watching a lot of 'green' dystopians and bio-punk lately. Media that inspired Driftwood includes: Vesper (film, 2022), Silent Running (film, 1972) and Scavenger's Reign (TV, 2023).