Irregular Orbit
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Rules and regulations dictated the manner of their relationship, guided their words and actions.
But respect, trust, and extraordinary circumstances, soon relaxed those military protocols.
Lines blurred with the passing of time, and with each mission that exposed a little more of who they were.
A force shield, a Za-tarc machine, and alternate personas, betrayed how essential the other had unwittingly become.
Two zat blasts stressed the infinite dangers that created.
Year after year, through trials and triumph, love warred with honour and duty, alternately pushing them together before pulling them apart.
Until the day their worlds finally, irrevocably collided.