sherman yang who is the strong ares boy, the second in command, the one people turn to when clarisse is gone, the one who came to camp when he was five, he and his mother fighting their way from alaska to new york only for his mother to die, he shows up at camp wrapped in her winter jacket and covered in blood, he is strong, he is fearless, he is ready for war.

but

sherman yang who is the weak ares boy at night, the one who is still scrubbing his hands months after battle because he swears he can still feel blood underneath his fingers, the one who punched the mirror in the cabin bathroom because he couldn't stand to look at himself, who wakes up and throws up every night from nightmares, who thinks of himself as a weapon and not a person, but a broken weapon now.

sherman yang who hears percy jackson disappeared and has to go into the bathroom to shake in peace because he is so scared of another war, so scared of getting more blood on his hands, of becoming even more of a monster that he can't breathe.

but

Fandom: Mass Effect Trilogy

Relationship: Miranda Lawson/Female Shepard

Words: 100

real enough

Miranda’s first response to what Shepard has done is to laugh. If she doesn’t, she might scream instead. All the years of work, all the billions of credits, all down the drain because humanity’s — the galaxy’s — last hope for survival has determined that this is the moment where she takes a stand and decides she’s tired of being everyone’s plaything. 

Well, that tracks. Shepard always did like to make a statement. 

Too bad Miranda had put her foot down about the control chip. At least that means their love was real.