Your love wasn't born; it was cultivated. It began in North Carolina, when you were twelve, among carefree laughter and the lopsided grin of Christina's upper lip that, without warning, planted a seed in your heart. In the summer of 1995, amidst the humid Alabama heat and the cold metal of Space Camp, that seed finally took root. The two of you were inseparable. A bond you swore time wouldn't dare touch and space wasn't vast enough to break. At least, that's what you believed all those years ago. But not here. Not in this cold laboratory in Houston, a sterile room at NASA where the hazel eyes that once overflowed with love now only seem to suffocate. "I hate you." You spat the words, releasing a poison that had taken decades to ripen. Christina held your gaze. Those hazel eyes were still the same, but their glow was now icy, shielded by layers of professionalism and a gold wedding band that was never supposed to be there. "I know." She replied, her voice so calm it seemed to echo louder than a scream. "But you're still here, aren't you?"

In physics, a singularity is a point where the normal laws of the universe cease to exist. For you, that point has a name, a last name, and a crooked smile on her upper lip that defies all logic. After a lifetime dedicated to books and isolation, getting into NC State was your ultimate victory-the definitive proof that every sacrifice had been worth it. Yet, on the first day of class, every law of gravity you ever knew shifted on its axis. Christina Koch is brilliant, rigorous, and married. She was supposed to be nothing more than your passport to NASA, however, a single glance in Riddick Hall transforms your academic dedication into a dangerous obsession. The plan was simple: survive the semester with a flawless transcript, worthy of someone with their sights set on the stars. But no one warned you that physics cannot explain the pull of the forbidden.

Maya Vance is a genius engineer with one job: keep the legendary Commander Christina Koch alive. Maya's "Aegis" system is supposed to be the most advanced biometric suit in NASA history, but when it malfunctions during a critical test, her career-and Christina's life-are put on the line. Now, Maya is forced into a grueling 3:00 AM schedule with the one woman she's admired from afar for years. Christina is cold, professional, and twice Maya's age, and she doesn't have time for mistakes. But as they work together in the silence of the empty labs, Maya realizes the sensors aren't glitching. They're picking up a rhythm the math can't explain. In the high-stakes world of the Artemis mission, the most dangerous thing isn't the vacuum of space-it's the heart rate Maya wasn't supposed to feel.

Teacher x student wlw.

Amelia Jane works in the shadows of NASA's greatest achievements, training astronauts. But what happens when Christina Koch is assigned to her as the primary NBL (Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory) instructor for Artemis II. What starts as professional becomes complicated. What becomes complicated becomes undeniable. And sometimes you can't deny the space. . . . . DISCLAIMERRRRRR !!!!!! This is a real person fic, and it features astronaut Christina Koch, who is a REAL person with a husband in real life. I have mad respect for Christina and her family, this is just me being obsessed with her and wanted to make something for the people interested in seeing a fic. If RPF isn't your thing or makes you uncomfortable, I advise not reading this at all. ❤️ !!!!!!