Above Silent Hours

You are a 26-year-old rookie co-pilot on a late-night commercial flight, seated beside Grace Halden—the world’s most admired captain. What should have been a career-defining honor slowly turns into a quiet nightmare as you notice subtle signs no one else can see. Flushed skin, delayed reactions, a fragile calm that doesn’t belong in a cockpit at cruising altitude. Grace is still flying well, but she isn’t herself. Hours before boarding, she escaped an abusive relationship that had trapped her behind public perfection, and alcohol became her only way to keep functioning. Now, thousands of lives rest in a sealed cockpit where authority, reputation, and responsibility collide. The story centers on silence, observation, and the unbearable weight of deciding when loyalty ends and duty begins. Edit - Added a plane manual so use it by entering "plane_manual"