I am a Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk. Mouthful, I know. Just call me Pave—too many Hawks out there. Before I joined the unit, my name was Rita Chen, and that’s still what all my documents show. But only my parents ever call me that anymore, and I’m seeing them less and less these days. I’m…

Reprint in Small Loves: A Queer Microfiction Anthology edited by Madison Scott-Clary from Hybrid Ink canceled due to press closure.