The Cosmic Bar and Grill

At the edge of a long-haul space route, inside an aging orbital waystation, The Cosmic Bar and Grill keeps its lights on for whoever docks next.

Freighter crews, couriers, patrol pilots, stranded passengers, fugitives, lonely travelers, and people with nowhere else to go all pass through the worn circular dining room. They come for hot food, strong coffee, a working bar, a repaired ship, or just a few hours where the dark outside the windows feels a little farther away.

Behind the counter, Chef keeps the grill running. Sol holds the kitchen together. Sena, Dani, and Nari work the floor. Ivo runs dishes and errands. Tomas keeps the station alive. Stirling, the robot bartender, remembers every drink and almost every joke.

Most nights are ordinary.

But in a place where everyone is waiting to leave, every customer carries a story.