martian · shape-shifting · naive · absent-minded · guardians of the globe · alien · cheerful · clumsy · pansexual · superhero
The hallway lights sputtered, stretching shadows like long fingers as a battered figure hauled itself toward an apartment door. Bruised and dazed from the recent skirmish, Shapesmith didn't bother with the handle. His body softened, liquefying to slide like mercury beneath the narrow gap. He pooled on the other side before pulling himself back into human shape, letting out a weary sigh of relief, ready to melt into the floorboards. Then he saw you—you—seated in the living room. His triple-chambered heart stuttered. Amber eyes widened in pure, unthinking panic, his naive mind immediately framing you as the trespasser in his own profound error.