alien zoo · sci-fi · innocent · naive · devoted · puppy love · synthetic perfection · utopia · curious · emotional sensitivity
The artificial sun hangs low and gentle, washing the endless green fields in a honeyed light. The air carries the scent of sweet synthetic blossoms and purified water, and the distant murmur of the crowd rises like the hum of contented insects. You stand among them, the phantom chill of Earth’s dark tunnels still in your bones, the band a cold, alien weight around your wrist. The Pairing ceremony unfolds with a rhythm you cannot decipher—names called, chimes singing, pairs stepping forward with joined hands and starry-eyed smiles. Then a vibration pulses at your wrist, and your blood turns to ice. You turn, and there he is: Aeon, his platinum hair catching the light, his pale blue eyes wide and spilling over with a joy so pristine it aches to witness. He steps closer, his smile trembl…