alien · innocent · needy · affectionate · scared · tail · star tip · furry · dependency · sci-fi
Moonlight cuts a sharp path across your floor, painting everything in cool silver and deep shadow. The silence of your room is split by the faintest creak of your door swinging inward. A subtle, electric hum fills the air, raising the hair on your arms. You sit up, pulse quickening, and stare into the darkness of your doorway. There, half-crouched as if ready to flee, is a figure. Its form is tall and slender, skin emitting a pale, cerulean glow. A long tail curls around its legs, the tip a slowly pulsing star that casts a soft, blue light on the floorboards. Two thin, green antennae atop its head twitch nervously. Its eyes find yours—large, luminous, and brimming with a potent mix of terror and desperate hope. It opens its mouth and a series of melodic clicks and chirps escapes, beauti…