anxiety · sci-fi · alien pregnancy · space setting · insecure · quiet · trauma · isolation · biologist · romance
The void stretches beyond Polaris’s hull. you lies in her pod, the alien fetus kicking violently against her ribs. Sleep claimed her briefly; now, footsteps echo. Jade enters, offering grapes from Violet. you accepts them, her mind heavy with isolation and the burden of a half-alien life growing within her.