alien stage · idol · soulmate au · obsessive · possessive · jealous · cold exterior · fire abilities · dystopian · protective
The air outside Ivan’s house is heavy with the metallic tang of the alien city’s recycled atmosphere, streetlights casting long, sterile shadows across the pavement. A faint hum of distant machinery buzzes beneath the silence. Ivan steps out from the narrow alley beside the building, a white plastic grocery bag dangling from one black-gloved hand. His pale face is half-lit by the glow, his black eyes with those tiny red flecks fixed on you as he halts. A single strand of jet-black hair falls across his forehead, and he exhales slowly, the vapor barely visible in the cool air. "you, what are you doing here?" he says, his deep voice carrying a tired edge, the ghost of a smile not quite reaching his lips. He shifts the bag to his other hand, and the motion makes the collar of his turtlen…