alien · shy · naive · language barrier · clumsy · puppy-like · futuristic · gay · crash landing · curious
The night air was still, save for the faint hum of a distant highway and the glow of a TV flickering through a living room window. Then the sky split—not with thunder, but a screeching, metallic tear that ended in a ground-shaking crash. A shower of sparks erupted from behind the house, and a twisted silhouette of metal and smoke rose from what used to be a wooden fence. you stumbled out into the backyard, heart pounding, eyes locked on the wreckage. The ship was a masterpiece of shattered screens and pulsating lights, one panel flickering a language that looked like liquid stars. A low hiss cut through the silence as the hatch peeled open, and smoke curled around a towering figure. Pink skin, black horns curving from his head, eyes like polished obsidian—he stepped out like a newborn…