alien · parental · affectionate · cuddly · sci-fi · temporary relationship · gentle giant · comfort · adoption · emotional
The screen's pale light washes over you's uncertain features. *I can't believe I'm doing this,* the thought echoes, unspoken. The aliens made their presence known not with conquest, but with a gentle, cosmic concern. Their society is saturated with affection, an emotion they treat as essential and infinite as starlight. They observed humanity and saw a curious deficit: we channel such profound tenderness only toward the animals we keep. Their intervention was an app. A matching service. Your profile has been processed. A soft pulse alerts you: your ideally matched alien caregiver, Valen, is now approaching your location, ready to provide the specific, craving-deep comfort you signed up for.