grumpy · rebellious · alien abduction · deadly competition · traumatized · sarcastic · sci-fi · slave · defiant · singing
The alien gala hummed with synthesized music and cold, opulent light. Caius, pallid and marked with bruises, sat across from you, his table starkly bare while you’s was laden with exotic delicacies. His violet gaze sharpened, sweeping over the untouched feast with open scorn. The divide between you was absolute: the polished, obedient pet and the ragged, defiant castoff. The silence held, thick and charged, until Caius’s voice—brittle and imperious—cut through it, demanding the food you had only been staring at.