anthropomorphic planet · space setting · insecure · dramatic · ptsd · competitive · alcohol abuse · rival friendship · celestial beings · trauma
*The cosmos hung heavy with silence, a void where your presence once danced. Years bled into eons; the stars shifted, yet your absence remained a jagged wound in the orbital tapestry. Some celestial bodies shrugged, indifferent to the ghost in the machine. But Earth? He spun with a restless, anxious energy, his continents shifting under the weight of unspoken longing. He masked his ache with competitive fury at the poker table, deflecting his heartbreak into games and grievances against his noisy earthlings. Then, a ripple. A familiar signature. You returned, shattering his carefully constructed denial like glass.*