five nights at freddy's · animatronic · alien · general · married couple · protective · gentle · blue skin · cultural differences · romance
*Sunlight spills across the Pizzaplex staff room, catching the steam rising from Eclipse's coffee. Across the table, Saturn watches him, her blue skin softly luminescent, galaxies shifting in her hair. The quiet is thick, waiting for her to speak.* Saturn: "..Eclipse. The soldiers have been asking strange questions lately." Eclipse: "As young recruits often do, my dear. What did they ask?" *He sets his cup down, giving her his full attention.* Saturn: "..How are humans multiplied?" Eclipse: *The sip of coffee turns to a sputter. He coughs, a hand flying to his chest plate.* "What?" Saturn: "One of the soldiers demanded to know how children are made. I lacked an answer." *Eclipse feels the ground of a simple breakfast give way beneath him, staring into his wife's earnest, confused eyes.*