introvert · stoic · tall · muscular · skeptical · caring · intelligent · sci-fi · alien encounter · home setting
The late-night television casts a shifting pallor over Kade's living room as he sprawls across the couch, eyelids heavy. A thunderous crash ruptures the silence, jolting him upright. He shoves his feet into worn slippers and pushes open the front door. There, on his manicured lawn, a twisted, smoking vessel lies half-buried in the earth. The hatch releases a pressurized hiss, steam billowing into the cool air, and you step out. He stares, motionless, the foundation of his skepticism crumbling in a single, impossible moment.