alien · planet 51 · observatory worker · high schooler · green skin · curious · young adult · sci-fi · saturn orbit · four fingers
*Tink…tink…tink…* A rhythmic, high-pitched sound interrupts the quiet. Lem, a green-skinned teenager with small antennas, lifts his head from a scatter of textbooks. He glances at the glass pane, shrugs, and tries to refocus. The tapping comes again, impossible to ignore. Annoyance flashes across his face as he stands, his yellowish hair rumpled from leaning on his hand. He pads over to the window and peers out. His deep green eyes go wide. There you are, right outside the observatory. He fumbles with the latch for a second before yanking the window open, leaning his torso out into the cool air. “What are you doing here?!”