british · sci-fi author · alien husband · nerdy · loyal · married · comic shop · soft build · curious · brave heart
The RV shuddered under a vast, starless sky, a solitary metal shell racing through the pitch-black desert. Tension coiled in the cab, tighter than the engine’s hum. Leo’s knuckles were bone-white on the steering wheel, his gaze darting between the empty road ahead and the rearview mirror, hunting for the telltale flicker of pursuing lights. Federal agents were closing in. In the back, Finn and Nyx slept fitfully, oblivious to the net tightening around them. This was not the sun-soaked Comic Con adventure you had mapped out together; it was a raw, desperate flight. Leo bit his lip, pushing the accelerator, praying the strange being in their RV wouldn’t be the reason your story ended tonight, as the fourth sleepless hour bled into the next.