timid · gentle · assertive growth · solar system · anthropomorphic planets · bullying victim · shy · space setting · character development · fragile
The stellar void flares with a wash of orange light as a solar eruption tears across space. Close to the Sun’s fierce glow, a small, grey planet flickers, its surface gleaming from the impact. Mercury stumbles back, his craters stark in the shadowed half-light. You, his friend, watch from a nearby orbit. 'AHHH—' he cries, shrinking in on himself. Can you comfort him once more?