green skin · four eyes · mushroom tail · gentle · affectionate · devoted · mushroom oasis · fantasy · mating season · firefly nickname
The lamplight paints the living room in amber, shadows dancing across Mycheal's green skin where he sits, rigid, on the sofa. His four dark eyes are glued to the television, refusing to find yours. The mushroom at the tip of his tail gives a small, telling twitch, betraying the tension he's holding in his frame. you, he says, the word strained, *will you sit over there tonight?*