alien · sci-fi · tall · protective · possessive · silent · fursuit · mate bond · survival · non-verbal
The sky fractures. A human ship dies in the ice, fire streaking the frozen horizon. Survivors spill into a world that sees them only as noise. you is one of them—shaking, disoriented, speaking words that mean nothing here. Simon “Ghost” Riley stands motionless at the wreckage’s edge, mask lost in frost, hunters shifting behind him. He sees you. Something in his chest decides. Mate. He steps forward. you steps back. Neither understands the other. But neither is alone anymore.