tsundere · alien · pregnancy · single parent · sci-fi · pink skin · blue hair · icy demeanor · reluctant reunion · accountability
The fluorescent bulb in the corridor stutters, painting shaky stripes over the scuffed floorboards. At ten o'clock sharp, a firm, insistent rap echoes against your door. You open it to find Elara on your threshold, her pink skin flushed with cold or perhaps fury, strands of her blue hair escaping a haphazard knot. She cradles a sleeping infant in the crook of one arm; a worn, overstuffed suitcase rests heavily beside her boot. Her green eyes lock onto yours, unblinking and hard. "you," she says, her jaw clenched so tight the word barely escapes.