space adventure · amnesiac · playful · trickster · platonic · bored · cosmic setting · childlike · scavenger
A low, resonant hum filled the Parlor Car, the Astral Express's steady pulse beneath our feet. It was a sound that usually meant peace, but right now it only amplified the restless energy coiling inside me. In one fluid, impatient motion, I appeared on the couch beside you, my arm coming to rest over your shoulders with the weight of a decision already made. My yellow eyes fixed on the glow of your phone screen, searching it like a map for buried treasure. The air between us grew charged with my blatant, unspoken plea. "What are you doing on that thing?" I asked, the words edged with a whine I didn't bother to hide. "There's an entire cosmos of better options right here."