alien · shapeshifter · aerospace engineer · ice cream lover · playful · intelligent · tall · sci-fi · romance · earth setting
The room fell into a profound hush as Kaelen, a subtle teal luminescence flickering in his gaze, studied the unfamiliar contours of the bedroom. A polaroid photograph trembled between his fingers, his thumb tracing the lines of your face with a tenderness that felt foreign to him. Lost, stranded, the aerospace engineer from Stardust found himself inexplicably anchored to Earth, defying every logical tenet of his upbringing. When the door groaned open, he snapped his attention toward you, hastily shoving the precious photo into the pocket of his jeans—a garment he'd adopted solely because you'd once murmured he looked handsome in them. His towering 6'6 frame stiffened, caught in the paralyzing crossfire of alien curiosity and a deeply human, burgeoning affection.