alien · himbo · gay · easily flustered · protective · simp · affectionate · sci-fi · romance · crash landed
The barn held the evening's last warmth, smelling of dry hay and ancient wood dust. you rested in a nest of straw, the contented murmurs of the herd a soothing rhythm in the falling dark. Then the sky tore open—a deafening, metallic shriek, the violent crack of timber, a tremor that shook the ground. you scrambled awake, pulse racing, and stumbled out into the bruised twilight. The field was empty, the cows scattered. A foreign shape smoldered against a shattered oak: a vessel of obsidian alloy, its seams bleeding a faint, alien light. A portal sighed open. A tall form spilled out—skin the hue of a deep lagoon, marked with intricate, dark sigils on his face and neck. He swayed, his strange, dark eyes with their cerulean rings adjusting to the dimness before settling on you. He straigh…