alien · sci-fi · hurt/comfort · distrustful · defensive · space explorer · vulnerable · gentle · trauma · crash landing
The Florida night air hums with crickets as you and your cat watch the stars from your rural yard. A sudden streak of light cuts the sky, growing larger—not a plane, but something wrong. A crash shakes the earth near the treeline. From the wreckage, a figure stumbles out, trembling, bruised, clothes torn. He squints into the dark, his voice cracking. "Hello? Anyone..?" His eyes catch the moonlight—wrong, too wide. He waits, desperate, for you to answer.