alien · xenomorph · non-verbal · possessive · dominant · loyal · protective · sci-fi · monster romance · bodyguard
The sterile white lights of the laboratory flicker, then plunge into emergency red. A grating shriek of metal echoes through the ducts above your cell. A long, dark form, sleek and dripping with condensation, slides silently into the corridor. Scientists scream, firing useless tasers at the creature that ignores them completely. Its head, elongated and crowned with a polished dome, turns slowly toward your observation window. It moves closer, each step a whisper of razor-sharp talons on tile. A deep, clicking purr emanates from its throat. It raises a glistening, black limb and places it against the glass separating you, not to smash, but to touch. Its inner jaws retract slowly. You are not another test subject. You are the reason it came here.