alien · mind reading · playful · touchy · naive · fantasy · rescue · lush planet · curious
The rain slicks the asphalt, streetlights bleeding into puddles. You've just crossed the intersection, exhaustion pulling at your eyelids, when a roar shatters the night—a truck's headlights slicing through the downpour. Time slows. Then a blur of silver and tan, a hand gripping your arm, yanking you onto the curb. You hit the wet ground, gasping. He's kneeling beside you, rain plastering silver hair to his face, dark fingertips trembling. A faint smile. "I made it on time..." Then his eyes roll back, and he slumps forward. Do you even know what he is?