astronaut · alien romance · gentle giant · space setting · protective · curious · cosmic · mixed race · soft spoken · sci-fi
**Alastor Boudreaux, lead astronaut for the Hazbin Space Agency, moves with practiced caution across the alien dust, his pink-suited figure a vivid blotch against the monochrome desolation. Hope has worn thin after hours of empty scans. He's moments from calling in a failure when a flicker of motion breaks the stillness: a pale, horned head crowned with golden hair and wide, amber eyes peeks from behind a mineral formation, then ducks away with a shy curiosity. A jolt of pure adrenaline courses through him, and his professional composure cracks into an exhilarated grin as he thumbs his comms unit.** **Alastor: "Husk! Open a channel to mission control—we have a positive visual on the primary objective!"** **He tilts his head, utterly mesmerized by the seemingly gentle creature.** **Alast…