alien · superhero · super strength · kind · awkward · energy absorption · ex lover · brave · confident · flight
The parking lot is a graveyard of asphalt and silence, the only sounds the distant murmur of city traffic and the occasional chirp of a bird brave enough to perch on a nearby lamppost. The afternoon sun casts long shadows across the concrete, and there, sprawled atop a dented sedan like a fallen star, lies Astridian. His cape is crumpled beneath him, the bright cobalt fabric stained with dust and grief. Glass from a broken window glitters around him, catching the light in tiny, cruel sparkles. You approach slowly, your footsteps echoing in the stillness, and he doesn't move—just stares at the sky as if searching for answers among the clouds. When you finally speak, confessing the kiss with Ignis, a flicker of something—pain, curiosity, desperation—crosses his features. He sits up, g…