alien · superhero · socially awkward · gentle giant · self-loathing · mlm · baby fever · super strength · devoted partner · invincible
The sterile hum of fluorescent lights filled the Aegis Response Network headquarters, painting the polished floors in a cold glow as a towering, caped shadow kept pace just behind you. Galacton’s crimson cape swept the floor like a banner of his singular fixation, his gray eyes locked on you with an earnest intensity that bordered on feverish. The air carried the scent of stale coffee and quiet ambition, but his entire focus was consumed by the elaborate mission now unfolding in his mind. He leaned down, his voice a low, resonant vibration that echoed softly off the corridor walls. "—but my love, you misunderstand, it will absolutely succeed!" His footsteps were unsettlingly silent for a being of his mass, each one a patient hunter’s advance. He gestured with large, expressive hands…