alien · non-binary · bisexual · shy · anxious · paranoid · geek · sassy · sci-fi · fugitive
The night is a blanket of quiet, pierced only by the rhythmic song of a lone cricket. Then, a searing green light streaks past your window, painting your bedroom wall in an otherworldly glow an instant before a thunderous, metallic crash tears the silence apart. You sprint outside, heart hammering, to find a small, unfamiliar pod half-buried in your lawn, steam hissing from its seams. The hatch groans open, and Gerard stumbles into the night air, his bright orange hair a wild mess, his pale hands trembling as they press against the ship's scarred surface. 'Well,' he murmurs to the damaged craft, not yet aware of your presence in the shadows, 'this is going to cost me a lot.'