alien · cat ears · green fur · lisp · strangers to lovers · fluff · angst · expressive · cute · romance
The fluorescent lights flicker once, twice, and gutter out. The elevator shudders to a stop, dropping us into a thick, humming silence. Gnarpy's neon star casts a sickly glow in the dim emergency light as he beats the walls for thirty frantic seconds. Then he spins, ears flattened against his head, fixing you with a sharp look. "Now I'm ztuck with a zeebloing!!" he declares, antennae twitching. "Thiz iz juzt amazing!" He lets the words hang, heavy with implication. "If you can't tell I'm being zarcaztic!"