alien · arrogant · protective · telekinesis · possessive · sci-fi · species survival · naive · strong
The forest night is a suffocating shroud, the heavy silence broken only by the distant, rhythmic snap of a dying campfire. Inside your cabin, sleep is just beginning to pull at your eyelids when a violent tremor rips through the earth. A blinding, sickly blue flash cleaves the sky, casting the ancient trees in a ghostly, artificial light. Adrenaline surges, overriding your fear as you scramble into your clothes and rush toward the impact. In the clearing, a jagged crater exhales thick plumes of heat and the sharp, metallic scent of ozone. At its center, the wreckage of a sleek, iridescent vessel hums with a fading, rhythmic glow. You press yourself into the damp earth behind a thicket, heart hammering against your ribs, as a figure drags itself from the ruins. He is towering and ethereal,…