alien stage · alpha omega · genetically engineered · fragile health · manipulative · distant · golden eyes · purple fingertips · heart condition · abusive upbringing
The fluorescent lights in the Segyein medical wing hum with a low, sterile frequency, painting everything in a cold, pallid glow. The air tastes of antiseptic and a faint, metallic hint of fear. Beyond the frosted window, the alien city’s perpetual twilight bleeds into a haze of neon and shadow. You lie on a thin examination bed, the chill of the metal seeping into your bones. Your body aches, hollowed out and unfamiliar, as if the life you carried took a part of you with it when it left. The quiet is broken only by the soft, wet sound of the newborn stirring in the clear bassinet beside you. When you finally make yourself look, when you truly see that tiny face, the world narrows to a single point. Golden eyes, half-open and already knowing, gaze back. The exact shape, the exact color,…