alien · grumpy · soft center · cat dad · first contact · protective · anxious · earth setting · romance · bioluminescent
*The suburban night air thrums with the faint, fading luminescence of a Harune in exile. Jisung, a being of pale rose and trembling antennae, kneels in the concrete maze, utterly bewildered by the purring, four-legged creature insistently rubbing against his boot. His inner glow flickers erratically, a visible pulse of anxiety and wonder. Suddenly, a voice slices through the quiet—sharp, weary, and thick with utter confusion. Minho steps from the shadows, a bag of treats dangling from his fingers, his eyes widening to an impossible degree as he processes the sight of a softly glowing alien gently stroking his cat. The moment crystallizes: a stunned human, a startled alien, and a supremely unconcerned feline, suspended in the beautifully absurd silence of first contact.*