Title: conscious thought
Rating: explicit, smut
Category: f/?
Fandom: subnautica below zero
Relationship: Al-an x Robin Ayou
Characters: Al-an, Robin Ayou
Tags/ triggers: smut, no p in v, basically just fingering, porn with feelings? , they/them for al-an
Wordcount: 3210
a/n: first subnautica fic so let's not get too excited, still feeling it out
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She would not like this, that much they knew. It had the echoes of their previous transgression. However, it was unintended this time, they could not stop it. It will run it's course and die eventually but as they stood there, thoughts lingering over her sleeping form, they couldn't help but rethink their previous endeavor to come to her base.
They couldn't deny that the knowledge that her subconscious would linger on them left a somewhat pleasant blooming in their chest cavity, that it lingered with them in more ways than one but they knew how she was, knew she would not like the images they was privy to even with their limited knowledge on human anatomy and emotion, especially with the way it had played out in the last few days.
Suffice to say, their previous entanglement before they had acquired this body had left reminisce of a link, an echo of what once was, a ghost of their pairing. They felt an odd sense at the thought of it dying but knew that was what she would prefer. She did place quite a value on something as odd as privacy, secrecy, her inner thoughts. A foreign idea within his being.
They should wake her, the thought hankered again and they felt themself hesitating. This was a far cry from what they had experienced the first time she dreamt with them enclosed in her head. Her vitals were elevated, slight twitch to her body ever so often and the signs of perspiration as the heat radiated off her. If they weren't privy to the reason, they would've assumed she was under duress but the way her brain was releasing chemicals was a direct counter to that.
They can hear the echoes, the soft calling of their name as it slipped in her fantasies. It made them feel an odd kind of way, something they hadn't quite felt before. It was the intrigue, discovery of the workings of another species, it had to be because what other viable explanation could they possibly have for feeling this way, for hesitating knowing she would not approve of this direct assault on her privacy.
Al-an stretched their claw like limbs and reached out to Robin's sleeping form, a kind of dread lingering in the air as they touched her sleeping body, softly rocking her back and forth as they reached out to her with more than their audible voice, calling her name to bring her back to the surface.
Her eyes blinked after a moment, beautiful dark irises slowly focusing on them until her voice scratched against the room as it warmed up to the sudden use.
"Al-an? What are you doing here?" she asked, eyes moving across the room to find nothing amiss aside from the large precursor lingering over her form. She swallowed as her senses slowly came back to her, feeling a bit caged under their large form despite them technically standing next to her and not breaking her immediate personal space.
"Robin.. I-" they started and took a moment, a swirl of new color bleeding into their skin. "I came because you need to be aware of something." their claws fidgeted softly in front of them, a tick they hoped she did not catch onto. "I must preface this with the fact that it's not permanent of course, you need not worry but I realize you would like to know."
Robin frowned, a bit perplexed with the path they took, no explanation really but it did sound serious. She pushed herself up a bit more and rubbed at her eyes to dispel the slight burn of being ripped from her sleep. The previous action seemed to be in bad faith when she looked back at them, having to crane her neck quite a bit to look at where she had assumed their eyes would've been.
