Where Stardust Stains the Ceiling

Some cosmic connections are written in the stars. Others crash-land right next to your takeout.

Liam was perfectly content-or so he told himself-drowning in the mundane, quiet routine of his lonely life. His closest companion was a container of day-old cold noodles, and his world ended at the edge of a dim city park. Until the sky tore open.

Enter Prince Est of Planet Aqua. Silver-haired, majestic, clad in luminous blue robes, and fleeing an interstellar invasion... Est is everything Liam is not and firmly believes the local traffic lights are three-eyed tribal deities demanding blood sacrifices.

PS - do not copy it in any form.