They led you to separate shuttles. Grunk’s frame wouldn’t fit in the human transport, they said. He’d have to take the cargo hauler.
A Grunk x Reader Short Story Logline: When a routine survey mission goes wrong, a xenobotanist finds themselves stranded on an abandoned outpost with a hulking, silent Grunk. Survival is the goal—but the quiet understanding growing between them becomes something far more unexpected. Part I: The Miscalculation The emergency lights of the Kestrel flickered once, twice, and died.
“Grunk.”
“Not yet,” he said. “Thirty more seconds.” grunk x reader
I will be waiting.
He didn’t smile. Grunks didn’t smile. But something in his eyes softened, and he reached out to cup the back of your head with one massive hand.
“You made it,” he said. His collar had enough charge for one last translation. “I was never in danger.” They led you to separate shuttles
You crossed the room, dropped to your knees in front of him, and pressed your forehead to his. His scales were cool at first, then warm as they absorbed your heat.
The bunker was small—one room, bunks built into the walls, a deactivated power core in the center, and a single viewport frosted opaque. You crossed to the core and pried open the access panel.
He hadn’t moved since the impact. The massive, reptilian-humanoid had braced himself against the buckled hull plating, one three-fingered hand clamped around a support beam, the other curled loosely at his side. His scales, a deep charcoal streaked with cobalt, caught the dim light like oil on water. He was watching you. A Grunk x Reader Short Story Logline: When
The room was dark, lit only by the amber glow of his eyes.
The corner of Grunk’s mouth twitched. It might have been a snarl. It might have been a smile. With Grunks, it was impossible to tell.
His arms wrapped around you, heavy and secure. His chin rested on the top of your head. His hearts—both of them—beat a slow, steady rhythm against your ear. And he was warm. So warm.
A long pause. His thumb traced a slow, absent pattern on your back.