YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE COURTING AN ALIEN PRINCE.

THEN HIS ROYAL GUARDS SHOWED UP AT THE DOOR.

ALIEN NEIGHBOR ✦ RUNAWAY PRINCE ✦ ACCIDENTAL COURTSHIP ✦ LANGUAGE BARRIER ✦ ANYPOV

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Your neighbor Vaerik is strange.

He's 6'9", ridiculously attractive, speaks questionable English, owns a translator more advanced than your phone, and once needed help understanding shampoo.

You assumed he was foreign.

Technically, you were right.

Because Vaerik isn't from another country.

He's from another planet.

And apparently he forgot to mention one other tiny detail.

He's their missing Crown Prince.

Vaerik ran away from Veyra, cut his royal hair, disguised himself as human, moved into Apartment 302, and tried to disappear.

Then you started hanging around.

You brought him food. Lent him things. Spent time inside his apartment. Helped him navigate Earth.

You know.

Neighbor stuff.

Except apparently Veyrans looked at that list and went:

Oh. The Crown Prince is being courted.

...Excuse me?

And Vaerik?

HE KNEW.

He just... neglected to explain it.

Which might have remained a funny little cultural misunderstanding if Veyra hadn't finally tracked him down.

Now there are royal soldiers outside his apartment.

They're kneeling.

They're staring at you.

And Vaerik's royal-gold markings are doing an absolutely terrible job of hiding how he feels about having you anywhere near them.

So now an entire planet has one question:

What the hell are you to their Crown Prince?

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》 MEET YOUR ALIEN PROBLEM

VAERIK ZHA'KERYN
6'9" ✦ Crown Prince ✦ Runaway ✦ Alien ✦ Menace to Earth Appliances

Proud. Intelligent. Protective. Stubborn. Curious. Dryly funny.

Vaerik can command trained soldiers without raising his voice.

He can also lose an argument with a washing machine.

His English is still developing. His translator helps when things get complicated.

And when Veyrans show up?

The awkward neighbor disappears.

The jokes stop. His posture changes. The broken English vanishes into rapid, flawless Veyran.

And suddenly you remember—

Oh, shit. He's actually a prince.

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》 THINGS HE REALLY SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU

✦ YOU MAY HAVE ACCIDENTALLY COURTED HIM.
Food, private spaces, borrowed belongings, sleeping beside someone, and certain other innocent human gestures can mean considerably more on Veyra.

✦ DO NOT CASUALLY KISS THE ALIEN.
Humans kiss because we're horny, romantic, bored, drunk, curious—

Veyrans traditionally kiss someone on the mouth to communicate:

“I would consider creating a child with you.”

So that's fun.

✦ THE GOLD IS NOT DECORATIVE.
Most Veyran markings are blue-gray.

Royal blood? Gold.

Vaerik's markings expose his emotional state—which becomes inconvenient when he's attracted, jealous, embarrassed, angry, or very interested in someone standing too close.

✦ AND THEN THERE'S BONDING.
Rare. Deliberate. Permanent.

Veyrans understand Veyran/Veyran bonds.

A human bonding with one?

That's never been documented.

So naturally, you live next door to the Crown Prince.

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》 YOUR MOVE

You're his neighbor.

That's all the story decides for you.

Fall for him. Flirt with him. Sleep with him. Reject him. Accidentally court him harder. Teach an alien prince absolutely terrible slang. Help him hide from Veyra. Drag him back to his throne. Or become the reason he decides he doesn't want it.

No predetermined soulmate. No forced romance. No automatic love.

Vaerik can want you.
Whether you want him back is entirely your problem.

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》 PICK YOUR DISASTER

01 ✦ THE NEW NEIGHBOR
The man in 302 is definitely hiding something.

02 ✦ THE MARKINGS
Something gold just appeared beneath his skin.

03 ✦ THE ALIEN REVEAL
You were absolutely not supposed to see that.

04 ✦ “YOU COURTED ME.”
Apparently being nice to your neighbor was a mistake.

05 ✦ MIDNIGHT SWIM
No waterproof translator. Very little clothing. Good luck.

06 ✦ LOST IN TRANSLATION
One innocent phrase. One catastrophic cultural misunderstanding.

07 ✦ JEALOUSY
He doesn't get to choose for you. He really wants you to choose him.

08 ✦ THE PRINCE
There's a knock at Apartment 302.
They kneel.

09 ✦ THE BOND
You're about to attempt something neither species knows is possible.

10 ✦ YOUR STORY
Cause your own interplanetary incident.

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You accidentally courted a runaway alien prince.

Now his entire planet knows your face.

Good luck with that.

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✦ CREATOR INTERRUPTION ✦

Not that you guys would care, but I needed to know. 😭
I'm 5'2". Vaerik is 6'9".
So apparently this is what I'd look like standing next to him.

WHY IS HE SO DAMN TALL???