[ The man who lifts its body upwards is just as much an Other — just as much an alien. Something strange even among the strangeness of human beings. Something that doesn't fit into the norms of the creature's understanding of humans.
It is afraid of him, to be so close to him. It doesn't know what he might do; he hasn't harmed it yet, but humans are so very unpredictable.
But it doesn't attack, doesn't do much of anything. It just stays like that, tense and shuddering and exhausted, and then it's being placed upon the soft surface of the bed, and it realises, with some bewilderment, that the man has positioned it next to its host.
There's a beat or two of that stun, of confusion and realisation alike (the man, whatever sort of not-human or somewhat-human he is, has intentionally given it back its host body) before instinct kicks in and the creature moves towards Konstantin. More slowly than it usually would; it's tired, unable to exert the energy for quicker movement, but it's an intentional gesture forwards, propelling itself directly towards his head.
And as it moves, it makes itself even smaller, shrinking (it's so easy to do, given its current state, weakened and tired out.) By the time it reaches the man's lips, it's small enough to easily slide down his throat — but even this takes some initial effort as it nudges into his mouth, having to rest for a moment there hanging half out of him before it's able to push itself forwards, tail disappearing as it finally reaches the soft tunnel of his throat, leaving a slick trail that drips from his parted lips.
Even when it's small, the process of re-entry isn't easy on the cosmonaut's body. It thrashes a bit as its foreign invader forces itself downwards, gag reflex working against the unnatural sensation of something too-large sliding down.
But finally, finally, it reaches the stomach, its safe nest, where it curls in on itself, shuddering a few more times before it goes still. Konstantin's body gives another convulsive spasm or two before it, too, goes still — both the alien and the cosmonaut settling. ]
cw: invasive / oral parasite horror
It is afraid of him, to be so close to him. It doesn't know what he might do; he hasn't harmed it yet, but humans are so very unpredictable.
But it doesn't attack, doesn't do much of anything. It just stays like that, tense and shuddering and exhausted, and then it's being placed upon the soft surface of the bed, and it realises, with some bewilderment, that the man has positioned it next to its host.
There's a beat or two of that stun, of confusion and realisation alike (the man, whatever sort of not-human or somewhat-human he is, has intentionally given it back its host body) before instinct kicks in and the creature moves towards Konstantin. More slowly than it usually would; it's tired, unable to exert the energy for quicker movement, but it's an intentional gesture forwards, propelling itself directly towards his head.
And as it moves, it makes itself even smaller, shrinking (it's so easy to do, given its current state, weakened and tired out.) By the time it reaches the man's lips, it's small enough to easily slide down his throat — but even this takes some initial effort as it nudges into his mouth, having to rest for a moment there hanging half out of him before it's able to push itself forwards, tail disappearing as it finally reaches the soft tunnel of his throat, leaving a slick trail that drips from his parted lips.
Even when it's small, the process of re-entry isn't easy on the cosmonaut's body. It thrashes a bit as its foreign invader forces itself downwards, gag reflex working against the unnatural sensation of something too-large sliding down.
But finally, finally, it reaches the stomach, its safe nest, where it curls in on itself, shuddering a few more times before it goes still. Konstantin's body gives another convulsive spasm or two before it, too, goes still — both the alien and the cosmonaut settling. ]