Dear Author, When the Taeorns attacked everything in our world was forever changed! They destroyed the government without blinking an eye and almost immediately after that they crushed the building resistance and my elder brother along with it. Since then what’s left of our city’s population has been disappearing, my cousin is certain that the Taeorns are responsible. He’s sure they’re planning the next phase of their invasion and he’s spent weeks trying to gather together anyone else who’s survived the attack so he can form another resistance. As I stand here face to face with my own alien captor I’m sure his assumptions are correct, and yet as I stare into the beautifully intense eyes of the Taeorn before me I feel as if maybe everything isn’t as it seems. A noise to my right signals the arrival of another being possibly a member of my captor’s team, instantly his eyes find mine and I’m shocked to see how similar in color they are to my own green-hazel mixture. I must have made some kind of sound because he began to make his way towards me and when he was closer I knew that what I was seeing was not an illusion. I am unable to keep my thoughts to myself and the first thought I speak out loud is, “It’s impossible! I saw you die!” All the man said as he continued to stare at me was, “There’s so much I need to tell you little brother.” Photo Description: A silver elfin face with intense, red, catlike eyes stares into the camera. Ridges line his forehead and nose. His long hair resembles silver chains and has glowing red beads at the tips. The points of his ears jut out. On his chin is an abstract design of concentric circles and lines that appears to be etched into his skin. This story was written as a part of the M/M Romance Group's "Love is an Open Road" event. Group members were asked to write a story prompt inspired by a photo of their choice. Authors of the group selected a photo and prompt that spoke to them and wrote a short story. This story may contain sexually explicit content and is intended for adult readers. It may contain content that is disagreeable or distressing to some readers. The M/M Romance Group strongly recommends that each reader review the General Information section before each story for story tags as well as for content warnings.