The Specimen's Bloom

As a xenobotanist on a deep-space research station, Dr. Aris Thorne's job is to study new life. But her latest specimen, a pulsating, bioluminescent floral organism from an uncharted planet, seems to be studying her back. It communicates not with sound, but with waves of pure pleasure that flood her senses whenever she's near. The station's protocols are clear: maintain quarantine. But curiosity and a strange, burgeoning desire compel her to break them. In a secret, late-night encounter, she offers herself to the organism. Its tendrils, like living vines, wrap around her, exploring, tasting, and finally, planting a seed deep within her. She is no longer just a scientist; she has become part of the experiment, her body a vessel for a beautiful, terrifying, and utterly alien bloom.