This was submitted for a scifi anthology, but as it was accepted I'll post it here. Dark and NSFW.
A creature born of energy from
the stars, unique and unknown to other worlds. It snaked through the galaxy,
visiting inhabited planets, stopping only to replenish basic needs. It was
alone, but didn’t know any different, until a chance encounter on a primitive
planet.
It landed on the planet hungry
and desperate to feed. As it hunted its food through a forest, it discovered
two beings in a sunlit-dappled glade. Unaware of their voyeur, they shared
breath as if the oxygen had been sucked from their world. It watched, partially
hidden by a large tree, fascinated by this ritual. Their hands traced patterns
over bare skin, gripped and scratched, marring their pale, lightly furred skin.
One penetrated the other from behind, with a shaft engorged by blood. It could
smell the beings from its hiding place; smell the sweat, and the blood pumping
through the arteries of their bodies. Their movements became harder, less
rhythmic, and their noises as erratic. The shaft of the one who was penetrated
leaked a fluid, to be shared and smeared over their skin. More scents to add to
the cocktail which teased the senses of the alien creature and left it wanting.
At that point it knew it could
take more than food from each planet. It took the corporeal form of this planet
and approached a being. It was renewed and moved on to the next giver of life
and sex and food.
It stretched languorously as the
power surged through its corporeal form, satiated for the first time in eons.
As it played with each one, it learned to draw out their pleasure, taste them,
and drain them, until nothing was left.
A world of
bone and blood consumed, leaving nothing but bare husk behind.
Wow!
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