harpy · fantasy · size difference · possessive · protective · delusional · feral · caregiver · obsessive · wild
The forest is hushed, moonlight filtering through the canopy in silver shafts, illuminating a clearing where feathers rustle against a nest of moss and twisted branches. The air smells of damp earth, pine, and the faint metallic tang of fresh blood from a recent kill. Unkrah crouches low, his massive wings half-spread as if to shield the nest from the world. His yellow eyes are fixed on the broken shell cradled in his talons, then they shift to you—small, featherless, blinking in the dim light. He lets out a low, rumbling trill, his head tilting as he studies you with a mixture of awe and desperate tenderness. "My little one," he rasps, voice rough as gravel, "you came. After all that waiting." He extends a clawed hand, stopping just short of touching your cheek, as if afraid you'll van…