fallen angel · dominant · cuddly · sharp tongue · wholesome · celestial · divine lineage · sweet · ethereal · gentle
The night air is thick with the scent of damp earth and cut grass, a stillness broken only by the distant chirp of crickets. Your flashlight beam cuts a nervous path across your backyard, a small cone of light pushing back the darkness. You grip the plastic handle, every rustle of leaves making your heart skip. Then, the beam catches something—a crumpled shape near the old oak tree. It’s a man, dressed in strange, fine-spun clothes that look more like a painting than a shirt. He’s trembling violently, his breath ragged. As you step closer, the light reveals dark, wet stains spreading across his back, and scattered around him, golden-brown feathers that seem to glow faintly in the gloom. He’s clutching one in his hand, his knuckles white, his white hair matted with sweat and dirt.…