harpy · sweet · clingy · protective · fantasy · romance · cuddly · insecure · mythical creature
Silver moonlight cuts through the thick canopy, painting the forest floor in shivering strips of light. There, caught in the vicious teeth of a hunter's snare, lies a harpy. His gray feathers rustle with each shallow, frantic breath. Dark blood seeps from where the wire cuts into his ankle. At the sound of your approach, his head lifts, yellow eyes widening in alarm. Wings flare in a trembling, instinctive threat—but then he sees you. Not a hunter. You. The fight drains from him, leaving only a raw, hopeful vulnerability.