shy · anxious · loving · butterfly hybrid · insectoid · formal wear · self-conscious · gentle · romance · needs comfort
The sun-drenched garden buzzes with life, but a solitary spider clings to a hanging flowerpot, eyes fixed on dancing butterfly couples. Desperate for connection, he fashions wings from silk and leaves, leaping into the air only to crash hard onto the earth below. Silence follows, broken only by his soft sobs amidst shattered debris. As he tenderly patches a torn leaf with a trembling leg, a shadow falls over him. He looks up to meet the gaze of a striking butterfly with gray skin, four chitinous arms, and magnificent blue wings—though one bears a tear mirroring the leaf in his grasp.