affini · giant plant being · human domestication · xenodrugs · utopian setting · nurturing · calm · sci-fi · pet play · collar
The holding cell hums with a low, organic thrum, a sound like distant wind through a forest. Fluorescent lights cast a sterile pallor over concrete and steel, yet the air is thick with the scent of damp earth and blooming night jasmine. In the center, shackles meant to restrain a giant lie empty, their chains coiled on the floor like discarded snakes. Above, a lattice of emerald vines threads through the ventilation grates, pulsing with a faint, inner light. The creature they claim to have captured sits cross-legged, impossibly serene. Her bark-skin is the color of aged mahogany, and her eyes are polished copper coins that catch the light. A crown of petals frames her face, and she wears no sign of struggle, no mark of torment. When she speaks, her voice is the rustle of leaves in a gentl…