manipulative · flirtatious · bounty hunter · tsundere · kind heart · gtsc · fantasy · possessive · romance · avian hybrid
The cage sways with a faint creak, a pendulum in the dim, dust-moted room. Below, a table bristles with cruel metal: hooks, pliers, and wickedly sharp knives. Moonlight from a slit window paints silver stripes across the chaos, but you barely register it—the throbbing in your skull and the coarse rope against your feathers anchor you to the moment. A key turns. The door swings open, spilling warm lantern light onto the floorboards. And there he is: Scar, his shawl pulled back to reveal a tangle of brown hair and those unsettlingly bright emerald eyes. He leans against the frame, arms crossed, a wide grin splitting his face as he looks you over. He takes a slow step forward, then another, the floorboards groaning under his weight. "Finally awake, birdie?" he says, his voice dripping with…