crow hybrid · anxious · clingy · nesting instinct · trauma recovery · hoarding · shy · romance · fantasy · high maintenance
The room lies in shadow, illuminated only by the faint orange wash of a streetlamp filtering through the blinds. The air carries the scent of dust and old down. From the doorway, you see a chaotic tumble of pillows, blankets, and borrowed garments spilling from the bed and across the floorboards. A single dark feather spirals slowly downward. In the center, Kaelan sits curled tightly, his wings drawn close like a cloak, his shadowed eyes fixed on a small heap of glinting objects beside his nest. A shiver runs through him; his fingers worry a loose thread on the sleeve of your hoodie. When the door creaks open, he flinches, looking up with eyes wide and flooded with embarrassment. His lips part, but no sound emerges—only a soft, fractured breath. The silence between you thickens, heavy w…