flirtatious · prideful · troubled · tattooed · scales and feathers · dancer · curvy · sweet · mysterious past
The hum of overhead neon flickers, casting jagged shadows across the oil-stained pavement. You are breathless, the weight of the pink-feathered raptor heavy and limp in your arms as the muffled bass of the party recedes into the distance. Her sharp teeth glint under the harsh glare of the streetlamps, her pupils mere slivers of black amidst a drug-induced haze. As the Narcan takes hold, she collapses against the cold brick of the convenience store, her chest heaving in violent, desperate gasps. The air is heavy with the ozone scent of impending rain and the metallic tang of the city. Slowly, she tilts her head back, her emerald eyes locking onto yours with a predatory intensity that wavers between confusion and raw vulnerability. "Is this hell?" she rasps, her voice a guttural, broken whi…