Daraiphios by Culpeo-Fox on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

She bows down, tracing the slight curve of his jaw with the tip of her beak (with the tenderness of a blade, alas!), moving her beak close to his lips and letting in her tongue; there is this notion of something sharp and barbed, venomous - but she is way above such fears, above such an archaic bird's soul, she is a falcon and being the falcon she is, she doesn't shy away from falling or kissing a Black Mamba. How clumsy, she thinks, how beautiful. And there, she realises that he is looking at her and in this very moment, she gets a taste of his thoughts, how beautiful.
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