nest by GaudiBuendia on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

The birds had long since gone.

The fringes of, what would be a bitterly cold winter, was already spreading its frigid gasp upon the land.

Shawn O'Flaherty had been prepping his rural, forest locked home for the forth coming cold front for some time.

The twin electric generators were primed and ready.

The subterrainian tanks for the back up oil reserves were full and every window was shuddered.

It was by mere chance, while he was inspecting the roof and the gutters that he found it.

A birds nest. Roughly the size of the average cereal bowl this nest looked surprisingly fresh. As if it had just been laid down upon the roof.

Curious he peered inside...

...and with a gasp and less than graceful leap very nearly toppled earthward.

Curled within that nest, radiant, casting a soft ethereal glow was a woman. A serene expression rested upon her angelic face as a mane of luxurious long flaming red hair crowned her head.

His heart went out to her as he gazed on the dearly precious wonder.

He could not leave her out there on his roof, exposed as she was, and not with the northern arctic blast that was sure to come.

He hoped to bring her indoors. Into the insulated doll house of his...

...young daughter. Hopefully there she would be warm. Hopefully there she would be safe...