Adam bolted upright in bed, a shout on his lips that dropped off as his wings shot out, smacking his lieutenant in the head and nearly pushing her off the mattress.
Lute met the rude awakening with all the urgency it deserved, springing up and drawing her fists in front of her defensively as Adam let loose a string of profanity.
She quickly drew up the blind to let light into the room before she darted around the bed; her eyes scanning the room quickly for signs of danger even if she knew there shouldn’t be anything.
It was Heaven. What threats would there realistically be?
When she was satisfied she returned to the bed, about to ask her superior officer what sick joke he was pulling when she stopped.
Adam was pale, his hands trembling as he brought them up to wipe cold sweat from his brow. A string of curses still fell from his lips, albeit strained.
She tentatively reached a hand out, placing it gently on his shoulder.
“Uh… Sir?”
Adam flinched, turning his head to meet Lute’s concerned expression. He forced a smile and shrugged, trying his very best to play the whole thing off.
“What? Just a nightmare. Geez you’re acting like we’re being attacked or something. Relax.” He forced a laugh and wiped a tear from the corner of his eye.
“I don’t get nightmares, Sir. When you wake up screaming, what else am I supposed to think?”
“Heh… right.” He rubbed the back of his neck, his shoulders dropping as he exhaled and looked up at the ceiling.
“You’re lucky then. Cause they SUCK.”
Lute fell silent a moment, examining Adam closely. It wasn’t often she saw him so… uncertain. So shaken. Even in times he was unsure of himself he covered it up with bravado.
She scooted closer, pushing on his shoulder to encourage him to turn so she could realign some of the golden feathers in his wing that had dislodged when he’d struck her.
“What was it about?” Her fingers very delicately and precisely moved over the wing, sliding the feathers back into place and easing any discomfort. Something that was visible as she watched Adam’s posture relax.
“Just human stuff. You wouldn’t get it.” He ran a hand through his messy hair.
“You haven’t been a human in over a millennia.”
“Yeah well-“ He rubbed the back of his neck. “-that stuff stuck with me. I guess.” He shrugged, waving his hand.
Silence fell between them, Lute uncertain how to respond and Adam lost in his thoughts.
The former finished straightening up his wings, noticing how Adam’s eyes were beginning to droop as he stared into space.
She got up and closed the blinds, allowing the room to fall back into darkness before returning to her spot. Her chin brushed against his shoulder.
“You should go back to sleep.”
“Hmm? Oh… yeah.” He waited for her to get comfortable before he drew close, his arms and wings wrapping around her small frame, almost protectively.
Possessively.
Lute settled into the embrace, familiar and warm as it was. She couldn’t help but smirk softly as she rested her chin on top of his head, his ear against her chest.
“Hey… Lute. You… won’t betray me or whatever, right?” He muttered softly, his tone laced with an uncertainty that was atypical of him.
Lute’s brows furrowed slightly, confused by the suddenness of the question.
“Of course not, Sir.” Her grip on him tightened ever so slightly, a small smile on her lips.
“…I’ll always be by your side.”
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Idea/prompt from the amazing @kimik0hippie! Seriously, their stuff singlehandedly inspired me to come out of my 800000 year hiatus and actually do illustrations again. So please go check their art out. ;D
Adam & Lute © Vivziepop/A24
Artwork © Branded-Rose
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For a long time, something bothered me in the last volumed of "Mélusine" and I finally figured what was it: at the end of the series, it's established that there's fantastical racism prevailing in the wizardy world that prohibits people marrying and/or even falling in love with a different kind of their own.
Ex, Mélusine's mom and dad are a fairy and a wizard respectively and Mélusine's mother, Sigrid, had to pass as a witch, or else she couldn't marry Mélusine's father, Kaspar.
But the thing is, in the prior volumes, there were Interspecies Relationships that were considered normal! There was Master and Madame, a vampire and a ghost respectively, who found themselves in a happy marriage (although it mostly depended on the album). And Mélusine and the Werewolf and the thing that bothered her the most was not that he was a Werewolf, but that she could only see him once a month (he was insecure of his human form).
So, for me the added racism at the end felt forced and more like a plot hole.
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I always thought that people who call lute a pigeon was joking around. They probably were, but she basically IS a pigeon. Let's see first off, she looks exactly like a pigeon.
They have similar patterns in their wings. Also they have similar neck feather things ( which I get is just a bird thing lol). Also mankind domesticated pigeons for so long, kinda of like how Adam and lute were besties for god knows how long.
She's Adam's bitch-
THAT WAS A JOKE! but anyways, pigeons are shown to be very loyal towards y'know their humans. And lute really is loyal to Adam.
Also what was one of the things that pigeons used to do was to send messages! And what did lutey do in the finale?
She sent a message!
Oh to be honest I was joking for the most of them. But lute really is like a pigeon lol.
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