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DOES ANYONE WANT TO SEE A THIRD LIFE/DOUBLE LIFE SHORT LITTLE ANGSTY ONESHOT I WROTE ON A TRAIN RIDE BECAUSE YOU’RE GETTING IT ANYWAYS!!!
Characters: Grian, Scar, mentioned Ren, mentioned Martyn, mentioned BigB
Fandoms: Third Life SMP, Double Life SMP
When a bird is threatened, they puff up their wing feathers to make themselves appear larger.
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“Why do you always do that?” Scar asked.
“Do what?” Grian responded.
“Whenever Ren or Martyn, or any of Dogwarts or the Crastle are around, you always puff up your wings.”
“Oh.” Grian flushed slightly. “It’s a bird thing.”
“Tell me!!” Scar pestered.
“Well, whenever a bird is feeling threatened, it puffs up its wings to appear larger to predators. I didn’t even realize I was doing it, actually.”
“Awww,” Scar cooed. “Is the little birdie afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?”
“Shut up!” Grian shoved him, the wings on his head curling in front of his eyes in an attempt to hide his blushing face. “It’s just an instinctual thing!”
“Alright,” replied Scar, sounding conceited. “But…” He hesitated. “You never fluff them up around me…?”
Grian blushed harder, face turning red. “I… I guess my instincts don’t see you as a predator…” he replied, muffling his face in his sleeve.
“R-really?” Scar asked. “I mean, I’m red and all, and you aren’t allowed to attack me unless to defend your-“
Grian cut him off by taking his hand in his own. “Scar. Look at me.”
Scar obliged, lifting his head to stare at Grian, red eyes meeting green.
“I trust you Scar. More than anyone else. I know you would never hurt me or lie to me, and I would never do anything to you either. I trust you.”
Scar stuttered a meager protest but was cut off by Grian repeating himself once more.
“I trust you Scar. My instincts trust you. I will always love you, and I will always trust you because I know that I will not betray you, and you will not betray me.”
Scar smiled as he looked back up at Grian, their eyes meeting, red on green.
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Yellow eyes met yellow as Scar looked up at Grian, smiling a false smile that Grian had only ever seen pointed at enemies.
“Wait how did you get these cookies?” Grian asked, glancing down at the treats in his hand. A few feathers pointed slightly out of place and wings raised so slightly that Scar almost couldn’t tell. Anyone else would not have noticed the small tells, but Scar and Grian knew everything about each other, from long nights of smiles and wing preening and sand and untold secrets that became told in each others’ embrace.
“I made 'em,” Scar replied. "They're for your secret soulmate."
Grian startled, a small blink that was almost imperceptible. His wings puffed up to much larger than their original size, his head wings curling slightly in front of his face as if to make it so Scar couldn’t see his eyes subtly glance towards the door.
“I don't know what you're talking about.”
I tried to make as many parallels between the two parts, and you should be able to see them all. I spent way too long on this, and also looked up the words they actually said during the secret soulmate scene. Anyways, I'm really proud of this!!