Deny [Part 2]
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esp_dragonFandom: Noblesse
Summary: Tao paused as he walked down the corridor, seeing the feather lying on the ground, almost innocently enough.
Notes: I decided I wanted more wingfic, haha.
Rating: G
Genre: Family
Word count: 535
Total word count: 882
Status: Work in progress
Tao paused as he walked down the corridor, seeing the feather lying on the ground, almost innocently enough. It was the length of his forearm, jet black and veined with purple. There was only one person in the house who that could belong to and Tao picked it up, Boss' feather warm to the touch. Which was better than the prickly feeling he'd used to get, before getting Dark Spear. Probably recognising their own. Hopefully.
But that was beside the point.
The point being that a modified human's wings only moulted unless they were under a lot of stress: that had been one of the easy tells in the Union who was a bottom rung agent and those at the top. But seeing how this was about Boss, what was normal in the Union wasn't always normal here. Maybe their wings were supposed to shed every once in a while.
There wasn't a trail of feathers to follow, but Tao went down to the lab, since that was the safest bet where Boss would be.
The lights were still on when he got there and Tao chirped, looking around. There was an answering rustle of feathers to his right and he followed that.
"Boss...?" Tao said, approaching him. Boss' wings were always impressive to look at, arching above his head by two feet, sweeping down to almost brush the floor and able to take up an entire room when he stretched them out. Tao felt like a hummingbird in comparison, his own wings just barely clearing his head and covering his torso. But he'd noticed they were starting to grow, and that had to be because of Boss' help.
"Mm?" Boss didn't look up from the panel he was looking at. Damn.
Time for drastic measures.
Tao drew his aura to his hands and learned forward, pressing them to where Boss' wings met his back.
Boss stilled and Tao kneaded his fingers to the stiff muscles there. The wings shivered, the feathers fluffing out for a second before smoothing out again.
When Boss extended a wing to look at him over his shoulder, Tao grinned. "I think it's time for all good Bosses to go to sleep, don't you?" he said, still massaging. The sun had been starting to rise when he'd looked out the window.
"Yes, but M-21-"
"Is stable now," Tao interrupted. Had been when Tao had went to bed. "He's not gonna dive and I can keep watch while you sleep. And," he added, seeing Boss opening his mouth, "I will totally tell Raizel-nim if you don't go to sleep." He'd had to bring out his trump card, but he'd had no choice — Boss was stubborn.
Boss closed his mouth and then exhaled, a wry smile on his lips. "Very well," he said. "I'll be back in two hours."
"And no sooner!" Tao said, taking his hands back as Boss folded his wing again. "I'll be keeping a timer." He took out his phone and waved it.
"I'll make sure of it," Boss said, still amused.
Tao pulled up a stool once Boss was gone, double-checking M-21's stats as he listened to his breathing. Everything was fine and Tao settled down to keep watch over him.
Summary: Tao paused as he walked down the corridor, seeing the feather lying on the ground, almost innocently enough.
Notes: I decided I wanted more wingfic, haha.
Rating: G
Genre: Family
Word count: 535
Total word count: 882
Status: Work in progress
Tao paused as he walked down the corridor, seeing the feather lying on the ground, almost innocently enough. It was the length of his forearm, jet black and veined with purple. There was only one person in the house who that could belong to and Tao picked it up, Boss' feather warm to the touch. Which was better than the prickly feeling he'd used to get, before getting Dark Spear. Probably recognising their own. Hopefully.
But that was beside the point.
The point being that a modified human's wings only moulted unless they were under a lot of stress: that had been one of the easy tells in the Union who was a bottom rung agent and those at the top. But seeing how this was about Boss, what was normal in the Union wasn't always normal here. Maybe their wings were supposed to shed every once in a while.
There wasn't a trail of feathers to follow, but Tao went down to the lab, since that was the safest bet where Boss would be.
The lights were still on when he got there and Tao chirped, looking around. There was an answering rustle of feathers to his right and he followed that.
"Boss...?" Tao said, approaching him. Boss' wings were always impressive to look at, arching above his head by two feet, sweeping down to almost brush the floor and able to take up an entire room when he stretched them out. Tao felt like a hummingbird in comparison, his own wings just barely clearing his head and covering his torso. But he'd noticed they were starting to grow, and that had to be because of Boss' help.
"Mm?" Boss didn't look up from the panel he was looking at. Damn.
Time for drastic measures.
Tao drew his aura to his hands and learned forward, pressing them to where Boss' wings met his back.
Boss stilled and Tao kneaded his fingers to the stiff muscles there. The wings shivered, the feathers fluffing out for a second before smoothing out again.
When Boss extended a wing to look at him over his shoulder, Tao grinned. "I think it's time for all good Bosses to go to sleep, don't you?" he said, still massaging. The sun had been starting to rise when he'd looked out the window.
"Yes, but M-21-"
"Is stable now," Tao interrupted. Had been when Tao had went to bed. "He's not gonna dive and I can keep watch while you sleep. And," he added, seeing Boss opening his mouth, "I will totally tell Raizel-nim if you don't go to sleep." He'd had to bring out his trump card, but he'd had no choice — Boss was stubborn.
Boss closed his mouth and then exhaled, a wry smile on his lips. "Very well," he said. "I'll be back in two hours."
"And no sooner!" Tao said, taking his hands back as Boss folded his wing again. "I'll be keeping a timer." He took out his phone and waved it.
"I'll make sure of it," Boss said, still amused.
Tao pulled up a stool once Boss was gone, double-checking M-21's stats as he listened to his breathing. Everything was fine and Tao settled down to keep watch over him.