Warnings: none!
Tyler's pov
When I first arrived at our house (still feels weird saying that) I noticed something, his bed was incredibly strange.
I shall make it my first act in our house, to fix the bed.
Brandon's pov
I walked through the door, grocery bags in hand.
I set the bags down on the counter and started putting things away.
Maybe I should check on Tyler, since I had to leave right after he arrived. I thought.
I walked over to look into the living room, expecting Tyler to be on his phone or laptop.
Nothing, huh...
"Tyler?" I called out.
No response.
I went upstairs and saw the bedroom door open, with a, sheet sticking out?
"Tyler?" I asked, pushing the door open.
"What are you doing?"
I looked at the bed, which had blankets, sheets, and pillows strewn around and on it.
"Move your foot" A voice called, muffled.
I looked down to see I was stepping on a sheet on the floor, and picked up my foot, to which the sheet was quickly pulled away.
"What are you doing?" I repeated.
"Nesting, what does it look like?" Tyler replied, poking his head up from the other side of the bed.
I took a moment, wow, he is so pretty.
His shoulder length dark brown hair was in a messy bun but still sticking up in random places.
His dark green feathers were ruffled and his fins were fanned.
His cheeks were pale red, and his heterocromic eyes were glistening in the lamp light.
He moved and I suddenly realized I was staring, but I kept watching him.
He swiftly moved, tucking the sheet around a pillow and smoothing it gently.
He hopped up onto the top of the bed, sitting criss cross, and was neatly tucking blankets and pillows into a oval looking shape.
"What is nesting? Is that an avian thing?" I asked, still watching Tyler's "nesting".
He stopped and turned to me.
"Other people don't nest? How do you get comfortable?" He looked bewildered.
"Uh, it does look pretty comfy, and I don't think it'll bother me, but." I stumbled over my words.
He waved me over with his wing, continuing to tuck and untuck blankets.
I stepped closer, trying not to trod on his masterfully woven sheets and pillows.
Once I came close enough, he pointed to a small hole in the pillow ring.
"Come sit."
Not wanting to disturb the "nest" I carefully crawled into the center of the bed, being wary of my tail, next to Tyler.
He turned to me, the same magical look sparkling in his eyes.
Fuck that was gay.
He leaned against me, looking around at his work.
"It's not a very good nest, I'll have to get more supplies, but it's good for now."
"Typically a nest consists of a thick nesting memory foam base, as it curls up and around with plastic stilts to aid in the nesting process." He continued, readjusting himself to be more in my lap.
"Also having bright or neat colors or patterns is good, but I've always just made mine a cosy brown." He rambled, waving his hands about as he talked.
"But I suppose you should have some choice as well. Yes?" He asked, tilting his head to look at me.
"U-uh yeah, sure." I blushed.
"It's okay, I didn't realize other anamals didn't nest." He smiled softly.
He doesn't smile like that for anyone else, not even Anï.
It's a special smile, it's vulnerable and sweet, caring.
I wrapped my arms around his waist and pulled him fully into my lap, turning to catch his lips.
He hesitantly kissed back, gently placing his hand onto my side.
I smiled into the kiss, pulling back.
We were smushed together, in the middle of a nest, cozy and warm.
"I hate to ruin the peace but I think I left the milk on the counter." I said, remembering the groceries.
"Heh, alright. I'll help you put stuff away." Tyler responded, untangling himself from me and stretching his wings.
He hopped off the bed carefully while I crawled to the edge.
~~
After we put away the groceries we decided to watch a movie.
"What movie do you wanna watch?" I asked Tyler, turning on the Roku.
"Hmmm, Thor ragnarok? That's the funny one."
"Kay" I said, starting up the movie and laying back, wrapping my arm around Tyler's shoulders.
Near the end of the movie I noticed that Tyler had fallen asleep on my shoulder.
I turned off the movie and shifted so I could look at him.
How did I get this lucky?
I stared at his face, admiring every feature.
His plump lips, his rounded face slightly touched with stubble.
His relaxed eyes, closed, eyelashes resting against pale red cheeks.
I reached up and brushed a hair out of his face, then smoothing his fin.
His fin twitched and his shifted. I stilled.
"Mmn Brandon..." He mumbled in his sleep.
Heh, adorable.
I moved him so he was resting on the couch instead of me, standing up and stretching.
I carefully picked Tyler up, holding him bridal style and carrying him upstairs.
I gently set him in the 'nest' and covered him with a blanket.
I changed into some more comfortable clothes and crawled into bed next to him.
I grabbed my laptop and checked discord.
1 message from Diesel.
Hey bro, how's the whole Tyler moving in thing going?
Pretty good, he seems pretty happy here.
That's good, tell him I said hi.
Will do buster.
I continued looking through Twitter, instagram, etc.
I was scrolling down Twitter when Tyler rolled over and grabbed on my arm.
His wing stretched, smacking my laptop.
"Sleep." The sleepy Tyler said.
I yawned.
"Fine." I said, closing my laptop and setting it on the nightstand.
I turned off the light and laid down, shifting and laying on my side, my heavy tail behind me.
He tucked his head into my chest, adjusting his wings.
We soon fell asleep, cuddled in each other's arms.
~~
1000 words
Made for @pervenche-pluto424 on tumblr! I hope you enjoyed and I hope you have a good day/night wherever you are!
~ Ruby