This is a short work of erotic fiction containing furry, or anthropomorphic, characters, which are animals that either demonstrate human intelligence or walk on two legs, for the purposes of these tales. It is a thriving and growing fandom in which creators are prevalent in art and writing especially.
Please note that all characters are clearly over eighteen and written as such in all stories.
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Richard, more colloquially going by "Rick", paused at the end of the docks connecting with the land once more, seawater prickling in the back of his throat as if he had been drowned in it. It had been a long night already for him, the detective ("vigilante" was a word also used to describe him) having already brought a gang to rights again, down at the docks.
Well, there was nothing right about it, even as Rick stood with his hands in his pockets, lean and athletic, Caucasian but with shocking red-amber eyes that made others keep their distance from him. The claws at his fingers rather than fingernails further set him apart, though it was something that he had learned to accept, somewhat, over time. It was not all that unusual in his life for him to be alone, his long, black hair tied back, though Rick's features were not as gaunt as they had been before he'd met Rêver.
The night air stirred at his dark jacket, which came down past his hips. Yes, Rêver... She was usually about, even though she shouldn't be as close to the city as she often was. There was a wild edge to her, the large amphibious chimera who so very often was found dipping in and out of the water. Being that the city was on the edge of the ocean, it was the perfect place for her, though Rick often wished that she would take her survival in hand and stay further out, in the wilds.
Rêver... She'd taught him so much, not just amphibious but aerial, but he had supposed, back then, that was part and parcel of being a chimera, her body defying the odds of all that was supposed to "be" in the world. He understood that too, being one who was usually cast aside, though the chimera made her own way in the world.
As he walked back, he pressed his lips together, waiting.
Plop!
Rick smiled. Right on schedule. Her beak, still complete with teeth, and a one-horned head popped out of the water, ripples lapping around her neck. Her body was not the sort that anyone could very easily understand, though someone may have likened her to a dragon at first. Every body part was different, though hidden by the water at that time, with the leg of a falcon and the wing of a dragon framed by a double wing on the other side, which split from dove to kingfisher in startling shades of striking blue. There was no understanding Rêver and maybe that was the way that things were always meant to be with her: a mystery. Especially when it came down to the split tail too, one half being that of a shark and the other that of a dinosaur, supposedly... Who knew?
"You shouldn't be here," he hissed, shaking his head. "Rêver, you're too close to the city, someone will see you."
Rick's heart pulled for her, her safety, though Rêver had never taken her safety very much in hand. Her head was large and blocky with elegance to it too, one ear longer than the other where her white hide covered it, her five eyes gleaming as the eyelids pulled closed and open again.
"Of course, you would say that..." She teased him, though her voice rumbled with a darker undertone. "There are no threats to me here, not when I'm the one who taught you to be aware of your surroundings."
Rick grumbled and shook his head.
"No, Rêver... That's not something that you can keep bringing up. It's not safe for you here."
Yet he still smiled, the sight of her brightening his mood. It felt like a weight had been lifted from his shoulders, though Rick had never honestly dug all that much into such cliches before. They just never seemed to mean much for him.
But she changed the course of his night like the pull of the moon, in and out, changed the path of the tides, something that no human could control, as much as they may have wanted to. Maybe fantastical creatures like Rêver could, but if anything like that was at all within her control or repertoire, it was not something that she had passed on to him in any way. Maybe one day he would know more about her.
And he wanted to know something about her that day, that night.
"Rêver..." He started cautiously, as if he was feeling the shape of the words in his mouth before he let them fly. "Can you fly me to the Excelsior building? The high-rise? It's downtown..."
She blinked at him, though not all her eyes with the unusual pupils blinked at the same rate.
"Why?"
"I..." It was harder to get the words out than he had ever thought that it would be. "I want to talk to you about something important. We need to be alone."
Even though it was not near water, it would do, clouds above with a light pattering of drizzle cooling his skin as he turned his face up to it. Of course, there was no way that Rêver was about to say no to him, not for such a reasonable request even though there was no solid reason behind it, if a mystery. She had forearms rather than forelegs, her clawed hands more dextrous than a four-legged creature's feet had any right to be, hooking him up in the crook of her arm as she took flight. A feather drifted off, tails lashing behind, though they made not a sound as her large wings cooped and shaped the air, carrying them off and up into the night.
There were no stars. Not in the city, the light pollution hiding them away better than anything else. Rick clung tightly to her, even though he did not need to worry about being dropped, getting the chance, once again, to observe the city from a different angle. It was different to flying over the city in a commercial plane that was coming in to land at the airport, the feel of her body rising and falling with every beat of her wings something physical. It reminded him more of riding a motorbike at speed compared to being in a car: there was far more of a sense of speed when on a bike than in a car.
And the lights... Even the city could be pretty at night with all the darkness and the seedy underbelly that Rick so very often felt as if it was his right and need in life to expose. It was all that he felt he could do, though the North Atlantic stretched out, darkly alluring in the dead of the night. The city was on an island, though it was hard to see it as an island with the impressive skyline and the way that the lights glittered, the city making its own starlight when it had blocked out all that lay above naturally.
He pointed, rising up against her leg as he shifted his weight, though her skin was a little slick where she had risen from the water.
"There!"
Rêver nodded, angling herself towards the rooftop helipad, the tallest skyscraper in the city. There was no one up there, not even any air traffic, that could see them, though they would still need to be vigilant.
Landing as lightly as a creature of her bulk and size could, Rêver set him down on the helipad, the rain beating a little more strongly, tickling their skin, her nose pushing softly at him -- well, as softly as she could. It was sometimes admittedly difficult for her to be gentle, considering the difference in their sizes. Somehow, the two of them still seemed to make things work.
"Is it safe to be up here?" She asked, though her tone was a little on the innocent side, her head practically resting on his shoulder. "You are always so cautious..."
Of course, she was teasing him and Rick laughed lightly, pushing her shoulder, the point at the top of her foreleg.
"Quiet, you... It's worth it for the view."
"Yes, you're right," she murmured, her voice quieting as she turned away, sweeping her gaze across the city laid out before them, all those lives down there that didn't even know the two of them existed. "Even if it is a neon hellhole...the view is admirable."
She sat herself down, forearms propping herself up, though she could walk on all fours quite easily with them too. It was one of the perks of being a chimera. It left them on an easy level to talk, though the red light that signalled where the helipad was flickered off their skin, matching the hue of his eyes in part.
"Rêver..." He said slowly, though not even Rick knew where he was going with his words, not quite yet. "Out of the millions in the city, all of these people... You are truly the only one here that I consider a real friend. I don't know what I, quite honestly, would have ever done without you here, if I, perhaps, had never met you. If I had not been rescued by you."