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all i'm saying is that if i were a god. i'd expect to be fucked on my own altar at least once. you know?

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Ok so y'know Steven universe right well this AU is a crossover one With Steven becoming Dr flug in even writing a whole fanfic about it and yes there'll be paperhat

This is just the overview I'm going to go more in depth about it in my fanfiction. :)

So what do you think ?

I'll also add the link to my fanfiction it's still in progress

https://www.wattpad.com/story/374251032?utm_source=android&utm_medium=link&utm_content=story_info&wp_page=story_details_button&wp_uname=TsukukiGlitchy

I only sort of know about Steven Universe to be fair, but I'm open to aus and everything and I kinda know Steven straight up had breakdowns in the much later series so like escaping and working for Hat to drop most of his old life could be quite logical.

Again don't know tons about Steven universe but that's a pretty cool idea.

I could see him shape shifting into hat when he's grumbling about him and talking abou5 him being a cranky boss.

Steven could shape shift right?

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Would you like to hear an au of mine It's a villanous au I made that I'm really proud of :D only if you want to tho

I would love to 💖

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If I had finished blind au it was never going to have a happy ending.

Despite Hat getting his sight back after realising he'd been blind to Flugs feelings and it was psychological.

Flug , couldn't get over all the pain Hat had caused him through out the years.

Acylius (Flug) would have finally grabbed him by the shirt, the rage wasn't anger but born of pain, teeth bared and pulling him close

I HATE YOU DONT REMEMBER ALL THE PAIN YOUVE CAUSED ME, I REMEMBER IT , CARRY IT AND HAVE TRIED SO HARD TO FORGIVE IT.

There's too much emotion to even cry, it's so overwhelmingly painful.

ALL THE TIMES YOU PUT ME DOWN AND TORE ME UP, SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T DOING WELL, ALL THE TIMES I WAS UNDERSTANDING, AND STILL OFF YOU RAN ,AGAIN AND AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING BUT ME, YOU NEVER PRIORITISED ME OVER THIS JOB, OVER THE MULTIPLE PEOPLE YOU FUCKED AND LAUGHED AT.

He'd lean in and tell him to look, look at the pain he'd caused him and Hat's eyes would widened as he saw the beast of a raven bird surrounded by fire , claws and fingers in blood and four wings spread and snarling teeth dripping , staring back , no longer putting up with being treated like shit.

Acylius throws him back into his chair.

YOU CAN CRAWL AND BEG BUT THIS TIME....THIS TIME I'M NOT COMING BACK, NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU CRUMBLE OR SCREAM, I'M NOT COMING BACK.

.....I'm never coming back you toxic self serving piece of shit.

With that he'd leave and never look back.

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stay safe today. your wellbeing matters. you matter.

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Acylius on his walk through Birchwood forest swore someone was there, he's hunting them out.

Lady Black Hat sees him from the distance and as my friend @villainousqueenofhel put it, Lady Black Hat can't believe what she's seeing.

By the time she gets to where Acylius is, he's already gone, she's sitting in the snow, singing out hoping to call him back and of course he does.

Link to the song is here

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Acylius sat quietly at his desk, the room lit with candles , casting a warm glow in his study, papers neatly stacked on the oak desk, his ebony feathers shimmering, showing tints of blue and green, a quill scratching across parchment.

His heart was heavy he hated today...he resented it.

He on this day would send the servants away, no one was allowed to make an appointment with him unless it was a dire emergency and even then , people learned on this day...his usual soft gentle demeanour was sour and blunt.

Or at the very least there seemed to be something dark and depressive.

The servants made their guess's, their rumors about today, but no one knew...he set down the quill....he couldn't focus on the important paper work Infront of him, the weight in his chest was too much. His body felt heavy, perhaps bed was best , he could sleep and just let this day be over with.

With a gentle breath the candles flickered out.

Today had felt like an eternity, with it's endless silence, Acylius pushed back in his chair and stood, making his way over to the window where moonlight poured in, his four black eyes glinting as if they were filled with stars, his white face glowing , looking up and just admiring all that vast beautiful emptiness within the night sky, he felt so separated from the rest of the world in this place of solitude, one of his own making.

Just for today, he needed it for today...he couldn't take being disappointed today...he couldn't take being let down on a day that was supposed to be happy....he'd rather it was like this, he would rather it hurt...turning away from the window he didn't notice the man who'd seen him standing there, who knew just enough about him...to know something wasn't right...even he'd been asked to leave on this day last year...he'd thought nothing of it but when it happened this year...

Jack knew where the back door entrance was, where the secret key was kept that could only respond to people who had been given permission to use it.

He hadn't been pulled back into this age old time without futuristic tech but full of magic just to stand back and do nothing, he wasn't going to ignore the being that had pulled him from that vault , all that fire and ash , who'd healed him from the madness and eridium poisoning...

He'd observed the world Acylius was in and at first he hadn't seen it but with more and more time he saw how people took from the bird demon, how happy they were to have his help and never ask if he needed something...no something definitely wasn't right if out of all the days this one in particular seemed to change Acylius's mood like this...

Down the hall Acylius's tail feathers dragged, he was already starting to undress , he didn't really need clothes for bed considering his body was covered in silky soft feathers. The windows turned dark as he walked by. Upon reaching his room his clothes folded in his arms.

Entering he set down the folded items and made his way to his bed, curling up and sinking into its softness, if only he could sink into it deeper, sink into that pain and just remember nothing else , nothing to contrast it so he didn't know he was in pain, so he didn't know his heart ached...his eyes closed he let out a few pained sobs only to be startled as he heard a voice, trying to forcefully wipe away his tears he finally noticed the man sitting from across the bed on his high backed chair.

"I'm fine Jack...I...wasn't you going to see your daughter ..."

Jack stared at him, again that was another thing this being had done for him, he'd saved her, healed their family...well it was a work in progress but still...and here he was alone crying ...and still not thinking of himself.

"Lulu shut up...you know she's out travelling at the moment, you're not fine."

He climbed on the bed next to him, he was so much smaller than the demon he was sitting next to , gently wiping away his tears and cradling Acylius's head as he stroked over his feathers.

"Come on Princess, tell me what's wrong?"

Acylius just curled up more for a moment, he said nothing, he didn't want to and when he felt Jack shift , a part of him felt terrified he would leave and pulled him down by his leg to cuddle close. He held him against his chest. Jack settled against the larger body and put his arm and leg around him, just to hold Acylius closer, hold onto him tighter.

"If I tell you ...don't pity me...just stay quiet and don't let go..."

Acylius practically whispered, his voice cracking again as an arm wrapped around Jack's back.

"Yeah...I promise..."

"I was born..."

After that Acylius said nothing.

It took Jack a moment to realise what he meant, oh it was his birthday...what the hell had happened to him in his life to make him reject this day so much...he'd let it go for now....but right now....he'd give Acylius what he wanted , what he needed.

He kissed his neck softly and nuzzled him

"Hey kiddo...."

"I'm hundreds of years older than you."

Lulu murmured.

"Yeah yeah...just ... I'm happy...you were... actually...more than happy, I'm thankful...I don't believe in all that religious god shit...but if there's something out there ...I'm thankful for you...I'm happy I get to hold you now ...that I got my daughter back..."

Acylius looked at him to show he was listening.

"I told you to be quiet Jack."

The bird demon pulled him just a little closer though , Jack just smiled and stroked the feathers on Acylius's back, the comfort of his warmth and gentle strength.

A another few moments silence passed between them and this time it was Acylius to break it.

"I'm thankful for you to... thank you Jack...are you alright with just staying like this tonight?"

Jack nodded and squeezed him affectionately and that was all the answer Acylius needed , closing his eyes, his listened to Jack's heart beat and the soft sound of his breathing, today...while it may not be perfect...today was a happy birthday.

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Acylius Flug: who I was, what I became, what I have become.

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Shadows by Killboy

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Flug asks to study him to help can aid others of Hats kind

“You’re the first one in all these years to figure that out you know...so let me make you a different offer for allowing you to stay...instead of having you as my lover for room and board how about you let me study you so I can aid others of your kind...."

He said gently, letting himself sink back into the water so only his head and shoulders were peeking out the waters surface .

Moving to rest next to Amadeus , his voice was somber

"The sad fact is anytime I've come across your species it's usually after some despicable being has almost mutilated you beyond recognition...."

Hat stared at him like the man had grown two heads and splashed him with water, water droplets now dripped from Acylius's glistening white beak

"I am not something to be used for a science experiment, I am not a toy for you too play doctor with!"

Amadeus screeched, slapping Acylius across the face, the slap , Acylius had expected to feel like that of a child throwing a tantrum instead he curled in on himself and was thrown to the bottom of the enormous bath they were in.

Amadeus looked at his own hand and then where Acylius had been a few small feathers floating to the top....

SHIT HAD HE KILLED HIM!? SHIT , SHIT, SHIT, SH-

The surface bubbled and suddenly he was staring up at the shadow, nothing left about him was white apart from four now glowing eyes , his voice raspy, sounding pained.

"Without......my mask.....I live in this form.... suffering....you have.... destroyed....it, I was asking, offering....I would never have done so without your permission...."

Hat also noticed the air felt thick and heavy as he watched what looked like thick fluid continuously oozing and trailing down Acylius's barely formed body, the world around them distorting and twisting, he saw four wings spreading out further than the expanse of this room.

It wasn't until there was a tiny mew that came from the door way, of Mew mew loaf staring up at him wanting to be made a fuss of that Acylius managed to contain himself and pull himself back together to his human form.

He collapsed on the floor not too far from her and she came over nuzzling his wet hair and giving him a small lick to his cheek.

Hat's heart was racing , he was in awe and yet terrified, the books about this man had never mentioned that...he saw the mask finally coming to the surface in two pieces , webbed cracking from the impact of where his hand had come in contact.

The room still seemed to have an errie throbbing motion as if it was alive....so Acylius purposely stunted his own powers for others? ...And for the sake of himself...

He focused on the man and his laboured breathing, he didn't know what to do, he should have heard him out first, so far Acylius hadn't kicked him out or let him starve, he'd taken him to this bathroom that clearly was otherworldly to actually get a decent one... besides being tossed in.... Acylius hadn't really been so bad....

Acylius slowly moved to his hands and knees, he could see he was trembling, his eyes widening as the man removed his clothing, he couldn't tear his gaze away from the scars and tattoos he had on his body, another thing the books had never mentioned and he found himself wanting to trace them all with the tips of his claws....to be under him and listen to the power of his voice, the loss of humanity as he....no, no he mustn't think of that....after what just happened, no doubt being his lover for the winter has just been wiped off the table...Hat felt his own body whimper in disappointment and that.

Acylius picked up Mew Mew loaf after stripping himself of his soaked clothing and cuddled her, gently squeezing her tiny pink toe beans and making a fuss of the black cat and nuzzling her, she was purring happily.

"You're my little ray of sunshine, your sweetness and warmth always help ground me, thank you for coming to my aid."

He cooed scratching behind her ears only for her purring to get louder.

"I'm going to get the the biggest salmon you could imagine and it'll be all yours, yes it will, you'd love that wouldn't you baby."

He placed little kisses all over her face until a paw was put on his lips and he chuckled

"Heh heh okay I get it you've had enough, I'll let you go, go on rest by the fire place dear."

Mew Mew Loaf gave him another small lick and stared at Hat , her pupils slits, she was far from impressed with him at the moment.

Nuzzling her master again she then padded off up stairs.

Hat had taken the two pieces of mask and was surprised by how light they were, especially for how big the mask was, bringing them to the baths edge he stared down at them and cleared his throat just a little to get Acylius's attention.

He saw him turn his head naturally far over his shoulder to look at him and a glimpse of the secondary eyes Acylius had opened and disappeared.

Standing up and turning to face him Hat tried not to look but it was....well kind of hard not to because there was nothing there between the man's thighs....it was like a blank canvas.

"Yes stare all you want, I only form what I want for self pleasure, but for my bed fellows I form what pleases them, shape size, type, human , in human, after all even today people are using devices shaped after non human entities, it's nothing new to me."

He stepped forward and took the mask pieces, his face expressing anything but a smile despite the scars that made it look like his face had a permanent one carved into it.

"Damn it, I'll have to go home to get this repaired, if I stay like this all winter....I won't be able to contain this form...."

Amadeus let curiosity get the better of him

"What , what do you mean?"

"The mask you just broke, it's what keeps me stable in this world, even now the earths metallic core is pulling at me, pulling me apart, if it was the height of summer I'd have to leave immediately....are you happy now that you know more than the other deluded morons who thought me a god I did not want to be."

Hat's breath hitched as he saw those scars parting and the snarl forming made of sharp teeth, his heart thumping, but not from fear.

"No, I didn't mean to.... I'm sorry..."

He whispered as he saw Acylius continuing to look over the mask.

"This is not an easy thing to break, you are not like the others of your breed, maybe I should put you on a discecting table after all , cut you open and see what makes you tick...."

He saw the fear in Hat's eyes and sighed

"It was a jest small one, I can just use my powers to examine you painlessly, all I would need is a little blood here and there to see what would be poisonous or not."

Acylius sighed and placed them carefully to one side.

"Please stop making everything so difficult, I simply intend to treat you as a doctor, the items I intend to use are herbal and medicinal, it'll help your body ache less and reduce swelling if you have any while also revitalising you, I will not touch anywhere that makes you uncomfortable, I'm a doctor first unless said patient is coherent and asks otherwise...by patient I mean you."

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Acylius says, tadaaa guess you got to see my bird form after all.

Acylius quickly sat Amadeus on one of the seating rims of the stone tree stump, if he’d known Amadeus couldn’t swim he’d never have used his magic...or otherwise to toss him in like that.

He searched him over, his hands now were so massive that Amadeus’s head more than

Easily fit into the dip of his palm, the man was a mass of feathers and a looming shadow in comparison, his fingers pressed gently against Amadeus’s lips and glowed, drawing out what water that had made it into his lungs, he made sure to be extremely careful. It had been a long time since someone had found him and he’d had to make use of his skills as a doctor.

When the smaller being gasped he let out a sigh of relief after all he’d never had to tend to someone of Amadeus’s species before, not because he wouldn’t have but there wasn’t much known about his kind and none of them had ever come to him for help before, by the time he’d ever had to tend to one was because he was told to do an autopsy on whatever remains there were.

He stared at Amadeus a moment, running a hand over him and finding his heart beat he felt each one, a peculiar unusual rhythm that he found fascinating.

Amadeus stared up at him, his eyes wide, there he was, Lord Acylius Flug, the creature who had disappeared, believed dead, it really was him, this being had been practically a legend three hundred years ago, only a statue in the town where he’d come from and a few books in the library. His statue with its spread wings and arms held out in a position that showed he was ready to carry you anywhere had been his shelter, even on the coldest nights, curled up between its feet it had radiated warmth.

Now he was here being looked over by him, looked after by him, so far if he was honest Acylius was nothing like he’d imagined him...and he found he didn’t mind...but on the other hand...

“Are you crazy, you threw me in there without even knowing I could swim, with my clothes on which are now water logged, are you completely out of your mind!”

Hat snapped, folding his arms and huffing at him, still trying to hide the slight blush, maybe he thought he looked rather fetching in this form but he wasn’t going to say that, especially after what he’d just done and he’d told Acylius already he wasn’t a fanatic, he didn’t want him getting the wrong idea.

He did look though when Acylius pulled back a little and even though he couldn’t see the awkward smile due to the angle of his now avian features he could see the somewhat guilty smile with how those four black eyes creased.

Watching as Acylius worried his hands a little only to spread out his hands and sheepishly say

“Tadaaa I uh , guess you got to see my bird form after all...I am sorry for doing that though, I really should have asked the fault is entirely mine.”

Amadeus had been on the verge of replying when he saw Acylius continue to rise to the surface, a moment ago he’d seen only his head and shoulders, the rest was submerged in water until Acylius was standing on the waters surface.

Amadeus’s heart skipped a beat as Acylius kept his gaze on him....

Black Hat learned the statue was in fact far smaller than the man himself, swallowing thickly he wondered what was about to happen, wincing and shielding himself as Acylius bowed and gently took one small hand.

“Allow me to introduce myself properly, it is the least I can do after being so rude and putting your life in possible danger. My name is Lord Acylius Flug, retired doctor and Legion demon, though personally for you if you have ailments I will do my best to attend to them though I know very little about your kind...”

Amadeus knew that already but hearing it from him, and how he held himself, he could see why others had been drawn to him, of course the first thing out of his mouth was

“Are you holy, you’re walking on water?”

He wanted to throw himself back in the water and stay at the bottom, so of course he was surprised when he heard the Legion laughing warmly

“On the contrary my fellow, I am half human and half demon, the very real sad case of such a thing is , I will die of old age, but not by human standards, thankfully frailty has not found me yet, though I suppose holiness simply depends perhaps on what you consider divine...”

Placing a hand upon Amadeus’s Hat he blessed him with the ability for the time being to sink as deep as he wanted into the water and breathe under it if he so wished.

“You will not drown now, but if you don’t remove your clothing I can’t exactly tend to you with the deep massage you’re clearly in need of.”

Hat was trembling all over, not from fear, but the magic he’d felt coursing through him, it was similar to the warmth the statue gave off, it made him realize in a way Acylius had never left the people of the town.

“You...you did something to your statue so people could find comfort in it, not to give them what they wanted but what they needed...from the heart.”

“You’re the first one in all these years to figure that out you know...so let me make you a different offer for allowing you to stay...

Omg getting some of these in was a right pain

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Hat made an indignant sound as he was asked if he knew how tall Acylius really was

“You can’t mean to tell you me you’re bigger than that statue I would sleep under!”

As he was set down he noted how soft the mossy earth was under his worn shoes, arms folded and looking up at him with a frown, he wasn’t exactly sure how to feel about being picked up and carried around like a cat but it seemed his host meant no harm.

Acylius raised a brow at him, walking by as he opened a chest filled with fire wood and dropped a few pieces down into an opening beside the bath, it clattered on the way down before hitting the bottom.

Flug started looking at the bath salts and oils he could add to the water in thought

“Hmm do you have any preferences? Any scents you are favourable towards?”

He wasn’t going to answer Hat's previous question about his height or form, he didn’t want to show it off to a possible fanatic, Hat had made a point that he wasn’t one but anyone could lie and he really hoped his guest wasn’t about to ask for an autograph or some nonsense , after all he’d come to live in the forest to get away from people like that.

“I asked a question aren’t you going to answer me?”

Hat huffed, his arms folded as he watched Acylius rifle through his chest of fancy bath items.

Acylius turned around and stared at him a frown marring his features, a bottle in his hand wound in intricate vines in a purple glass bottle.

“I do not have to answer a single thing you ask of me, you are my guest, not the owner of this home, now start stripping unless you want me to toss you into the water fully dressed.”

Acylius replied, his voice stern, it had been a long day and right now he wasn’t up for an interrogation, he went over to the large bath, peering in to the deep water that went so far down it was black, good, it was starting to warm up, he poured in the bottle that was in his hand and watched as the lavender oil stirred itself in making the surface shimmer a beautiful iridescent purple for a few moments.

“No.”

Hat finally replied quietly, tightening his rags around himself.

Acylius rolled his eyes and looked back over at him.

“No, what?”

“I won’t strip.”

Hat snapped back at him.

Acylius was still exhausted from his trip and had missed the vulnerability Hat was showing in this moment so, with a flick of his wrist as he said he would, he tossed him in the bath still fully dressed and returned to his chest of bath items looking for something for Hat to use...shit he really needed to wash this stuff out, it’d gotten damp and mouldy while he was away.

His ear twitched, wait why couldn’t he hear the little pain screeching at him or demanding he get him out this instant...

He ran back over to the side of the massive stone tree trunk and saw a bubble rise to the surface...god damn it, his humanoid form would never get down there fast enough.

He jumped up and dived in, changing as he dove deep under the water, making sure to touch the sides where the mushrooms would light up like blue stars releasing at the same time spores that would keep the water nice and soft, there he was still sinking like a damn stone, the idiot should have told him how tired he really was.

Amadeus saw the large shadow coming towards him, he couldn’t swim, but that didn’t mean he didn’t panic as long fingers reached out and grabbed him.

Acylius kicked one of the walls to light up more of the mushrooms that were down there and Hat could see the gleaming while face of the bird demon who’s statue he’d slept under for so many nights, Acylius pulled Hat close and quickly swam up to the surface, allowing Amadeus to take a few breaths before....

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Second of all I'm going to bathe and tend to you.

"First of all get better, second of all I'm going to bathe and tend to you."

Acylius said, his tone matter of fact.

"Tend to me?"

Hat asked not understand what he meant.

"I'm a doctor or at least I used to be until I grew tired of the mortals , with their fanatics and their greed, no matter how kind you are there will always be someone to stab you in the back."

Flug responded gruffly, his brow furrowed, stroking along Mew Mew Loafs back and tidying up her pretty pink bow.

"Time to get up Mew, I gotta start up the pipes."

The cat made a grumbling sound but climbed off, jumping down to the floor and sat by the rug in front of the fire place

"Wouldn't a bath be best suited for tomorrow, heating the water will take a while, you look like the type to use a metal bath tub."

Amadeus looked down as he spoke, quickly trying to finish his soup incase it was taken away from him, only to hear laughing

"I may have used one about a hundred years ago...but no I have something far more fantastic to show you."

Amadeus set his now empty bowl down , quiet curious to see what this man had to show him.

Acylius stood and pressed a stone on the frame of his fire place , the rug in front of it shifted as there was a loud clank and the rug was pulled back as the stones parted.

"Believe it or not being as old as I am, you get to remember the complex yet old style world of pulleys and chains, ropes and trap doors."

Hat looked down the the spiraling put, stairs that disappeared into darkness then back up at Acylius who seemed particularly proud of himself

"Are you going to eat me ?"

Hat stated , sighing feeling like this had all been too good.

"What no....I've eaten eldericht, you do not taste good, at least for a meal...and they were degenerates who did the most atrocious things, even things that I should imagine would make even your skin crawl...now watch."

Acylius put two fingers in his mouth and whistled, only it was more like a haunting sigh that would pass through the trees late at night.

Mushrooms that lined the walls started glowing a warm yellow hue, revealing how the walls had moss on them to.

Hat swallowed and watched

To be fair this was extremely fascinating to watch but still he has to ask

"Like what degenerative things would you kill someone for?"

Acylius leaned in and whispered what they'd done, smiling as Hat folded his arms

"Good riddance to them then, vile beings."

"Exactly , now if you don't mind, I need to put the fire wood in so tha the bath can start to heat up."

Acylius motioned for him to get moving

"You mean your bath is down there, that's not possible."

Hat returned going to the edge of the stairs.

Acylius lifted him up under his arm grinning, his scarred mouth splitting wide

"It most certainly is."

As they went down the stairs more and more mushrooms came alight , it looked like something you might imagine in a movie with fairy's and down they went further until he saw it , the large stone tree trunk, it was massive this looked more like a pool that a bath

"Why the HELL does it need to be so big...."

Hat's eyes were wide as he stared at the still waters that appeared black , filled with stars, really the reflections of the glowing mushrooms that hung high on the tall ceiling.

"Do you really not know how tall I am?"

Acylius blinked his ears twitching a little

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You chose Acylius makes an offer of Hat being his lover to cover for food and shelter.

Acylius stared at Hat , contemplating if he should ask something of him, he was rather an alluring creature, despite his state there was something about him that made the Legion Demon curious about his guest.

A kind of curiosity he had not felt in quite some time, he continued dipping his bread into the soup, trying to look away but found he couldn't.

"What kind of spell do you have that could pull in a thing like me Amadeus?"

Black Hat , had in fact noticed Acylius was staring at him and found himself quite enjoying the attention, others had stared before, disgust or pity...a place to sate their needs and leave him just laying there afterwards.

The way Acylius was looking at him made him feel almost shy, like he was...an equal, he played with his soup spoon a little, wondering what was on the bird demons mind, so when Acylius asked that his cheeks tinted at the compliment.

"I ...oh there is no spell on me sir, I'm all natural, have all my teeth and nothing missing and can shape shift what I have between my thighs so I uh...I mean..."

Hat realised he might have gotten carried away and his blush grew , he'd been trying to tell Acylius about what he had what he could do...he'd be lying if he said he'd never imagined the statue of this man as if he was his partner...but he knew fantasy and reality were very different.

"I see....well your response has made my rather forward question a little easier to ask. Would you care to be my lover throughout the winter months in trade for board and food?"

Acylius returned , his voice rather matter of fact about the whole situation.

"And if I said no, would you toss me out?"

Hat asked softly

"No. Your body is your own you would have to come to me willingly."

Acylius answered.

Hat listened to that genuine tone and watched as the much taller being drank down the last of his soup and smiled a little

"Yes Acylius, then I agree, what do I have to do?"

"First of all get better-

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