Male were-scorpion x human (sfw) - discord drabble (Patreon)

The most amazing prompt was given for this one and you can find the image here. 

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He was stammering again, and shuffling his feet, and his huge scorpion tail was first arching above his head and then swishing behind him before tucking into the gap between his muscular thighs. He’d accidentally shifted to this form only a moment or two earlier, and you knew him well enough by now to know that he always felt utterly hideous in this form. He just couldn’t help it when he shifted sometimes. 

His mandibles clicked and his enormous claws opened and closed one more time. 

“Never mind. Forget it,” he muttered, turning away, his head down, his tail punching the release button on the door to let the laboratory doors slide open with a quiet swish. 

Of all the were-creatures who worked at the lab, from werewolves and werecats to a werebear up in marketing, the hulking great werescorpion was possibly the strangest. Some days he couldn’t help shifting, when he itched all over to become what he truly was, and in those moments, you knew he loathed himself more deeply than anyone you’d ever met. 

He’d also been leaving you little origami flowers on your desk, you were sure of it.

His claws were incredibly delicate, and capable of the finest of motor skills, and the single flower on Monday had become a paper bouquet by the end of the week, and you were determined to confront him - gently of course. If only he knew how you truly felt about him - in whatever form he took. 

So, you took your favourite - a red paper rose - and headed to the lab where he worked. 

He was bent over his long-running experiment, checking that nothing had changed while he’d been away, and you cleared your throat. “So,” you said gently, and he jumped, his glimmering tail arching high above his hugely muscular back. 

He did not relax when he saw you, but his mandibles flared and then clicked shut. 

“This is from you, right?” you smiled, twirling the paper stem between your fingertips in a way that held his dark, shiny-eyed gaze completely. 

He nodded. 

“I love it. Will you let me thank you properly?”