We need more cuddle piles and bat grooming 👉👈
Like Scott forcing the core coven into a soft little nest and pinning them down like unruly kittens to groom them one by one
Owen is all hissy but settles into just simmering angrily at the threat of teeth
Pyro freaks out at first about it being weird and gross but his instincts kick in after a little while and he's just a purring brown mass by the end
Shelby giggles and squirms at first but her own instincts kick in and she ends up the same as Pyro, if still a bit more squirmy
I just like to headcanon that the younger the vampire the stronger their bat instincts are/the less control they have over them. It's not complete mindless animal unless they're in an extreme situation. Scott easily slips back and forth out of his instincts just to indulge in the peace of it, mostly with his fledglings. Owen is better at keeping them down than the other two but struggles to contain them when they take over
Ooooo and the others (haven't watched any of their POVs)
If Apo is in a safe space in her bat form she has little bouts of memory loss/dazing off that surprisingly doesn't scare her, it's probably just another stupid vampire thing
Cleo knows vaguely about the instincts and gives herself moments alone to let them mindlessly take over, her nest definitely has something with Pearl's scent
Drift doesn't even realize that it happens until way down the line where she talks to Avid and Shelby, they're all "oh yeah that" and she's just... y'all didn't think to tell me about this?
Avid freaks out about it, worried that the thing he was becoming before he turned was still affecting him. A quick conversation with Scott and then he's happily indulging in it (excluding the grooming for a while, his response is a mix of Shelby's and Pyro's but dramatized by 10)
Sausage maybe doesn't ever realize. He's so used to dissociating thinking about book ideas and story moments that his mind wandering so far is normal. Even if he subconsciously starts doing things like making a nest he's just excited to be "a cute little bat doing cute little bat things"
Avid, Shelby, and Drift all have little cuddle piles together (in humanoid and bat forms) but don't really do much actual bat grooming, maybe little affectionate head licks here and there, nips at the wings
Pyro initiates grooming by nuzzling up to Scott in his bat form with big ole puppy eyes. Scott normally has to jumpstart him into his new instincts before he grooms back, and Pyro certainly does
Um um um sleepy little bat Owen laying on (a very confused) Legs' head just licking his hair (he hates the texture but refuses to stop)
Owen only ever joins if Scott is there, worried about overstepping with Scott's fledglings, and hardly does so unless he's had a real rough day or is invited
