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Tired day's - Gribeans

Nesting au by @ludolka

Hello welcome back, 2 post in the same week WOA. anyways the long a waited nesting au chapter is here!

⚠️ no warnings just pure fluff!!! Grian is just tired and birdbrain wired, lucky him his favorite human is there too.⚠️

Note: this was written before Jules hatched so in this chapter she was written gender neutral

Remember these are characters only not real people! Jules is a fan baby!

Enjoy!

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A yawn left Grian's lips. Today was a busy day for the hybrid, cleaning the entire house, garden work and on top a lot of socializing. Normally that was Grians standard day but ever since he had the blessing of having his egg it became a slightly harder task for him.Sure he could be a bad parent and just leave the egg in the nest all day without protection and warmth. OR he could use the wrap carrier on Jules and keep them warm underneath his sweater. The second option was just too appealing to him. Absentmindedly he slips a hand under his sweater again and was satisfied at the toasty warmth underneath it. His egg being safe with him dimmed his instincts screaming at him, often that side forgets that Jules is with him and not forgotten somewhere in a corner. But carrying the big egg was it's own challenge. The added weight made his bird like feet ache , his talons scraping way too often on the surfaces he walks on, his ankles swollen. Oh the sacrifices he does for his baby.

Tired from the day he made his way to his beloved nest, the soft pillows and blankets calling him.

As he sat down he pulled his right leg up to massage his tired feet only for Jules to be in the way again. A frown formed now on his face, Jules was safe at his stomach yes but boy did they keep getting in the way. During garden work Jules always tipped off his balance to the point that crawling through it was safer for the egg, just not for Grians joints and back. The most annoying part of having Jules with him was during his hours at the permit office, standing around with a huge egg strapped to his body was torture for his feet and despite just having some paperwork and phone calls to do he wished he could be anywhere else. He didn't care if Cub wanted him to stand when he was at the front, he will take the chair thank you very much. Shifting his position a bit he massages his thigh, instead feeling the soreness in them. Leaning back into a more comfortable position he remains in that position closing his eyes to just relax for a few seconds. Another yawn left his lips and he now was faced with a new challenge, getting up. Jules was now heavy in his lab and the warm feeling wants to make him just lean back and close his eyes, however he was hungry now. Really hungry. When was the last time he ate? Was it at breakfast? Ugh. Grian made a sad attempt at getting up, being a perfect copy of a turtle on its back before he gave up at the second attempt. Screw food he can just rest for a while. Was easy said than done, his sore feet seemed to pulse with each heartbeat and his entire back felt stiff and just uncomfortable to lay on. His wings were itching for a preen but then again his arms just hurt too much. 'im so miserable ' he whines in his head.

Shifting his eyes to the clock he was disappointed that Joel had still an hour left until he comes home. Flexing his feet he hissed at the sore feeling in his talons, telling him that they gotten way to long and desperately need a trim. His hand strokes the egg bumb, Jules being a grounding sensation was welcomed. But the thought of removing the egg from the cloth carrier so he could go and take care of himself sounded like the worst thing he could do now, he didn't want to part from his egg just yet. His mind fills with the events of the last few days, Joel was a great co parent. Taking over without grian having to beg first and it warmed his heart every time he saw him talk to the egg. Oh he is going to be a great father he just knew it.

A low chirp left him at the thought. He misses Joel... Well he can just call him.

With a shit eating grin Grian quickly typed out a ominous message for Joel to return now. Without any context oh he is going to be so worried. It didn't take long before he heard the front door slam open and Joel calling out his name, well now he felt a little guilty for worrying him. "In the nest!" He called back and it didn't take long for him to stand at the door out of breath. "Did you run home?" Grian hat to surpress a giggle at Joel's state who now had a pissed expression on his face. "Yeah I did! I thought something happened! "

"Well something did happen, Jules has trapped me and I can't get up!" Now Joel looked really pissed, uh oh. "Then take them out of the carrier! I can't believe I just left work thinking God knows what! I thought you tripped and cracked the egg or something!" Well now that was not the approach grian was going for. He must have made a face that stopped Joel's rambling, his brows furrowed in confusion and let out a heavy sigh. "Alright ok...you can't get up?" He made his way over to him and grian had a weird sense to protect the egg from Joel. Maybe it was because Joel was hostile a few moments ago or perhaps that Joel was suddenly so calm that stressed him, letting out a warning hiss as Joel approached. The man's stopped his attempts to come closer immediately, not even daring to move a muscle. He already knew from experience that an attack from him would do more than just hurt.

"Ok...I'm sorry, I apologize for being angry. How can I help you? Do you need anything?" Fuck. Now grian felt guilty, extremely so. He just hissed at him like a wild animal, the parent of his child. Great now he was crying. "I'm sowwry.. " he hiccups, while both Joel and him were aware that he didn't lay the egg he couldn't blame it on hormones like other parents. He was just being difficult. 'well your natural instincts tell you to protect the egg, if anything is really your hormones G. It's how orphan baby's survived in the wild!' he faintly hears Scar in his ear. The zookeeper was a big help in the process of hatching the egg, sometimes it was surprising how much the guy knew about Hybrids considering that he was a zookeeper. He should call him sometime he really needs his talons trimmed.

Suddenly hands cupped his cheeks and he was met with Joel's face. "Alright this is how we are going to do this. YOU, take a shower. You smell. And I... Will watch the egg and make you something to eat sounds good?" Grian wanted to object, but the guild of being difficult for his partner made him reconsider. Nodding he slips his shirt off revealing Jules snuggly and safe in the egg carrier. Joel lovelingly helped him slip out of the cloth and held Jules to his chest.

With a final sad puppy look at the both of them he made his way to the bathroom. Avoiding the mirror he instead just undressed, standing under the nice hot spray of the shower. Fluffing his feathers up he allowed them to wash away the old feather oil, dust and smell off the day. And just for a few minutes grian simply exist.

For a few moments he wasn't a parent, A lover, a friend, a coworker. He was simply grian. Grian who was taking a nice relaxing shower with no worries.

His mind seemed to clear more and more with each step of his shower routine, just as he turned off the shower and wrapped the towel around himself he fully was aware of his behavior the past few days. He cringed. Hed been so brooty lately that he barely could leave the egg by itself, even with Joel. The poor man had barely a break form him without him being all up in his personal space to the point he thought himself that it was very out of character. Sure Joel loved the extra snuggles but surely the egg thing gotten a bit out of hand. Flushing red he looks at himself in the mirror. His reflection always weirded him out to a extend, but right now he looked nothing like the face that weirded him out. His hair has gotten longer, his feathers were messy and the eye bags snitching on his sleepless nights. Many worrys about the future keept him up late into the night, worry about how Jules would develop, grow as a person, all trivial things he knew didn't matter now. With a sigh he brushed out his hair and applied his skincare products on his dry skin. Relishing in the refreshing feeling of the cooling cream, briefly he thought about how bird hybrid were cursed with natural oily skin that quickly dried out after a simple shower.

Stepping out of the bathroom he made his way to his closet, pulling out some comfortable sweatpants and a T-shirt from Joel he had modified long ago to fit his wings. With a nother yawn he made his way to the kitchen after a alluring smell caught his attention. There he saw Joel taking out a plate of leftover spaghetti from the microwave, placing it on the dining table. Jules was strapped to Joel's body in the cloth carrier and his heart just melted. Mindlessly chatting to the egg he prepared a second plate to heat up. "Gosh, I can't wait for you to try my cooking when you hatch Jules! Screw scar's elven cookies they nothing against my food! Ok.. I learned most from auntie Lizzy but I gave them my own twist! Oh and Lizzy is so excited for you." He humms, stroking the shell of the egg.

"She is really hoping for you to be a girl. No pressure on that. But she already has knitted so many cute outfits to the point she has boxes full of them. I bet she is going to be disappointed when your a boy but that would be really funny, Hm?" Joel stopped his chatter by now having his attention on him instead. A fond smile spread across his lips as Joels face reddens in embarrassment. "You heard all that..." He said only to be cut off by the microwave ping. Grian couldn't help but snort. "Yeah I did..." He simply states. Sitting at the table he took a fork to start his meal, in between bites he looked at Joel who joined him. "Thank you, I still don't know what came over me there..." "Nah it's fine. But don't think I'm done pampering you." Is all Joel said before going back to his food. No amount of 'what do you mean?' And 'joel what are you planning?!' got him an answer.

After there shared dinner was ate they made both there way over to the nest again. Jules in there own safe section so the both of them had plenty of room to cuddle. Quickly Grian found out what Joel meant. Cuddled up to his chest he silently listened to Joel's heartbeat and breathing, while Joel's talented hands were making progress on preening his wings. Scratching carefully the keratin tubes off his new feathers, fluffing them out and taking out old loose feathers. Grian's hand rested on Jules shell feeling the egg move and little vibrations, telling his tired brain that there kid was alive and well. Soon the egg will hatch and grian can't wait until the day. "ugh I keep forgetting how bad your feather oil smells G." Joel complained as he spreads the natural oil over his feathers. To grian the smell was natural, similar to smelling sweat on someone but he understands that the smell is not pleasant for others that don't have wings. "Then don't smell your hands when you are preening me" he chuckled. "By now you know it smells bad, just like how you get my feather dust on your emo closet." He teased only to yelp as Joel grabbed his torso, his fingers squeezed his sides slightly. "Well if you are feeling better you can take over for me while I do your talons?" It was a half question and it surprised him that Joel was offering to even cut them. His Talons were thicker that his fingernails and normally he went to scar for cutting them, the zookeeper just had better equipment when it came to files and clippers. Grian was jumped out of his daydream as he felt a hand near his ankle, the skin there was drastically different than the human skin above his knee. While his skin wasn't thicker or thinner than human skin it has a different feel to it, the first time Joel had touched it he was weirded out by the rougher feel to it than smooth human skin. But Grian guessed that it was mostly to the fact how different his bird like feet were to humans. That reminds him... "HA" Grian exclaimed, grabbing Joel's wrist with his foot. Successfully making Joel jump who was busy setting out the files. "Geez man don't scare me like that you jerk..." The other grumbled before he started to clip the tips of the talons. In a strange way grian loved it when Joel would do something nice like this for him, be it washing his hair after a hard day, helping him preen, helping applying moisturizer on, a massage or even brush his hair. He had always felt strange to like it, wondering if it was too far to ask Joel to do this for him. But Joel always assured him that he himself liked to help make Grians day by simply doing a nice gesture.

Before he knew it Joel was done and was applying the coconut oil on his feet, grian making a small game out of it by grabbing Joel's hands, slipping out of his grasp to wrestle the offending hands. Joel himself had a smile on his lips as he finally finished. "Alright don't lick the oil off again. I know you like coconut oil but it's gross when it was on your feet." He jokes, making a slight jab at the other, slight gagging inwardly at the memory.

Joel had the unfortunate confrontation a few weeks ago to find a Grian eating spoonfuls of coconut oil, at the ungodly hours of 1 am. He was aware that birds like that stuff but even he thought that it was a bit much. "You are never going to let me live that down are you? It's like eating a chocolate bar for me!" Grian defended only to be smothered and littert with kisses to his face. giggles broke out between the two as kisses were reciprocated. However the moment simmered down to snuggling and grian couldn't stop the yawn from escaping. A glance at the clock told him it was a reasonable hour to go to sleep so he didn't fight it when his eyes slipped shut. "Good night Joel, good night Jules..."

"Goodnight Grian see you tomorrow." With that he allowed sleep to take over him.

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