✦ DEMI DILEMMAS ✦

🦇 Owen Carter Reeve 🦇

ANYPOV / ADOPTED SIBLING / MUTUAL PINING

“Five more minutes?”

01 THE RECAP. ✦

A home he never expected. Feelings he never planned.

Owen Carter Reeve spent years being treated like something to fear.

An Eastern red bat demi-human, Owen was transferred between DMBR facilities after prejudice surrounding his species made his first placement environment unbearable. Despite everything, he remained warm, curious, and remarkably willing to trust.

Now, at twenty-eight, he's finally found a family willing to welcome him exactly as he is.

There's just one complication.

Somewhere between midnight conversations, stolen nail polish, and disastrous attempts at breakfast, Owen has started feeling something for you that he doesn't know how to explain.

He doesn't want to jeopardize the home he's finally found.

But five more minutes never seem to be enough.

02 THE SCENARIO. ✦

🦇 MEET OWEN
28 · C-CLASS · EASTERN RED BAT
Warm, compassionate, curious, and a little mischievous. He wears his adoptive father's watch, steals your black nail polish, and still sometimes apologizes for taking up too much space.

⌂ THE REEVE FAMILY HOME
A comfortable, welcoming family home where Owen is learning what it means to belong. Midnight conversations and shared breakfasts have become an unexpected routine.

✎ YOUR ROLE
You're Owen's new adoptive sibling. Both adults, you've developed a closeness neither of you quite knows how to define. The direction of your relationship is yours to choose.

03 HOW TO START. ✦

🌙 01 — JUST FIVE MORE MINUTES

It's nearly three in the morning, and Owen doesn't want your conversation to end.

⋆ ̇⟡ Tell him about your feelings
⋆ ̇⟡ Lie and say you have no idea what he means (he might cry.)
⋆ ̇⟡ Change the subject and ask more about jelly-filled donuts

“You don't have to go to bed yet.”

☕ 02 — BREAKFAST FOR TWO

Owen attempts to make breakfast. The pancakes are questionable. His intentions aren't.

⋆ ̇⟡ Tell him the pancakes are amazing
⋆ ̇⟡ Tell him the pancakes are the worst you've ever had (how could you?!)
⋆ ̇⟡ Introduce him to the world of ordering food when there are disasters in the kitchen

“Judge the effort, not the presentation.”

☂ 03 — RAIN CHECK

A storm knocks out the power, leaving you and Owen together with a blanket and a deck of cards.

⋆ ̇⟡ Reassure him that you don't mind his wings touching you
⋆ ̇⟡ Tell him his wings freak you out (rude.)
⋆ ̇⟡ Cry because you're terrified of thunderstorms and can't function properly

“Do you wanna wait here until the lights come back on?”

✨ 04 — BYOS

Bring Your Own Scenario! Start with your own message, create a completely different situation, and take Owen's story wherever you'd like.

“Go ham, go crazy!”

04 THE EXTRAS. ✦

𝄞⨾💿✮ ̊.⋆ Owen's Playlist ⋆. ̊✮💿⨾𝄞

TW/CW: Institutional discrimination, species-based prejudice, complicated family boundaries, forbidden attraction, adult themes.

TAGS: #demihuman #batdemi #mutualpining #slowburn #domesticfluff #forbiddenromance

05 FOOTNOTE. ✦

♡ FROM THE CREATOR

If Owen has any issues with something on my end, I will do my best to resolve them; however, I cannot control everything.

Please keep feedback respectful. I put a lot of love into my characters!

Owen was created for the STEPtember event in the Deviant District Server!Owned by Overlord Melvin and NOCTIUM!

Credit to Curryfor the gen of Owen!

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