It was a regular day at the Welcome Home neighborhood, the sun shined brighter as it used to before and butterflies rests on the buds of the vibrant colorful flowers.
It was breakfast time and Falco knew it as her stomach grumbled excitedly for it craved Poppy's magnificent goods accompanied with warm cup of tea.
As she reached at the kitchen, the human was received with a warm smile from the big red colorful bird that offered housing at her barn, this made Falco feel at home for the very first time.
"Good morning, Falco. I see that you woke up early this morning!" Poppy chirped as she turned off the stove, the kitchen now wafted with the sweet smell of lemon grass, Falco couldn't help but hug at the gigantic bird, it was habit she once practiced at home in real life with her mother...
"Oh my, it seems like someone is happy!"
"I am! I managed to sleep well this morning and this time, I didn't have nightmares!"
This made Poppy's smile widen, feeling proud at her human friend for she knows how difficult it was for Falco to sleep at nights. During her stay, she would wake up at nights with panic attacks. It appears that she lost someone important in her life. Poppy does her best to keep her company during the nights, Falco would apologize for ruining her sleep as she sobbed on her shoulder but Poppy reassure her that it was no problem.
The two ladies sat on the table, enjoying each others company as they shared a warm cup of tea, Falco nearly ate half of Poppy's baking. If Poppy ever opened a bakery shop it would surely likely that Falco would be her number one loyal customer.
When breakfast was finished Falco offered to wash the dishes this time as a way to pay her gratitude towards Poppy since she made breakfast. The young girl began to rinse the small cups that were still warm from the beverage not noticing that Poppy was entranced at the soft curls of her hair. With careful steps, she lean her long feathery neck as she took a closer look at her hair, analyzing at each perfect strand surrounding Falco's head.
"Um, ex- excuse me... dear? But um," the bird squeaked, Falco closed the tap once she heard Poppy's soft voice, she wiped her soaked hands against the fabric of her pants as turned to look her, this made Poppy stammer through her words, her voice getting lower as she continued, "I hope it, uh, I hope it doesn't bother you but err, can I... Can I touch your hair?" She asked timidly.
This brought a smile on Falco's lips, it was truly adorable that Poppy was asking for permission to touch her hair.
"Eheh, sure go ahead! You can make a braid if you want!" the human insisted, turning her head giving Poppy her full permission. Nervously, Poppy lifted a shaky feathery wing and gently ran it down on Falco's hair as it bounced back after her touch making the bird gasp with star in her eyes, she gave it another stroke that soon turned into pets, the feeling of the human's soft strands against her wing made her feel at ease.
This made Falco giggle at her friend's curiosity as she continued in doing the dishes while Poppy struggle in making a small braid.
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I found this cute welcome home characters headcanon when they have a new neighbor that is human! Each of them has their cute was in showing their love and interest to their new companion. It was written by @florapal
Originally I wanted to draw all the wh characters but college has me on chokehold, my mom passed away, had to move to another country, I mean I had a lot going on that I ended not continuing the rest. (No worries, I am no longer mentally ill!)
BUT I did managed to draw Poppy since she's one of my top favorites (along with Eddie) and a huge comfort for me. I even wrote a small fic behind the image as a way to comfort myself after the lost of my mother.
Florapal, if it makes you uncomfortable the fact that I wrote and mentioned my sudden loss, you can go ahead and inform me, I would deleted the whole fic but keep the image.
